okay major advances made on the discrete transistor computer
turns out the DTL logic NAND i have been relying on for years is seriously flawed
ummm... i recorded videos of everything in simulation with a 500 mHz clock (nice and slow)
not sure where the best place to organise everything for releasing all this is, probably my hackaday
been simulating some diode transistor logic designs and something is not right--none of the T or JK flip flops i am inputting are working.
the electrical characteristics of these transistors and diodes does not look right, and many second stage gates are not being properly driven by first stage ones.
hmmm...
could be impedance issues (ie fan in/out)
it's lucky i am simulating first, i would have wasted a lot of time otherwise
New deep dive into #Elite on the #Commodore64 (1/9): The C64 Elite memory map
The #C64 has a lot of memory, and Elite uses all but 897 bytes - that's just 1.4% of the machine's 64K of RAM. Find out how at:
https://elite.bbcelite.com/deep_dives/the_elite_memory_map_commodore_64.html
they don't make gadgets anymore. every new tech thing is like a little white plastic egg that needs an email address and credit card number to turn on & has a built in microphone even though it has no need for one whatsoever
Graziers love solar panels. The land makes extra money from power generation, while the sheep, cows or goats keep the grass down, enjoying the ever moving shade of the panels throughout the day. The water supply needed for washing the panels also allows convenient siting of drink troughs.
Emboldened by these luxuries, it was the goats who went on strike for faster internet.
I did a small stream of shump called BLUE REVOLVER. There is no commentary and a lot of fails.
#lispyGopherClimate we've been doing #interviews recently. Today we interviewed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Masinter about https://interlisp.org @interlisp and his multiple-careers generally. #lisp
https://archives.anonradio.net/202412180000_screwtape.mp3
The last two weeks were pre- and post- #emacsconf #emacs centric episodes with the incredible @sacha, whose newsletter you hopefully read.
https://archives.anonradio.net/202412110000_screwtape.mp3
https://archives.anonradio.net/202412040000_screwtape.mp3
The show is every Wednesday 0UTC, live hangout in #lambdaMOO. Lmk if you are a #lisp or allied pers
@tom_armstrong we need steam deck but it runs like ms word and Photoshop instead of games (someone I know is actually working on this)
Defective by Design has (on short notice) announced that IDAD (International Day Against DRM) is on Friday the 20th!
Any of you doing anything for it?
I was already going to spend the evening re-listening to The Red Panda Adventures... Maybe I'll spend the day?
Why do women wear flowers in their hair to work in the hell of a Tamil Nadu garment factory?
Why do unions know to check on a woman who stops wearing flowers?
You don't get to write this kind of piece (or even know it needs writing) without doing the long, hard work of grassroots union solidarity, so thank you Nandita and Nikita for such an insightful article.
https://tansyhoskins.org/factory-flowers-beauty-and-survival-in-indias-garment-factories/
The Masterscope program analysis tool of Medley Interlisp can show graphical output too, such as the call tree of the TEDIT function. Via the popup menu of a node I opened windows with the code of the TEXTSTREAM function and its bytecode disassembly.
@interlisp @nosrednayduj @dougmerritt @jlamothe @alexshendi @rat @pkw @mdhughes @sacha @kentpitman @prahou
Thanks everyone and a special thanks @masinter ! It was a pleasure and honor to to talk with you for an hour.
https://larrymasinter.net/
https://interlisp.org (accepts donations!)
Software Preservation Society
@interlisp for everything! Remember #interlisp is trying to reach escape velocity so it no longer needs the original #interlispd -ers to keep the project afloat.
til: PressOnward, a wordpress forked to use sqlite
you can have WordPress without needing babysit MySQL, run a big machine or really much of anything. Installation is a breeze, and if you turn off comments and put WP-Supercache in front of it, it’ll be perfectly happy humming along day to day on the tiniest VM you can find.
This is just… really upsetting. Both as a player of games and as a developer. NVidia secretly sneaks "AI" bullshit onto your computer, which slows everything down, AND changes the appearance [color contrast] of games away from what the developer attended, all for the benefit of investors rather than users. Then I guess you wind up having to upgrade your video card, because it's no longer fast enough with the AI parasite installed.
still having trouble wrapping my mind around the fact that since the pandemic hit nearly everyone in this country has used zoom, and yet it hasn't actually improved since then in any noticeable way
@northernlights Good rerun, though where is everyone! https://anonradio.net:8443/anonradio
What a wonderfulll woorrllddd #music