synlogic4242
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software engineer, author, game designer
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Here's the document release you were waiting for today!
The UNIX V4 tape!
https://archive.org/details/utah_unix_v4_raw
#retrocomputing
The UNIX V4 tape!
https://archive.org/details/utah_unix_v4_raw
#retrocomputing
UNIX V4 tape from University of Utah (raw) : Computer History Museum : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
UNIX V4 tape from the University of Utah, received by Martin Newell circa June 1974 around when he modeled the Utah Teapot.This is the raw analog waveform and...
archive.org
December 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Here's the document release you were waiting for today!
The UNIX V4 tape!
https://archive.org/details/utah_unix_v4_raw
#retrocomputing
The UNIX V4 tape!
https://archive.org/details/utah_unix_v4_raw
#retrocomputing
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RE: https://mastodon.radio/@vk2bea/115749642154397008
It's been booted! A bit more context here:
https://www.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2025-December/032858.html
It's been booted! A bit more context here:
https://www.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2025-December/032858.html
mastodon.radio
December 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
RE: https://mastodon.radio/@vk2bea/115749642154397008
It's been booted! A bit more context here:
https://www.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2025-December/032858.html
It's been booted! A bit more context here:
https://www.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2025-December/032858.html
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The more we look into this, the more it appears that this is a complete system or pretty close to it! There's a kernel, userspace binaries, source, including userland, kernel, device drivers, seems to be the full UNIX V4!
December 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The more we look into this, the more it appears that this is a complete system or pretty close to it! There's a kernel, userspace binaries, source, including userland, kernel, device drivers, seems to be the full UNIX V4!
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Here's a copy of the filesystem that has been extracted as a .tar file: http://squoze.net/UNIX/v4/
UNIX - v4
squoze.net
December 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Here's a copy of the filesystem that has been extracted as a .tar file: http://squoze.net/UNIX/v4/
The writers for this season need to figure out how to connect the UNIX v4 recovery plot thread with SETI and Godzilla
December 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The writers for this season need to figure out how to connect the UNIX v4 recovery plot thread with SETI and Godzilla
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Apparently the entire UNIX tape was read successfully, what's going to need to happen next is to decode the signal from it, decipher the file formats, etc., I'll post updates as I get them
December 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Apparently the entire UNIX tape was read successfully, what's going to need to happen next is to decode the signal from it, decipher the file formats, etc., I'll post updates as I get them
will the world recover UNIX v4 or not?
PINS AND NEEDLES HERE
on edge of my seat as we wait the word...
PINS AND NEEDLES HERE
on edge of my seat as we wait the word...
December 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
will the world recover UNIX v4 or not?
PINS AND NEEDLES HERE
on edge of my seat as we wait the word...
PINS AND NEEDLES HERE
on edge of my seat as we wait the word...
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There will be more video later (there's a TV news crew there) but here's a bit that Jon Duerig has sent from on-site
December 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
There will be more video later (there's a TV news crew there) but here's a bit that Jon Duerig has sent from on-site
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The attempt to read the UNIX V4 tape is underway!
December 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The attempt to read the UNIX V4 tape is underway!
people otherwise on the political left in the US should not feel preassured into catering into the demands of the mentally ill, especially not a tiny minority niche, lest they be demonized by bullying mobs (mostly online, funnily enough.)
Prioritize on what the political left should care about […]
Prioritize on what the political left should care about […]
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social.vivaldi.net
December 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
people otherwise on the political left in the US should not feel preassured into catering into the demands of the mentally ill, especially not a tiny minority niche, lest they be demonized by bullying mobs (mostly online, funnily enough.)
Prioritize on what the political left should care about […]
Prioritize on what the political left should care about […]
The US would benefit massively from ranked list based voting. So folks can submit their vote in the form of:
1. my ideal candidate, even if no realistic chance of winning now its important to send a signal as a form of seed for the future
2. my ideal pragmatic candidate
3. my less ideal but […]
1. my ideal candidate, even if no realistic chance of winning now its important to send a signal as a form of seed for the future
2. my ideal pragmatic candidate
3. my less ideal but […]
Original post on social.vivaldi.net
social.vivaldi.net
December 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The US would benefit massively from ranked list based voting. So folks can submit their vote in the form of:
1. my ideal candidate, even if no realistic chance of winning now its important to send a signal as a form of seed for the future
2. my ideal pragmatic candidate
3. my less ideal but […]
1. my ideal candidate, even if no realistic chance of winning now its important to send a signal as a form of seed for the future
2. my ideal pragmatic candidate
3. my less ideal but […]
social media + cryptocurrency + nuclear fusion + utility energy provider
TOTALLY LEGIT AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING SHADY AT ALL GOING ON THERE NOPE NOTHING TO SEE HERE MOVE ALONG FOLKS WHISTLES INNOCENTLY THOUGH STRANGELY ENOUGH REMINDS YOU OF AN OLD RUSSIAN DITTY
TOTALLY LEGIT AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING SHADY AT ALL GOING ON THERE NOPE NOTHING TO SEE HERE MOVE ALONG FOLKS WHISTLES INNOCENTLY THOUGH STRANGELY ENOUGH REMINDS YOU OF AN OLD RUSSIAN DITTY
December 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
social media + cryptocurrency + nuclear fusion + utility energy provider
TOTALLY LEGIT AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING SHADY AT ALL GOING ON THERE NOPE NOTHING TO SEE HERE MOVE ALONG FOLKS WHISTLES INNOCENTLY THOUGH STRANGELY ENOUGH REMINDS YOU OF AN OLD RUSSIAN DITTY
TOTALLY LEGIT AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING SHADY AT ALL GOING ON THERE NOPE NOTHING TO SEE HERE MOVE ALONG FOLKS WHISTLES INNOCENTLY THOUGH STRANGELY ENOUGH REMINDS YOU OF AN OLD RUSSIAN DITTY
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/business/trump-media-tae-technologies-fusion-power-deal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9k8.ZaFt.c0DbxHE3uloa&smid=url-share
I have to wonder if there’s a connection to the mysterious murder of #ninoloureiro.
