TwoBitHistory @TwoBitHistory

Entries from the annals of computing history, once every two weeks. (Actually, every four for the foreseeable future 😞). twobithistory.org Joined May 2018

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Michael Wood @_wodin_

5 years ago

@TwoBitHistory in case you haven't seen it before

Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar

5 years ago

@TwoBitHistory in case you haven't seen it before

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Thinking about getting an ACM membership just to have access to the digital library. I get hit with that paywall when trying to do research pretty often. Is an ACM membership worthwhile? I don't know enough about academic publishing to be sure

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TwoBitHistory @TwoBitHistory

5 years ago

Trying to get back on this horse! My latest post is my take (surprising and clever, of course) on why the ARPANET was such an important breakthrough, with a fun focus on the conference where the ARPANET was shown off for the first time: twobithistory.org/2021/02/07/arp…

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Tom Duncalf @tomduncalf

5 years ago

Great read (if you’re interested in web technologies 😂) from @TwoBitHistory on how JSON came to prominence: twobithistory.org/2017/09/21/the…

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TwoBitHistory @TwoBitHistory

5 years ago

It's been too long, I know, but I finally got around to writing a new post. This one is about how REST APIs should really be known as FIOH APIs instead (Fuck It, Overload HTTP): twobithistory.org/2020/06/28/res…

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TwoBitHistory @TwoBitHistory

5 years ago

I wasn't able to work this into my post, but this is a seriously cool guide to ballistics written in 1911 for artillery officers. Includes range tables, chapters with titles like "the trajectory in vacuo," and an appendix on the greek alphabet: archive.org/details/gunner…