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by ndiddy 6mo ago
This is MBAs doing what MBAs are trained to do. If you have a product like Windows with a large userbase that is no longer growing, you put the bare minimum effort into maintaining it while you leverage the large userbase to push growth in
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A Deep Dive into Spyro 3's Antipiracy(tumblr.com)
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The way 386 enhanced mode worked was that there was a 32-bit preemptive multitasking kernel that would run 16-bit virtual machines. The first VM ran Windows in standard mode, and the rest were the DOS VMs. This meant that Windows programs s
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by ndiddy 6mo ago
> This is a major release of Windows and, similarly to the previous one [ep 10], it is not a complete operating system, but it’s simply a graphical user shell that is meant to be run on top of MS-DOS; thus, it inherently gains its limita
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Every time I run Ubuntu on a computer it always ends up in a state where it does not boot after a few months. This has happened on multiple computers, none with nVidia GPUs, over a period of a bit over 15 years. I don't do anything fun
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Really nice work! From skimming it, it seems really well written. I'm looking forward to reading through the whole thing. I like how you contextualized how the different versions of the game were written and included primary source doc
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CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL
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You can use the Kindle without an Amazon account if you're fine with loading all your books over USB. It will give you a nag pop-up telling you to log in each time you go to the main menu, but the pop-up doesn't show up while you&
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by ndiddy 6mo ago
They probably could do it in an update, but the devices where support has been dropped haven't had firmware updates in 7 years (and that was a certificate update, the last nontrivial update was over 10 years ago), so I guess they don&#
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You will still be able to use it if you factory reset, but you won't be able to register it to an Amazon account or download any of your DRM'd book purchases. The Kindle will still work and you'll still be able to read books
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The actual reason is likely that all of these Kindles only support azw3 format ebooks, which are easy to strip the DRM from. This lets Amazon switch to only serving ebooks in kfx format, which are encrypted and harder to strip the DRM from.
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by ndiddy 6mo ago
Here's a talk about how the Voyager team fixed the flight data computer on Voyager 1 when a memory chip went bad on it a few years ago. It goes over how the flight computer works and he walks through a few assembly routines. https:&#x
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If anybody wants further context, here's an excellent paper on the status of the Voyager mission as of 2016, written by one of the engineers at JPL. It has an overview of what all the instruments on Voyager do and everything the team h
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Assuming this is well done, it's an extremely cool product. The original Neo Geo systems and cartridges are ridiculously expensive on the used market and bootlegs are rampant. Even though they're charging $90/cartridge, that&
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by ndiddy 6mo ago
Cloudflare has always operated this way. For example, they give DDoS protection to DDoS for hire services. This increases the supply of these services because it means they can't shut down their competitors by DDoSing each other, which
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by ndiddy 6mo ago
In the United States, not having a job for the short term means you lose your healthcare, for the medium term means you're living out of your car, and for the long term means you're out on the street, incarcerated, or dead. AI exe
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by ndiddy 6mo ago
One thing that's repeatedly impressed me throughout the war is how effectively the Iranians have been able to tailor their PR and diplomatic strategies based on their deep understanding of American domestic politics and the West in gen
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> Vance said the cease fire doesn't include Lebanon, in his own voice CBS has reported that the US originally agreed that the ceasefire included Lebanon but changed its position following a phone call between Trump and Netanyahu. h
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Ali Gholhaki, an Iranian journalist who often publishes first-hand news about impending developments with the IRGC, has reported that the US's demands were the removal of Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium, no nuclear enrichment
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> "NEVER EVER PAY RANSOM MONEY. Please. Even if your business will suffer it will suffer a lot more if you do pay since now it is known you'll cave. Also: you are making the problem larger for others." These days, companie
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by ndiddy 6mo ago
It's not removed, but they changed the title to "OpenAI backs Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable". The actual bill text explicitly mentions that it excludes liability for "the death or serious
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Wow, that's really neat! Looking forward to your writeup.
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Another thing I've noticed is how when you go on the website for a VC funded B2B startup and look at the customers or testimonies they have listed, most of them will be other B2B startups funded by the same VC. It makes me wonder how m
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by ndiddy 6mo ago
Did you port PalmOS 5 to MIPS somehow?
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From CBS reporting today ( https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lebanon-israel-ceasefire-talks-... ): > Multiple diplomatic sources told CBS News that President Trump had been told that the ceasefire announced Thursday would
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by ndiddy 6mo ago
From CBS reporting today ( https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lebanon-israel-ceasefire-talks-... ): > Multiple diplomatic sources told CBS News that President Trump had been told that the ceasefire announced Thursday would
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The main problem with 230 is that the courts have decided to treat it as if it removes all legal liability from online platforms, rather than just publisher liability. The way the text was written seems to be intended to protect platform op
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You're right that Netanyahu's statement contradicts Sharif's statement, which says that "the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America, along with their allies" agreed to the immediate ceasefire. It
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I think that's unfair. There are some people with sane politics there, although it's definitely a small minority. For example: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/taylor-swift-fan-account-twi...
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Trump stated "We received a 10 point proposal from Iran, and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate. Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran, but a two we

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