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   by thatha7777 3y ago

   a) While it is indeed a beautiful and very handy project, this isn't free —— it's freemium.
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   by thatha7777 3y ago

   Frankly, Apple's position enrages me. It's okay that Apple doesn't like a European law. As a US-based company, it makes sense that it feels like a foreigner is meddling in their affairs... It's okay that they continue to
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   Study Reveals Gender Bias in ChatGPT Translations(arxiv.org)

   2 points by thatha7777 3y ago|0 comments
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   by thatha7777 3y ago

   And very much still alive: https://github.com/ianatha/bababasic/ and https://atha.io/blog/introducing-bababasic
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   Human vs LLM Effort: Braincycles(atha.io)

   3 points by thatha7777 3y ago|1 comments
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   by thatha7777 3y ago

   What if we could somehow measure the actual-human effort involved in generating a digital action? For example, creating a mail merge template might take 10 braincycles, but each resulting email would have a fraction of this value.
7. 37.▲
   by thatha7777 3y ago

   This is very cool -- thank you for sharing, Nate
8. 38.▲
   by thatha7777 3y ago

   What I've implemented is just (trimmed) serializable continuations for JS. Because ... what you're describing would make supporting migrations (while still abstracting away the RDBMS) very difficult. And because . . . that alread
9. 39.▲
   by thatha7777 3y ago

   I have been working on a JS runtime that takes away the necessity for databases, by automatically persisting everything that can't be re-computed on the fly. If all you need is to store some state somewhere, it works beautifully, but i
10. 40.▲
    by thatha7777 3y ago

    Shooting from the hip with a shotgun ... is performant, but it often wounds innocent bystanders.
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    by thatha7777 3y ago

    This memo creates more questions and answers, and it hints at the forming of internal factions in OpenAI. Who's the COO talking on behalf of when he says "we have had multiple conversations with the board"? Who's full su
12. 42.▲
    by thatha7777 3y ago

    For everyone who wanted a QuickBASIC 4.5-like documentation feature, there's an early version now on the testing channel: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/io.atha.quickbasic
13. 43.▲
    by thatha7777 3y ago

    The PEEK/POKE syntax isn't even supported -- you'd get a syntax error.
14. 44.▲
    by thatha7777 3y ago

    This is cool :) I'll also give it a try, and if it works as-is on QBasic 4.5, I'll try to live up to my promise and make BabaBASIC more compatible with QBasic 4.5 :).
15. 45.▲
    by thatha7777 3y ago

    Never would've found this myself -- appreciate it
16. 46.▲
    by thatha7777 3y ago

    Thank you! XPATH in LOCATE stmts sounds like asking a disco dancer to moonwalk -- out of its era, but oddly fascinating to watch
17. 47.▲
    by thatha7777 3y ago

    Awesome project, incredible story. Your efforts are truly commendable.
18. 48.▲
    by thatha7777 3y ago

    I think I have a general idea on how to implement basic TCP/IP sockets while staying true to QBasic 4.5's spirit (i.e. not introducing functions like _OpenConnection/_ConnectionAddress etc.) The "API" I have in mind
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    by thatha7777 3y ago

    Ugh, jamon51, I think we slashdotted your website
20. 50.▲
    by thatha7777 3y ago

    i've been searching for an appropriately nostalgic, yet 8-bit, soundtrack to go along with this feeling. suggestions welcome
21. 51.▲
    by thatha7777 3y ago

    Thank you!
22. 52.▲
    by thatha7777 3y ago

    Thank you for your kind words. I think this app pushed him over the edge. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
23. 53.▲
    by thatha7777 3y ago

    Absolutely! Thank you for brining this up! Tracking it as https://github.com/ianatha/bababasic/issues/77
24. 54.▲
    by thatha7777 3y ago

    2nd time this comes up -- I'll have to reconsider my project priorities!
25. 55.▲
    by thatha7777 3y ago

    'twas just a joke
26. 56.▲
    by thatha7777 3y ago

    My apologies. BabaBASIC is here to make any Android-related anachronistic dream come true (˃̣̣̥ w ˂̣̣̥).
27. 57.▲
    by thatha7777 3y ago

    wow-- it's been very impressive and heartwarming to learn today that so many folks have fond QBasic memories and it evokes such a sense of community.
28. 58.▲
    by thatha7777 3y ago

    Grandpa is obviously paying you to inject this here. Hi grandpa!
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    by thatha7777 3y ago

    Very similar journey :) Some form of BASIC on an XT8086 -- maybe QuickBASIC? Can't be sure. I remember getting my hands on a ISO-B5-sized burgundy booklet with printed source code annotated with "REM" comments. Then Turbo Pa
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    by thatha7777 3y ago

    There's a few apps on the Play Store for specific languages: cl-repl (for LISP) and Micro REPL (for MicroPython). https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=micro.repl.ma7... // https:/&#x2