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961.
by drob518 1y ago
Yep. And then we learned that transistors were almost free, could be purchased in lot quantities of 1 billion, and could be used to create a translation layer between a CISC instruction stream and a RISC core.
962.
by drob518 1y ago
Looks really cool.
963.
by drob518 1y ago
Real LOL! Exactly.
964.
by drob518 1y ago
“This time it’ll be different. Trust us.”
965.
by drob518 1y ago
If you view WASM as a worst case fallback, then you could implement a simple interpreter and transcode the file to something that your program has native decoders for. Yes, that might be slow, but at least the data remains usable. At least,
966.
by drob518 1y ago
Yea, that’s a clickbait headline. A lot less concerning once you read the first paragraphs.
967.
by drob518 1y ago
Upvoted purely for nostalgia.
968.
by drob518 1y ago
Exactly. “You did what? You complied with my license terms?!?! How dare you!”
969.
by drob518 1y ago
Nice! The amber phosphor option takes me back. My old Apple II+ had a small amber monitor with the two floppy drives stacked to the side.
970.
by drob518 1y ago
Works really well on a tablet (iPad), which is quite rare for JS games, I’ve found.
971.
by drob518 1y ago
Agree that everyone should play Zork to get an appreciation of the original genre and history. IIRC, the three Zorks were actually all part of the original Zork on the PDP and it had to be chopped into three parts to make it fit on the 8-bi
972.
by drob518 1y ago
Itanium wasn’t a turd. It was just not compatible with x86. And that was enough to sink it.
973.
by drob518 1y ago
I think I see a bug.
974.
by drob518 1y ago
Kind of surprised that we haven’t created this library before now. But glad to see it coming.
975.
by drob518 1y ago
Who else but me is surprised that Kmart still exists somewhere?
976.
by drob518 1y ago
I wonder what the uptime numbers are on the HN machines.
977.
by drob518 1y ago
Well said. I love Forth an I think it’s worth learning, but almost nobody programs workstation-level applications with it, and as you say, even in embedded environments the level of resources have grown such that there’s very little reason
978.
by drob518 1y ago
Heh. And here I’m being tempted to purchase a soldering iron again…
979.
by drob518 1y ago
That seems the case for just about any product these days, unfortunately. In the modern world, all the products are cheaper but they all suck.
980.
by drob518 1y ago
Was that with PYREX/pyrex or just a random casserole dish?
981.
by drob518 1y ago
I think Stephen is willing to ask really deep questions and then do the work to pursue the answers to completion. Sometimes he’s a little bit long-winded, but he’s frequently coming back with interesting results.
982.
by drob518 1y ago
No, you don't. You have lawyers to assist managers in legal matters. But you can't simply throw a contract at a lawyer and ask "What do you think?" All the terms need to be understood by the manager. It is however reason
983.
by drob518 1y ago
I see what you did there. Upvoted for something or other.
984.
by drob518 1y ago
Yea, I have struggled with Claude to keep it focused on what I want and only what I want. I have no experience with GPT-5-Codex, but maybe I should.
985.
by drob518 1y ago
Enough to pay the salaries of those keeping them on life support, more like. I wouldn’t say they are going anywhere. To be clear, that doesn’t mean they are going to die anytime soon. Mainframes are still around and getting refreshed and up
986.
by drob518 1y ago
The best “standards” just ratify what people are already doing.
987.
by drob518 1y ago
Exactly. They exist but just barely.
988.
by drob518 1y ago
Probably a government contract.
989.
by drob518 1y ago
Nailed it.
990.
by drob518 1y ago
Now do 1 px.

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