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by masswerk 3y ago
A somewhat interesting aspect is the assembly by hand and the POKEs from DATA statements (as you would do on most other micro computer systems). Notably, BBC BASIC featured a built-in assembler, so you could directly interleave 6502 assembl
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by masswerk 3y ago
Both ROC and PRC are claiming mainland China and Taiwan as their exclusive territory. You can't acknowledge either claim without essentially dismissing the other in its entirety (which is just a polite way of speaking of war). At the s
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by masswerk 3y ago
> To sell ads, websites need to be able to show what demographics of people… Wasn't Google's initial pitch that it would provide ads selectively based on the content of the page? All this demographics and individual tracking
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by masswerk 3y ago
Meaning, in your office, at least 1 out 5 will see and understand the imminent disaster and put this on halt, before this becomes an overwhelming catastrophe. The LLM, on the other hand, will confidently insist on everything being fine. Now
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by masswerk 3y ago
It's rather an illustration of the Münchhausen trilemma: 1A) Is China (PRC) a part of Taiwan (ROC)? 1B) Is China (PRC) an independent and sovereign country? 2A) Is Taiwan (ROC) a part of China (PRC)? 2B) Is Taiwan (ROC) an independent
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by masswerk 3y ago
Regarding that comment on beta-testing Adobe Photoshop and Letraset ImageStudio, and early Adobe's rare marketing moments: > ImageStudio was a better product with more features than Photoshop. But ImageStudio made a critical marketi
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by masswerk 3y ago
One of the systems where the data could be delivered to was the System/32, which featured a compatible disk drive. The System/32 doesn't only share the design language but also the mirrored desk screen (showing just a rather
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by masswerk 3y ago
The embedded one, which is actually the heart of the article, "RDF to RADAR" (1946) at 15:03.
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by masswerk 3y ago
Yes, I'm the author. I didn't know anything about this before seeing those 2.5 secs in the video, going, hold on, what is this? So I went on to find out, and thought it may be interesting to share. (Because, well, as I have now fo
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by masswerk 3y ago
Thanks! (It's actually linked in the article.)
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by masswerk 3y ago
There were important, even decisive "soft factors", as well. E.g., literacy among common solders and even officers was much higher in German forces, which has impact on communications, the ability to navigate troops, etc. (At leas
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by masswerk 3y ago
Regarding the Eidophor and possible similar technology in WWII, it may have been that there was still something missing to make rapidly spinning mirrors (like in laser printers, etc.) a viable option. That article on RAF Truleigh Hill is a
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by masswerk 3y ago
Gustav Wikkenhauser mentions this briefly: > The tube provides immediately a visible record which can be kept on in detail at leisure. This record can, of course, be traced on paper or photographed with a simple camera. (…) For most of t
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by masswerk 3y ago
Mine shows some serious oxidation, too, but, if I'd go with this, at all, I'd prefer, "saepe valere dixit illa antea nimis" (I guess, "saepe" is really a bit luxurious here, while I can see the need for expre
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by masswerk 3y ago
It's "&c" – Latin ligatures are important, especially in a thread like this! ;-)
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The Skiatron and Early Dark Trace CRTs(masswerk.at)
42 points by masswerk 3y ago|15 comments
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by masswerk 3y ago
I think, the problem ist far beyond basic semiological implications. It's really about the pragmatics of the interpretation, especially, if the basic message is understood. E.g., compare curses on rune stones or Egyptian tombs. Is our
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by masswerk 3y ago
This generally applies to outer window borders, but not to the content area. Interestingly, Edge doesn't apply rounded corners to its own content presentation, either, as can be seen in the screenshots provided in a page (Neowin) linke
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by masswerk 3y ago
They are not to the least conceptually the same thing: this is the form you customized by interacting with an action button. You expect this to change the state, and you do this either for a purpose, or by accident (in which case you may wa
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by masswerk 3y ago
If you are interacting with a modern log-in box, where there is a first state to input the user name or account ID and then a transition to a separate state presenting a password input for this account. You hit the back-button. What do you
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by masswerk 3y ago
As in, "back to the state before the last interaction", which is pretty well defined. (If there are clearly grouped interaction with transitions, this may be "back to the state, the last grouped interaction was finished and t
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by masswerk 3y ago
Is it, though? Adding another sibling to an existing form element is pretty much like hitting RETURN in a text document for a new line or paragraph or list element. What would users expect, when they had opened a new line/paragraph&#x2
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by masswerk 3y ago
I always wanted to implement at least FORTRAN (VI or maybe 77 with backward compatibility) for a period correct language, but there are always other things to do… (Having said that, using a familiar language like JS may be suited better fo
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by masswerk 3y ago
I think, this is a general design feature. The specs explicitly allow a possible document body. If the status doesn't affect the process of retrieving the requested document (like a redirect), a client is free and even expected to disp
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by masswerk 3y ago
> I'd rather we go the other way, and build the browser into the OS This didn't work out that great with MSIE.
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by masswerk 3y ago
Hm, arithmetic is a judgement a priori . So, how is this not reasoning?
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Commodore PET Keys – Series 2001 Edition(masswerk.at)
41 points by masswerk 3y ago|13 comments
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by masswerk 3y ago
That's actually interesting. Having been used to it once, I find it now to be a refreshing experience. (This may be due to this reminding of times when things used to be more focused. I observe myself approaching this content with a qu
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by masswerk 3y ago
However, any such information must be already contained in the semantic field that is provided to the LLM. Either explicitly, or as "nascent" relations in the data that may align with the structure of concepts in that data, sinc
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by masswerk 3y ago
I guess, if the authentication / DRM server hasn't shut down long ago then, the certificates will have long expired. (BTW, what about a deep space DRM server for that purpose, somewhere around Jupiter? You can't run an astero

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