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rbanffy
194,608karma·63,760submissions·March 12, 2008
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Seasoned software developer, proficient in Python, Java. Less proficient in Ruby and Lisp. A bit rusty in C and C++. Learning Erlang very slowly. Also a computer collector and restorer, lover of 8-bit computers, mainframes and interesting Unix workstations.
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> …One article did lead to another interesting side project. In his 1965 paper "Speculations concerning the first ultraintelligent machine", Good remarked that if humans can ever design a…
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I got really curious about the Big Mac prototype mentioned.
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Was TIMI already a thing when AS/400 was CISC? Edit: yes. It’s very similar the System/38 version.
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It’s interesting to note Trumbull tried to use the same tech, but with analog controls (IIRC), in Starlost, but it wasn’t ready yet and production was forced to go with chroma key and static cameras. …
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I guess that the acquisition was a reason to switch to something else for a lot of people. Cursor failed to impress me enough for me to switch to it in the first place anyway, so I didn’t have to canc…
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I’m for incitement being one, regardless of the medium the incitement takes place.
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AI or not, it was a nice read. Some points needed correction, but, overall, it is a nice write up on one of the roads less traveled (and still commercially supported). There’s also MCP and OS2000 from…
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I’m afraid “liberal” has no longer any recognisable meaning. The free-speech absolutists frequently align with the self-proclaimed conservatives, which are only “liberal” towards ideas they consider c…
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The article makes me feel the author doesn’t have a deep understanding of some of the mechanisms. TIMI, iirc, is similar to Java (or Smalltalk) bytecode. I’m not sure it’s translated to native instruc…
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> the whole “sham” disciplinary process was designed to censor his “protected conservative political speech” I see he didn’t escape the conspiracy theories about “academic censorship”. > He want…
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When an opinion states clearly that your people are to be treated like wolves, that should be treated as a pest, maybe you’ll see it differently. I hope you never experience that first hand, and I’m d…
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Writing crafted to justify hate crimes is in itself one.
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I used something similar to this while working for Canonical and I found the idea confusing, the tooling (2014, IIRC) brittle, and the experience overall frustrating. I would never encourage that as a…
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Holy shit. More civilised societies would consider writing this a hate crime.
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Still, as far as communities go, Python’s is surprisingly drama-free considering the current size of the ecosystem. It doesn’t come close to Ruby and Rust. Edit: burn karma burn
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