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- Lofty thoughts on February 22, 2025
- From ACS to Altair: The Rise of the Hobby Computer (technichistory.com)
A certain pattern of technological development recurred many times in the decades around the turn of the twentieth century: a scattered hobby community, tinkering with a new idea, develops it to the point where those hobbyists can sell it as a product. This sets off a frenzy of small entrepreneurial firms, competing to sell to other hobbyists and early adopters. Finally, a handful of firms grow to the point where they can drive down costs through economies of scale and put their smaller competitors out of business. Bicycles, automobiles, airplanes, and radio broadcasting all developed more or less in this way.
- 1 Timothy in Greek (ancientlibrary.net)
First of the three Pastoral Epistles, 1 Timothy is a letter of the Greek New Testament traditionally attributed to the apostle Paul and addressed to his younger colleague Timothy at Ephesus. Written in Koine Greek in the first century AD, it gives instructions on sound teaching, public worship, care for widows, and the qualifications of overseers and deacons.