I have to wonder if there’s a connection to the mysterious murder of #ninoloureiro.
December 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/business/trump-media-tae-technologies-fusion-power-deal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9k8.ZaFt.c0DbxHE3uloa&smid=url-share
I have to wonder if there’s a connection to the mysterious murder of #ninoloureiro.
I have to wonder if there’s a connection to the mysterious murder of #ninoloureiro.
apparently Prime has outsourced the description of its Yellowstone series to an ESL person. or LLM
the line blurs between them
the line blurs between them
December 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
apparently Prime has outsourced the description of its Yellowstone series to an ESL person. or LLM
the line blurs between them
the line blurs between them
Gemini has added a new quirk to its repetoire. Rather than fixing its old obvious problems, now Google has given it the habit of wasting my time/brain-cycles of asking me a tailend question about whether I'd like it to do more for me.
Clue: I'll tell you if/when I do. Not hard, folks. Basic […]
Clue: I'll tell you if/when I do. Not hard, folks. Basic […]
Original post on social.vivaldi.net
social.vivaldi.net
December 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Gemini has added a new quirk to its repetoire. Rather than fixing its old obvious problems, now Google has given it the habit of wasting my time/brain-cycles of asking me a tailend question about whether I'd like it to do more for me.
Clue: I'll tell you if/when I do. Not hard, folks. Basic […]
Clue: I'll tell you if/when I do. Not hard, folks. Basic […]
A large percentage of online social media activity by 2025 seems to be either:
* advertisers
* bots with an agenda
* paid foreign agents, with an agenda
* brainwashed cultists spreading propaganda (with an agenda, obvs)
*mentally ill at the keyboard
* intoxicated at the keyboard
* angry […]
* advertisers
* bots with an agenda
* paid foreign agents, with an agenda
* brainwashed cultists spreading propaganda (with an agenda, obvs)
*mentally ill at the keyboard
* intoxicated at the keyboard
* angry […]
Original post on social.vivaldi.net
social.vivaldi.net
December 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A large percentage of online social media activity by 2025 seems to be either:
* advertisers
* bots with an agenda
* paid foreign agents, with an agenda
* brainwashed cultists spreading propaganda (with an agenda, obvs)
*mentally ill at the keyboard
* intoxicated at the keyboard
* angry […]
* advertisers
* bots with an agenda
* paid foreign agents, with an agenda
* brainwashed cultists spreading propaganda (with an agenda, obvs)
*mentally ill at the keyboard
* intoxicated at the keyboard
* angry […]
RIP Gil Gerard
Buck Rogers on American TV in the 80s
what a week
Buck Rogers on American TV in the 80s
what a week
December 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
RIP Gil Gerard
Buck Rogers on American TV in the 80s
what a week
Buck Rogers on American TV in the 80s
what a week
between the Fallout and IT: Welcome to Derry soundtracks I'm starting to get dark dystopian horror vibes whenever I hear 40s/50s Americana music
December 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
between the Fallout and IT: Welcome to Derry soundtracks I'm starting to get dark dystopian horror vibes whenever I hear 40s/50s Americana music
I'm against all mental illness, regardless of political leanings.
December 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I'm against all mental illness, regardless of political leanings.
The intellectual caliber of folks posting in Reddit /r/sre and /r/hpc is often frightening, when not comical, to observe.
Reddit
December 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The intellectual caliber of folks posting in Reddit /r/sre and /r/hpc is often frightening, when not comical, to observe.
Reddit
Tech I'm far more impressed by than any LLM:
Linux
systemd
Golang
Docker
sqlite
Postgres
Linux
systemd
Golang
Docker
sqlite
Postgres
December 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Tech I'm far more impressed by than any LLM:
Linux
systemd
Golang
Docker
sqlite
Postgres
Linux
systemd
Golang
Docker
sqlite
Postgres
TODO play with SLURM before Nvidia might ruin it. I doubt they will but never know
December 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
TODO play with SLURM before Nvidia might ruin it. I doubt they will but never know
in 2026 I plan to be better at carving out small slices of my free time, on recurring basis, to work on:
Slartboz
LatLearn
my (WIP) book on HPC
and play:
ASL
DCC TTRPG
Slartboz
LatLearn
my (WIP) book on HPC
and play:
ASL
DCC TTRPG
December 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
in 2026 I plan to be better at carving out small slices of my free time, on recurring basis, to work on:
Slartboz
LatLearn
my (WIP) book on HPC
and play:
ASL
DCC TTRPG
Slartboz
LatLearn
my (WIP) book on HPC
and play:
ASL
DCC TTRPG