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N-gated Hacker News<p>AMS has done it again! 🥳 An article so riveting, it could only be rivaled by a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thrilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thrilling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/read" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>read</span></a> of the phone book. 📚 Dive into "Quadratic Forms Beyond Arithmetic" for a mind-bending journey through... the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AMS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/website" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>website</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/navigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>navigation</span></a> menu. 😩<br><a href="https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202507/noti3192/noti3192.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ams.org/journals/notices/20250</span><span class="invisible">7/noti3192/noti3192.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phonebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QuadraticForms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuadraticForms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
readbeanicecream<p>Today, I received a phone book with my mail. A hard copy. Yellow pages and all. </p><p>I wasn't even aware that was still a thing.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phonebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whoknew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whoknew</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/so80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>so80s</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rememberwhen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rememberwhen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amIthatold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amIthatold</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oldschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldschool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oldbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldbooks</span></a></p>
Vector Hugo<p>What was it that kept me from posting <a href="https://burma.social/tags/retroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retroTech</span></a> last time? Oh, a <a href="https://burma.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> — still. Sorry, again for the inconvenience. </p><p>However, this cell phone is quite different compared to the latest smartphones. This Motorola device isn't breaking news like their pagers in Lebanon, but somehow it was the hottest shit thirty years ago.</p><p><a href="https://burma.social/tags/mobilephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobilephone</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/gsm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gsm</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/sms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sms</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/cellphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cellphone</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/phonebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonebook</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/hitech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hitech</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Motorola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Motorola</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/svg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>svg</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/vector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vector</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a> made with <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Inkscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inkscape</span></a>, not <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adobe</span></a> <a href="https://burma.social/tags/Illustrator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Illustrator</span></a></p>
JdeBP<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@bytebro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bytebro</span></a></span> </p><p>What were the old collation rules for the GPO telephone directory?</p><p>They used to be printed at the front, or possibly at the back.</p><p>I have this vague memory that there were special rules for "van", "le", "de", "von", "ap", and suchlike where one had to initially ignore these. And there was a rule about hyphenation, too.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@sharongascoigne" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sharongascoigne</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/PhoneBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneBook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/PostOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/telephony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telephony</span></a></p>
JdeBP<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@sharongascoigne" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sharongascoigne</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@witewulf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>witewulf</span></a></span> </p><p>Undoubtedly. (-:</p><p>I have this vague memory that one was supposed to initially ignore "van", "le", "de", "von", "ap", and suchlike, which would have put both M. Le Bon and me under "B", but then all of the "van"s, "le"s, "de"s, "von"s, "ap"s and suchlike went before everyone else under "B".</p><p>*Someone* has to have put the old GPO 'phone book collation rules somewhere on the WWW by now.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/PhoneBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneBook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/PostOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/telephony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telephony</span></a></p>
Bill Bernard<p>Know how I know I'm old? Trying to find a free-license image of a phone book for a DNS blog and I've struck out on three sites already.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Old" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Old</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GetOffMyLawn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GetOffMyLawn</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PhoneBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneBook</span></a></p>
AnneTheWriter<p>It's <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HootinTootinTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HootinTootinTuesday</span></a> again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humour</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FunnyMeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FunnyMeme</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Boomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boomer</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GenX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenX</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GenZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenZ</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PhoneBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneBook</span></a></p>
∂𑁨í 🕊 <p><span>pbook is a simple, easy to use phonebook manager, that stores it's database in a simple csv like file. <br><br></span><a href="https://github.com/proh14/pbook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://github.com/proh14/pbook</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://mk.phreedom.club/tags/terminal" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#terminal</a><span> </span><a href="https://mk.phreedom.club/tags/linux" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a><span> </span><a href="https://mk.phreedom.club/tags/phonebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonebook</a></p>
