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Cracking an old ZIP file to help open source the ANC's "Vula" secret crypto code (jgc.org)
308 points by jgrahamc 2 days ago | past | 34 comments
Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question (jgc.org)
264 points by jgrahamc 6 days ago | past | 243 comments
Two ways to use an LED as a light sensor with Arduino (jgc.org)
138 points by jgrahamc 82 days ago | past | 61 comments
Acorn Computer Systems catalogue circa 1983 (jgc.org)
64 points by jgrahamc 86 days ago | past | 6 comments
Fixing my iPhone 13 Pro cameras at -18C (jgc.org)
1 point by jgrahamc 3 months ago | past
Fixing the iPhone 13 Pro cameras by putting it in the freezer (jgc.org)
2 points by caust1c 3 months ago | past
Fixing my iPhone 13 Pro cameras at 255K (jgc.org)
2 points by jgrahamc 3 months ago | past
Controlling the Taylor Swift Eras Tour wristbands with Flipper Zero (jgc.org)
971 points by jgrahamc 3 months ago | past | 261 comments
The Economist's ugly new print typeface (jgc.org)
1 point by jgrahamc 5 months ago | past
The formal development of secure systems (my 1992 doctoral thesis) (jgc.org)
1 point by jgrahamc 6 months ago | past
Taschen, Acorn and Knoll's Law (jgc.org)
1 point by jgrahamc 6 months ago | past
The Acme Klein Bottle (From Cliff Stoll and Family) (jgc.org)
95 points by jgrahamc 6 months ago | past | 20 comments
Aeronear: An ambient device showing nearby aircraft (2021) (jgc.org)
1 point by Brajeshwar 6 months ago | past
Original WWW proposal is a Word for Macintosh 4 file from 1990, can we open it? (jgc.org)
478 points by jgrahamc 6 months ago | past | 205 comments
Repairing (sort of) a Dyson fan remote control (jgc.org)
1 point by jgrahamc 7 months ago | past
Restoration of an IBM Thinkpad 701C Butterfly-keyboard laptop (jgc.org)
106 points by jtwaleson 7 months ago | past | 43 comments
My daily driver is older than I thought; it's positively vintage (jgc.org)
58 points by jgrahamc 7 months ago | past | 144 comments
Your last name contains invalid characters (2010) (jgc.org)
89 points by redbell 8 months ago | past | 207 comments
Complete restoration of an IBM "Butterfly" ThinkPad 701c (jgc.org)
3 points by jgrahamc 8 months ago | past
Restoration of an IBM ThinkPad 701c (jgc.org)
3 points by jgrahamc 8 months ago | past
Restoration of an IBM ThinkPad 701c (jgc.org)
7 points by jgrahamc 8 months ago | past
The search for the "perfect" Advent Calendar (involves Python and Processing) (jgc.org)
2 points by jgrahamc 9 months ago | past
Using my Minitel 1B over the phone network in 2023 (jgc.org)
3 points by jgrahamc 9 months ago | past
Double-Checking Dawkins (2007) (jgc.org)
46 points by weinzierl 9 months ago | past | 5 comments
My primality testing code is faster than Sir Roger Penrose's (jgc.org)
124 points by jgrahamc 9 months ago | past | 25 comments
Reading the Lovelace Foundation's Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer (jgc.org)
2 points by jgrahamc 10 months ago | past
My 1976 KIM-1 (jgc.org)
96 points by jgrahamc 10 months ago | past | 31 comments
Cyberdecking the Raspberry Pi 400 on the Eurostar to Brussels (jgc.org)
4 points by jgrahamc 10 months ago | past
"Hacker News" for retro computing and gaming (jgc.org)
422 points by rcarmo 11 months ago | past | 122 comments
"Hacker News" for retro computing and gaming (jgc.org)
13 points by ingve 11 months ago | past | 3 comments

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