today's leftovers
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How it all started: A path down memory lane
In March 1997, I went online from Linux, at home, and a whole world opened. There was IRC, there was source code, and I felt overwhelmed. I taught myself more Perl, I dabbled in Pike, learned about Makefiles, shell scripts, regexps, it was bliss. Having all that information, all that source code available was amazing. However, phone bills were still high, so I continued my careful planning of my online-time. I did spend a lot of time on IRC, though, because I could do that while my stuff downloaded.
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Sonic Pi 4.1.0 packaged for Slackware - and for live coding musicians | Alien Pastures
Sam Aaron worked long and hard towards a new major release of his Sonic Pi software, and kept us informed about his coding journey on Twitter. Eventually a 4.0.0 version saw the light of day, 17 months after the final 3.x version (3.3.1) came out. Sam writes really informative release notes, I encourage you to check them out on his release page. Lots of enhancements and fixes to be enjoyed.
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Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin: Crypto Could Replace Gold And Be The 'Linux Of Finance' By 2040 [Ed: Dragging down the name of Linux]
Ethereum ETH/USD creator Vitalik Buterin believes that cryptocurrencies will definitely settle down in the medium-term future.
What Happened: In a recent interview with Noah Smith, Buterin said he expects crypto to only be as volatile as gold or the stock market in the next couple of decades.