Monthly Archives: November 2024

Testing the Z80 Chip with a 1970s Beauty

Source: Hacker News

Article note: That's a fascinating machine, of a species we rarely get to hear much about.
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ChatGPT Brought Down an Online Education Giant

Source: Hacker News

Article note: ...Students moved en mass to a cheating tool that is both cheaper and harder to detect. News at 11.
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Grim Fandango

Source: Hacker News

Article note: I like the balance of this review. Grim Fandgo is absolutely one of the most beautiful, aesthetically interesting games of the early 3D era. The setting and story are deep and compelling. And... it's almost too frustrating to play in places. The third act drags. The controls fight you. Some of the puzzles are the most egregious sort of adventure game bullshit. It's one of the few games I'd say is absolutely improved by just playing along with a strategy guide.
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TSMC will stop making 7 nm chips for Chinese customers

Source: Ars Technica

Article note: Ooh. That's some serious geopolitical news.
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QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there’s an RPi image

Source: Hacker News

Article note: Hasn't QNX opened up to varying degrees several times before, eventually followed by a pull back to more restrictive terms? QNX is nifty, and I have fond memories of that cute QNX demo floppy that booted a responsive graphical desktop with networking, but with Moore's law gains and RTLinux finally getting mainlined this year, I suspect the appeal of a freeish small Unix with RT features is reduced.
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A Brief History of Cyrix

Source: Hacker News

Article note: Lost this article in my tab forest the other day, just found and read it. It's a good narrative read for a somewhat complicated story.
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Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back

Source: Hacker News

Article note: Please let it be true! I've been waiting for us to move back toward tactile interfaces for like 20 years, before we even got to the worst of it.
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