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   Code Inflation [pdf](computer.org)

   8 points by pmarin 12y ago|0 comments
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   Preserving arcade games(youtube.com)

   1 points by pmarin 12y ago|0 comments
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   by pmarin 12y ago

   :yy99p using vi
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   by pmarin 12y ago

   A file system is not a data structure, it is an interface.
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   If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It: Ancient Computers in Use Today (2012)(pcworld.com)

   70 points by pmarin 12y ago|46 comments
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   Videogame Typography and its Antecedents(zachwhalen.net)

   1 points by pmarin 12y ago|0 comments
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   by pmarin 12y ago

   It is called preservation.
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   by pmarin 12y ago

   The original eeepc uses the keyboard as heatsink.
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   by pmarin 12y ago

   All depend on which hardware it runned.
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    by pmarin 12y ago

    Video from the talk: http://youtu.be/Mri66Uz6-8Y
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    by pmarin 12y ago

    If Debian/Ubuntu replaced Bash for Dash as standard shell I don't know any reason why MacOsX can't do the same.
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    Rob Pike: Reflections on Window Systems (2008) [video](epresence.kmdi.utoronto.ca)

    117 points by pmarin 12y ago|47 comments
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    Niklaus Wirth: A Plea for Lean Software (1995) [pdf](cr.yp.to)

    38 points by pmarin 12y ago|12 comments
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    by pmarin 12y ago

    He is talking about using VMs for real arquitectures (SO + apps).
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    by pmarin 12y ago

    There is a PC remake which follows similar approach: Abadia Del Crimen [1]. The author worked with the original binary to maintain the original logic of the game. The game first was converted from CGA to VGA and then he wrote a translator t
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    IBM introduces “Pointing Stick” (TrackPoint) (1990)(youtube.com)

    1 points by pmarin 12y ago|0 comments
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    Minimal Viable Programs(joearms.github.io)

    2 points by pmarin 12y ago|0 comments
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    by pmarin 12y ago

    You have to pay for a Mac to use Swift and nobody complained.
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    GPL release of the Catacomb (early John Carmack's game)(github.com)

    4 points by pmarin 12y ago|2 comments
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    Systemd has 6 service startup notification types, and they're all wrong(ewontfix.com)

    48 points by pmarin 12y ago|72 comments
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    by pmarin 12y ago

    Yes. Instead of returning an integer you use the function exits [1] and the value appears in the shell variable status. [1] http://plan9.bell-labs.com/magic/man2html/2/exits This is an introduction to program
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    by pmarin 12y ago

    All Plan9 C programs are written in this way. Paradoxically the number of includes in your code is minimal compared with the usual POSIX aproach. All C programs begin with two includes: u.h and libc.h and usually libio.h and it is often al
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    by pmarin 12y ago

    Unix != POSIX
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    by pmarin 12y ago

    He has 1,751 subscribers, this is something to think about.
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    by pmarin 13y ago

    I think it is not for the 3D. It is for precise orientation of the camera using the head tracking.
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    by pmarin 13y ago

    In Spain it has replaced sms. Everyone with mobile use it.
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    by pmarin 13y ago

    http://harmful.cat-v.org/cat-v/unix_prog_design.pdf
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    The Unix and the Echo(everything2.com)

    2 points by pmarin 13y ago|0 comments
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    by pmarin 13y ago

    You do not get portable code with ifdefs, you only get 2 non portable programs in the same file.
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    Upgrading thousands of servers from Red Hat to 10 year newer Debian based one.(marc.merlins.org)

    2 points by pmarin 13y ago|0 comments