willvk

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A Mysterious Signal Transfixes Radio Sleuths and Intelligence Experts(rferl.org)
4 points by willvk 7mo ago|0 comments
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by willvk 9mo ago
Great to see someone thinking outside the box.
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Cycling vs. Running: A Debate on Claude(claude.ai)
1 points by willvk 1y ago|0 comments
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by willvk 2y ago
Not sure if it's been mentioned but 1831 on a keypad makes a triangle, or a prism, if you will.
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Beijing's app collecting information from Belt and Road companies(aspi.org.au)
1 points by willvk 2y ago|0 comments
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Kdenlive(kdenlive.org)
2 points by willvk 2y ago|0 comments
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Switching off inflammatory protein leads to longer, healthier lifespans in mice(sciencedaily.com)
6 points by willvk 2y ago|0 comments
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Governments agree to ban the export of quantum computers(pcgamer.com)
2 points by willvk 2y ago|0 comments
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A new music device that turns EMFs into demonic sounds(musicradar.com)
1 points by willvk 2y ago|0 comments
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Astronomers discover a powerful source of energy that pulses every 18 minutes(abc.net.au)
6 points by willvk 5y ago|0 comments
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Giant googly eyes appear around Adelaide(abc.net.au)
1 points by willvk 5y ago|0 comments
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Observing the radio sky with PICTOR [pdf](pictortelescope.com)
2 points by willvk 5y ago|0 comments
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Troubleshooting a Vim Dotnet Plugin(blog.seso.io)
1 points by willvk 7y ago|0 comments
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by willvk 8y ago
This is the best and simplest description I have seen of parenting. Do no get emotional. Describe, explain, reason, rationalise. Beautiful. Such timeless advice.
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by willvk 8y ago
Happy to be wrong on this and good to know it did exist before x86. Thanks for the replies.
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by willvk 8y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that protected mode existed in old Unix systems and so was not delineated between user space and kernel space as described. Protected mode and the separation of kernel and user space was
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by willvk 8y ago
Thank-you for your kind words about the post. That was what I was trying to do with it - to break down some of the nebulous fear that beginners have with assembly. Cheers!
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by willvk 8y ago
Thanks for reading, and thanks for the feedback! That's a good tip on the passive/active voice. I did actually think about standardising that but let it (unfortunately) slide as I thought I would go from my initial thinking to mor
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by willvk 8y ago
I didn't know you could do that with lea. That's pretty cool!
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by willvk 8y ago
That's some very concise code golf! It would be interesting in seeing how Forth compiles this under the hood.
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by willvk 8y ago
I agree the structure of some of my explanations could have been a bit better. The book I was using as a basis was from the mid-90s so it would be a version of GDB from 20 years ago that requires the NOP.
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by willvk 8y ago
Thanks for that. I've amended the diagram accordingly.
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by willvk 8y ago
Thanks for that. Yep, I've seen that too.
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by willvk 8y ago
Thanks for that. I didn't intend for it to be a chronological list but will add AVX to it. Cheers.
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by willvk 8y ago
That's some awesome feedback. Thanks so much. As I'm teaching myself asm I'm learning as I go. I'll incorporate it all into a revised version soon.
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by willvk 8y ago
Yep. It's a typo. Thanks for the feedback.
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by willvk 8y ago
Thanks for reading and thanks for the feedback. It wasn't my intention to 'dog' make, I just felt that for an entry level post that introducing the make syntax may detract from the focus on assembly (although make is an integ
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Creating a Fibonacci Generator in Assembly(blog.seso.io)
50 points by willvk 8y ago|35 comments