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WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

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Re: WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

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Post by flomo »

kube-system wrote: post #35
BuildTheRobots wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

WinCE had a load of weird issues (and looked consistently awful), but moving onto PDAs and even phones running it from a world of Psion and Palm was like stepping forward a century. This might be rose tinted recollections - and helps that it coincided with with the consumerisation of WiFi and Bluetooth - but fond memories. I still can't believe how Microsoft had a surprisingly capable mobile OS years before Android o…

All tech enthusiasts at the time remember how amazing WinCE looked on the shelf. The thing that held it back was that it was just a cool technology, but wasn't an actual solution for any problem regular people had. Regular people didn't need to carry around a pocket calendar or phone book. And most of the people who did -- carried paper ones that were easier to use didn't need charging. Smartphones didn't get any tra…

The big issue with Wince was mobile IE was just an awful browser. I probably was not alone in wanting some 'webtop' gadget, but these weren't it. (In other words, iOS safari really was a killer app.)

Re: WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

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Post by [deleted] »

darksim905 wrote: post #37
superdisk wrote: post #28

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He's clearly doing a bit where he pretends to be confused and incompetent, and the punchline of the video is that he ends up with a working Windows CE port. He did a bit of soldering on the N64 board in the video so I think he probably does know what he's doing to a certain degree. That said, LLMs have gotten extremely good at this kind of thing and you'd be shocked what you can do with this kind of low level work.

I suppose the repo is more telling than the video and shows some of the work put into it. The 'bit' he does in the video is jarring to me and makes me think of your typical crypto bro/AI bro/someone who may not know the inner workings of things, but the repo shows that isn't the case. I personally am not a fan of behavior like that for engagement/likes sake.

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Re: WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

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Post by voidfunc »

ieie3366 wrote: post #6

This is written entirely by claude right? I can tell just by the comments in the source code. Weird how HN upvotes projects like these but seemed to hate the Bun Rust swap done with Claude.

I just like interesting stuff. I dont care of its written by a random token generator or artisinal crafted with love.

Re: WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

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Post by cebert »

ssl-3 wrote: post #14
xattt wrote: post #9

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Tinfoil Hat Take: Avoiding screenshots on the project page drives eyeballs to YouTube, which the provides ad revenue, which then feeds back into the project.

Or it might just be a sign of the times. Many folks seem to prefer video as a way to convey and use information.

Many folks also do not and prefer docs

Re: WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

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Post by ssl-3 »

cebert wrote: post #45
ssl-3 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or it might just be a sign of the times. Many folks seem to prefer video as a way to convey and use information.

Many folks also do not and prefer docs

Indeed. And I prefer documentation, myself, if given a choice between some words and pictures on a website or a video.

However, not everybody shares these proclivities.

Re: WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

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Post by fragmede »

Uvix wrote: post #46
HumblyTossed wrote: post #43

Why would you name a product wince?

“It sounded good.” https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20211214-00/?p=10...

> Why every advertising agency needs to have a review panel of twelve-year-old boys

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20080501-01/?p=22...

Don't miss that link in the above!

Re: WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64

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Post by fragmede »

afavour wrote: post #34
ieie3366 wrote: post #6

This is written entirely by claude right? I can tell just by the comments in the source code. Weird how HN upvotes projects like these but seemed to hate the Bun Rust swap done with Claude.

I don’t really think that’s weird. Hobbyists, just for the sake of it projects always get judged much less harshly than projects people’s work depends on.

First they laugh at us...
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