GeorgeTirebiter

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by GeorgeTirebiter 8mo ago
RX-01 DEC / IBM 3740 compatible was 77 tracks, single-sided, 128 bytes per sector and 26 sectors per track. Total 256,256 bytes. FM Modulation. 360 RPM. Disk to drive buffer: 4 µsec per data bit. Track-to-Track Seek: 6 ms. Head Set
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by GeorgeTirebiter 8mo ago
Interesting history, which does seem to be true: In the Beginning, the reliability of floppies was really quite good. Over time, as the mass market developed, however, quality went down as people shaved pennies and fractions of pennies.
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by GeorgeTirebiter 8mo ago
;-) looks like they are right, taking the slightly longer view! ;-)
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by GeorgeTirebiter 8mo ago
Help me understand this: why would anybody buy a Tesla car today, unless it was incredibly well-priced with respect to the competition? Seems to me, yes, this kills Tesla cars.
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by GeorgeTirebiter 9mo ago
I looked at a recent football (US) game, and I could not believe the pictures of the grease bombs they were pushing as 'food'. I literally felt ready to gag when I saw some 'chicken nuggets' or whatever was in the fried
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by GeorgeTirebiter 9mo ago
I want one the size and shape of the HP-200LX. Oh, in that case, please add a 4K color OLED screen and 5G radio. Lenovo stick for mouse.
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by GeorgeTirebiter 9mo ago
Correct. 'Segments' are the Proper Unit to think about a bag of bits doing a computation; pages sitting under segments is how VM systems worked to only load the active parts of segments; that's kind of what defined Demand Pa
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by GeorgeTirebiter 9mo ago
I can't tell if you're joking or serious. I recently rented a tesla on a vacation back east, and the nightmare that is charging cannot be erased. And FSD of course does not work (yet... they've been at it for 10+ years, ma
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by GeorgeTirebiter 9mo ago
Can you imagine an ICE vehicle having "Location-based fill-up limits" or "3D visualizations of gas station locations, synced with active availability / occupancy per stall" ? And of course, such useful features
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by GeorgeTirebiter 9mo ago
Are you saying that "age" is somehow a reason to retire? Most professionals I know who are able continue to work as they age, perhaps with a somewhat reduced work schedule. There's nothing I know of which keeps the mind sha
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by GeorgeTirebiter 10mo ago
I think you have a point. Rustic++ won't be vibe-coded in a weekend.
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by GeorgeTirebiter 10mo ago
I'm wondering if the C++ -> Rust converters out there are part of the Solution: After converting C++ to Rust, then convert Rust to C++ and you now have clean code which can continue to use all the familiar tooling.
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by GeorgeTirebiter 11mo ago
Is there something lacking in PuTTY ?
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by GeorgeTirebiter 11mo ago
Geez. I was the first one to comment. It was "This may be great, but... would you please give us more explanations / context." It's not "laziness" but trying to understand how this table is useful / te
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by GeorgeTirebiter 11mo ago
I don't understand, without further description of the symbols.
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by GeorgeTirebiter 11mo ago
I just donated. It's important to keep projects like NetBSD vital, as a monoculture benefits nobody but the monoculturists. I think of it as a way to help ensure Survival of the Species - by diversity.
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by GeorgeTirebiter 11mo ago
China will pick up the slack.......
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by GeorgeTirebiter 11mo ago
I've been impressed with CfCs --- and the stuff Liquid https://www.liquid.ai/research/liquid-neural-networks-resear... is trying to do: model neurons as differential equations, and use CfC methods to alleviate run
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by GeorgeTirebiter 11mo ago
how? Also, is this any different than 'merely' providing more bits of I/O to neurons via this different 'channel'?
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by GeorgeTirebiter 1y ago
Perhaps you can help guide a C expert but C++ avoider (and super-avoider of Rust, so far): If C is 1 in complexity, where does C++ and Rust fall. By 'complexity' here I mean: the ability to keep the Entire Language in your hea
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by GeorgeTirebiter 1y ago
I have an M1 12.9" iPP -- I find it's almost useless for reading because it weighs so much. I ended up buying a $ 90 Android 11" tablet which has a 'good enough' screen for reading. (Obv also does email, photos, A
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by GeorgeTirebiter 1y ago
yes, and... convenience says 'use WiFi'. No wires! I've said, if it moves - wireless. If it doesn't -- wired. Counterexamples that 'work': AM / FM / TV / Paging big transmitters to simple
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by GeorgeTirebiter 1y ago
Mu-MIMO would help. The real problem is that energy between a unit and an AP is not in a pencil-thin RF laser-beam --- it is spread out. Other nodes hear that energy, and back off. If we had better control of point-to-point links, the
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by GeorgeTirebiter 1y ago
Yes, extrinsic vs intrinsic motivation. Sometimes, you MUST do a task (taxes, take a driving test, etc). And, yes, the extent that tasks start from intrinsic motivation, you're ahead of the game. For me, this is making habits (perso
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by GeorgeTirebiter 1y ago
Same 'speaking from living' and I want to amplify a spark you mention: break down the task into smaller pieces; the size of the piece is how much time you can force yourself to do the task, fully knowing after 5 minutes (10 minute
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by GeorgeTirebiter 1y ago
I think it's an issue of hierarchies and the Society of Mind (Minsky). If a human touches a hot stove, or any animal's end effector, a lower-level process instantly pulls the hand/paw away from the heat. There are no doubt
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by GeorgeTirebiter 1y ago
The courts are the last bulwark against this tyranny. They work very slowly, surely not suited to 21st-century speed. But they do work. The tariffs have been found to be illegal, this is headed to the SC. Using National Guard in LA was
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by GeorgeTirebiter 1y ago
There is another doomed project that XROS reminds me of: the Apple "Pink" OS. Brief history: https://lowendmac.com/2014/pink-apples-first-stab-at-a-moder... "Pink was spun out as Taligent. The kern
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by GeorgeTirebiter 1y ago
The XROS thing sounds sort of like the PenPoint OS -- which was used with the EO 440 and EO 880 tablet + Cellphone-connected computers that came out around the same time as Newton (early 90s) - but with larger screens and cellular voice&#x2
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by GeorgeTirebiter 1y ago
People are nailing it here -- it's not the "OS" per se (heck, look at CP/M or original unix and this gives you a floor) -- it's the drivers and the required Standard Pieces: DMA, memory protection, TCP/IP, B

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