briansteffens

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by briansteffens 9y ago
I agree not to go into low level programming expecting a wealth of job opportunities to suddenly open up, but I wouldn't tell people not to go there at all. Not only is assembly really fun to play around with, I feel like I've got
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by briansteffens 10y ago
Thanks! It's still pretty rough but I'm hoping to put some notes up soon.
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by briansteffens 10y ago
Nice guide, especially the terminal raw mode stuff. I haven't seen much on that before, I really appreciate that this guide goes over that. I've been messing around with a little text editor component myself in golang: https:&#x2
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From math to machine: translating a function to machine code(briansteffens.github.io)
108 points by briansteffens 10y ago|14 comments
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by briansteffens 10y ago
Yeah, plus even when you get down to machine code, those instructions can be implemented as microcode in the CPU. Then you have things like the lisp machines. Or V8 compiling bits of javascript to machine code while it "interprets&quot
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by briansteffens 10y ago
Also "Sometimes he says wrong things, and then I have to explain why those things are wrong.." Sounds more like she just lectures him rather than having actual conversations.
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by briansteffens 10y ago
I'd like VMX passthrough for nested virtualization.
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by briansteffens 10y ago
I agree with a lot of what he's saying, but at the same time, why does it matter? Does every book need to be easily enjoyable as light reading by anyone who is literate? Joyce was highly educated and exceedingly well-read, and he wrote
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by briansteffens 10y ago
Nice post! I really enjoy playing around with things like this. It's amazing how little is needed to make a language/interpreter capable of doing virtually anything, even if not elegantly or safely. As long as you can perform calc
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by briansteffens 10y ago
Yeah I was exaggerating a bit, I find plenty of games to play. If you're not too picky about which game you play, you can find a lot of good games. It's when all your friends are playing something specific and telling you to play
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by briansteffens 10y ago
Or you could just only play Linux games. I mean sure, you'll eventually get tired of Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of Mordor. But when that happens you can just play Shadow of Mordor.
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by briansteffens 10y ago
Pff I do 171 hour weeks
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by briansteffens 10y ago
Welcome aboard!
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by briansteffens 10y ago
Can't put a price on a free drink!
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by briansteffens 10y ago
gdb is magic once you get the hang of it, I'd definitely recommend spending some time getting comfortable with it.
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by briansteffens 10y ago
Unless it's Ardbeg, then you can get away with 10
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by briansteffens 10y ago
Not really on topic, but is it possible to acquire a 'defensive' patent? Maybe by placing a patent into public domain or otherwise promise through some legal means not to pursue legal action against anyone who would like to use th
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GitHub streaks add-on for Firefox(github.com)
2 points by briansteffens 10y ago|0 comments
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by briansteffens 10y ago
Maybe they could bring back streaks but make them only visible to yourself as a purely motivational thing?
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by briansteffens 10y ago
Agreed, mine was the only streak I ever paid attention to and for the last few months it really kept me going, making at least one little contribution per day.
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by briansteffens 10y ago
The problem with this line of thinking is that of course at the individual level anybody can do better*, but at the group level it means nothing. Somebody has to work at Walmart, and one person finding a better job doesn't eliminate th
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by briansteffens 10y ago
Can stand* more friends? ;)
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by briansteffens 10y ago
I'll join your stupid shit social website! What's the link?
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by briansteffens 11y ago
"Everything you need from jQuery, none of the compatibility." :D
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by briansteffens 11y ago
Adobe sucks, stop using them for stuff.