@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party avatar

argv_minus_one

@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party

Dieses Profil is von einem föderierten Server und möglicherweise unvollständig. Auf der Original-Instanz anzeigen

lina , an Random Englisch
@lina@vt.social avatar

This is a normal amount of tech for 2 vtubers right???? @cyan

argv_minus_one ,
@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party avatar

@lina @cyan

And I thought I had too many cables going everywhere. 🤯

argv_minus_one ,
@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party avatar

Nah, just chemically toxic.

argv_minus_one ,
@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party avatar

@Confidant6198

You really should clarify whether you mean the state or the people.

States don't have rights (they exist at the pleasure of their citizens), but people do.

nina_kali_nina , an Random Englisch
@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt avatar

The CPU is far from being the most sophisticated component of a computer.

At least if we're talking about , or, rather, scavenging and collapse computing. Okay, maybe in open source hardware, too.

Designs of new hobbyist computer architectures are seemingly revolving around inventing a CPU and/or mapping the peripherals on the system bus.

And you could find many simple CPUs based on FPGAs, logic chips, transistors, valves and even relays.

What you usually don't find is custom RAM. Before Intel introduced cheap solid-state RAM in 1969, there were at least six contemporary competing types of RAM used in computers, and at least as many were already considered obsolete.

What you don't find is peripherals. There are rare cool appliances, like punch tape readers. But have you seen a custom hard drive? A printer?

All these are "easy" in terms of relative complexity for industry. But they are simultaneously very hard for a hobbyist/DIYer/tech collapsnik.

Change my mind, show me the good stuff~

argv_minus_one ,
@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party avatar

@zxguesser

Open-source printers would be a godsend.

@nina_kali_nina

lina , an Random Englisch
@lina@vt.social avatar

So today's stream ended up with... finding out that getcwd() is randomly broken inside the microVM??!??!!?!??!

I get the weirdest bugs...

argv_minus_one ,
@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party avatar

@lina

😬 Glad you caught that one. File system corruption is a quick way to ruin anybody's day.

fasterthanlime , an Random Englisch
@fasterthanlime@hachyderm.io avatar

when your favorite editor doesn't have "g q" but it has an LLM assistant

the text wrapped to 70 columns

argv_minus_one ,
@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party avatar

@fasterthanlime

Why would you want to wrap a doc comment? I find that supremely annoying.

fasterthanlime , an Random Englisch
@fasterthanlime@hachyderm.io avatar

zed is so fucking good now.

so fucking good. it's been my daily driver for a few weeks now! it's so good.

argv_minus_one ,
@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party avatar

@fasterthanlime

I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole. Only a matter of time before the VCs pull the rug. FOSS or GTFO.

Also, that “multiplayer” feature sounds like a supply-chain attack waiting to happen.

argv_minus_one ,
@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party avatar

@jakob @mo @tulpenkiste

It's not open source. https://zed.dev/eula Source code is available, but you have no right to fork.

@fasterthanlime

argv_minus_one ,
@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party avatar

@aleks

So, the website needs updating, then?

@fasterthanlime

foone , an Random Englisch
@foone@digipres.club avatar

I was copying a Totally Legal Game Backup onto my roommate's switch and it confused Windows so much that it told me I had the wrong floppy diskette in the drive.

argv_minus_one ,
@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party avatar

@foone

“IBM formatted”

Not when I'm through with it, it won't be!

argv_minus_one ,
@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party avatar

@foone

No, just write another file system on it. 😋

arstechnica , an Random Englisch
@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar

RTO mandates led to “pronounced exodus” of senior workers at top tech firms

"It’s easier to manage a team that’s happy.”

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/05/rto-mandates-led-to-pronounced-exodus-of-senior-workers-at-top-tech-firms/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

argv_minus_one ,
@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party avatar

@arstechnica

I think that's intentional. Tech firms these days are laying everybody off anyway, and they don't have to pay severance if the employees quit.

foone , an Random Englisch
@foone@digipres.club avatar

This is a good and normal website

argv_minus_one ,
@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party avatar

@foone

For security theater purposes, I think they mean.

foone , an Random Englisch
@foone@digipres.club avatar

Bad idea: an external floppy drive that can appear as a mass storage device of arbitrary size. The way it works is it has a little screen, and you use that to configure how big you want it to be, then it formats the proper number of 3.5" floppy disks.
Then when the PC tries to read a sector that's not on the current disk, the display will just prompt you to insert disk or whatever.

argv_minus_one ,
@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party avatar

@foone

Average seek time: yes

  • Alle
  • Abonniert
  • Moderiert
  • Favoriten
  • •
  • random
  • haupteingang
  • Alle Magazine
    •