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by ddingus 2y ago
Yes a barrel shifter would have been a nice addition to the 6502. L Yes, general purpose code is rarely the answer. I think all of us see that after a while. Then, after that process, one starts coding differently. Chain stuff together, u
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by ddingus 2y ago
There is a ton of code out there for pretty much any task you want. I have the 16 bit successor, the 65816, on a variable speed expansion card in my Apple 2. I run it in 8 bit mode most of the time mostly because it works and most library
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by ddingus 2y ago
The second Parallax Propeller chip has a CORDIC engine in silicon. It's fast, and handles 64bit intermediate products, which makes the divide and trig stuff more than adequate precision for most things. One can always increase precis
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by ddingus 2y ago
Why is that? I am not an artist and also dislike multiple monitors, though I will employ two of them on occasion. My reasons are: If the window and application management doesn't suck, one display is all one needs. With cheap multiple
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by ddingus 2y ago
Is it truly bad UI? They may be locked in, which just forces things. Not an endorsement. However, they may also be really productive with whatever it is. This could be an endorsement. In CAD, as an example, there are often very productive
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by ddingus 2y ago
Seriously! I agree. They just modeled the best discussion with some of the highest value there is. Being wrong is no big deal. Being unable to be right is often a very big deal.
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by ddingus 2y ago
Yes, both sad days for what was razor sharp satire.
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by ddingus 2y ago
Indeed! Your comment resonates with my own thought and experiences. In another comment, I said it helps to be around others seeking new tunes. It helps a lot! Their bias into our system can bend things back into a fairly normal curve. It
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by ddingus 2y ago
They use a set of researched tracks by Arbitron and others seeking to maximize AD revenue by demographic. There is a TON of great classic rock to enjoy that never sees airplay and the reason is the researched tunes have "known" de
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by ddingus 2y ago
When we quit seeking. It helps a lot to be among other people seeking new music. Without that, many of us stop mid life.
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by ddingus 2y ago
When I got on the net in 1990, my dialup ISP sysadmin had all home directories were globally readable, "so we can learn from one another." And we did! That same admin had made cool menus and guide posts, documents that showed eve
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by ddingus 3y ago
Show him some alternatives. I grew up in a backward place too. The single most valuable thing I learned is what is really possible to do. I got to see that because I ended up helping people of means who took me aside and showed me a look
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by ddingus 3y ago
Yes, I see it playing out the same undesirable and unfortunate way. Great comment.
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by ddingus 3y ago
I buy books of all kinds. Paperback, hard cover, audio (rarely), e-book prefer non DRM. In fact, the number of books I buy has not really changed much. I just end up reading more books! People trade or loan me books. I get electronic on
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by ddingus 3y ago
They are. Every single public resource is seen as a potential market opportunity being squandered away, or as competition other players do not want to see in play.
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by ddingus 3y ago
Yep! That remains a top arcade experience.
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by ddingus 3y ago
Me too. Atari, toward the end, had even mastered color vector displays that look excellent! Look for clips of "Star Wars" in action. The 70's was anni interesting time. Atari was employing dynamic vector displays capable of
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by ddingus 3y ago
I see that sentiment isn't popular. Yeah, join the club. I don't like it either, but I can tell you Stewart is awful close to truth on this. Lived experience. In his case, getting and maintaining services for 9/11 responders
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by ddingus 3y ago
No joke. That really happened. Was really cool to see such an old and distinguished box doing its thing.
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by ddingus 3y ago
Recently Jon Stewart talked about the burden we struggle with having to deal with an obviously corrupt government: In order to make this world one where I would consider living... It is a day in, day out, lunch pail type job. Thousands of
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by ddingus 3y ago
Once, when moving an office we were taking the network down and found this cable, lit on the switch, but all machines accounted for. Of course we followed it... and it led to an SGI personal Iris! It was hosting a small FTP drop used by a f
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by ddingus 3y ago
I miss that SquareSoft era. The standalone Final Fantasy games were great. Still are should one forget a bit too much. Words and their context were often rich and intriguing. Entry to an official building in FF12 featured a docent, not a
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by ddingus 3y ago
When I read your words, I got an image of a calendar month, scaled big enough for a person to be walking on it. "Forward two months" got me that person walking near an edge, where next month was, and on that edge, the month after
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by ddingus 3y ago
Thanks!
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by ddingus 3y ago
I have quit using Reddit. Sad day. Frankly, I love old Reddit.
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by ddingus 3y ago
Surely one of us here can start a new Reddit. Call it not Reddit. The original vision of the site being self funded by users for users is a good one. I would argue a necessary one. Just look at all the high value discussion being lost due
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by ddingus 3y ago
Others do, and for commercial reasons. And how do we classify special government and law enforcement access projects, grants, and the like? I won't say it is selling, but it is for economic gains. And when they "anonymize" da
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by ddingus 3y ago
Looks to me like you, and perhaps others, could benefit from a set of timing tests. You know, setup a test harness. With timers and such, then walk through the cases. Of course, that is exactly what the manufacturer should have done! I alw
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by ddingus 3y ago
Because dollars. Being able to sell histories means being able to sell supposedly more effective ADS. Also shows ads were viewed and by whom. Precision of any kind in demographics is worth a lot of money.
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by ddingus 3y ago
The upper case is amazing! I basically have zero problems reading it. The text talks about glyph ambiguity. Selecting those well appears to amplify readability. Neat! The lower case one takes a lot more adjustment. I did end up reading

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