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Up to the 1990s there were workstations designed for software development (Lisp/Smalltalk Machines by various vendors), graphics and CAD (Apollo, SGI), and general purpose systems (Sun, HP).

Was Xerox Star the only office workstation?

Were there other dedicated workstations (not high-end PCs or Macs) designed for office and business tasks? Of course there were word processing machines. But I'm not sure they qualify as they didn't play in the same league as the Star and were much less versatile.

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Disclosure: I'm a member of the Medley Interlisp Project.

[-] amoroso@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago

Okay. But if a robocaller doesn't lead to results, it may be programmed to give up on unpromising numbers.

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When receiving unsoliciting phone calls by telemarketers, many people consistently hung up, don't bait, and don't interact. So why don't telemarketers delete from their databases such phone numbers that don't lead to any sales or other business benefits?

Maybe the cost of keeping the numbers is so low telemarketers just don't bother. Or keeping track of what numbers to delete may actually have a cost. Or perhaps telemarketers hope those people will eventually pick up the calls.

Any insight?

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My photos of a visit to the incredible Ctrl+Alt Museum retrocomputing museum in Pavia, Italy. Mind blowing.

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[-] amoroso@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

While I don't downvote posts with emojis I'm most interested in reading tech content, where emojis feel redundant and distracting.

[-] amoroso@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 year ago

Lisp, the language that has them all.

[-] amoroso@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Text searches (e.g. page search in browsers) that do return results, but they don't show up anywhere on the screen or aren't highlighted.

[-] amoroso@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Reading computer magazines and books, and eagerly anticipating getting my hands on such material. Today's kids born in an online era of infinite content just can't imagine how difficult it was back them to get technical publications and information, printed or otherwise.

[-] amoroso@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago

The accounts of space agencies such as NASA and ESA.

[-] amoroso@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 year ago

So why not make the washing cycle end when the water has fully drained? I get the impression the timer starts after the drain.

[-] amoroso@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Lisp.

It just feels extremely natural to me, so it's difficult to pinpoint specific features I like. But two such features stand out: the parantheses-based syntax and the extreme interactivity.

[-] amoroso@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

That explains why support agents beg for the highest rating.

[-] amoroso@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

I may qualify. Although I joined Lemmy a couple of weeks ago, I left Reddit around the same time I left Twitter in early 2022.

[-] amoroso@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

Yes, I replaced Reddit with Lemmy.

[-] amoroso@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Blogs. It's amazing how many gems and great content are buried in countless blogs, maintained or abandoned.

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