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foone , vor 26 Tagen an Random Englisch

Someone really needs to develop a lightweight VM container that we can stuff software in. Like, you know how you can buy DOS games on steam, and it just gives you dosbox preconfigured to play the game?

That, but for all software on all OSes

TechConnectify , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

I'd like to tell a quick story about successful troubleshooting.

A few months ago I rented a scissor lift to install lighting at my new office. When it arrived, the delivery person gave me a quick demo and off he went.

Well, when I went to actually use it - the lift went up by about a foot then stopped and screamed beeps of terror. It was broken!

But the display on the control read "18"

Rather than call the rental company, I searched "sinoboom fault code 18" to see what that meant.

foone , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

Bad idea: a CPU that only executes cryptographically signed memory pages.

TechConnectify , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

Who wants to get tilted?
https://youtu.be/XeDCCNFAULk

foone , vor 2 Monaten an Random Englisch

We need a different word for "old computer parts" and "parts for old computers". People use "retro" for both.

Like a Packard Bell 486 is the former: it was made in the 90s.

And a PicoGUS is the later: it's an ISA card that can be used in computers from the 90s, but it was made recently.

foone , vor 2 Monaten an Random Englisch

The way sentences containing the German character ß get longer when uppercased was specially designed to create memory problems in C programs doing string handling