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quote [ Why a vestigial port on a hugely popular console has only gained real capabilities over the last couple of years. Learn about the forgotten NES expansion port. ]

quote [ Director uses its own programming language, Lingo, which is inspired by languages like Smalltalk and HyperCard. […] Lingo uses a HyperCard-style English-like way of programming and Smalltalk-style object oriented features.

Early versions of Director are unusual for having the engine interpret the game logic straight from source code—which means if you’ve got any copy of the game, you’ve got the source code too. ]

quote [ Alexandre Grothendieck, who is considered one of the founders of modern algebraic geometry, left a considerable mark on mathematics through his genius and his reflections on his time. Ten years after his death, the mathematician Leila Schneps revisits his legacy. ]

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quote [ What Reisner called a “discrete alliance” of environmentalists and fiscal hawks backed the 1986 Water Resources Development Act, which forced local governments to fund a chunk of future dam projects themselves. Beard said that bill never would have become law without support from Republicans like Tom Petri, a Wisconsin representative at the time. “He was this sort of noble warrior about dams, saying, ‘This is wrong! This is wrong!’ ” Beard said, chuckling. “We were like, ‘Yeah, well, we all know it’s wrong.’ ” ]

quote [ Redbox left 24,000 abandoned DVD rental kiosks. These are some of the people recovering them. ]

quote [ the video circled around the web for a few years, and quietly disappeared from every single site it was hosted at. ]

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quote [ He undoubtedly was aware of his increased productivity, but as to the quality and substance of the content, as its creator, he perhaps was not best placed to judge. ]