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As a building toy, using the properties of how we build, i.e. stud counts on top and bottom, made sense to me https://marquisdegeek.com/lego_organisation

I've seen my own work in that museum. I felt super old!

+1 for the "why not extend the existing range" brigade Also, another chance to post this old school version: https://youtu.be/oPqRwCILbmU

Nothing like curses to build an ascii pacman! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wZorbnsFeHQ

If you'd like to see it unfold, step by step, there's a javascript version at https://github.com/MarquisdeGeek/six_hour_raytracer Plus, it comes with a live demo on https://marquis…

Not quite, but this emulates her program. https://github.com/MarquisdeGeek/Ada-Origins

And then pave paradise, put up a parking lot.

If you look at how these machines were programmed, rather than used, you'll learn a lot

Yes. MS provided a kernel-level entry point that other OSes didn't need. MS have an aggressive auto-update policy that is anti-best practise. MS have a signed binary agreement that…

Hahahaha!

Should the definition of generative _art_ include music and sound? If so, there's several ideas at NodeMusic.com

Isn't this just https://github.com/MarquisdeGeek/gates ?

It's now eighty megabytes ;)

Microsoft don't have internal testing. They get the devs, who already know the code, to see if it makes sense. And woe betide you if you disagree with the PM!

What's the tl;dr? :)

Does anyone know if Suno is responsible for the AI album https://nodemusic.bandcamp.com/album/co-written ?

Dave: Open the pod bay doors, HAL. HAL: I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that. Dave: What's the problem? HAL: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do. Dave:…

And about time, too!

Sorry, that was unuseful! I looked it up, its called ultra. https://github.com/MarquisdeGeek/ultra Maybe it'll inspire someone!

Building a tiny Web server, with dB and stuff was the subject of an old FOSDEM talk.

But Microsoft fired their entire qa department, and their software is rock solid. Right! Right?

AIUI, the book "20 Goto 10" also avoids referring to itself as CYOA, despite its similarities for the same legal reason.

This the problem with YouTube- they're judge, jury and executioner. If you dispute the claim its judged by checks notes the person who claimed copyright. Even if the original work …

Who needs a calculator, when you have an Arduino! https://hackaday.com/2020/11/27/hes-the-operator-of-his-pock...

Seems a popular pastime these days. According to https://nodemusic.com/ "In "8 Bits of Grey" we ... can therefore generate a continuously changing melody that always sounds similar…