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Post by flingo »

solarkraft wrote: post #24
travisjungroth wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All the software we write is ephemeral and will one day either be retired or stop working.

Like ourselves and the rest of the universe.

If humans discover a way to defeat entropy, even at a limited scale, whatever device is created to preserve information into the era of a universe solely made of black holes and hawking radiation will be capable of running doom.

I fully expect the last computer to ever be built by humans to still be able to load original .wads.

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Post by flingo »

0xcde4c3db wrote: post #17
weinzierl wrote: post #10

Despite that the video starts with "The title of this video won't be exactly right. [..] If it's actually a 100% spot on it's a miracle" the title was exactly right when I saw it the first time. I even screenshotted it. I also wondered if it would work on HN. Is there a limit on the number of times you can edit a title on HN? Obviously there isn't on Youtube, which I find quite surprising.

It's apparently very common to see it be exactly right. My guess is that YouTube is doing enough batch/cache/snapshot magic to view counts, and applying the scheme equally to the web UI and API, such that it's not actually necessary for the script to poll super-frequently.

Or, someone at youtube saw the video and thought it was cool.

Like how this video will always have 301 views: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIkhgagvrjI

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Post by snisarenko »

sneak wrote: post #100
snisarenko wrote: post #94

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Hi sneak, I am working on some fediverse aggregator projects. Let me know if you want to talk. https://mastodonia.club https://pixelfed.club

You have no standard contact methods available on any of your sites that do not require registration. Consider publishing your email address; I am happy to chat. My email is in my profile and on my website.

Sent you an email

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Post by weinzierl »

PudgePacket wrote: post #140
weinzierl wrote: post #10

Despite that the video starts with "The title of this video won't be exactly right. [..] If it's actually a 100% spot on it's a miracle" the title was exactly right when I saw it the first time. I even screenshotted it. I also wondered if it would work on HN. Is there a limit on the number of times you can edit a title on HN? Obviously there isn't on Youtube, which I find quite surprising.

Pretty sure only hn admins can edit a title.

Users can too, at least I can, but probably there is a karma threshold.

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Post by makapuf »

jachee wrote: post #107
makapuf wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well you can still download the rom and the machine is fully emulated, forever. Not sure there is a way to play geometry wars in any fashion. Besides batteries can be replaced and even then you'll miss your high scores but you'll still be able to play.

I've still got Geometry Wars on my 32-bit iPad. It's my go-to airplane game— if there's a 120v outlet to plug into. No multiplayer, though.

Could you reinstall it if it was uninstalled?(real question)

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Post by jachee »

makapuf wrote: post #176
jachee wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've still got Geometry Wars on my 32-bit iPad. It's my go-to airplane game— if there's a 120v outlet to plug into. No multiplayer, though.

Could you reinstall it if it was uninstalled?(real question)

I don't think so. It's part of why I haven't.

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Post by 0xcde4c3db »

in9 wrote: post #164

Does anyone know of some reading material on "entropy will get us all" perspective? What does entropy mean in this sense?

If you're into sci-fi short stories, Isaac Asimov's "The Last Question" [1] is more or less the story about this, although it's heavier on the twist ending aspect and lighter on the solving-the-problem-in-reality aspect.

[1] https://www.multivax.com/last_question.html

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Post by LilBytes »

Dicey84 wrote: post #130
LilBytes wrote: post #96

In the opening snapshot of his code when the video starts, Tom's referencing a URL to YouTube which takes you to, you guessed it, a Rick Roll. :)

This was brilliant, and being in the trending youtube list, a majority of viewers will never have found that.

I can't take credit, I found this same comment on Reddit. :)
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