the two definitions (general Personal Computer, or IBM-compatible) always co-existed in different contexts.

aside - even though Apple ads really drove the Macs Vs PCs thing - before they went Intel, Apple computers used to have IBM PowerPC architecture processors.

i think 0 F was the freezing point of salt water, but far saltier than seawater - as salty as it can possibly get.

i have bad news for you about how computers do timestamps.

pejoratively ≠ casually

most electronics breadboards and the pins from (non-tiny) microchips / ICs are spaced at 2.54mm apart, which i eventually realised is a tenth of an inch.

Anyone who thinks you can divide one number by another and get an irrational number… doesn’t know what irrational means.