drpossum

20 ms·

1. 361.▲
   by drpossum 2y ago

   The venerable 6502. And if someone wants to argue that, it doesn't fit under the RISC definition in the post (which I like because it sets some good delineation) as it has features like indirect addressing and variable-length instruct
2. 362.▲
   by drpossum 2y ago

   Not "always" but it has been around since at least the 70s, including the original 8086 which I don't think anyone would classify in good faith as RISC
3. 363.▲
   by drpossum 2y ago

   Do you have anything to back up that "assurance" or are you just baselessly defending random companies' inner workings?
4. 364.▲
   by drpossum 2y ago

   Do... do you think this site is just some completely altruistic hobby project divorced from what ycombinator's ends are?
5. 365.▲
   by drpossum 2y ago

   https://archive.fo/2u3Y8
6. 366.▲
   by drpossum 2y ago

   They're entitled to their business model. They're not entitled to that business model being successful.
7. 367.▲
   by drpossum 2y ago

   I don't agree with reddit's decision, but you can still use a VPN if you have an account.
8. 368.▲
   by drpossum 2y ago

   Do you think that's not a thing? Especially with what is going on with Windows 11?
9. 369.▲
   by drpossum 2y ago

   > Ubuntu Pro First time I'm hearing of this and just barf
10. 370.▲
    by drpossum 2y ago

    By observation only if you're not logged in I guess
11. 371.▲
    by drpossum 2y ago

    No, because in the US congress needs to act to repeal a law. He would not be able to "undo" it by himself.
12. 372.▲
    by drpossum 2y ago

    RIP This is why we can't have nice things.
13. 373.▲
    by drpossum 3y ago

    Hope this means we get a Tor browser soon too. This has been a huge gap
14. 374.▲
    by drpossum 3y ago

    I mean, it's not like spacex rockets are exploding regularly or anything.
15. 375.▲
    by drpossum 3y ago

    I thought AWS was going to start charging for external ipv4 addresses on EC2 instances? Surely that has to count for something in the right direction.
16. 376.▲
    by drpossum 3y ago

    I used it for grocery lists until a few months ago when they a) started putting ads in for when I was shopping b) discontinued the web interface which was far more convenient for me. I literally went back to pen and paper because of this en
17. 377.▲
    by drpossum 3y ago

    Fine, but when I delete PR comments about my code that upset me it just makes my coworkers mad.
18. 378.▲
    by drpossum 3y ago

    The matrix standard is the closest competitor. Synapse/Dendrite and Element are all probably the most popular and are under various open source licenses. There was always an alternative with IRC
19. 379.▲
    by drpossum 3y ago

    I read Silicon Snakeoil when I was much younger in the internet's infancy and though it was completely out of touch. I think even he has admitted it didn't pan out has he predicted. Now that the internet is reaching its final for
20. 380.▲
    by drpossum 3y ago

    I am deeply up set 14.4 has been out for weeks and they still haven't addressed this, the broken USB monitor hubs, the ilok audio plugins, and some of the Java installs. Do they not have enough resources to fix things they break in a
21. 381.▲
    by drpossum 3y ago

    I'm guessing these were public once (mine were), but I'll be damned if I let github host anything of mine again.
22. 382.▲
    by drpossum 3y ago

    I hope this gets some visibility and impetus to actually classify broadband as a utility.
23. 383.▲
    by drpossum 3y ago

    This was the last one https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39163447 and a paper from last year https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.11568 and basically the same paper from three years ago (you'll recognize
24. 384.▲
    by drpossum 3y ago

    No, but I did come from that field and I'm tired of seeing this exact article every few months
25. 385.▲
    by drpossum 3y ago

    If you feel like this article is pretty empty in terms of "answers" and "new directions" and the fact that research group has been pushing these ideas for years, again, without any breakthroughs or challenging present un
26. 386.▲
    by drpossum 3y ago

    Yeah, no way a free speech absolutist would turn out to be a huge insecure baby
27. 387.▲
    by drpossum 3y ago

    Wait until you hear where most finance regulators come from
28. 388.▲
    by drpossum 3y ago

    The cynic in me came to the comments to get the real story and was not disappointed.
29. 389.▲
    by drpossum 3y ago

    One of my standard questions is "Write me fizzbuzz in clojure using condp". Opus got it right on the first try. Most models including ChatGPT have flailed at this as I've done evaluations. Amazon Bedrock when?
30. 390.▲
    by drpossum 3y ago

    An easy tell is "level of effort given context"