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by glimshe 2y ago
This is a strawman. While a fully objective evaluation is hard or impossible in most cases, it doesn't mean that it can't be somewhat objective. The extremes are pretty easy to identify - amazing performers who implement lots of f
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by glimshe 2y ago
Please correct me if I'm wrong... Tintin is in the public domain, so I can create a Tintin story where the character looks exactly like Tintin and I can call it Tintin. But most of Herge's Tintin stories remain out of the public
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by glimshe 2y ago
There is no question Python is a lot more useful and relevant to modern software development. Arguably a better language for many use cases. The question is whether someone learning fundamental programming needs to use a language with SQL s
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by glimshe 2y ago
I don't like to respond to people who directly reply to my comments to avoid flame wars. But, about your comment: THIS. Python can be convenient, but often isn't. Just setting the path on my last install was annoying because Pytho
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by glimshe 2y ago
BASIC experience: 1) Turn computer on 2) Wait 2 seconds 3) Start programming Python is not BASIC.
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by glimshe 2y ago
We were sold a model where having a career is the most important thing in life, at the expense of family and relationships. Because of that, the world gets richer but unhappier. Additionally, local human contact has been replaced by a world
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by glimshe 2y ago
I know China has a few great products nowadays but its reputation for low quality trash will take decades to change in the US, especially given geopolitical challenges. You can take risks with Temu gadgets but not cars where your loved ones
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by glimshe 2y ago
Ads on the BIOS setup screen...
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by glimshe 2y ago
I've noticed this. My car has one of these bright headlights (I had no idea when I bought it). Its a lot easier to see in dark streets, I'll admit that. But my car also has some electronics that turn headlights down if I'm us
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by glimshe 2y ago
I keep hearing this about Twitter and Facebook but my experience is completely different. I believe the default experience is as you describe, but after I started following dozens of retrogaming groups, old games are all I see in both place
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by glimshe 2y ago
Anna's archive is one of the wonders of the world. If we almost destroyed our species but Anna's archive endured, there would be hope for a relatively expedient reconstruction.
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by glimshe 2y ago
One of the images in TFA shows the Atari being called a "Supercomputer". Interestingly, NVIDIA announced a few days ago they were releasing an "AI Supercomputer". One thing I will say... The Supercomputers of old were a
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by glimshe 2y ago
This is no longer a common personal dynamic for kids. I grew up going to my buddy's place to play CoCo and MSX, to my uncle's to play Atari 800 and Mac, and friends came over to play Apple 2 and ZX Spectrum. My kid plays with frie
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by glimshe 2y ago
I've been saying this for almost 2 years now. The raspberry pi was awesome when it first appeared. But given the competition today, especially the Intel mini PCs from one million vendors on Amazon, it became a relic of the past for a
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by glimshe 2y ago
I love retro computing and have used retro systems for contemporary work. This said, the VIC 20 has a horrendous font that I couldn't handle even back in the day. I think DOS with the standard PC font is vastly superior for retro word
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by glimshe 2y ago
I'm getting tired of reading this kind of stuff on HN, maybe I should just ignore it but a few friends from other parts of the world, also HN readers, are starting to believe it... So I'll try doing my part. Yes, the worst-case sc
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by glimshe 2y ago
This is not true. I'm getting tired of reading this kind of stuff on HN, maybe I should just ignore it but a few friends from other parts of the world, also HN readers, are starting to believe it... So I'll try doing my part. Yes,
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by glimshe 2y ago
This very statement is infantilizing. Yes, they can, even if many/most don't. I use Facebook solely for groups, and 90% of my feed is apolitical content related to my personal interests. The other 10% are random stuff from friends
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by glimshe 2y ago
Depending on your definition of "Supercomputer", every phone is a personal Supercomputer. They are faster than big iron Supercomputers of not that many years ago...
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by glimshe 2y ago
Curiosity... Did it use Cycles or EEVEE?
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by glimshe 2y ago
Let's see the new version of frame generation. I enabled DLSS frame generation on Diablo 4 using my 4060 and I was very disappointed with the results. Graphical glitches and partial flickering made the game a lot less enjoyable than go
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by glimshe 2y ago
This is an absurd take. The west embraced Japanese games when the rivalry between Japan and US was at its peak. A full refutal of every point would take an article, but in a nutshell: 1) Japanese and European games that weren't localiz
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by glimshe 2y ago
Amigas are superbly emulated. But in general, yes... Not only soft emulators but highly accurate FPGA emulations.
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by glimshe 2y ago
They will also keep working for way longer (in emulators) than current games that depend on steam APIs, DRM, online services, GPU driver versions etc.
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by glimshe 2y ago
Roger Moore is my favorite James Bond. And so is my 15-year-old son's. Yes, his behavior is old school and wouldn't be tolerated in modern times. So what, he doesn't appear in a movie set in modern times. This "moderniza
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by glimshe 2y ago
Around 6 months. I didn't experience a very direct correlation with food either. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure why it went away, I just know that I kept tweaking things until it did. One thing I also tried was changing my sl
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by glimshe 2y ago
They probably have some sort of dress code (no flip flops, no shirtless), but usually not this strict.
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by glimshe 2y ago
My condolences. I wasn't a QModem user (my older friends used Terminate/Telemate so that's what I learned from them), but I was a heavy BBS user in the later scene which greatly benefitted from the ecosystem that grew thanks
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by glimshe 2y ago
It remained unchanged for a while. Or it would get a bit better, worse, better, worse but never worse than when it started. After a while, there was a "miracle week" where it felt better and didn't come back. I don't rem
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by glimshe 2y ago
"Openness",as far as for-profit businesses are concerned, is a marketing strategy. Once enough users are locked in, there is no reason to offer a valuable feature for free.

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