Published in Dev Genius·Mar 20Member-only7 ‘ancient’ Unix commands you can still use todayA lot of people are using OSX or Linux nowadays, and most of them never realized that some of the commands, they use regularly, are much older than they think. I will show 7 really ‘ancient’ Unix commands, which literally did not change within several decades, and still can be…Programming7 min readProgramming7 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Mar 14Member-onlyPDP-11 Computer, how does it look today?Running UNIX BSD 2.11 on your PC — Even if you never heard about Linux or Unix, highly likely you were using it within the last 10 minutes: all Android smartphones are powered by Linux, and all Apple devices are using parts of the BSD kernel in their OS. And probably, there are several other Linux devices in…Computer Science21 min readComputer Science21 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Mar 10Member-onlyElectric Cars In the Netherlands: Exploratory Data Analysis with Python and SQLAlchemy (Part 2)Data analysis and visualization with Python, SQLAlchemy, and Bokeh — When was the first electric car registered? (Spoiler: it was much earlier than most people may think.) Which cars are more expensive, the electric Porcshe or Jaguar? Exploratory data analysis (EDA) is not only an important part of building every data pipeline, but it is also a pretty interesting process…Programming17 min readProgramming17 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Feb 10Member-onlyElectric Cars In the Netherlands: Exploratory Data Analysis with PythonData analysis and visualization with Python, Pandas, and Bokeh — When was the first electric car registered? (Spoiler: it was much earlier than most people may think.) Which cars are more expensive, the electric Porcshe or Jaguar? Exploratory data analysis (EDA) is not only an important part of building every data pipeline, but it is also a pretty interesting process…Programming16 min readProgramming16 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Feb 5Member-onlyApple PowerBook Duo from 1992, how does it look today?Nowadays millions of people are using Apple laptops, but how did this era actually start? I will test a PowerBook Duo laptop from Apple, released more than 30 years ago, in 1992. I will also show how to write programs for it, and I will test how different apps like…Programming15 min readProgramming15 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Jan 13Member-onlyCan ChatGPT AI Replace the Human Author — doing the experimentThere is a lot of buzz about AI nowadays, about generative models like Stable Diffusion, and language models like ChatGPT. But does it really work? Photography is one of my hobbies, and I was going to make a review of the vintage Helios lens, which I bought recently. Then, I…Artificial Intelligence14 min readArtificial Intelligence14 min read
Published in Dev Genius·Dec 26, 2022Member-onlyGenerating Images with Stable Diffusion AI on your Local PCA deep learning-based generative art is an active topic of research nowadays. And as usual, the best way to learn something is to try it on your own. Some models, like OpenAI’s DALL-E 2, require registration and can be used only online, but some others can be used locally, which…Programming15 min readProgramming15 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Dec 4, 2022Member-onlyWhen the First Christmas Computer Demo was Created?Christmas is indeed a wonderful time of the year. And it inspired not only artists and musicians but also software developers and engineers. When first Xmas programs were made, and what they were looking like? Let’s figure it out. Before we begin, a small disclaimer: in this article, I will…Technology7 min readTechnology7 min read
Nov 27, 2022Member-onlyKodak Folding Brownie — You Can Still Use this 100-Year-Old Camera in 2023In the previous article, I did a review of a 110-year-old Kodak Brownie camera. And I absolutely could not resist testing the “newer” model, a Kodak Folding Brownie: This camera not only looks great, but it also provides much more features for photographers. I will also figure out how I…Photography9 min readPhotography9 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Oct 30, 2022Member-onlyTélétel, the French Internet of the 80s — How did it work?I suppose, most readers would not believe me if I write that already in the 80s the internet-like system was already working in France. But it was really so. How was it possible? Let’s figure it out. History Computers became connected to the network many years ago (the TCP and FTP…Internet10 min readInternet10 min read