Julie Howlin<p>In 1991 there was a lawsuit in America in which a telephone directory producer tried to sue another under copyright laws. The court ruled that a phone book is not subject to copyright because there is no creativity involved in compiling a list of phone numbers.</p><p>10 things you might not know about the phone book:</p><p><a href="https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2019/01/january-15-telephone-directories.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">topicaltens.blogspot.com/2019/</span><span class="invisible">01/january-15-telephone-directories.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Telephone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TelephoneDirectory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TelephoneDirectory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhoneBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneBook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facts</span></a></p>
Micah Pollak<p>I was absolutely floored today to receive a phone book (!) in the mail. I haven't seen one of these in probably over a decade. I had to explain to my kids what it was. </p><p>Can you believe we used to just dox everyone in a town like this? Am I supposed to blur out the names and numbers or not? I mean, they are just openly handing them out to everyone already...</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WhitePages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhitePages</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Landline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Landline</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PhoneBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneBook</span></a></p>
Bram Diederik aka daft_dutch<p>Before im going to bed i finished my <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phoneassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phoneassistant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phonebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonebook</span></a>. Does some one know how i can make the web container transpartent?<br>Inserting a transpartent image in the search page does not work.</p>
Jason H. Moore, Ph.D.<p>Took this photo in Chicago nine years ago. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phonebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonebook</span></a></p>
Rachael Ava 💁🏻‍♀️<p>Kids: So, why do you go to schools around the country ripping phone books? :blobcataww:</p><p>Big strong woman: Because I want to normalize privacy by destroying phone books. :blobfoxuwu:</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/PhoneBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneBook</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Whitepages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whitepages</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/DataBrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokers</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tracking</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>Thanks to modern technology, being able to rip a Glasgow phone directory in half with your bare hands isn't nearly as impressive a feat of strength as it was in my youth (bonus points if you're old enough to remember when such things used to feature on Saturday night prime time television!).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/phonedirectory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonedirectory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/featofstrength" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>featofstrength</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/phonebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/moderntechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moderntechnology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/primetime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primetime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/barehands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>barehands</span></a></p>
Cardboard America<p>The new project is providing some interesting images.</p><p>These images only say: 1988.</p><p>I am guessing it is somewhere around Cedar Rapids, Iowa.</p><p>Not sure why their photo was taken. Must need to do some serious sleuthing.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colortransparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colortransparency</span></a> #1988 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iowa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typewriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>typewriter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phonebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonebook</span></a></p>
Stephen Sherman<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Marcociappelli" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Marcociappelli</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@Helen50" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Helen50</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@neilhimself" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>neilhimself</span></a></span> As for <a href="https://home.social/tags/phonebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonebook</span></a>, I’d go for Bedford Falls, 1945, and <a href="https://home.social/tags/audiobook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>audiobook</span></a>, James Joyce’ Ulysses (which I have listened to, possibly in its entirety). <a href="https://home.social/tags/ulysses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ulysses</span></a></p>
shaun<p>Here's the local white-plus-some-yellow pages from 1990. It's tough to get a good photo; who knows how many years this relic has spent molded to the inside of a drawer. Check out that sweet digital design, with fiber strands just bursting forth out of <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a>. </p><p>"Network 1990... for the information age!"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/phonebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/bellsouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bellsouth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/memphis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memphis</span></a></p>
💙💛:~/eu/pl/priv$:idle:<p>@CKsTechNews@cktn.todon.de Therefore, the first question to ask anyone before we give our phone number to should be: how many apps and which ones have <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/permission" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>permission</span></a> to access your <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phonebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phonebook</span></a>. <br />Only two have permission to access my phonebook (on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>android</span></a> ): signal, phone</p>
IT News<p>Pocket Computer Reminds Us of PDAs - Before smartphones exploded on the scene in the late 00s, there was still a reason... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2022/06/23/pocket-computer-reminds-us-of-pdas/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2022/06/23/pocket</span><span class="invisible">-computer-reminds-us-of-pdas/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/arduinohacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arduinohacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/calculator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>calculator</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/phonebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonebook</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/stopwatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stopwatch</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/breakout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>breakout</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/calendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>calendar</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/arduino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arduino</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/memory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memory</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pocket</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>game</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/nano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nano</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pda</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pc</span></a></p>
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