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Jim Nelson
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I work for Internet Archive developing scalable solutions for the Petabox infrastructure.

At the Yorba Foundation I led development of open source applications Shotwell, a photo manager, and Geary, a modern email client.

I also write novels and short stories: j-nelson.net

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What are the major technical difference between Multics and Unix?
Jul 20 '20
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How did Atari lose money on home computers?
Feb 12 '20
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Is there any hard data about type-in programs in the 80s?
Dec 31 '21
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When connecting to the Internet via Dial-Up, why did ISPs require a username/password to authenticate the session?
Apr 10 '20
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Why did the MS-DOS API choose software interrupts for its interface?
Feb 25 '20
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What languages are better fit for generating efficient code for 8-bit CPU's than C?
May 29 '20
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How can I access/use memory outside of the standard 1 MB address range of MS-DOS?
Mar 21 '20
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Where can I find software that was designed for Windows 1.0?
Jul 2 '20
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Are there statements from IBM insiders revealing why OS/2 was dropped?
Dec 24 '19
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Why has Novell never written its own boot loader?
Jul 3 '19
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Avoiding NullPointerException in Java
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Are the terms "welsh" or "welch" (as in reneging on a bet) derogatory toward the Welsh people?
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What's keeping Shotwell from replacing EOG?
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Difference between a HashMap and a dictionary ADT
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Best refactoring for the dreaded While (True) loop

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