I was going to facetiously post a few paragraphs of Lorem Ipsum #today but then went down the rabbit hole of learning its #history. Oh boy.

It's quite fascinating that it's not just #typography #placeholder #text. It actually comes from an #ancient #Latin #text dating back to 45 BC by the #Roman #statesman and #philosopher #Cicero. The title of the text was "De finibus bonorum et malorum" and it was about #ethics and #pleasure. It was mistranslated years later and used as #dummy text since around the 1500s.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lorem-ipsum

#til #loremipsum #post

As an #actuallyautistic #human I often listen to the same song on repeat....for long periods of time. I find it really helps regulate my nervous system.

Today at work I listened to this gem all day. From 0700 to 1600. Predictable, pleasant, and oddly soothing. I was super productive.

Who else does this and what's your go-to music?

#neurodiversity #autism #music

https://youtu.be/wpOVCONb8N0?is=6j0RZPKJuBLbrt3_

Here's some #vintage #tech for you. This is the Data General Nova 2. These 16-bit #minicomputers were very popular in the 1970s. Coincidentally this #photo was taken in the office of my last job, the #basement of a #government #research facility. I didn't take the photo but the link to the post is below.

I spent just over two years here managing #Linux and #Solaris servers. My #cubicle was just around the corner from these #machines, below flickering fluorescent lights. Exactly what you'd expect from working in the basement of a government building.

While these systems haven't been in use for decades and should have been in a museum, they were still on the books and inventoried annually. 🤦‍♂️

https://www.reddit.com/r/retrocomputing/comments/drhpzk/data_general_nova_chilling_out_in_the_basement_of/

#computers #history #old #datageneral #nova #16bit