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Vintage BYTE magazine cover from 1981 featuring Smalltalk Balloon issue
Cloud & Infrastructure

BYTE, Dr. Dobbs, and the Magazines That Made You Type Your Own Code

Ever type 500 lines of BASIC from a magazine? Those 70s and 80s tech magazines like BYTE and Dr. Dobbs forced real learning. Here's the cynical take on what we've lost.

4 min read 4 days, 8 hours ago
George Goble at NASA with supercomputer equipment, evoking 1980s computing era
Engineering Culture

3.1 Seconds to Boil: The Precise Mind of George Goble Fades Out

George Goble didn't just guess—he computed. In an office microwave bet, he boiled water in exactly 3.1 seconds, showcasing the engineer's unyielding precision.

3 min read 4 days, 9 hours ago
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