jdougan

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   by jdougan 2y ago

   This might scratch that itch aloso. Beneath Apple DOS: https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/Apple%20II%20Documentation%20P...
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   C++ Windows/Linux/macOS X Port of Russell Nelson's Freemacs(github.com)

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   by jdougan 2y ago

   The C ”type system", circa 1985.
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   by jdougan 2y ago

   Incorrect, there has historically been a "Permanent Floating WorldCon Committee" [1] that has provided a lot of continuity. Sometime they have fill higher ranking slots when the locals don't have enough experience. [1] https
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   by jdougan 2y ago

   ClownStrike
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   by jdougan 2y ago

   I heard it was going to be ClownStrike.
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   by jdougan 2y ago

   Such a good movie.
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   by jdougan 2y ago

   Sounds like NLS/Augment on a machine with enouh core and modern support APIs.
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   by jdougan 2y ago

   I also reread MMM from time to time. Also Peopleware and Yourdon's Death March.
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    > What has that broccoli ever done to you? "Carrot Juice is Murder", Arrogant Worms https://youtu.be/dII1gqGmyso?si=ZGtUy-LvpdZaqQ0N
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    Exactly. Similar in D. And using multiple methods leaves obvious places to expand the capability (bidirectional, random access, etc.)
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    Andrei Alexandrescu's design notes. He approached it from his prior experience with C++. https://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly/1407357
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    If I wanted ranges I'd have probably done them in a similar way to the ones in D aka. Dlang. Several methods instead of 1, but very clear.
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    I always wanted to use Knuth's proposal of prefixing the base 2 variety with "long", analogous to tons. eg. Long Kilobytes, LKB or KKB
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    There are extensions that talk to the Wayback Machine
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    I got my start in that era and they only looked smart if you didn't look deeply. Too many options, too many areas where they created a problem and then passed it off to someone else to fix.
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    Rumour has it that that was logically impossible.
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    Michael Malice?
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    Depends on what you have to pay (and not just in money) to get there.
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    Russell conjugation: "I am firm, you are obstinate, he is a pig-headed fool."
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    It is open source, Apache license 2. Check at https://www.bitkeeper.org/
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    LeMay was a pussycat compared to General Thomas Power. > Restraint? Why are you so concerned with saving their lives? The whole idea is to kill the bastards. At the end of the war if there are two Americans and one Russian left alive, we
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    I know that's a joke, but in that case every screen is a grid of (v. small) boxes with arrows of zero length.
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    Scratch is arguably a style of visual programming
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    Out of curiosity, which was the recommended book?
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    Nit, it is spelled Mitanni when referring to the peoples. When spelled Mittani it refers to the former Eve Online space tyrant.
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    Too flat.
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    Could have meant RoarVM. https://github.com/smarr/RoarVM
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    The RFC for a URN scheme for federated content: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4198 I ended up using this for XML namespaces.
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    by jdougan 2y ago

    https://failedarchitecture.com/a-year-in-the-metabolist-futu...