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by mrpippy 5y ago
Can you name one? OpenBSD-affiliated projects like OpenSSH are the only ones I know of that do fully separate releases where one is just for one OS, and the other is the “portable” one
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Apple started using software DVD decoding once the G3 hit 500 MHz (with the dual USB white iBook)
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It’s not documented anywhere. OpenGL just works like it does on any other Mac, and you won’t notice it unless you find bugs in it (Wine has some oddball OpenGL checks that trigger a Metal assertion on Big Sur)
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by mrpippy 5y ago
It may be deprecated, but there’s no sign that support will be removed from macOS (since lots of apps and games still use it). If they wanted to, the Apple Silicon transition would have been the time to remove it, but that didn’t happen. On
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by mrpippy 5y ago
On Apple GPUs (including M1 Macs), an OpenGL->Metal layer is used.
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Microchip bought HI-TECH a few years ago and rebranded the 8-bit PIC compiler as XC8 (and discontinued their own compiler). It’s the only one of Microchip’s compilers that’s not GCC-based, which can be a pain. Also I remember at -O0, the ge
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by mrpippy 5y ago
This is a tech preview (“public beta”), not a release. And they won’t be releasing a new paid version of Fusion this year, so this will stay a free public beta for a while. Also, VMware is ready to add ARM64 Windows support if Microsoft cre
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by mrpippy 5y ago
“A Mac Of Another Color?” “Why Apple’s New IIGS Is Going To Help The Mac” https://vintageapple.org/macuser/pdf/MacUser_8612_December_1...
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Rosetta 2 also emulates 32-bit x86 code, you can try it out with CrossOver (CodeWeavers’ commercial version of Wine)
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I’d love to know how the Trader Joe’s Dijon mustard compares. It’s made in France, cheap/available, and I always thought it tasted better than Grey Poupon
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That, and as a server for Mac-only shops. AppleShare Pro was apparently very fast, and ISTR there were other things like Oracle available for it. What year was the Apple interview?
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https://archive.org/details/wwdc-1997-fireside-chat-steve-jo...
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by mrpippy 5y ago
My understanding is that inverters are required (by electrical code among other things) to disconnect from the grid when grid power is lost. Malfunctioning (or illegally installed) inverters are possible but shouldn’t be a common problem.
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by mrpippy 5y ago
More fun building Pararena 2 in THINK C 6 (with Basilisk): https://bslabs.net/2016/11/13/building-pararena/
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This entire thread is about which webview to use as an actual web view in an otherwise native application, not trying to use them as apps
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Push cmd-R and see if it refreshes. 1Password 8 does.
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IBM bought Ustream a few years ago and it’s now rebranded as IBM Cloud Video
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CPU: AMD APU Zen 2 4c/8t, 2.4-3.5GHz (up to 448 GFlops FP32) GPU: 8 RDNA 2 CUs, 1.0-1.6GHz (up to 1.6 TFlops FP32) RAM: 16GB LPDDR5 Display: 7", 1280x800, 60Hz OS: SteamOS 3.0 (Arch-based), KDE Plasma desktop Storage: Onboard 64GB
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by mrpippy 5y ago
Dual engine failure on climb out. Ditching a 737 at night can go wrong in many ways, glad these guys made it out alive. https://avherald.com/h?article=4e9bbe04&opt=0
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by mrpippy 5y ago
Installers for 10.10 through 10.15 can be downloaded here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211683
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by mrpippy 5y ago
Yes, but Perl still has a warning banner when you run it (at least in Big Sur and Monterey): % perl -de1 WARNING: This version of perl is included in macOS for compatibility with legacy software. In future versions of macOS the perl runtim
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by mrpippy 5y ago
Oh wow, I didn’t know this before: BMW’s DIS (Diagnosis and Information System) runs on SCO OpenServer 5. And this was something used in the field by mechanics!
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Is it widely used? I've only come across it in GLib (g_auto*), but even then it couldn't be used in GStreamer because they also support building with MSVC.
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by mrpippy 5y ago
Most people are sharing experiences with Frontier's FiOS/fiber-to-the-home service. This complaint is about Frontier's decrepit DSL-over-copper service, which is the only service they offer to 80% of their customers, and vari
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by mrpippy 5y ago
API Monitor is really useful, but unfortunately is closed-source and hasn't been updated in a few years.
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The vehicle’s main storage was destroyed in the fire.
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This wasn’t a surprise—VMware doesn’t have any other products that do x86 emulation, and it’s pretty clear that desktop virtualization (Fusion and Workstation) is not a high corporate priority. (Seriously, go to vmware.com and tell me if th
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by mrpippy 5y ago
In case anyone isn’t aware, on Apple Silicon macOS (and recent iOS I believe), OpenGL is implemented on top of Metal.
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by mrpippy 6y ago
It'll be interesting to see where he goes next and if any info comes out about why he's leaving. Brief summary of his jobs: - NUMMI (GM/Toyota), 1984-1986 - MIT, 1986-1990 - Ford, 1990-2004 - Hyundai America, 2004-2
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> In fact I think with Bluetooth 4 the file transfer profile just establishes an adhoc WiFi network. This was a feature of Bluetooth 3.0, but almost nothing ever used it. I was once at a big BT testing company and asked about it, and th

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