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by accrual 2y ago
Kind of wild to imagine an alternate universe where Commodore and Atari were still big names in computing. Would have loved to see the Amiga continue to grow, it seemed so ahead of its time.
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by accrual 2y ago
This is a good argument. While models for producing useful text and images will continue to improve and create evermore convincing outputs, they lack some fundamental aspects of lived experience. Imagine if we could record all (or many) asp
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by accrual 2y ago
Definitely! We wouldn't learn and become successful technicians if it wasn't for all the failures.
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by accrual 2y ago
We've come full circle. We invented a GUI to replace the TUI, then reimplemented the GUI in the TUI. Long live the terminal!
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by accrual 2y ago
Same here. I remember playing with Beta versions of Windows Vista on my parents home PC. Ended up wrecking the system because I wasn't technical enough to fix it when it broke... but was still an important milestone in my journey today
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by accrual 2y ago
Same here. I often implemented like this, where n was some reasonable value: if iteration % n === 0: update_progress()
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Local mirrors of long-defunct historical websites(retromirror.org)
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by accrual 2y ago
I have a USB floppy drive with a known good disk in it. Not sure if a regular 34-pin floppy would be any different. But blanked it, connected to Win 11, and rebooted. The drive seeked on startup, but otherwise it's still blank: d
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by accrual 2y ago
Good story for getting a handle on the idea. It kind of reminded me of fractals and how we find some parallels between phenomena at every scale, e.g. galaxies and rotating water as it flows down your drain.
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by accrual 2y ago
This is very cool. I feel like the technique used (gaussian splatting) gives it a more realistic appearance from certain viewpoints. It almost felt like my monitor turned into a window in the sky looking out over the city for a moment. The
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by accrual 2y ago
And when you live. The 20s-30s year old crowd I interact with seems to avoid, if not mock FB. I recognize it has its uses and benefits, though.
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by accrual 2y ago
It's neat to see the 4080 Super doing well compared to the 5080 and 5090. It's clearly behind them in many cases, but seems to have better performance per watt ratio than them while also having some of the lowest temps. Also inter
703.
by accrual 2y ago
Wow, that's cool to see on Windows 11. Thanks for finding & sharing this.
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by accrual 2y ago
It loaded for me, but here's a description for future readers. The first image is the of the original IBM PC's power supply (or a clone) wherein there's a nice, clunky red switch directly on the power supply. The second image
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by accrual 2y ago
I think so - but it would be fun to confirm. Windows up to and including XP still have the AT shutdown splash baked in. I think the splash was dropped with Vista. I did successfully boot Vista on a real AT-style motherboard but I don't
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by accrual 2y ago
Sure! I mostly use it for testing and finding the latest versions of software that still run without requiring SSE2 instructions (Athlon64, Pentium 4, etc.). It's kind of like a functioning software museum - it has lots of old software
707.
by accrual 2y ago
These shutdown splashes are one reason why I enjoy working with AT motherboards, those with the old P8 + P9 power connector ("red to red and it's dead"). There's some charm and nostalgia in the computer only having two s
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by accrual 2y ago
Rest in peace, Viktor. Your influence and design greatly affected the way I viewed and experienced video games.
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I know we're just ranting, and there are reasons for the seemingly bad designs. But I have a very recent 1200W Corsair (ATX 3.1/PCIe 5.1) which uses these special "type 5" mini connectors on the PSU side. It's pai
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by accrual 2y ago
A lot of voters didn't turn out, so it's not accurate to say most Americans voted for this. There's also the issue of Trump saying Musk helped him win two key states during his inauguration speech, which some consider just sh
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by accrual 2y ago
I'm doing the same. It's mostly correct on my end, though sometimes it fails in humourous ways. I have a friend who does gig work as a food delivery driver, and delivered to someone who was consuming cannabis and mentioned both in
712.
by accrual 2y ago
Who's to say no one appreciates it? And even if it were unappreciated, that doesn't make it any less worthwhile to the person working on it if that's what they choose to do with their time. Not every project needs to live for
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by accrual 2y ago
> DeepSeek won’t be top dog forever. I agree with this in the sense that no model will be top dog forever. However, it's important to note their contributions to open source. They're raising the bottom bar, and that is importan
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by accrual 2y ago
Awesome story! I also enjoy the real hardware nostalgia. I got an Am386-DX40 up and running this afternoon after replacing the Varta battery and adding a CF card. What hardware did you use for your build?
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by accrual 2y ago
> The court held 5–4 that the freedom of speech clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent expenditures for political campaigns by corporations including for-profits, nonprofit organizations, labo
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by accrual 2y ago
Although there are better ways to test, I used a 3B model to speed up replies from my local AI server when testing out an application I was developing. Yes I could have mocked up HTTP replies etc., but in this case the small model let me ju
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by accrual 2y ago
This is extremely chilling. The US government is now in the pocket of a few.
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by accrual 2y ago
It is peaceful and I'm finding myself in a similar place at a slightly older age. Responsibility to others can indeed be draining. But I'd encourage you to see beyond ending yourself as an alternative. There's always another
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by accrual 2y ago
I've been out of the loop on MP3 players for a while, but when I was in the scene I really liked FiiO's products, e.g.: https://www.fiio.com/m11s iPods are still a really awesome device for pure music listening in
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by accrual 2y ago
Yes, I agree. While data collection is an issue it feels like a red herring sometimes. I've received a wide variety of populist and anti-capitalist ideas from a wide spectrum of users on TikTok, and that feels like a greater threat to

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