nicelymanifest@mastodon.social (@nicelymanifest@mastodon.social)
68 year old polymath based in Cardiff, Wales, UK.
50 years programming computers - 12 of which for IBM in Portsmouth
Cabinet maker for 10 years
Artist
Author of 10 books
Sculpture, embroidery, jewellery and other crafts
Talk with strangers - encounter many instances of synchronicity
Go player
All such abilities inherited - I take no credit for them - I just try to use them, in spite of decades of mental and physical health difficulties.
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In the early days of personal computing CPU bugs were so rare as to be newsworthy.
Senza categoria@gabrielesvelto The book 'Silicon' by the Italian who designed the 4004, 8080 and Z80 is a most splendid read. Fascinating that he had to add reverse engineering optical confusions to minimise cloning by rivals.