ChristopherDrum

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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
What setup are you running it on? That will help with troubleshooting. Or, if you prefer, feel free to file an issue on the project repo and we can hash it out there. https://github.com/ChristopherDrum/pez/issues
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
Fantastic to hear! Thanks for the kind words and for checking it out.
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
My absolute favorite text adventure in recent years is Lost Pig. Alas, it is not compatible with the UNIX port this post is about, but it is a delightful game with a unique comedic voice.
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
Yeah, the "porting" part was pretty trivial, all things considered. Any difficulty was really only as a consequence of certain patterns being unfamiliar or evolved. Once those patterns were identified, it was only "roll up yo
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
It had never occurred to me that someone might have the game be their first HHGTTG experience over some other media. For me, the BBC television series was my gateway into the world, then the game (I was already hooked on Infocom by then), t
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
Interesting to know, thanks. My intention with that comment was in pondering about vms distributed commercially in the home market, which I don't think I made clear enough in the post. :/
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Show HN: Resurrecting Infocom's Unix Z-Machine with Cosmopolitan(christopherdrum.github.io)
157 points by ChristopherDrum 2y ago|50 comments
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
I'm in the exploratory phase of a few projects, meaning I haven't decided if they are compelling enough (or within my skillset) to push me to develop them properly. That said, the one project I've explored multiple times, eac
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
My pleasure, and thanks for creating Cosmopolitan!
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Show HN: Resurrecting Infocom's Unix Z-Machine with Cosmopolitan(itch.io)
9 points by ChristopherDrum 2y ago|2 comments
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
No, it's not an option in the game. Judging from comments around the interweb, there are a number of good choices that aren't represented.
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
I became an Iosevka convert this year. If there are things about it you don't like, you can likely build a custom variant that fixes those things. There are 54 variants for the zero character, for example. Pick your poison. https:&#x2
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
Various "bests" based purely on feelings - They're Going to Love You - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Roadside Picnic - To Kill a Mockingbird - Catch 22 - Blindness - No Country for Old Men (various McCarthy books could rotat
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
+1 on this. Even as an adult I found other game authoring systems too complex to jump into and feel comfortable with (as a hobbyist). Pico-8 was the fastest, easiest "I'm thinking of something" to "I'm seeing someth
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
I use the BOOX NoteAir, just to keep from having a dozen scattered notebooks and having to replenish the paper/ink supply. I use it just like paper. I don't do any handwriting recognition or anything, and at most will split ideas
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
I really enjoyed how under Explore, if I set "Risk Tolerance" to "Low" (which it is) there are zero options (until the Bogglehead??? forum creations). This has helped steel my resolve against investing.
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
Mythic produces an analog processor https://mythic.ai/ There is also the analog computer The Analog Thing https://the-analog-thing.org/
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
Lack of scripting automation and a blend tool are my only real disappointments with the product. These aren't enough to make me switch back to Adobe mind you, but they're relatively glaring omissions I think.
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
There is a link right on that very page to download, "eliza8_source.zip" Additionally, the "cartridge" can be opened by Pico-8 and viewed/edited/copied freely (free educational version of Pico-8 can do this as
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
Quick plug; mine is based on Weizenbaum's original (or at least on his notes/specifications, as the source code wasn't available when I built mine) https://christopherdrum.itch.io/eliza8
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
I use a BOOX Note Air as an infinite supply of paper. In that I create general and specific "notepads" (using the BOOX built-in app). Those are basically just filled with sketches and lists. Lists of projects I'm thinking abo
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
The bicycle book and bootcamp with Aaron Hillegass, pre iPhone days, put me on the path to making shareware for MacOS X. That hobby morphed overnight into an iOS programming career when the platform opened up, which persists to this day. I
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
Doesn't seem so impossible. https://youtu.be/8uaaF83eVig
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by ChristopherDrum 2y ago
"Marriage takes place on Tuesday" --> Nausea And given how my wife cooks, there'll be plenty of nausea on Wednesday too! straightens tie with clenched teeth, eyes darting around for audience approval
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by ChristopherDrum 3y ago
Is there some way to set to an alarm to let me know when Steel Battalion becomes playable?
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by ChristopherDrum 3y ago
This is precisely what I was saying to my friend the other day. Their knowledge of the planet is hyper-specific in some ways, but they also seem to acknowledge that they don't understand the planet. One person says, "This place is
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by ChristopherDrum 3y ago
This paper definitely has thoughts on the matter https://law.mit.edu/pub/interpretingtherulesofcode/release/4 "As the Rules as Code movement gains momentum, questions are starting to be asked about the p
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by ChristopherDrum 3y ago
Behind the Bastards did 2 episodes on this very topic. Blame Frank Lorenzo! https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236...
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by ChristopherDrum 3y ago
IBM also has a free course in COBOL, for what it's worth. (which, judging from the plethora of COBOL jobs here in Japan, might actually be worth more than zero) https://www.ibm.com/training/course/learning-cob
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by ChristopherDrum 3y ago
Maybe read a little bit about the man first. Atkinson invented double-clicking, the selection lasso, MacPaint, QuickDraw, and HyperCard. When Steve Jobs was asked how many man-years QuickDraw took to develop, he asked Atkinson how long it t

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