spilk

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31.
by spilk 8y ago
Wunderground. Whatever they've done to the site in the past few years is just terrible.
32.
by spilk 8y ago
I still have an unopened bottle, it does not look very tasty anymore though.
33.
by spilk 8y ago
so how many LE's do these cores consume compared to a similar RISC-V or any other CPU design? Are there advantages just beyond familiarity of ARM?
34.
by spilk 8y ago
They did do this for SNES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Power_(cartridge) Obviously it was limited to games that did not use enhancement chips as you mention.
35.
by spilk 8y ago
Nintendo did this extensively in Japan, first with the Disk Writer for the Famicom Disk System and then later with Nintendo Power kiosks for Super Famicom and Gameboy.
36.
by spilk 8y ago
yet another MGRS
37.
by spilk 8y ago
I'm not super familiar with HPE's product lines but I'm just kind of surprised they are still using the Apollo name. Maybe we'll see some Silicon Graphics branded HP gear too?
38.
by spilk 8y ago
DOOM shipped on the IRIX install CDs for many years.
39.
by spilk 8y ago
please don't gut rare vintage hardware to install commodity x86 hardware.
40.
by spilk 8y ago
Wouldn't you have needed to use a Japanese text encoding (JIS?) and a corresponding font to get the "tsu" (ツ) kana in pre-Unicode days?
41.
by spilk 8y ago
some have the configuration memory on-die as well to keep part count down. Also good to help protect your bitstream, but this isn't infallible of course.
42.
by spilk 8y ago
The CHM event on Friday is also sold out.
43.
by spilk 8y ago
there's Mattermost for that, which is open-source to boot.
44.
by spilk 8y ago
states' rights?
45.
by spilk 8y ago
This reminds me a lot of the old "BAT" keyboard: https://www.infogrip.com/bat-keyboard.html
46.
by spilk 8y ago
I guess we will all have to wear a full face of juggalo makeup to remain anonymous in public from now on.
47.
by spilk 8y ago
Good to see some folks using my 'irixboot' utility in the wild. Looks like it worked! Also, the whole process by which the Development CD image is extracted could have been easily handled by irixboot and you can use irixboot as a
48.
by spilk 8y ago
I think rms famously used one of those. Lemote Yeelong with the Loongson CPU.
49.
by spilk 8y ago
Crazy to think about the range of devices the architecture supported, from small battery-powered things to giant multi-rack SGI Onyx machines. I'm still impressed with my dual-R12000 Octane today.
50.
by spilk 8y ago
I miss the days of the Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines and when Apple actually more-or-less conformed to them.
51.
by spilk 8y ago
I don't really use it to communicate with people I actually know anymore, but I'm a member on several Facebook hobby/interest related groups (of strangers) that I enjoy. Also some local neighborhood groups. I do occasionally
52.
by spilk 8y ago
> There are Microsoft products that fill me with a fiery rage of a thousand suns. Sharepoint?
53.
by spilk 9y ago
so? Sending to an exchange and then selling it for a discount - what exchange would say no?
54.
by spilk 9y ago
This is what makes Docker for Windows useless to me.
55.
by spilk 9y ago
can this do 2x 4K @90Hz? e.g. for VR headsets.
56.
by spilk 9y ago
I see a lot of similarities in the kind of people that get pulled into Amway/Herbalife/etc and Bitcoin people.
57.
by spilk 9y ago
using whose spectrum?
58.
by spilk 9y ago
Probably possible in New York City and San Francisco (proper), but nowhere else.
59.
by spilk 9y ago
Putting "X" and "Athena" together just makes me think of the Athena Widgets (Xaw) toolkit for X11.
60.
by spilk 9y ago
I think this is roughly how Amazon's FireOS fork works.

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