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slartibardfast0

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    Comment #49235075

    thanks for this, such fun! i'm going to try an run it from free bios rom space on a NuXT similar to Basic in rom: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=67340

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    Comment #49025682

    makes sense! thanks very much

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    Comment #49013094

    hi, would you mind linking to the book? https://www.jsoftware.com/help/learning/23.htm is the closest i've found, but wondering if i'm missing something perhaps, Julia? tyvm

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    Comment #48497434

    at least four entirely separate trains of though works for me! git worktrees and sidequests

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    Comment #47468660

    yes, once the 'footings' are in you need to order an eircode straight away, no fibre-to-the-home without any eircode :)

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    Comment #47467881

    certainly fades / karaoke style subtitles from Advanced SubStation Alpha on blu-ray devices aren't everyone's cup of tea. but i do enjoy antialiased blu-ray subtitles of course YMM…

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    Comment #47467630

    mm, text to bitmap or vice-verse isn't there though is it? edit: plus the blu-ray subtitle encoder itself is new...

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    Comment #47467460

    https://github.com/connollydavid/FFmpeg/tree/pgs7-8.1 is the most recent. I'm taking a phased approach with an agentic host repo that drives the source changes in FFmpeg. generally…

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    Comment #47467455

    oh yes, every commit is fully open about Claude Code + the model. honestly, it would've taken me about 2 years to do this otherwise. there are many FATE tests added and a lot more …

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    Comment #47422493

    i'm in the process of adding bidirectional text to bitmap subtitle conversions with Claude Code: https://connollydavid.github.io/pgs-release/ such a fun project!

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    Show HN: I fixed FFmpeg's subtitle conversion (the bug from 2014)

    FFmpeg converts everything except subtitles across format boundaries. SRT to Blu-ray PGS? "Subtitle encoding currently only possible from text to text or bitmap to bitmap." Ticket …

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    Comment #47292795

    This works really well in Ireland. Eircodes (our late adoption postal codes) resolve to individual addresses rather than areas, so Irish sites mostly do this.

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    Comment #46262241

    https://archive.org/details/tredennick-microprocessor-logic-...

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    Comment #44760249

    the steps to import the new keys from microsoft are here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/... worked perfectly on a fully updated Windows 11 24H2 instal…

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    Comment #44066256

    To add to the delight of tnmoc, https://computermuseums.eu/ might be of interest. And from a more local angle & purely for a lovely day out, may I recommend a trip to Cork City and…

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    Comment #43368657

    this is so true for networks that don't implement RCS servers, not even Android - iOS interop present! one thing i would like to see happen is deprecating SMS message with Labels r…

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    Comment #42159088

    this is really interesting. FM-Towns was an always 32-bit approach, really really early and features a port of Strike Commander (1993) that is pretty great. does anyone have any ma…

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    Comment #38478982

    also, was it some formal declaration by this body, or just someone with an email address from the organization? doubtless, the irish representatives wouldn't support any divergence…

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    Comment #37739696

    there was a zoom lecture on his contributions in 2021, the slides may be of interest: https://treasures.scss.tcd.ie/miscellany/TCD-SCSS-X.20121208... and a hub of related content: …

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    Comment #37000781

    sacrifice five years of your life on an abstract idea.

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    Comment #31938987

    Ireland can't really do a national id scheme without mutual agreement with the UK due to the common travel area & mutual residence rights (including voting at parliamentary level u…

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    Comment #30971119

    I went with https://postale.io/ for about 20 mailboxes. Very simple and effective, recommend.