RiverCrochet

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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
I don't think it's you. Over its course the Internet and Web took over just about all communications, including culturally anchoring things like TV, radio, and newspapers. The takeover accelerated with the rise of broadband, Faceb
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
The words "trail on mouse" instantly reminded me of the Windows mouse trails, that's what I was expecting going into the article. But honestly, I really liked whatever you call this type of trail. Not sure this was the intent
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
No empathy. If you want to merely appear skilled instead of actually being skilled, and use false artifacts of skill to reap rewards, you deserve very harsh judgement.
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
The Famicombox is interesting. The article has a minor error - the unit houses up to 15 games, not 16. There is an internal cartridge slot for the menu ROM, but it's not a game. All the gory details you could ever want: http:/&#x
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
I booted this and played with this in VMWare. Played a bit of Snake. I couldn't figure out Wolf3d and the videoplayer didn't play the test video. I'm not too familiar with Lisp (although I did play a lot with LOGO as a kid),
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
A random thing I'm remembering, but can't remember where or when I read it: - Clocks started becoming a big deal when factory/shift work started being a thing in the early days of the Industrial Revolution.
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
Not technically theft unless the public library no longer has the books. Selling something and saying you created it when you didn't is a different five-letter word: fraud. Putting prompts in an LLM and saying you "created" t
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
We're long beyond the era of Google Search as a means for "discover new stuff" or to surface the best information on a given topic. Before the 2020s LLMs, spammers were getting the upper hand. These days, if you have an Andro
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
> Would this work on other platforms, I wonder? Or would they just freak out? Someone else can give it a try on the Commodore 64 or something. I don't remember seeing this on Commodore 64 too much. Most type-in hybrid BASIC-machine
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
TV makers would have to collude with every ISP for that to be worth depending on. Not to say it couldn't happen - but it wouldn't be a backdoor thing, it'd be very up front. All that's needed is for ISPs to create/j
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
I haven't seen any open WiFi networks around me in years. I don't think it's a thing anymore; it's definitely not something a TV company can rely on.
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
That would require the Roku to specifically be set up to act as a router. You can't just connect to a random device that's not specifically a router/AP and use its internet connection. Since Roku like other smart TV companies
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
> Just imagine, if the rumours are true and Apple's 'foldable' phone costs 2500€ or more - who is going to buys this? Phones are a bad example in the US at least-not sure how it works in the EU. I think most people in the
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
Plex/Jellyfin is for those without a home theater. I typically listen/watch media on my phone or old iPad, or sometimes a laptop. Since Jellyfin works through the browser it covers all these scenarios. On the occasion I have some
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
Looks like they all use Starlink and no one uses the FCC-subsidized fiber. Starlink is nice, but I'd still want the option to switch to an alternate provider if Starlink suddenly raises their prices or otherwise becomes uncompetitive f
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
> In contrast, p-bits flip between 0 or 1 with a tunable probability. Isn't this basically an ADC (except the tunable probability isn't an input voltage)? Is this kinda-sorta a new form of analog computing?
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
IANAL but I bet that: - If the license terms include a section on termination, and termination is done in accordance with the license terms, it's fine legally. - Licenses can be transferable but that doesn't make them non-terminab
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
Then the button should say "Buy Revocable License." Inevitably people will ask what that means. That will lead to a FAQ on the company's site somewhere, and various videos on the social media explaining it periodically with l
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
Calling the registry a database makes it seem better engineered than it really is. Running queries on the registry like SQLite? Nope. The Windows registry internally from what I've been able to read is a weird reimplementation of a fil
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by RiverCrochet 2mo ago
Most of the Windows CE phones of that era (pre-Windows Phone 7) were also basically "rooted" - i.e. you could install any .CAB and there was nothing stopping you. But Linux is a real operating system and Windows CE is basically on
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by RiverCrochet 3mo ago
From the article: "Elop oversaw the 2011 launch of a Linux-based smartphone, the Nokia N9. The N9 ran on a distribution of Linux called MeeGo. Reviewers at the time praised the new smartphone direction the Finnish phone maker had taken
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by RiverCrochet 3mo ago
Consumers and gamers are already alienated. If the price of RAM keeps going up I'm not sure much technology will actually be here to stay. What's the point of AI "art" anyway if everyone needs $10,000 devices to interact
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by RiverCrochet 3mo ago
See also: https://www.nesdev.org/wiki/NTSC_video
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by RiverCrochet 3mo ago
> Over 30 years after its introduction, IPv6 has still not replaced IPv4. The protocols are designed to exist side by side. Don't use IPv6 if you don't want to or can't. At some point IPv4's will be extremely expensiv
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by RiverCrochet 3mo ago
In a town nearby me (not really near me but within an hour's driving distance), sometimes I will see old people selling fresh fruit/vegetables in their front yard. They typically take cash, Cashapp, or Venmo. It's super conve
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by RiverCrochet 3mo ago
Device/board manufacturers shouldn't be hiding information needed for an OS to talk to it and use it behind an NDA. I bought the hardware, the operating system and applications I use it with are my business. Closed-source drivers
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by RiverCrochet 3mo ago
I agree with most of this, which is why emulation is generally better unless you specifically want to operate/show off a museum. Maybe things will be like the Nintendo BS-X where people will reverse engineer consoles with games downloa
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by RiverCrochet 3mo ago
> there is nothing wrong with those emotional ties This is a US centric viewpoint, and also a non-leadership viewpoint. It may not be wrong to experience emotional attachment to an employer, but it's unwise in my opinion if it can a
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by RiverCrochet 3mo ago
None of the stuff that makes Windows suck compared to Linux is because of the kernel. Two things I can think off off the top of my head that do completely suck about Windows: the forced updates and forced antivirus (e.g. Defender). None of
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by RiverCrochet 3mo ago
I ask a remote computer using an open protocol to send me stream of 3 million bytes, once, and then it sends me those bytes. Explain how this is unethical.

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