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by csdvrx 4y ago
I've heard it was an important game historically (like doom) but I've never seen it much in retro gaming. Can someone who played it when it was new explain why it was important to them? I've read the side article about the bo
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by csdvrx 4y ago
People who try to hack stuff with APE - here abainbridge but hopefully, you too: the more the merrier :)
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by csdvrx 4y ago
Super interesting! > It is janky though So what? It can be improved :) Would you like to try to make an APE out of it? It would then be not just different Linuxes, but also MacOS and Windows, a bit like https://x410.dev/
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by csdvrx 4y ago
Here's a lower tech + lower cost solutions: introduce said letter in a Xerox or a fax machine - contraband problem solved.
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by csdvrx 4y ago
The content is questionable, but I'm a firm believer in testable hypothesis, and this collection connects together very nicely different fields (ASD, IQ, theory of the mind, computational cost) of interesting testable hypothesis for mo
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by csdvrx 4y ago
The author main point is the affirmation that rejecting some human things is bad: > " Adhering to our current ideal of beauty — specifically in Western culture, specifically at this time in history — means being as divorced from you
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by csdvrx 4y ago
Vouched for your comment because it's spot on. It's for gold nuggets like that I'm happy there's the showdead option! If there are indeed "idots" in society in a sense that they have physical or mental problems
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by csdvrx 4y ago
https://www.clockworkpi.com/product-page/devterm-kit-r01
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by csdvrx 4y ago
> I remember when hard drives moved to 4k sectors. It seemed insane that they were still 512bytes, and seemed neat to have them the same size as memory pages. But 4k pages seem incredibly small today It's a problem with NVMe especia
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by csdvrx 4y ago
> Moreover, if I suggested not to install certain security updates and something untoward happened then I'd be blamed. Rest assured that's not how I work :) I don't want somethings to blindly copy/paste from. I'm
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by csdvrx 4y ago
Because if it isn't broken (yet) I'm not fixing it. I'd rather have Microsoft reconsider their move with the data in hand than waste my time on what may (or may not) happen.
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by csdvrx 4y ago
Super interesting! If 2007 doesn't requires reactivation, I'll consider moving back from Office 2010 to 2007. Do you have a document detailing what you do, or the KB you recommend?
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by csdvrx 4y ago
> I wonder if the issue would be more how to get such an optimization to the display This > Although perhaps it automatically does a comparison between current and previous frame to do its own dirty-pixel optimization. Some do, like t
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by csdvrx 4y ago
$20 and ebay, same place and just little more if you want it NIB.
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by csdvrx 4y ago
I've enough valid licenses for every computer I use to have Office 2010 (or 2007 as I play with old hardware from time to time)/ I've reinstalled Office on a spare laptop 2 weeks ago, and it's just fine. > Are there a
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by csdvrx 4y ago
> From my experience, Microsoft wants you to move to a Microsoft 365 subscription Yes, they want the money. > So there is a clock ticking if you are using those versions of Office. My solution is Office 2007 (for 32 bit) or 2010 (for
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by csdvrx 4y ago
> Other auth standards do not support a challenge-response exchange And why is a challenge required? Shouldn't the decision on which level of protection to use be left to the client? The business should be able to say "thanks b
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by csdvrx 4y ago
Much to my regret, I've never experienced 300 baud terminals (too young for this) I've just heard about how great their hardware was. I'm a huge admirer of terminals and especially obscure stuff like sixel and regis. Right no
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by csdvrx 4y ago
This so much! TBH I care more about Excel 2010 than Windows 10, 11 or whatever. So that's where I draw the line: if the OS stops letting me run Excel 2010, it's not Excel I'll change, but the OS that'll get the boot. I&#
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by csdvrx 4y ago
> Just run old windows versions with your old office in a virtual machine I don't like VMs. I prefer technical solutions like Wine. And if I go this way, I might as well give the boot to Windows to run Wine on Linux: all I really ne
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by csdvrx 4y ago
> Outlook 2010 does not support the modern authentication and encryption that Exchange Online, and Outlook.com require. Really? Then explain me why is it important? Why does it require this specific solution, and why other solutions like
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by csdvrx 4y ago
> This article is insane fear mongering over nothing. It's not. How Outlook 2010 was cut out from downloading outlook.com mail is concerning. I want to know what their next shot will be. Excel is where I draw the line: if Windows 11
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by csdvrx 4y ago
Office 2007 and 2010 are like an secret way to have Word open faster than notepad, or a full Outlook that takes less space than the individual Mail or Calendar files. 2007 is wonderful in 32 bit for Wine. 2010 is wonderful in 64 bit native
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by csdvrx 4y ago
One of these days, I want to make a terminal "optimized" for eink - as in, compute which parts of the screen receive the new characters, to invalidate them and do a quick refresh (leaving eink ghosting) on these leaving the rest
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by csdvrx 4y ago
> 16 bit 44.1 kHz stereo is my endgame > I don't need "more" than that. > I'm stockpiling on CDs while they cost nothing I'm with you regarding CDs, but 16 bit 44.1 kHz is only sufficient if you have good
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by csdvrx 4y ago
> So you go a hour + without the ability to make phone calls or return texts? Yes. Actually, that's most of my days too, as I rarely have a cellphone turned on, even when I'm at home. I've done my best to remove that from
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by csdvrx 4y ago
> Considering the complexity of a SoC like the M1, that there is zero documentation for it, and the Asahi team can only reverse-engineer it, what are the odds that they just don't know the magic bits to twiddle to get this functiona
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by csdvrx 4y ago
Yeah I was a bit sad to see the rain of downvotes, but 1) I did expect that, even if HN may be better that other websites 2) it's against the rules to complain So I take it on the chin and I laugh all the way to my sofa with my ECC OLE
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by csdvrx 4y ago
> Touchscreen on laptop is like touch on a phone! once you use it you can't go back! Totally this! I'd put OLED and even 4k in there too. And I'd say that's true even for console work: 4k is great as it gets me crispy
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by csdvrx 4y ago
> You may control _more_ but not certainly everything I control some important details, like having 128G of RAM and a dual 4Tb NVMe setup.

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