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jackalo··on Palm 2 Technical Report
I thought this was about something related to the PDA's, and was sad after clicking the link that it's just more AI stuff (PaLM).
jackalo··on EY to pay $100 mln to settle U.S. charges of staff cheating on accountant exams
As someone who has had taxes done by EY, I'm not the least bit surprised.
jackalo··on Ink 1.0 – Open-source scripting language for interactive narrative
Just wanted to quickly add that I am in no way trying to steal the thunder from this news, just referencing where my brain had gone.

All that aside, this looks like an incredible language to use for some of my own projects. I have always been a fan of text based adventures, and have played MUD's off and on for at least 25 years at this point. Maybe I can put this language to good use. :)

jackalo··on Ink 1.0 – Open-source scripting language for interactive narrative
Maybe I'm just old at this point, but I honestly thought this was a reference to Inkscape which had it's v1.0 about a year ago, and I became very confused.
jackalo··on Bats and the Origin of Outbreaks
Why didn’t the integrated circuit happen before Bob Noyce and his team released it when we had been using all the raw components in some form for a long time?

Things aren’t required to occur 100% of the time just because the raw bits are there. Sometimes these things take time.

jackalo··on Volatile Software (2012)
Uh, does the author never update their “old” computer? The article makes it seem like the only time they update software packages is by doing a fresh install with a new computer.
jackalo··on Bitcoin Gold hit by 51% attacks, $72K in cryptocurrency double-spent
That is a thread about the cost for a 51% attack against various crypto currencies, not about Bitcoin Gold actually being hit.
jackalo··on Big Pile of Vim-Like
Dude, nice program! People in the office here are excited about it.
jackalo··on Boeing 777X’s fuselage split dramatically during September stress test
Duplicate of previous day's: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21648826
jackalo··on EverQuest lead producer and designer Brad McQuaid has passed away
I was surprised that more people didn't really acknowledge this news with comments. It's a pretty major thing for the gaming world.
jackalo··on EverQuest lead producer and designer Brad McQuaid has passed away
I am quite saddened by this news. EverQuest meant a great deal to me for a long time. I made a lot of (so far) lifelong friendships in EverQuest. Truly a remarkable game designed by a visionary.
jackalo··on Building a 64-bit aarch64 kernel and userspace for the Raspberry Pi 4
Things like vcgencmd that allow you to read and write values to the GPU OS that actually controls the physical hardware.
jackalo··on Dissatisfied with Docker
The black terminal next to the “Try It Now” remains blank while the cursor box zooms around it. No visible text is seen.

iPhone XS Max, iOS 13 GM, Safari.

jackalo··on Show HN: Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience
The hero that we deserve!
jackalo··on PSPTool Is a Swiss Army Knife for the Firmware of the AMD Secure Processor
You are not alone. I had the same confusion at first glance.
jackalo··on Anki Shutting Down
I wonder if they will release the full source code so that the developer communities around the world can start improving Vector's capabilities.
jackalo··on Rebuilding My Personal Infrastructure With Alpine Linux and Docker
To the best of my knowledge, they share a kernel, not an init.
jackalo··on Cheatsheet for Sys Admins
Uh, these are basic things.
jackalo··on America’s Cities Are Running on Software from the ’80s
Thank you for linking that. The comments in it share some terrifying stories.
jackalo··on I’ve used Dvorak for 10 years, and it’s not all that
I had a similar experience, although I went with the Freestyle 2 instead.
jackalo··on Nostalgia and fun with calculators
I carry my TI-89 with me everywhere. The TI OS has been hacked up enough to do just about anything. And that was back in the early 2000’s at that.
jackalo··on Why MIT uses Python instead of Scheme for its undergraduate CS program (2009)
Perl or bust.
jackalo··on Millennials Didn’t Kill the Economy. The Economy Killed Millennials
Everywhere besides the United States.