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   by flopsamjetsam 3y ago

   > Incidentally, I'm not sure why road cyclists don't wear knee pads. I mountainbike, started with trail and am now doing more XC. When I ride either type during training (or just fun rides), I always wear knee pads. But when
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   by flopsamjetsam 3y ago

   I loved the build-up of the pain in Lynch's version ("Dune Velvet", I'll have to remember that one :). Somehow it seemed more suspenseful than the new version.
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   by flopsamjetsam 3y ago

   I missed the conservatory scene. I know it could be covered in other ways, but I love the other-worldly feel of a lush, moisture-laden room, against the harsh dry dustiness of Arrakeen.
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   by flopsamjetsam 4y ago

   >The author clearly has not spent much time developing modern C/C++ - the various pragmas, implementation details, and "here be dragons" quirks of undefined behaviour in msvc, gcc, and clang differ _greatly_. They do, howe
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   by flopsamjetsam 4y ago

   In Australia we now have the BYD Atto 3 (AUD$45k plus on-road costs) from China, and the MG ZS EV (AUD$45k plus ORC).
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   by flopsamjetsam 4y ago

   The Kia EV6 and Hyundai Ioniq 5 are both 800v charging too.
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   by flopsamjetsam 4y ago

   Bunnings (a hardware store in Australia) does this too. There are big cages full of empty boxes just after the checkout.
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   by flopsamjetsam 4y ago

   I thought this was an excellent summary for someone like me, who has an interest in the subject but only a small amount of knowledge about it. Linking to the papers was a good touch.
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   by flopsamjetsam 4y ago

   Thanks for all that info, you've given me a good amount to go on with.
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    by flopsamjetsam 4y ago

    I'd also love to know this. I had a fascination with the (to me) gigantic plotter at my Dad's workplace (they did a lot of architectural and engineering drawings on it). I had completely forgotten about this until these comments
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    by flopsamjetsam 4y ago

    I seem to remember the original Intel MMX aliased its integer SIMD registers with the x87 FPU registers (for compatibility with non-MMX OSes when saving/restoring state when switching between processes). I never wrote code for it, but
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    by flopsamjetsam 4y ago

    Great little article. My image of CISC was "complex addressing modes," not something as complex as the EDIT instruction.
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    by flopsamjetsam 4y ago

    That's pretty nuts; I still think of it as being "new".
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    by flopsamjetsam 4y ago

    I hadn't realised she'd passed away. That is sad news.
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    by flopsamjetsam 4y ago

    Fascinating, I never thought of them as general purpose processors (though they obviously could do it). Any idea why they were chosen?
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    by flopsamjetsam 4y ago

    Yeah, probably a bit of hyperbole :) I'm no auto guy, but this seems to be an example of a microcontroller used for key fobs: https://www.microchip.com/en-us/product/ATA5700 - 8-bit AVR core - 32 KB flash