I like this post from Dave Rupert on lessons from old Russian small nuclear generators:
I wonder if software has a kind of digital entropy, where even good software left untouched for a short timeframe rots and stops working.
Chris Verbree I have observed that behaviour so many times. Especially with Xcode projects :-( You just need to touch them constantly to prevent it.
Scott Perry @z428 and now that I work on an operating system, they keep changing the hardware!
arclight @manton Entropy rate is language-dependent. I have Fortran codes from 50 years ago that compile and run with little or no modification, I have Python code from 5-10 years ago that won't run today without a major overhaul.
Scott Perry @z428 …is this why retrocomputing has seen such a rise in popularity?
Scott Perry @z428 if being sentimental helps people stay sane then I'm happy for them
