pikuseru

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by pikuseru 9d ago
“You do it” “No, you do it” “Get Bill to do it.”
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by pikuseru 18d ago
I can’t wait for the Alien / Blade Runner crossover prequel where we find out Tyrell was Weyland’s long lost Dad. And the black goop in Prometheus is actually made from Midi-Chlorians.
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by pikuseru 26d ago
At last a post about computing that appeals to me. Low powered and energy efficient computing. I’ve actually been wondering if it could be possible to design a small computer that powered off in between key presses (paired with an e-ink scr
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by pikuseru 1mo ago
If you don’t like it don’t use it
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by pikuseru 2mo ago
If your butthole looks like Copilot I recommend you have a trip to the doctors for a check up
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by pikuseru 2mo ago
The thing that caught my eye immediately was the sandboxing. I have no idea why Node and npm don’t have sandboxing by default. It would greatly help with some of these worms and supply chain attacks.
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by pikuseru 2mo ago
What if I’m making a 2d game and need to go left
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by pikuseru 2mo ago
BBQ
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by pikuseru 5mo ago
No.
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by pikuseru 9mo ago
“Layers upon layers of opaque incantations” You’ve described software.
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by pikuseru 9mo ago
Because a team of browser engineers have already written and reviewed the code to do it for you; and (hopefully) it’ll be performant, properly tested and accessible… ;-D
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by pikuseru 9mo ago
Of the many cool things I liked about this, removing the missile from the array by swapping it with the last missile and decrementing the missile count was a nice trick.
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by pikuseru 9mo ago
I remember being idealistic when I first started. Now I’m just jaded and cynical. Don’t try looking for meaning in any of it, you won’t find any. The system just churns along. And everyone with it. Play the game and nod along. Your job does
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by pikuseru 10mo ago
I’m glad it’s not just me. These LED headlights are terrible and dazzle me all the time. It’s especially bad with SUVs that have lights right in your eyeline, when you’re driving a “normal” car.
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by pikuseru 11mo ago
They’re probably still quite useful for displaying tabular data - there’s also semantics involved, it’s not primarily just a layout mechanism.
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by pikuseru 11mo ago
Free healthcare as well
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by pikuseru 1y ago
“It just works”
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by pikuseru 1y ago
Windows 10
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by pikuseru 1y ago
How about making a new game with help from your son (even if it’s ideas) and making some new memories? ;-) The problem I found is that a lot of the stuff I made is tied to the hardware, OS and SDKs I used to make and run it (especially Palm
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by pikuseru 1y ago
I wish most software was developed and supported like this
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by pikuseru 1y ago
Can I invent a language called Larry Ellison Script and trademark it
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by pikuseru 1y ago
I think Scrappy may have been mentioned on HN a few weeks ago, not sure if that fits what you’re looking for. https://pontus.granstrom.me/scrappy/
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by pikuseru 1y ago
Glad I’m not the only person stood there focusing intently over my spectacles on orange skin looking for defects through the red plastic netting.
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by pikuseru 1y ago
No mention of the Transputer :(
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by pikuseru 2y ago
It’s because the folks who are the middle-aged adults with disposable income in their 40’s and 50’s used to have computers from the 80’s. Although one of the benefits of them is that you can still play and program for them (and even on them
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by pikuseru 4y ago
Hope you don’t mind but I’ve copied this So I can refer back to it ;)
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by pikuseru 5y ago
Switch off the computer and your phone, take a break from analysing things, take a breath or two, and go for a walk. Give yourself space. Take pleasure from the small ordinary things, without placing any expectations on yourself or the day.
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by pikuseru 6y ago
It’s only obscure if you’re writing from a position of ignorance.
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by pikuseru 6y ago
Ooh color, shiny https://pocketbook.cz/cs-cz/catalog/color-screen-cz/pocketbo...
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by pikuseru 6y ago
Relevant related article: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2013/11/sharecropping-in-the-clou... Maybe one day there’ll be alternatives, you’ll be able to buy and own books and read them on devices like the Open Book:

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