ILyesMk2

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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
Relatively speaking, it wasn't (still) not hostile. I've seen worse. This was more of a fact vs fact indirect disagreement rather than being completely foolish
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
I see, I see... I wonder why we (as in me) don't hear anything about Brainfuck anymore. I kind of see it as a 20th century meme language that proves boomers were trying as hard as they could to make it work, basically what I call a liv
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
dang, I appreciate the long winded explanation and how you took control over this. Not just for being on my side, but that's exactly what people are missing when it comes to HN posting. They somehow pulled the hammer on me because I in
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
Well guess what? I wasn't rude either. Honestly i only addressed a bad habit you seem to have. In all of it's glory, insults are criticism.
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
That was spot on Middle Eastern powers you got right here! I bet it's not as easy to figure it out now.
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
Well, i didn't claim i know it all. But i gave it my best because it's true that one person can't have the detailed knowledge of all the now-existing complicated subsystems. > If the information exists then it's &quot
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
We already have that, instead you should write a book on how to not be rude
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
Especially in today's hardware (/software?), all the bins on the system are 64bit even if it's a 32bit binary, the remaining bits get filled by 0s so that the system treats it as a 64bit bin.
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
Yes, a handful of times. Everything seemed positive to me so i knew it was ready
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
Appreciate it! > there is an opportunity to “extend” this. Ofc there is, and im already up to it. So apparently my username is screaming 'Algerian' lol, It's so good to see a Tunisian here (or HN).
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
It's nothing but WORTH the effort- > If it helped its author understand computers.. Probably the main reason this book even existed in first place and the perfect example of "The best way to understand something is to explain i
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
These are some of the useful link that i wish came up when googling, and DOS is fairly interesting in itself knowing it's behind everything from medical equipment to today's common refrain of teenagers .
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
So true. Especially with term highlighting, makes it 2x easier to read and keep the information flow to process (and funnier?).
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
My pleasure, happy that you liked it
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
> Disclaimer: I'm 30 This says it all- jokes aside, i couldn't resist writing a book without including combustion engines.
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
I can say the same! I considered doing so at some point during my research, might actually give it a go.
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
> 1 The key-terms highlight was a very late addition, the text without it was a bit uncomfortable to read. >2 I hope this catches the eyes of Gen Z/Alpha so they can understand how the tablet they're using to watch skibidi v
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
You're welcome. It wasn't as easy as it looks now, but i managed to pull it off at this age. > I have such a deep and profound love for them. Oh god, i wish i included more about registers but it isn't the main focus- And
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
Oopsie, good catch! I intended it as 'the smallest space X can take' i corrected it.
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
Haha, that was the #1 priority while writing! Let them kids know what happens under the hood of their systems.
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
ty! Those days and people like you are what made these things last long. > while they were still comprehensible They, in fact still are. Only if you put the time and effort to know what goes inside, It's not fun in terms of learning
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Written by a 16 year old, a book on how computers work(github.com)
215 points by ILyesMk2 2y ago|79 comments
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by ILyesMk2 2y ago
Greetings! This is coming from a.. as the title says, a 16 year old who wrote a mini-book on how computers operate internally focusing on RAM and CPU aspects, respectively. Because almost all of us (if not all) use computers and similar dev