TheAmazingRace

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   by TheAmazingRace 10mo ago

   Funny enough... HDMI CEC is still not perfect in my experience. For the longest time, if I powered on my Mac mini and not power on the TV manually, it would actually cause the TV to crash and force a reboot. It was really strange behavior.
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   by TheAmazingRace 10mo ago

   Not to mention, DisplayPort is the superior standard over HDMI in both technological terms as well as it being royalty free.
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   by TheAmazingRace 10mo ago

   Indeed. I'm pretty sure the issue is that the HDMI Consortium wants some kind of royalty for each device sold with a proper HDMI designation, whereas VESA doesn't care if you sell one device or a million devices with DisplayPort.
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   by TheAmazingRace 10mo ago

   By older Arc, I presume you're referring to Alchemist and not Battlemage in this case. One of my brothers has a PC I built for him, specced out with an Intel Core i5 13400f CPU and an Intel Arc A770 GPU, and it still works great fo
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   by TheAmazingRace 11mo ago

   Bill also ended the strip exactly ten years after he started. Frankly, I appreciated his honesty and integrity around the strip. The comic stuck around just long enough to leave a lasting impression but never too long to overstay its welcom
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   by TheAmazingRace 11mo ago

   Fun fact. Ultima 7 was one of the few commercial titles ever made that used "Unreal" mode. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_mode It wasn't particularly popular as it couldn't play nice with prot
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   by TheAmazingRace 11mo ago

   Fair enough. I still like to dream about alternative realities.
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   by TheAmazingRace 11mo ago

   Good points all around. That said, I’d possibly contest you on the single source issue you brought up. IBM likely would have told NS… much like they told Intel back in the day… that if they wanted to do business with them, that they needed
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   by TheAmazingRace 11mo ago

   Sorry stranger. I just saw this. Maybe I can work something out? I’ll let you know and I appreciate the offer.
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    by TheAmazingRace 11mo ago

    In your specific case too, I believe there are options for soft emulation of the FPU if you needed support for one in a pinch. I can’t say how the performance is, but I’d imagine it would be insanely slow.
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    by TheAmazingRace 11mo ago

    A shame, really. 68k was (and is) much more approachable for those learning assembly. No need to deal with 64k segmented memory, for instance. As an aside… National Semiconductor also had an ill-fated architecture in the NS32000, which I al
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    I'll be making a stop in Seattle here in a few weeks. I'll see if this is available for purchase at Haggen.
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    Nice to see you around these parts, Conrad.
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    I've personally known Ari, the guy behind Sky, since the mid 2000s when he was a frequent visitor to the forum insanelymac.com, back when OSx86 was a big deal. Even back then, he really stood out and I'm glad he's continuing
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    I love how my favorite classic GModders and SFMers are getting mentions on HN. It amazes me how this cottage industry of animators is already over 15 years old now.
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    Sequioa is honestly a sorry sight better than Tahoe. It's only downhill from here!
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    Thank you for this tip. iOS feels so much better now!
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    Then I was an order of magnitude off!
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    Agreed. Though I bet the performance of such a computer would barely crack kHz territory.
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    This looks quite good! Thanks for the recommendation.
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    What do you mean? Perhaps some HN users prefer traditional financial vehicles instead of something that could be fly-by-night. x402 might end up being more legitimate, yet the ecosystem page doesn't inspire confidence - I only recogniz
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    I can't help but immediately think of Busy Beaver stores from the tri-state (PA-OH-WV) area. https://busybeaver.com/
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    This is true. However, Superfish hasn’t been relevant in years and Lenovo walked back on including such malware going forward as far as I can tell. And furthermore, Superfish didn’t affect ThinkPads. Only lower end Lenovo models.
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    Thank you kindly for clarifying! I get it now.
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    I'm not sure I understand. Is the suggestion that Charlie is wrong here?
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    Charlie Demerjian of SemiAccurate thinks this will be the killing blow for Intel in the long run. https://www.semiaccurate.com/2025/09/08/intel-reshuffles-sen... Personally, I am worried Intel is approaching
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    It was a valiant effort by AMD when they made their first attempt at an in-house x86 chip design. Prior to this, AMD effectively cloned Intel designs under license. Sadly, the K5 was pretty underwhelming upon release, and it wasn’t until AM
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    The co-creator of D 2.0? That guy is a legend.
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    We kinda have this with IBM POWER 9. Though that chip launched 8 years ago now, so I'm hoping IBM's next chip can also avoid any proprietary blobs.
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    by TheAmazingRace 1y ago

    Congrats on your retired life! That said, I'm not sure if posting a link to the property you purchased is a good idea, considering that's akin to doxing yourself.