Diomidis Spinellis

https://mastodon.acm.org/@CoolSWEng

Professor of software engineering, programmer, technology author. (Tech tweets here. Follow Διομήδης Σπινέλλης (npub1ajh…9ktc) for Greek/Greece tweets.)

Home page: https://www.spinellis.gr/index.en.html
GitHub: https://github.com/dspinellis/

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2025-12-23 18:38:50 UTC

Several news outlets reported the amazing discovery of a 1970s Fourth Edition Research Unix magnetic tape. I incorporated the tape’s source code into the Unix History Repository hosted on GitHub and studied the code’s composition. Here's what I found.
https://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20251223/?ms261223
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2025-07-09 11:02:38 UTC

Ever wondered why car ergonomics have gone down the drain as touch screens replaced buttons to drive down costs? This reader comment on an FT article on the topic says it all.
https://mastodon.acm.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/822/928/601/218/808/original/a312ec3619dfd744.png