@hypergeometric2f1 ha! It was never something I used in anger. Well anger *with* it maybe. It’s sits in its own special world of ‘shh now’ along with SSADM, Relational Calculus, Gauss-Seidel and Karnaugh Maps. Thar be a variety of elderly if spicy Dragons.

What did 1992 look like for you? Me? Well looking at these as it happens. Not both to be pedantic but Turbo Pascal 7 and Turbo C (sans pluses - I think that waited for visual C++).

“Error 21: Too many errors” I think is one of the most memorable burns, still, 30 years on. #borland #turboc #turbopascal #softwareengineering

@adhdjesse I have my secondary school reports still. In fact I had them in my classroom back when I was a teacher. This was also me. "He could achieve so much if he would only apply himself".
Now, approaching 50 - I know why. This has been such a pervasive theme through life.

@klondike it worked - and it’s not the first time. Not just aluminium headed bolts either. If you deform the Torx you get more adventurous - like spark plugs that have shed their core (it turns out). Just sharing the love. The cheaper they are the better too :D

Torx - specifically security ones (hollow ended) - thank you for saving my sorry ass again from mushed up Allen heads that won’t even support the idea of slot cut extraction. Hammer in next size up and hope. #mechanic #bike #swisstop #torx

Factual. #cats

@wfaler @Ant8e @skipoleschris my ZX81 (and later 2600) was in my room …. I don’t think my parents had thought that through :D … or maybe they did, the double bluff!

@tallardyceCA a modern revisit of the old Wall Thermostat above a VDU problem no less. Never change people, never change : )