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binarycrusader

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About binarycrusader

Windows Developer @Microsoft. Hobbyist Game Developer. My words are my own and not those of any affiliate or employer. Formerly: Solaris Principal Software Engineer at Sun Microsystems/Oracle.

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    What’s the saying? You cannot reason a person out of a position they did not reason themself into in the first place.

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    Comment #48349513

    No, they weren't wrong -- it was listed as sold out almost immediately after. It's just out of date now already since it looks like it has been restocked again. Source? I had check…

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    Comment #48144855

    I picked both Puget Systems and Falcon Northwest because for the most part, both focus on pre-tested off-the-shelf parts with good reliability data from their own servicing. My Pug…

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    Comment #48140522

    DISCLAIMER: Only speaking for myself, not employers or affiliates. I've been pretty darn happy with the Puget Systems custom workstation I ordered last year before the memory craze…

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    Comment #47820957

    I’ve been typing for years since the 80s. However, even in the 90s I found any extended period of handwriting to be painful and laborious. I don’t think I could handle an instructo…

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    Comment #47609581

    Indeed: https://blog.janestreet.com/author/sdolan/ https://signalsandthreads.com/memory-management/#:~:text=Ste...

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    Comment #47257688

    You absolutely do not have to show ID to pick up every prescription; just some, which is also dependent on state law, federal law, and pharmacy. But also, I don't care if it's a ti…

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    Comment #47203630

    Maybe they're talking about this version? https://github.com/loretoparisi/microgpt.c

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    Comment #47184591

    Can you clarify? As far as I'm aware, dwAllocationGranularity returned via GetSystemInfo determines the MEM_RESERVE alignment and size. Yes, in practice this is always 64KiB but ma…

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    Comment #46881631

    I ordered a custom Ryzen 9950X3D workstation in a full-size tower from Puget last year with 192GiB of RAM before the memory craze happened and I've been quite happy with it. Zero r…

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    Comment #46787924

    Claude Code is a CLI tool which means it can do complete projects in a single command https://github.com/features/copilot/cli/

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    Comment #46663956

    Somewhat apropos is this excellent video I just watched yesterday where Olivetti's graphics were touched on: https://youtu.be/xNsK_F4JlG4?t=586

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    Comment #46603254

    Some states such as Virginia (although with an exception if the person has a high school diploma or equivalent): https://www.vccs.edu/application-information/ To qualify for genera…

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    Comment #46483752

    Updated today, 2026–so the 1997 title is somewhat misleading.

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    Comment #46441511

    Completely orthagonal -- I absolutely can't stand the taste of the "Boxed Water" Alaska uses. I swear I can taste the cardboard or whatever they use to package it. I always bring m…

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    Comment #46396358

    Yes, eccentric, but this thread linked from the post is the real winner: https://community.frame.work/t/the-snack-drawer-store-now-ma...

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    Comment #46362385

    ...they also appear to have been acquired by an investment group this past year: https://www.fusfoundation.org/posts/transformational-milesto...

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    Comment #45843631

    Pretty sure that's a ferret.

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    Comment #45840749

    right, which is why I said partially ...

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    Comment #45815168

    It might be subjective, but doesn't this count at least partially as a currency on the gold standard? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwean_ZiG

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    Comment #45646719

    It’s back! https://www.computesgazette.com/