notorious_pgb

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by notorious_pgb 1y ago
I suppose the actual thing it is is closer to what you're describing, but the thing that it makes viscerally understandable is threads itself -- I hope.
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by notorious_pgb 1y ago
My person! I worried that I'd come across as a high-horse dickhead in the mystification section, when that's the fundamental opposite of my intention and attitude here. I'm glad to hear that it resonated with another. Althoug
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by notorious_pgb 1y ago
I see what you're getting at -- though then it raises the question: what would it mean for those processes to have multiple threads within them? The way I've been looking at it, if I want to take this further, processes would mayb
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by notorious_pgb 1y ago
Interesting; which emulator(s) was this for? I have to imagine this strategy is mostly effective below a certain total complexity level -- however you want to define that -- and the more modern you get, the more you're lucky to even re
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by notorious_pgb 1y ago
This is one of the core weaknesses of the analogy that I'm trying to figure out how to resolve: there's no shared memory, unlike actual threads. I think the solution requires that the game code is what's executing threading
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by notorious_pgb 1y ago
It'd be really interesting to push this to that level -- the big challenge likely being that DooM's state (including video memory) is certainly much larger and expensive to swap than an NES save state. One would have to get really
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by notorious_pgb 1y ago
You're goddamn right it's pushing it. I struggled with how to convey this; the ultimate goal is to viscerally demonstrate what a thread IS , so I'm comfortable with it being... something strange... but I do want it to rese
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by notorious_pgb 1y ago
> Nor I, but I've learned from the metaphor, for what that's worth. It's the sickest possible outcome for me, so: worth a lot!
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by notorious_pgb 1y ago
Thank you! I'm curious how effective you feel this specific example might've been if it were delivered during your course. I suspect I've stumbled across a really helpful teaching tool, but having not gone to university, I
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A toy RTOS inside Super Mario Bros. using emulator save states(prettygoodblog.com)
251 points by notorious_pgb 1y ago|54 comments
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What Threads Are and How to Use Them Correctly, Part 1(prettygoodblog.com)
1 points by notorious_pgb 2y ago|0 comments
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by notorious_pgb 2y ago
Hey man, thanks for sharing this! I was pretty shocked to see traffic coming from YCombinator of all places. Really made my day.