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Cryptonomicon has the use of a highly custom version of Emacs called OrdoEmacs. https://dev.to/hyenast2/neal-stephenson-s-cryptonomicon-and-...

This is true; and in time it's entirely possible that AI makes us an overall wealthier and more productive society. However, from the article: > “Most economists will acknowledge t…

> Won't super power AI tools allow companies to do more with the same number of people? Don't you think a smarter way to run a business is to capture more of the market if you have…

For most nations, if they find themselves in need of a 5th generation aircraft for defence then they've already lost, or are better served to prepare for a grossly asymmetric battl…

I have HDMI adapters which perform a similar function. It's awful. Earthworm Jim and Sonic 2 are both great examples of how the art suffers; and the why is in the video I linked. T…

True enough; but they want to make it about Canadian Dairy, Softwood Lumber, Steel, Aluminum and so on.

All Genesis models were capable of RGB, but almost everyone used the component and/or RF adapter. I own three American genesis models and have yet to ever own a proper RGB adapter …

It represents the trade deficit the USA has with Canada. To believe that this is a problem as a result of Canada's nefarious actions is to believe that Canada is preventing its cit…

The trade deficit with Canada is because Americans are buying Canadian products. Enough Canadians (seriously, the vast majority) live close enough to the border that they could mak…

Trump did not rise to power in isolation. He has not remained in isolation while in power. Voter support for Trump is still reasonably strong, and Trump and his supporters have ens…

And that was almost _never_ the case for 16-bit era gaming, outside of the Arcade. Certainly not for the Genesis.

The video I linked is taken of a CRT and is not a screenshot of an LCD. This is an excellent deep dive on the issues I spoke of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC-8y2R6IxI

There's a bunch on Youtube. The art has the typical issues of modern 16-bit and 8-bit games where the designers and artists are not targeting the full hardware stack of the era. Ra…

Minimalist and consistent UX, incredibly responsive applications, simple and logical organizational structure, with _excellent_ documentation and developer tools for the era. You b…

Be made inroads in radio and sound production; though I don't think they knew it.[0] There was a market starved for a stable, high quality and responsive operating system that woul…

Per the BeBook: > Returns the temperature of the motherboard if the computer is currently on fire.

In the simplest way. More interesting is the result for is_computer_on_fire() https://github.com/VitruvianOS/Vitruvian/blob/0e4c6e33ab235b...

It's one of the last single-user focused operating systems. Its design from kernel to UI is intended to make the system accessible to the user sitting at the desk. It was _extraord…

There's an interesting fork that recently cropped up. It takes the Haiku user space and places it atop the Linux kernel. Vitruvian OS: https://v-os.dev/

Not just frustrating, it's a security hole. Stealing focus means a user may expect to be typing a password but find it's inputted somewhere they did not expect.

Cash is more private than Monero. It is possible to engage in untraceable transactions through drop sites and post, whereas Monero wallets can reveal transaction participants when …

Monero is only as private as its entry and exit wallets and the availability of the appropriate keys. This can be done with cash delivered via post with no return address. Observer…

Mistral is competitive and useful. And Anthropic is famous for putting guardrails on their models, and yet continue to lead. We don't have to, and shouldn't have to, tolerate tools…

European models are competitive, despite the concerns you raise. I don't need a model that can easily produce CSAM or reproduce copyrighted works verbatim in order to be productive…

It would have been as easy to write a valid answer as a non-answer; _unless_ there is no valid answer.