benstopics

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by benstopics 8mo ago
PowerBasic does have functions. Go there is thousands of goto and gosub which would need to be unraveled which there isn't really a 1:1 for gosub at least in say C++. Or EXIT IF... The bane of my existence...
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by benstopics 8mo ago
a) At the time it was impossible for me . I think I could actually do it now. But now that I can read the BASIC... what would be the point? If I wanted it cross platform, I will build a virtual machine. b) Claude Code has performed excepti
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by benstopics 8mo ago
Sorry I am slow! I do it on the side so. Bear with me. I try to market and post updates when I can. Even this onslaught of comments from hitting frontpage is overwhelming but I am trying to be gratious and respond to everyone!
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by benstopics 8mo ago
A magician never reveals his secret...
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by benstopics 8mo ago
I am definitely sharing this with Michael he will be happy to be pushed down in the dinosaur ranking!
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by benstopics 8mo ago
I figured the engineering crowd here would enjoy the technical journey and I am so grateful it got to front page so that I may talk about the technical side which I enjoy doing. I am not a hermit by nature and posting on HN really was a cry
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by benstopics 8mo ago
That is almost entirely true and yes it's a click baity title, and it worked ha!
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by benstopics 8mo ago
The reason I discovered options prices were wrong is because for fun I created an In-The-Money visualization graph for when you're doing advanced options spreads and I noticed that the graph was asymetrical and profitability and loss m
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by benstopics 8mo ago
Options pricing was not correct, which MJ knew because he simply based it on lookup table using ratios of a spread on a random security in his brokerage account decades ago! I tried to implement Black-Scholes best I could, my one contributi
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by benstopics 8mo ago
Not impossible but a lot of work. But with Custom Data API and Set Game State API you can do a lot of what you may wish you could do from modding the frontend. Not ideal but it goes from impossible to a possible!
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by benstopics 8mo ago
I would love to do this. I do plan to code a PowerBasic virtual machine in order to make the game cross platform which would allow for a future with Wall Street Raider Online because my true dream? I want to play it on my phone!
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by benstopics 8mo ago
I do think it is possible with the advent of Claude Agent to transpile the code. First I would refactor the trampoline system to be functional and unit test everything. Then I would use those tests to validate the transpilation. It's s
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by benstopics 8mo ago
Claude actually! Yeah the content editing was heavily LLM assisted as I'm a terrible writer and I wanted the read to be enjoyable. So I compiled all the research and worked with Claude to build the article. I then attempted to go throu
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by benstopics 8mo ago
That is a really good idea. I totally forgot to include the link in that part of the story. I will definitely be making that change! Well, here is the one I think you are referring to: https://www.reddit.com/r/tycoon&#x
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by benstopics 8mo ago
Others attempted to build from scratch or port it without the original developer's involvement. I worked directly with Michael and built a bridge layer into his existing codebase rather than rewriting it.
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by benstopics 8mo ago
Thank you sir and I'm glad you enjoyed the story! I hope it's successful but we will see.
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by benstopics 8mo ago
I'm sorry what is the question?
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by benstopics 8mo ago
I am working with Michael to remaster it. He transferred the domain name to me and I just redid the website. I'm not sure when the last time he updated Roninsoft website, but he has "retired" from working on WSR, although has
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by benstopics 8mo ago
You're damn right we can.
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by benstopics 8mo ago
You're welcome!
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by benstopics 8mo ago
I built an FFI via event dispatching and shared memory pointers/matching structs. Imported the C++ UI layer as a DLL via Win32 LoadLibrary. The PB shares a big array for storing global pointers allowing them to read/write each oth
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by benstopics 8mo ago
If I can't get a response from a publisher here soon, I will be setting an Early Access release date of 1-2 months from now to give me some time to build up more wishlists before I pull the trigger.
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Show HN: I spent 3 years reverse-engineering a 40 yo stock market sim from 1986(wallstreetraider.com)
721 points by benstopics 8mo ago|240 comments
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Show HN: Cave Adventure 1976 PICO-8 port(lexaloffle.com)
7 points by benstopics 2y ago|0 comments
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by benstopics 2y ago
this is so cool. fyi when i try to clear the input boxes I can't get rid of the leading zero.
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by benstopics 4y ago
I think a pin number might be an easy solution. Just sign with #1234 at the bottom of the email.
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by benstopics 4y ago
Does it just post to the correct page based on the from email? If so, how do you protect against email spoofing?
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by benstopics 4y ago
I also use MRP (Minimum Remarkable Product) as in, your product has at least one feature that is of value to someone.
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by benstopics 4y ago
This is cool. Apparently I’ve saved over $1500 and 370 hours of drive time since WFH of March 2020. I also can speak cat now.
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by benstopics 4y ago
I understand where you’re coming from. I would argue that if the amount of refactoring required to make the bug clear takes that much longer, then all the more reason it should be prioritized. This is really the purest definition of tech de

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