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by skywal_l 2y ago
If you want to learn more about DOS, I found that "The MS-DOS Encyclopedia", by Ray Duncan[0] is a pretty nice read. It is really accessible, yet it gets you into the nitty-gritty details*. The history is very interesting too (ass
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by skywal_l 2y ago
Funny, I always use the binaries distributed by the developers whenever I can thinking that the less intermediaries the better. Maybe I need to revise that position.
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by skywal_l 2y ago
My understanding is that kitty has an automatic (opt-out) update feature [0][1]. I don't really like the idea of a terminal doing that. However I like the fact that kitty developer(s) actively improved the state of the terminal emulati
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by skywal_l 2y ago
Put some CEOs in jail and you won't need to do all those multiplications.
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by skywal_l 2y ago
Last updated 2014-07-03 So I guess (2014) is missing.
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by skywal_l 2y ago
Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cycle_25 there's already been a G4 in march and it didn't seem to have caused any issues (AFAIK).
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by skywal_l 2y ago
I've been spending some time on Quake resources these past few weeks. Writing tools to parse Quake data files, writing a QuakeC VM, etc. What's great is that the resources from that era are old-school HTML pages. No Javascript, no
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by skywal_l 2y ago
Zig is a modern imperative programming language with ADTs: https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/#Tagged-union
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Memory-safe C++ demo – Sean Baxter Zoom Call(twitter.com)
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by skywal_l 2y ago
Well you have the MS-DOS era Borland tools. Someone took the time to rewrite it as a cross-platform open source library: https://github.com/magiblot/tvision Edit: Not a rewrite, but a port. See comments below.
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by skywal_l 2y ago
Another quote: > "The green revolution has won a temporary success in man's war against hunger and deprivation; it has given man a breathing space. If fully implemented, the revolution can provide sufficient food for sustenance
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by skywal_l 2y ago
From his personal page: For the past 30+ years I’ve been the maintainer of sudo. I’m currently in search of a sponsor to fund continued sudo maintenance and development. If you or your organization is interested in sponsoring sudo, please
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by skywal_l 2y ago
You are associating the use of `amend` and `fixup` with force push. It's perfectly fine to rework your commit history locally and even force push to your own local branch. It should never be possible (except to people administrating yo
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by skywal_l 2y ago
And the best answer is: "Why do you do useless commits?". With `git amend` and `git fixup` you can arrange your commits to be clean, properly documented and self explanatory (and maybe atomic but that's a little harder). It t
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by skywal_l 2y ago
Actually more of a Pentium IV. Pentium III: 250 nm to 130 nm [0] Pentium VI: 180 nm to 65 nm [1] Which is indeed amazing. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_III [1] https://en.wikipedia.o
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by skywal_l 3y ago
Thank you for your hard work! Don't be let down by the negativity this author displays. Probably the result of his youth. Your work is still useful and even though imperfect, very much appreciated.
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by skywal_l 3y ago
Not to be confused with Vale[0]. [0] https://vale.dev/
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by skywal_l 3y ago
There is no point in subsidising profitable behavior.
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by skywal_l 3y ago
In this kind of thread I always mentionned Circle[0] from Sean Baxter. It's worth a look. [0] https://www.circle-lang.org/
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by skywal_l 3y ago
Wouldn't be easier for the US government to buy Intel shares rather than subsidies it? It should actually be mandatory for the government to own part of a company that is so critical to national and security interest.
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by skywal_l 3y ago
> the peak of your civilization The more I think of it, the more I think this time was the actual peak of civilization (from a westerner's point of view). The Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Nagano in 98, when the world was sing
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by skywal_l 3y ago
Well good thing it oxydates iron or we woudn't be able to move it in our body!
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by skywal_l 3y ago
So, basically, a racket.
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by skywal_l 3y ago
Basically, an epicurian proposition: "Epicurus asserted that philosophy's purpose is to attain as well as to help others attain happy (eudaimonic), tranquil lives characterized by ataraxia (peace and freedom from fear) and aponia
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by skywal_l 3y ago
I see in your profile: Iraq war veteran. Why did you chose to fight in Iraq? (asking the question because it might reveal a better understanding of your thought process).
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by skywal_l 3y ago
> why would I want to make a forum post asking for help, only to get a single response hours later, when I can chat with other users in real-time on Discord To give you some anecdata, I have found the zig discourse forum (ziggit.dev) to
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by skywal_l 3y ago
Inertia. People probably bought the PS5 because they were happy of their PS4. My guess is the PS6 will be the nail in the coffin...
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by skywal_l 3y ago
In a spirit of cooperation, you could add a link to other similar websites for other types of equipments ( https://diskprices.com/ , https://gpuprices.us/ , etc).
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by skywal_l 3y ago
Just tried Storygraph and their survey feature has one of the worst UX I've ever seen. To the point that it's just unusable.
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by skywal_l 3y ago
In the same vein, Gliese 710 will pass even closer at 0.16 ly from the Sun in 1.29 million years which add uncertainty to the simulation of the distant future.

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