bilegeek

13 ms·

151.
by bilegeek 3y ago
Also, the predecessor MIT CADR LispM has had an emulator and OS for awhile. https://tumbleweed.nu/r/bug-lispm/forumpost/7475d8a3db
152.
by bilegeek 3y ago
The real sore spot is with multiplayer anticheat, about 50/50 according to https://areweanticheatyet.com/ ... plus maybe a few singleplayer games with draconian DRM. Otherwise, things usually just work with the occasio
153.
by bilegeek 3y ago
Because that's not objecting; you're still feeding into the power Windows has over computing. Bill Gates said so himself in 2007: "It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than when the
154.
by bilegeek 3y ago
This is good for the EU no doubt; but unfortunately they'll just make an EU-only variant just like Apple did with removable SIM cards.
155.
by bilegeek 3y ago
Amazing how far this project has come. From firsthand experience a few years back, it's quite usable as one's primary desktop, though I've since moved to a customized vanilla FVWM.
156.
by bilegeek 3y ago
Yes, since 1979: https://www.saildart.org/simple/index-book-simple.html Ctrl-F "SAIL was absorbed"
157.
by bilegeek 3y ago
For the quotes bit: I found a source[1] saying to append a + to the beginning of the quotes for verbatim mode. Example: +"stanford waits" Aside from that, I can't offer any answers; only commiseration. [1] https:/&#x2F
158.
Spring Lisp Game Jam 2023(itch.io)
2 points by bilegeek 3y ago|0 comments
159.
by bilegeek 3y ago
> Notably, HP Enterprise hasn’t really done anything with SGI’s legacy assets since acquiring the company in 2016. Sadly, they don't really HAVE much; Rackable shredded[1] all of their old SGI docs circa 2010. The only reason the In
160.
Spacewar – Fanatic Life and Symbolic Death Among the Computer Bums (1972)(wheels.org)
2 points by bilegeek 3y ago|0 comments
161.
by bilegeek 3y ago
Not to blindly defend excessive food additives or anything, but putting questionable additives into food has been a thing for at least three times as long as you say; look up Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley[1] and swill milk[2]. [1] https:&#x2F
162.
Dr. Harvey “Old Borax” Wiley and His Poison Squad(blog.history.in.gov)
2 points by bilegeek 3y ago|0 comments
163.
A tour of Stanford's AI Lab in 1976(saildart.org)
3 points by bilegeek 3y ago|0 comments
164.
by bilegeek 3y ago
It really is until you settle on a larger terminal size by default (I use 100x25 or 100x50 usually, sometimes 132x25/50 for lots of output.) I still miss it though. Don't know why they never added it, for example it's got a w
165.
by bilegeek 3y ago
That's because they're more prepared for heat, and have clothes and structures designed to handle the heat at the expense of cold. Like how Texas has lots of heat waves that cause issues, but there was far more havoc and death dur
166.
The astounding UI responsivity of PDP-10 DDT on ITS(dernocua.github.io)
3 points by bilegeek 3y ago|0 comments
167.
by bilegeek 3y ago
It has the smoothest cut/copy/paste routine once you get it down. Moving text around is just buttery. I personally find the lack of highlighting and auto-delimiters is a PITA for HTML/LaTeX though.
168.
Cybis (CYber-Based Instructional System) Release(web.archive.org)
3 points by bilegeek 4y ago|0 comments
169.
by bilegeek 4y ago
Don't forget about the Berkeley Timesharing System[1], Compatible Time-Sharing System[2], or Livermore Timesharing System[3], and a shocking number more[4]. The wealth of diversity even in the late 60's was amazing. [1] https:&#x2
170.
Michigan Terminal System(en.wikipedia.org)
71 points by bilegeek 4y ago|22 comments
171.
by bilegeek 4y ago
Water in western states is often a "use it or lose it" system, driving overuse even if the farmer knows better. [1] https://www.propublica.org/article/killing-colorado-wasting-...
172.
by bilegeek 4y ago
Don't forget stylometry; though AI actually looks like a promising tool to help with it.
173.
by bilegeek 4y ago
Dang, looks really modern for 2006! What made you move away? I'm currently using Fvwm on a modded default config; tho I'm stuck on v2 because of Debian Stable.
174.
FVWM3(github.com)
11 points by bilegeek 4y ago|4 comments
175.
The Lost Media Wiki(lostmediawiki.com)
10 points by bilegeek 4y ago|0 comments
176.
by bilegeek 4y ago
Not all, but a lot of docs from the era were, for lack of a better term, "written by programmers" instead of "written for users".
177.
by bilegeek 4y ago
Not that I'm going to try a similar quest, but how does one go about starting one? Just send as much mail, email and forum posts as possible, inquiring to every person you can get the name of?
178.
by bilegeek 4y ago
It's sad to think about how many old systems like this just... disappear. Something that cost millions of dollars (before inflation!), perhaps something incredibly important to history was computed on it, then just left to the fading m
179.
by bilegeek 4y ago
It's also double-dipping; excessive subsidies via taxes, then add ANOTHER tax to offset the cheap prices caused by subsidies? Just have less insane subsidies! (Yes, subsidies are necessary, national food security etc.; but a LOT is jus
180.
by bilegeek 4y ago
The PATCO strike[1] was '81, and Reagan's admin was RIFE with greed. The trends we see today didn't just spring up with the fall of the Berlin wall in '89; it has deep roots as a reaction[2] to the 70's and 80'

More ›