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571.
by timbit42 2y ago
Neither impressed me. Quake did.
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by timbit42 2y ago
My Amigas rarely crashed. When an app crashed, I stopped using it.
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by timbit42 2y ago
Commodore's bankruptcy was primarily driven by Irving Gould to enrich himself. Mehdi Ali was his henchman. They pulled funding from R&D, preventing the chipset from keeping up with the industry.
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by timbit42 2y ago
That Commodore didn't understand that software sells hardware was obvious back in the early 80's before they bought Commodore. The VIC-20 was incompatible with the PET, The CBM-II line was incompatible with the PET, the C64 was in
575.
by timbit42 2y ago
It wasn't entirely incompetence. Commodore marketing was incompetent but the bankruptcy was primarily driven by Irving Gould to enrich himself. Mehdi Ali was his henchman. They pulled funding from R&D, preventing the chipset from k
576.
by timbit42 2y ago
The crisis is air pollution. Ground and water pollution are also issues but less critical than air pollution. I'm OK with putting more focus on reducing air pollution for now.
577.
by timbit42 2y ago
The internet is fine. It's the walled garden websites that runs on the internet that suck.
578.
by timbit42 2y ago
Unrestrained capitalism.
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by timbit42 2y ago
I use Linux Mint and install KDE Plasma.
580.
by timbit42 2y ago
Have you tried Auto Tab Discard to reduce memory usage? I have Firefox set to reopen tabs when it starts and, on the very rare occasion it does crash or the power goes out, the tabs are back when I reopen Firefox.
581.
by timbit42 2y ago
I read every article on that website a number of years ago but I forgot that story since.
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by timbit42 2y ago
Microsoft didn't understand GUIs yet. Amiga BASIC was also written by Microsoft and the GUI support is also limited. Apple didn't create a BASIC for the Mac because was into Pascal and had used it for the Lisa OS and apps. Much of
583.
by timbit42 2y ago
Nicotine and alcohol are more addictive than weed. Why aren't those illegal?
584.
by timbit42 2y ago
> hooked Tobacco and alcohol are much more addictive than weed, yet they are legal.
585.
by timbit42 2y ago
So instead we get Windows Xi boxes?
586.
by timbit42 2y ago
It's interesting that Gary was working for Intel when he created CP/M and Intel wasn't interested in it. Then IBM chose the Intel 8088 for their PC. Intel could have offered CP/M to IBM if they'd kept it.
587.
by timbit42 2y ago
Why would they import posts or comments with negative feedback?
588.
by timbit42 2y ago
Unemployment is calculated differently in each country. If Canada used the US calculation, its unemployment rate would be lower than the US rate.
589.
by timbit42 2y ago
There is also RustDesk which works on Windows but also Mac, Android, and Linux.
590.
by timbit42 2y ago
OS/2 v2 and later versions had replaced Presentation Manager with Workplace Shell. It was great. Fully object-oriented. Very powerful.
591.
by timbit42 2y ago
Not the sequel.
592.
by timbit42 3y ago
I'd recommend Linux Mint over Debian for people coming from Windows. Debian isn't as easy.
593.
by timbit42 3y ago
Try Linux Mint.
594.
by timbit42 3y ago
Linux Mint
595.
by timbit42 3y ago
I've been using Gmail since its start and I don't remember it ever having a good client.
596.
by timbit42 3y ago
Base12 is better because it's divisible by 2, 3, 4 and 6. Base 30 or 60 are also divisible by 5.
597.
by timbit42 3y ago
I wouldn't either if I had to use Base10 instead of Base12.
598.
by timbit42 3y ago
Some people have 10 fingers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRjmRNsPl1M At least some, perhaps all, of the giants in the Old Testament of the Bible had 6 fingers on each hand: "In another battle at Gath, there was a t
599.
by timbit42 3y ago
Base12 is better than Base8 or Base16 because it's divisible by 2, 3, 4 and 6. Halves, thirds and quarters are handy.
600.
by timbit42 3y ago
First off, base 12 is better than base 16 and there would be no need for AI to evolve humans with 12 fingers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRjmRNsPl1M

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