@screwtape @vidak Yeah, Thomas Kurtz; John Kemeny died back in '92.

But BASIC will live forever.

@screwtape i am attempting to answer the question of whether it would be better to use arrays of undefined type, or variables of string type to store maybe... 20 or so player objects

I pushed out a minor CSS/HTML fix to the death generator. It's now got a dark mode! It inherits it from your browser, so if your browser is set to dark mode (or your OS is, and your browser is respecting that), you'll get a darkmode Death Generator.

https://deathgenerator.com/

Viz the discussion of #memory and #programming and memories of Richard C. Waters' memory and programming,
I adopted Waters' #MIT #AI Memo on #Series for lispmoo2 (#MOO DSL in lisp).
https://lispy-gopher-show.itch.io/lispmoo2/devlog/835106/richard-waters-series-and-lispmoo2
#itch_io

I used it to solve #fizzbuzz in my first lazy experience ever. It's about 10% better than me using the loop facility. #lispGames #lisp #commonLisp

https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/6035/AIM-1082.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y

the GBA stores sprite rotation HOW?

I cannot say this is the easiest thing I have ever written. #lisp
(defun fizzbuzz-of (x)
(let* ((nos (scan-range))
(fizz-src (series 'fizz))
(buzz-src (series 'buzz))
(by3s (scan-range :from 0 :by 3))
(by5s (Scan-range :from 0 :by 5))
(fizzes (mask by3s))
(buzzes (mask by5s))
(fizz/buzzes (#Mlist (#Mand fizzes fizz-src)
(#Mand buzzes buzz-src))))
(or (collect (choose-if #'identity
(scan (collect-nth x fizz/buzzes))))
(list (collect-nth x nos)))))

tbh I trust a plaintext file hosted on some random university user page much more than a random github gist despite them being somewhat analogous

centrism is the most cringe of them all

at least be 100% anti-nazi, you loser

Here is my latest #book: "Write Your Own Programs" is a fun but no-nonsense introduction to #programming. It discusses programs of increasing size an complexity while inviting the reader to come up with their own solutions. The text starts with simple examples and then slowly picks up the pace until it arrives at a text mode video game and a WordStar-like text editor.
Want to start programming or get past the first steps? This might be the right book for you!
#retrocomputing

I remember that way back in the last century, a lot of Windows users had opinions about their favorite file manager, with plenty of commercial apps in that space (and quite a few shareware Norton Commander clones).

Some of this carried over from their DOS days, but even new users got into this.

I think my Amiga using friends had similar holy wars, with Dopus being popular, but others (and not just plain WB) being present, too.

Did "classic" Mac OS have something similar?

I've extended the Libreboot 9020 clearance sale to November 25th; I'm spending the time to polish Libreboot for a new stable release around that time, November 25th.

https://minifree.org/

I'm Libreboot's founder and lead developer. Sales fund Libreboot. Libreboot (preinstalled) is free/opensource firmware replacing proprietary BIOS/UEFI.

Your choice of Debian Linux, other distro or BSD.

Libreboot 9020 price further reduced; was £218, then 138, now 118. New products to launch by the 25th.

I've said it before and I'll say it again

Bluesky is federated in theory

Fedi is federated in practice

The Mozilla foundation has an open survey about how they should approach the future, if you care feel free to fill it out. Especially so if you've been unhappy about the organization for years https://mozillafoundation.tfaforms.net/101

What are some interesting programming languages that have multiple usable (full-fledged, not "micro") implementations? Preferably with good standards.

Right now that would seem to apply to C, Scheme and Javascript (barely).

It used to apply to some Wirthian languages, but I don't really see that many Modula-2 compilers I can run on modern systems anymore.

I enjoyed reading this article about the completion of much needed #Colossus building repairs at The National Museum of Computing.

#tnmoc

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/15/the_national_museum_of_computing/