RIP Stewart Cheifet.
Anyone who covers tech owes a mountain of ink to that guy. He was the trailblazer in a way that few others were.
Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith
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Apparently Affinity is seriously considering making a legit Linux version. Huge. 
TechCentral
Affinity for Linux? Canva's next big move could reshape the desktop software market
Canva is seriously considering porting Affinity to Linux - a move that could transform desktop Linux and challenge Adobe.
The HEVC organization is raising its licensing fees by four cents per unit, so HP and Dell responded by disabling HEVC hardware support in its business laptops—tanking the ability for these laptops to do anything with video.
Straight-up: This is a scandal.
Ars Technica
HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs
HEVC licensing gets more expensive in January.
I’m seeing some sky-is-falling posts about Affinity and download links. It is still possible to download v1 and v2 without logging in. Here are the links for Windows:
v1: Windows:
Designer:
Photo:
Publisher:
v2: Windows:
Designer:
Photo:
Publisher:
Affinity Designer Updates (Windows)
Download the latest and previous versions of Affinity Designer (Windows)
Affinity Photo Updates (Windows)
Download the latest and previous versions of Affinity Photo (Windows)
Affinity Publisher Updates (Windows)
Download the latest and previous versions of Affinity Publisher (Windows)
Affinity Designer 2 Updates (Windows)
Download the latest and previous versions of Affinity Designer 2 (Windows)
Affinity Photo 2 Updates (Windows)
Download the latest and previous versions of Affinity Photo 2 (Windows)
Affinity Publisher 2 Updates (Windows)
Download the latest and previous versions of Affinity Publisher 2 (Windows)
Ever wonder why old computers have thick plates of metal inside of them? You can credit/blame the FCC—and indirectly, the CB radio fad—for that.
new @npub1tq6e...hvnc
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.
RF Shielding History: When The FCC Cracked Down On Computers
The FCC took a hard line on the radio frequency interference that computers created—creating huge headaches for early PC-makers. Why? Blame the C...
So, I just wrote a 3,000 word piece about a great electronics what-if. What if we didn’t get transistors? What if we just kept using vacuum tubes? Would we be where we are today?
That thought experiment led me to the story of the subminiature vacuum tube.
new @npub1tq6e...hvnc
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.
Subminiature Vacuum Tube History: Letting The Better Tech Win
For years, subminiature vacuum tubes were looking like the future of electronics—until a key figure in their rise heard about something better.
Watching a video about NixOS and only now realizing that there's been a gun on the desk this whole time.
I know Linux drama is serious but it's not that serious, Mutahar.
[@mos_8502](
) saw you got kicked off the blue site. Hope you're holding up
Studio 8502
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1.05K Posts, 840 Following, 2.81K Followers · Retrocomputing Maker and Designer in Ontario, Canada. I make stuff without promising a delivery date...
Kind of impressed that nobody seems to be talking about the Subway sandwich thing over here. That may be the most insane viral video I’ve seen in quite some time.
So apparently we are within the last 60 days of dial-up AOL being a thing.
ht @npub18jpn...8yq3
https://help.aol.com/
Dial-up Internet to be discontinued
Learn about why dial up internet has been discontinued.