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They sort of are.

I think the confusion arises because the IBM PC ASCII (code page 437) included comprehensive box-drawing characters between hexidecimal character positions B3 and DA. These weren't adopted into Unicode in the same character positions, but the box-drawing characters were definitely part of the commonly understood ASCII character set.

But I think that this ASCII tree editor should have a toggle option for basic vs extended ASCII, by utilising +, -, and | characters.

It’s because most companies already have a lot of confidence with Microsoft contracts, and are generally very comfortable storing and processing highly sensitive data on Microsoft’s SaaS platforms. It’s a significant advantage.

Also Microsoft Azure hosts its own OpenAI models. It isn’t a proxy for OpenAI.

Unfortunately Tamiya connectors are known to melt when paired with modern RC electronics (Brushless motors and LiPo batteries). Most hobbyists use Deans or XT connectors.

Another factor is that credit providers (i.e. banks) are increasingly using customer transaction data to assess customer behaviour as part of its risk scoring.

If a customer is regularly purchasing adult material that would be definitely be a red flag.

Would it? Printers are a great example. Almost every printer made in the last 20 years supports at least PCL6 perfectly fine.

Why do we still need thousands of proprietary drivers, when just one will do?

Australia’s in EuroVision, Canada just needs to grab its mic too.

Ok. So the article is not being entirely factual by saying it was coded in BASIC.

> The original Pirates came out in 1987, written by Sid Meier for the Commodore 64, using the BASIC programing language.

What the? BASIC!!! Astonishing that you could develop and publish a successful C64 game using BASIC.

I have always wondered why Windows never had a unified installation, update, and uninstall framework like MacOS had from the start. It seems like an obvious omission that was never solved.

Even now corporate customers need to individually package software themselves to manage applications in their fleet.

My guess is that Microsoft encouraged applications to share DLLs from the start, and to provide backwards compatibility Microsoft never enforced MSI or a mature software management framework.

“We had a couple of issues, but importantly we did launch on time”

It’s a shame about Redcycle.

However since then many small cycle plastic to oil (Pyrolysis) plants have popped up, which are set to scale up. This reclaimed oil will be used to create new plastic.

Australia is targeting 50% recycled content in its packaging by this year.

I can’t help feel this is too late. Android Automotive has been out for a while, and it seems like half the manufacturers have either moved or are moving to it.

Google wins this round I’m afraid.

I remember working in a large corporate on a central integration broker (from memory it was Java based).

The CPU required for marshalling and demarshalling JSON and SOAP was easily over 80% of the workload. And yes, you are right SOAP is worse.

I always thought is probably an opportunity to create hardware accelerators for this type of workloads.

VB UI’s tended to be fixed and designed for a world where everyone ran a 4:3 640x480 VGA monitor. This made VB’s UI builder very easy to achieve good results.

I’m not sure the same approach would work today.

Most apps in the 90’s/early 00’s were tiny. They did one thing well.

It’s in that context, VB did really well. The thing that VB didn’t do well is scale due to language limitations, but for tiny apps it didn’t matter.

Australia is the market where Starbucks struggles the most.

It’s also rare to see automated coffee machines in Australia, outside of a 7/11.

Commodore was such a juggernaut at the time. It was the first truly successful home computer.

It’s a shame that poor management, product fragmentation, and failure to respond to IBM/Microsoft killed the company.

With the IP now owned my Microsoft, I have some hope that Phil Spencer will revive and modernise Sierra.

Am I dreaming?

Maybe someone can finally make a native Mac version.

It astonishes me that EA leaves obvious money on the table by not taking the 5 mins it would take to recompile it for MacOS.

Whilst the Atari 2600+ and Atari 7800+ are faithful reproductions, the controller’s of this era are all kinds of horrible.

They don’t even come close to a modern game controller, and these new systems would benefit from a modern interpretation rather than being a faithful rerelease.

A very convincing confession was published for the first time last month, of someone who alleges to have shot JFK.

https://youtu.be/-8DGv6KSBZI

Such an incredible game.

I’m amazed what the Atari 2600 was capable of with 2 player sprites, 2 missile sprites, a ball sprite, 128 bytes of memory, no buffer, and a 1.19 MHz CPU.

Because of what talented developers (like David Crane) could deliver, the console had an incredible 15 year lifespan (longer than the NES).

If someone is mature enough to know what a VPN is and to configure and operate it, then they have likely validated they are not a minor.

So in a way, using a VPN is an indirect proof of age.

They should ban hidden taxes too. The sticker price should be the final price.

Because it’s harder to prosecute incompetence.

All Sony Bravia TV’s ask you if you want to configure as a dumb TV during initial setup.

Galvanic corrosion?

Plus it could cause damage to environmental ecosystems.

It seems quite concerning that Amazon isn't testing products for radioactive decay in their supply chain.

Leisure Suit Larry was ahead of its time with its age verification system.