sillywalk

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1. 91.▲
   by sillywalk 9mo ago

   Not just this. The entire Liquid Glass thing is a usability nightmare for me. I already have had to enable accessibility options in previous releases, now these things don't even fix the transparency problems.
2. 92.▲
   by sillywalk 9mo ago

   I don't know if it still works, but there was a way to get 18.7.3, for devices pushed to "upgrade" to Tahoe by enabling ios 18 beta releases.
3. 93.▲
   by sillywalk 9mo ago

   I wonder what percentage of Windows computers bought in the last decade even have a physical media drive? I'd imagine very few. So, there's probably little demand for this, but also the amount of resources to keep it running is al
4. 94.▲
   by sillywalk 9mo ago

   Solaris is still supported until 2037 apparently.[0] And UnixWare[1]. [0] https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/29/oracle_extends_solari... [1] https://www.osnews.com/story/141690/unix
5. 95.▲
   by sillywalk 10mo ago

   Dupe / Discussion: QNX Self-Hosted Developer Desktop (qnx.com) 199 points by transpute 13 hours ago | flag | hide | past | favorite | 109 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46398201
6. 96.▲
   by sillywalk 11mo ago

   Related / Past discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9737156 ( How Naughty Dog Fit Crash Bandicoot into 2MB of RAM on the PS1) 934 points|ekianjo|10 years ago|247 comments https://news.ycombinato
7. 97.▲
   by sillywalk 11mo ago

   I'd also give a shout out to AmiKit.[0] It's pretty slick, and has a ton of software already setup. You still need to get the Kickstart ROMs from AmigaForever. The only thing is it's different from vanilla Amiga workbench. h
8. 98.▲
   by sillywalk 11mo ago

   Here's a link to the censored documents: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/able-archer-83/2025-...
9. 99.▲
   by sillywalk 11mo ago

   Or Lady Morella, the psychic third wife of Centauri Emperor Turhan.
10. 100.▲
    by sillywalk 11mo ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinian_Naval_Base
11. 101.▲
    by sillywalk 11mo ago

    The War Zone has an article with more details, apparently this has been going on since late 2023: https://www.twz.com/air/massive-wwii-b-29-bomber-base-fully-...
12. 102.▲
    by sillywalk 11mo ago

    I'd also recommend Trauma Zone by the same guy. It's about the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the rise of the oligarchs and ultimately Putin, using stock BBC footage.
13. 103.▲
    by sillywalk 11mo ago

    Interesting, I never knew about this. I do remember that NeXT ported OPENSTEP to Windows NT as OPENSTEP Enterprise.
14. 104.▲
    by sillywalk 1y ago

    Trivia: Two real US Air Force Chief's of Staff appeared on Stargate SG-1 as themselves - Generals Michael E. Ryan and John P. Jumper.
15. 105.▲
    by sillywalk 1y ago

    This vaguely reminds me of Styledit, the included text editor from BeOS / Haiku. It supports basic text formatting - alignment, different fonts/sizes/colours - but these are stored as extended attributes in the file, while t
16. 106.▲
    by sillywalk 1y ago

    The SCSI would probably be meant for a CD-ROM drive. I recall my Sound Blaster Pro had a proprietary Panasonic CD-ROM interface, and at the time, soundcards often came bundled with a CD-ROM drive ( or is that vice-versa?).
17. 107.▲
    by sillywalk 1y ago

    "The myth and reality of Mac OS X Snow Leopard" https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2023/11/5.html
18. 108.▲
    by sillywalk 1y ago

    She was one of Trump's personal attorneys, and then a senior associate staff secretary.
19. 109.▲
    by sillywalk 1y ago

    Nitpick: The Machine Interface dates back to AS/400's predecessor, the System/38.
20. 110.▲
    by sillywalk 1y ago

    As far as I know, there are no AS/400 emulators. It's still updated by IBM and runs on POWER. It's just called "i" now. I believe the naming went something like AS/400->iSeries->System i->System i5-&gt
21. 111.▲
    by sillywalk 1y ago

    Tahoe is the first macos (and ios) upgrade I'm avoiding. I'd already had to enable a bunch of macos accessibility features (increase contrast, reduce transparency) for years just to make it less crappy. Every release gets less usa
22. 112.▲
    by sillywalk 1y ago

    I remember that. It even included a web browser. There's a copy here: https://winworldpc.com/product/qnx/144mb-demo
23. 113.▲
    by sillywalk 1y ago

    > "...I believe that more surveillance equates to more freedom..." By that logic, East Germany was full of freedom.
24. 114.▲
    by sillywalk 1y ago

    The article links to [0] from Microsoft's Raymond Chen. Discussed previously: Why did Windows 95 setup use three operating systems? (microsoft.com) 307 points by mooreds 10 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 192 comments https:&#x2
25. 115.▲
    by sillywalk 1y ago

    I wonder if this applies? "When NOT to use the COPILOT function COPILOT uses AI and can give incorrect responses. To ensure reliability and to use it responsibly, avoid using COPILOT for: - Numerical calculations: Use native Exce
26. 116.▲
    by sillywalk 1y ago

    LPARs use hardware virtualization. The PowerVM hypervisor (PHYP) is in firmware.
27. 117.▲
    by sillywalk 1y ago

    1000bit has a tonne of old computer/tech brochures. https://www.1000bit.it/ad/bro/brochures.asp
28. 118.▲
    by sillywalk 1y ago

    HP also ported NonStop to Itanium.
29. 119.▲
    by sillywalk 1y ago

    > I have heard that the Alpha architecture maintainers said that their options for improvements were limited, and themselves advocated ending development. Interesting. One of the main design principles for the Alpha was for longevity, an
30. 120.▲
    by sillywalk 1y ago

    Previous discussion: The complex history of the Intel i960 RISC processor (righto.com) 126 points by zdw on July 1, 2023 | past | 68 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36552844