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Joe Pasqua

@bitsplusatoms@mastodon.social
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Combining software and hardware to do fun (and sometimes practical) things.

A long career in computing, including #Xerox, #Oracle, #Adobe, #NeXT, #Symantec, startups

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Joined November 16, 2022
GitHub:
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https://www.printables.com/@bitsplusatoms
Location:
Carmel, CA
Amateur Radio Call Sign:
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Joe Pasqua @bitsplusatoms@mastodon.social · Apr 11, 2026
Joe Pasqua
@bitsplusatoms@mastodon.social

Combining software and hardware to do fun (and sometimes practical) things. A long career in computing, including #Xerox, #Oracle, #Adobe, #NeXT, #Symantec, startups

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I've been working on a pure #c code base lately. Not C++, not C to implement another language's native functions - just C. It's been a joy.

It probably has to do with my vintage, but I like looking at the code and having some sense of what of what is actually happening.

Bob Seger keeps going through my head:

Call me a relic, call me what you will
Say I'm old-fashioned, say I'm over the hill
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock and roll

https://youtu.be/W1LsRShUPtY

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Joe Pasqua @bitsplusatoms@mastodon.social · Nov 13, 2024
Joe Pasqua
@bitsplusatoms@mastodon.social

Combining software and hardware to do fun (and sometimes practical) things. A long career in computing, including #Xerox, #Oracle, #Adobe, #NeXT, #Symantec, startups

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Replying to @coreyspowell@mastodon.social
@coreyspowell Great! Now I have to worry about AGI and super-intelligent rodents. ;-)
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Joe Pasqua @bitsplusatoms@mastodon.social · Sep 23, 2024
Joe Pasqua
@bitsplusatoms@mastodon.social

Combining software and hardware to do fun (and sometimes practical) things. A long career in computing, including #Xerox, #Oracle, #Adobe, #NeXT, #Symantec, startups

mastodon.social
Replying to @clausatz@hci.social
@clausatz @dougmerritt @amoroso @hist_HT @HUMAN @ACM @ht The talk I mentioned was by Sean. Small world.
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Joe Pasqua @bitsplusatoms@mastodon.social · Sep 21, 2024
Joe Pasqua
@bitsplusatoms@mastodon.social

Combining software and hardware to do fun (and sometimes practical) things. A long career in computing, including #Xerox, #Oracle, #Adobe, #NeXT, #Symantec, startups

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Replying to @dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz
@dougmerritt @amoroso Very interesting. Thanks for the references.
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Joe Pasqua @bitsplusatoms@mastodon.social · Sep 21, 2024
Joe Pasqua
@bitsplusatoms@mastodon.social

Combining software and hardware to do fun (and sometimes practical) things. A long career in computing, including #Xerox, #Oracle, #Adobe, #NeXT, #Symantec, startups

mastodon.social
Replying to @amoroso@fosstodon.org
@amoroso They really served very different purposes. With edge-notched cards you would hand-write content in the center. The holes around the edge corresponded to concepts. For example a group of 12 holes might be months of the year. Another set might represent products. You would remove (notch) all the holes to which the card does not apply. Now stick needles through the “February” and “Product1” holes and you can lift out just those cards. No sorting, no searching. Pretty simple/cool.
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Joe Pasqua @bitsplusatoms@mastodon.social · Sep 21, 2024
Joe Pasqua
@bitsplusatoms@mastodon.social

Combining software and hardware to do fun (and sometimes practical) things. A long career in computing, including #Xerox, #Oracle, #Adobe, #NeXT, #Symantec, startups

mastodon.social
Replying to @amoroso@fosstodon.org
@amoroso I didn't either. They are kind of genius.
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Joe Pasqua @bitsplusatoms@mastodon.social · Sep 21, 2024
Joe Pasqua
@bitsplusatoms@mastodon.social

Combining software and hardware to do fun (and sometimes practical) things. A long career in computing, including #Xerox, #Oracle, #Adobe, #NeXT, #Symantec, startups

mastodon.social
Replying to @amoroso@fosstodon.org
@amoroso @hist_HT @clausatz I went to a talk recently which discussed “Pre-Digital Hypertext” and highlighted edge notched cards, which were used into the 1970’s, and the hypothetical memex machine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge-notched_card
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