BartyDeCanter

@BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org

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BartyDeCanter ,

Forty years too late, but I guess better than never.

BartyDeCanter ,

MS DOS 2.11.

BartyDeCanter ,

With those requirements why bother with a laptop? Just build yourself a desktop and setup up ssh and/or Remote Desktop if you really need access on the go.

BartyDeCanter ,

Oh, nothing about it sounds unrealistic, just kinda pointless. There absolutely are rugged laptops and gaming laptops and probably even some combination of the two out there somewhere. But they both tend to be quite expensive and nothing you mentioned seemed to indicate the need for portability. So, why a laptop and not a desktop? You’ll get a lot more bang for your buck and can have the exact keyboard, cooling system and whatever else you want, plus a much more repairable system.

BartyDeCanter ,

Oh damn, I misread it the exact same way.

BartyDeCanter ,

Oh you’re in for a treat! The Baroque Cycle takes place much earlier, but has family ties to Cryptonomicon.

BartyDeCanter ,

By almost every measure, the world is better than it has ever been. Violence, poverty, starvation are all at or near record lows worldwide. Average lifespans are way up. We are just way, way more aware of what is going on in the world, and bad news drives more clicks than good news.

There are some cracks, no doubt. For example climate change is showing its ugly head, inequality is rising in the US and some other developed countries, and lifespans are taking a slight dip in parts of the US. But, compared to almost anywhere at any time during history, this is a golden age.

BartyDeCanter ,

There is no C++ allowed in the Linux kernel and Linus has gone on several major rants about how terrible a language it is.

BartyDeCanter ,

According to the github analysis, the kernel repository is:

  • C 98.3%
  • Assembly 0.7%
  • Shell 0.4%
  • Makefile 0.2%
  • Python 0.2%
  • Perl 0.1%
  • Other 0.1%

So yeah, its basically all C, plus a tiny bit of assembly for very low level bootstrapping and some helper scripts.

BartyDeCanter ,

No, because Hackers is too awesome to be bad.

BartyDeCanter ,

It has nothing to do with actual distances and everything to do with optical illusions and atmospheric effects.

BartyDeCanter ,

Man, now I’m nostalgic for my 3DS. I sold it when I got a Switch, which is a nice system but the 3DS had so many fun little things about it like Streetpass.

BartyDeCanter ,

Dinosaurs aren’t reptiles, they’re birds.

BartyDeCanter ,

Who would use a liquid hog’s dram for thorium?

BartyDeCanter ,

Yeah, and unfortunately I'm related to them. The maternal side of my family has pretty much split in two and aren't talking to the other half nowadays because of shit like this.

BartyDeCanter ,

I doubt it will get that far, but discovery in this case would be fantastic.

BartyDeCanter ,

I don’t. Discord is trash, forums forever.

BartyDeCanter ,

Civilization 4 is cozy gaming.

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