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by qsi 5y ago
Hah, same here! The SVX-728 was somewhat infuriating in that it was slightly non-standard MSX if I recall correctly; this would mostly show up in (copied) games, which I then had to disassemble and tweak. I think it had to do with the memor
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by qsi 5y ago
Won't use it for the simple reason it's much harder to type (for me) than ls, and doesn't seem to offer anything I can't find in ls right now.
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by qsi 5y ago
For further perspective, I also recommend reading Scott Alexander's retelling at https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/05/26/the-atomic-bomb-consid...
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by qsi 5y ago
You could get close to inkjets and early laser printers with Signum! on the ST and 24-pin dot matrix printer. It used custom bitmapped fonts and very fine control of the pins to generate amazing output. It was very slow in the highest quali
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by qsi 5y ago
Sometimes I wonder too, but your list of exceptions already points to why it's not likely to be true. The datasets that "regular" Excel users mangle easily can consume many megabytes. Write a document, add some graphics... re
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by qsi 5y ago
I had to clean the button switches every once in a while, and IIRC one of them failed on me completely.
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by qsi 5y ago
> and i'll be honest: if you're writing code thats so performance critical that you're worrying about the GIL... why the hell do you use python in the first place? use at least a compiled language. Fair enough, but sometim
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by qsi 5y ago
Actually SwiftKey in multiple languages helps me write in the ones I am less fluent in, due to its autocorrect. I agree it can be annoying too... you have to be careful with activating languages, and I switch off the languages I am unlikely
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by qsi 5y ago
Yes, absolutely! This may be nostalgia talking, but I loved (most) of my Blackberry devices. Certainly in the earlier part of its ascent, through to its heyday, it was indisputably the best at what it was supposed to do: emails (and messagi
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by qsi 5y ago
IIRC the more "modern" TVs did have some sort of cache for Teletext pages, but my memory is definitely hazy...
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by qsi 5y ago
Obligatory mention of [1] Minitel. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel
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Nintendo opens previously secret cafe in Tokyo(bloomberg.com)
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by qsi 5y ago
I think restraint and common sense are key here (once you're comfortable typing the non-ASCII characters). In parts of my code it's much more intuitive to use \Omega or \Sigma and \mu than giving them ASCII names, and others looki
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by qsi 5y ago
I strongly agree with that, coming from Matlab to both Python and Julia. While I enjoy some of the similarities between Julia and Matlab, it does take some learning and effort to write proper code in another language. Array indexing with sq
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Fast Covid-19 breath test provisionally approved in Singapore(channelnewsasia.com)
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Minoan language Linear A linked to Linear B in new research(greekreporter.com)
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by qsi 5y ago
I loved my Blackberries, and hung on to the last one as long as possible. I think I had to give it up around 2012... but even within the Blackberries, there were differences. Some keyboards were better than other, or at least, suited me bet
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Antiseptic throat spray can reduce Covid-19 spread in high-risk settings(channelnewsasia.com)
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by qsi 5y ago
It's probably the single most blatant gaming-related fundraiser scam I've personally come across... but they got YC backing. It'll take quite a bit to beat Star Citizen. I don't understand the YC backing either though.
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by qsi 5y ago
In addition Czech has the sound ř, which is almost impossible to pronounce unless you learn it in childhood. I don't know of any other language with that sound. Tongue-twisters will almost by definition explore the weird sound combinat
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by qsi 5y ago
I find Slavic languages to be less distant from one another than other major Indo-European languages. They're by no means mutually intelligible when spoken, but you can kind of get by. There's also the Interslavic [1] conlang, whi
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by qsi 5y ago
Oh, that's interesting. I had not heard of such cases, nor have I seen them. Do you remember which part of the park this was? I'll keep an eye out next time I am there.
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by qsi 5y ago
It's a great initiative! I have fond memories of FidoNet in the olden days (wrote a scanner/tosser at one point) and would love to see more of it preserved. The Fido contents here look very limited with only a small smattering of
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by qsi 5y ago
Erhm, if you want to camp in East Coast Park (or anywhere on public land in Singapore), you need to apply for a permit and it's only allowed at designated camping grounds. The campers you saw were recreational, and seldom stay for more
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by qsi 5y ago
> I've though about working in a Amazon warehouse. There's one near me. But they don't get health benefits for 3+ months. Have to do intense manual labor etc. I think you need to focus on your priorities here. As I unders
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by qsi 5y ago
Ouch, this is terrible. I have been happy with my Synology NASes over the last decade or so, and their tech support, but this really, really, rubs me the wrong way. I am not affected by this act of deliberate vandalism, but Synology's
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by qsi 6y ago
Thank you for that link, I had not realized Synology had moved into the router space, and I've been running Synology NASes for almost a decade! Generally I've been happy with them, and on the few occasions I need tech support, it
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by qsi 6y ago
Probably not big by US standards, but WiFi attenuation across multiple floors is such that an AP in the living room won't provide any decent signal one floor straight up. Depends on the materials and layout of your house...
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by qsi 6y ago
Similar to the other responses, it's the fact that I can manage my network remotely from a simple app or UI. This helps me answer phone calls from my family asking why Netflix doesn't work on TV #2, when I'm not at home. Won&
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by qsi 6y ago
Same here. I switched to Ubiquiti gear a year ago, and by and large it's been very solid, running 2 AC-Pros, 2 AC-HDs and a bunch of switches and a gateway. My controller is a docker image running on a NAS, and having read about the pr

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