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Nothing like ignoring the spirit of the thing by turning it from one line to nearly a dozen.
Also, now different people are pitching in with their own takes, so it turned into a bit of friendly competition.
Robin released at least 2 faster/improved versions that run in a couple of seconds - less string concatenation which is slow in BASIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw2hvtF95Qw
The author of the article says the 8-Bit Guy is controversial. Why is that?
The author of the article says the 8-Bit Guy is controversial. Why is that?
Maybe it's because he's a bit of a gun nut on the side? He did some computer videos casually carrying a rifle of some kind slung over his shoulder. I still enjoy his videos.
Also, his technical "work" is not great. In fact, it's really bad. Even his successful fixes show a lack of attention to detail.
It's worth noting that he started his career as a computer scrapper.
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Maybe it's because he's a bit of a gun nut on the side? He did some computer videos casually carrying a rifle of some kind slung over his shoulder. I still enjoy his videos.
A lot of vintage restorers don't like him and people like him because he goes Wow! Look at This! and then suddenly a bunch of middle aged men with beards have that exact thing on their shelf. And those of us doing preservation and restoration suddenly are priced out of the hobby we've been in for decades. Also, his technical "work" is not great. In fact, it's really bad. Even his successful fixes show a lack of atten…
I like his history videos, though, for instance the ones that talk about graphics modes for a given computer.
Also, your bio says you don't shave. Sure you're not one of those bearded, middle-aged men?
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A lot of vintage restorers don't like him and people like him because he goes Wow! Look at This! and then suddenly a bunch of middle aged men with beards have that exact thing on their shelf. And those of us doing preservation and restoration suddenly are priced out of the hobby we've been in for decades. Also, his technical "work" is not great. In fact, it's really bad. Even his successful fixes show a lack of atten…
Yeah, I've seen some fixes that gave me the wrong kind of goosebumps. I like his history videos, though, for instance the ones that talk about graphics modes for a given computer. Also, your bio says you don't shave. Sure you're not one of those bearded, middle-aged men?
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Maybe it's because he's a bit of a gun nut on the side? He did some computer videos casually carrying a rifle of some kind slung over his shoulder. I still enjoy his videos.
A lot of vintage restorers don't like him and people like him because he goes Wow! Look at This! and then suddenly a bunch of middle aged men with beards have that exact thing on their shelf. And those of us doing preservation and restoration suddenly are priced out of the hobby we've been in for decades. Also, his technical "work" is not great. In fact, it's really bad. Even his successful fixes show a lack of atten…
He's definitively not the best hardware restorer. But his historical videos, his games and his X16 project are pretty nice.
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Yeah, I've seen some fixes that gave me the wrong kind of goosebumps. I like his history videos, though, for instance the ones that talk about graphics modes for a given computer. Also, your bio says you don't shave. Sure you're not one of those bearded, middle-aged men?
I also live in my mom's basement and write currency libraries.
Are there some hidden depths to formatting/converting that I'm missing? And yes. I know not to use floats