exikyut

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1. 1801.▲
   by exikyut 7y ago

   The main (IMO sad) reason REBOL sits in a weird half-life position of "not quite dead, but..." is that, while REBOL Core is open, the GUI parts (which are crossplatform, and run on Linux) are still closed source. It's a bit l
2. 1802.▲
   by exikyut 7y ago

   (HTTG: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/40705-but-the-plans-were-on... )
3. 1803.▲
   by exikyut 7y ago

   Where is this simulation model, and (here's hoping) is it cross-platform? Also, is it anything like http://www.visual6502.org/JSSim/ ?
4. 1804.▲
   by exikyut 7y ago

   Perhaps the mild cognitive dissonance caused by the choice of reference points. Possibly also cross-domain projection of various strongly held views.
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   by exikyut 7y ago

   Wow, awesome. How long did it take to track down all the bugs? Presumably (/hopefully) there was copious logging going on allowing you to track down many issues per run... (Also, how'd you mark the pages as !RW?)
6. 1806.▲
   by exikyut 7y ago

   https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21286284
7. 1807.▲
   by exikyut 7y ago

   Hi, I understand C to the extent I can write simple, intermediate-scale useful programs, but my foundational grasp of the basics is still sufficiently shaky/incomplete that I can still get easily thrown by simple memory management cons
8. 1808.▲
   by exikyut 7y ago

   Oh of _course_, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion's_share Which is obviously intentionally ironic considering that > The lion's share is an idiomatic expression which refers to the major share of somethin
9. 1809.▲
   by exikyut 7y ago

   I have to admit I totally latched onto the point you made about fast development time. The interpreter+compiler approach is something I've been pining for for a little while now. I've only just begun to punch holes in my obsessive
10. 1810.▲
    by exikyut 7y ago

    What game was this? (Can I find JARs anywhere?)
11. 1811.▲
    by exikyut 7y ago

    > Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neurone disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a specific disease that causes the death of neurons controlling voluntary muscles. https://en.wikipedia.org&#x
12. 1812.▲
    by exikyut 7y ago

    But Flash died :(
13. 1813.▲
    by exikyut 7y ago

    No, Gentoo is. https://bugs.gentoo.org/74072#c1
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    by exikyut 7y ago

    I agree with you and the GP. The execution, the thing, the multibillion dollar industry, are excellent, and the world would be worse for their nonexistence. The naming, on the other hand, is indeed a disaster. I too can't take it serio
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    by exikyut 7y ago

    Agh, didn't see your reply :( A couple seconds of digging finds motherboards that cost an average of $300. Assuming you (unfortunately) _have_ to support whatever it is you're supporting... - Socket 478 (P4/Celeron), 2GB max,
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    by exikyut 7y ago

    [Citation requested]
17. 1817.▲
    by exikyut 7y ago

    Out of curiosity, what do you do now? Did you get out of software entirely? (I'd say I'm kind of slow too.) I get the impression embedded is still a somewhat slow market. Or has that slowness meant it's dried up really badly?
18. 1818.▲
    by exikyut 7y ago

    This is awesome, hilarious and fun. Thanks for posting it!
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    by exikyut 7y ago

    Okay, how about: make extremely casual friends with the developers you can resonate with the easiest, and unofficially learn about any and all pain points and so forth. Maybe even hint at the truth about not having enough work to do, if you
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    by exikyut 7y ago

    $ echo '2^128' | bc | rev | sed 's/.../&,/g;s/,$//' | rev 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 ...rrright. Actually let me line up the https://en.wikipedia.org&
21. 1821.▲
    by exikyut 7y ago

    What specifically does it need to interface with? An ISA slot? Non-USB-dongle RS232?
22. 1822.▲
    by exikyut 7y ago

    Hi! I wanted to say a couple small things in followup to your recent submission about coding, but that thread has now locked and is not accepting replies (<rant>my biggest dislike of HN</rant>). Really glad you're stil
23. 1823.▲
    by exikyut 7y ago

    Who is in his position because he doesn't feel sufficiently bad about driving others to generate money for him. Or something along those lines. You're right about the first step being more like the CEO. But you don't have to
24. 1824.▲
    by exikyut 7y ago

    That might've been an ActiveX control.
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    by exikyut 7y ago

    With a feature where arbitrary aspects "update" from under you in ways you could never expect and ensure beforehand are locked down in your favor in the contract/agreement. For example, a widget might have a compile bug where
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    by exikyut 7y ago

    What were the other books in the series? I've only read about the AT&T divestiture in the "pro-antitrust" light; that AT&T owned all the telephones, you weren't allowed to connect your own, etc etc. Where can I r
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    by exikyut 7y ago

    Engineering_and_Operations_in_the_Bell_System_2ed_1984.pdf (47MB): http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/communications/westernEle... Also at (previews faster): https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_w
28. 1828.▲
    by exikyut 7y ago

    Hmmm. I recently learned about c-reduce, which minimizes the size of reproducing C/C++ crash testcases by iteratively permuting the source code and invoking the compiler. I can imagine a similar tool that takes a set of input file(s),
29. 1829.▲
    by exikyut 7y ago

    Nice info. I've wondered for quite a while about the impact of the G level of compile parallelization :). A couple of followup questions, if I may: - How long do incremental and non-incremental builds take with the build configuration
30. 1830.▲
    by exikyut 7y ago

    So basically a code lowering engine that works a bit like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashlife . Interesting! (NB. Googling "lowering" turned up the seemingly-random https://news.ycombinator.com&#