johnflan

Interesting topic, boring article

Very cool, I remember spending hours with those as a kid - never managed to make anything good or even ok

I think it’s Bluetooth identifiers they track

It’s interesting that the DAB rollout completely failed in Ireland and we are back to fully analog FM

> a really well-crafted ios Native App with extensive attention to detail Which seems to becoming a rare thing

damn right

The CPU didn’t but the chonker of a fan in the PSU sure made up for it

Thats the primary reason I'm interested in it.

A modern version of a device with one unique feature... missing that unique feature

I didn't follow the byte ordering of the image format at the end. Anyone have an explanation?

I started with an Acorn a3020, those machines were just amazing. I got my first PC shortly after running Windows for workgroups 3.11 jeez it felt like a step backwards. If Acorn started in the Silicon Valley, we'd probably be using them today.

How do they finance those radio stations?

>Video and pictures will soon have no evidentiary value.

Thats a very interesting point

It’s fun

A custom built Debian machine with four HDDs in a ZFS volume backed up using restic

I’d love to know more about its design too

It was very common in Ireland too, hunting for conkers was always fun. However I don't think it is common at all now

Certainly would have helped in the era of embedding AI into the operating system.

Same, its become invaluable for me.

+ I really enjoy this era of self-hosted tools.

I don’t get how “field sobriety testing” in the sense of observing someone perform some coordinated actions is still a thing. In Ireland if stopped by a member of the police (Gardai) and they have suspicion they can require you to provide a breath or saliva sample. If you pass you are free to go, if you fail or refuse you are escorted to a police station and provide a blood sample or urine sample (I think this depends on if suspected of alcohol or drug offences) refusal to provide the sample is an offence

I’m not sure that would fly in Europe. And I personally don’t want to hand over my id to use a ticket

You gotta wonder how the technician explained away the four leftover bolts after

ED209?

The Acorn was a marvel of its day (to me at least)

I don’t agree that it was eccentric, I used these as my first machine and they felt pretty natural. I would also suggest that these interactions weren’t completely standardised at that point.

In Ireland road tax (paid annually) are based on engine capacity for (pre 2008 cars) and CO2 emissions for everything after that. (Engine size is a ok proxy for vehicle size)

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/41c9cc-motor-tax-rates/#mo...

Who'd have thought

Well put