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The irony, when I grew up writing programs for my Atari in 6502, I dreamed of having the amazing resources of computers today. Now people are going back to the
by keithnz 4y ago
The irony, when I grew up writing programs for my Atari in 6502, I dreamed of having the amazing resources of computers today. Now people are going back to the simpler times. Sort of the programmer equivalent of LARPing medieval times I guess.
- bitexploder 4y agoIt is just nice to switch modalities and make things simple. 6502 is a sweet spot of capability and simplicity for me.
- LocalH 4y ago"Grass is greener on the other side."
- canucker2016 4y agoIt's amazing how far we've come in raw computing resources available on a desktop in 40 years. Check the 2018 video of an Atari 8-bit emulator which can run 182 apps simultaneously (no idea what CPU is powering the box): http://www.emulators.com/xformer.htm#XFORMER10 http://www.emulators.com/xformer.htm#XFORMER10
- synu 4y agoI definitely dreamed of more powerful computers, but working using libraries that wrap libraries that wrap libraries (and on and on) and never needing to think about the hardware was not something I really anticipated. There’s something nice about working with hardware and software that calling it LARPing feels dismissive. Arduinos are fun in a similar way and aren’t medieval.
- keithnz 4y agodismissive? I think maybe that's your attitude to LARPing? I think LARPing is great fun! Nothing wrong with it, going back to period where things were different, less technology but still interesting skills involved to do things we take things for granted these days.