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New comment by joarv0249nw in "Childhood Computing"

joarv0249nw — Mon, 25 May 2026 10:20:29 +0000

I think part of the magic was that I felt I could get to understand how the system works on a deeper level. I wonder if it is now too hard to get to that level of understanding. One would spend most of the time just scratching the almost impenetrable surface of todays systems

New comment by joarv0249nw in "A fundamental principle of aeronautical engineering has been overturned"

joarv0249nw — Mon, 25 May 2026 09:16:03 +0000

I was thinking the same. Ice build upp will probably increase with a bigger and rougher surface area

New comment by joarv0249nw in "Million Times Million"

joarv0249nw — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:59:30 +0000

"Mr. President, two Brazilian soldiers were killed yesterday in Iraq." "Oh my god... How many is a Brazilian?"

New comment by joarv0249nw in "Amelia Earhart's Reckless Final Flights"

joarv0249nw — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:03:06 +0000

Magellan is know for first circumnavigating the earth, but he died in the Philippines, about half way around.

New comment by joarv0249nw in "The demoscene as a UNESCO heritage in Sweden"

joarv0249nw — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:30:59 +0000

Computers are mostly appliances, like dishwashers, now.

New comment by joarv0249nw in "Mysterious tunnels sketched by Leonardo may have been found"

joarv0249nw — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:39:26 +0000

Rembrandt van Rijn is known as Rembrandt. Vincent van Gogh is known as van Gogh.

New comment by joarv0249nw in "Exploring Bauhaus: Revolutionary design school that shaped modern world"

joarv0249nw — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 15:18:07 +0000

Siemensstadt seemed pretty nice.

New comment by joarv0249nw in "GoPro Ride Through an Electron Beam Irradiator at Full Beam Power [video]"

joarv0249nw — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:37:08 +0000

Could be for food irradation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_irradiation

New comment by joarv0249nw in "GoPro Ride Through an Electron Beam Irradiator at Full Beam Power [video]"

joarv0249nw — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:35:28 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_irradiation