Maz Spork and 658 others

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Antitheism, retrocomputing, eclipse chasing, sourdough baking, maps. Author of games, books, and programs. Form follows function.

Honouring the legacy of Margaret Hamilton, the pioneer who coined the term “software engineering.” Her brilliant priority-driven software helped keep the Apollo 11 computer running through critical overloads during its final descent, helping land humanity safely on the Moon. RIP.

Margaret Hamilton standing beside a towering stack of Apollo guidance software printouts, smiling as she holds the top pages.

Five billion nuclear bombs is a fifth of the energy added to our planet from us burning fossil fuels. The total extra heat absorbed by the planet from greenhouse gases since the late 20th century is roughly 25 billion times the explosive yield of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.