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simonsays2··on Windows 3.x looks for 3 occurrences of “CON” 59 bytes apart
Windows and MSDOS teams were very close, no issue there.

The real reason someone might need to do this hack is that there were in fact many versions of "DOS" not made by Microsoft. These included Zenith, Compaq, Digital Research and IBM. Each of these each had their own subversions.

simonsays2··on How Screwed is Intel without Hyper-Threading?
At least as upstanding as sending your shills to bad mouth American products.
simonsays2··on How Screwed is Intel without Hyper-Threading?
Lol. You are out of your league here fearmonger.

Gamers are are the 5 dollar whores of the security world, they are riddled with bugs and the dont give a crap.

simonsays2··on How Screwed is Intel without Hyper-Threading?
Gamers dont care about obscure vulnerabilities on their gaming rigs.

So I think this is some sort of misguided hit piece against intel.

Everyone knows pcs are riddled with security flaws less obscure than this. People who run their business on cloud servers might care. Gamers though? No.

simonsays2··on Why Does Windows Really Use Backslash as Path Separator?
Iirc Aaron Reynolds said it was done simply to be distinct. A way to reduce the chance of lawsuit.
simonsays2··on Computing's first 'killer app' changed everything
First killer app was calculating trajectories for artillery.
simonsays2··on A Solution for Loneliness: Get out and volunteer, research suggests
Dont work for free. You are taking away a paying job from someone and lining the pockets of the unscrupulous.
simonsays2··on ZombieLoad: Cross Privilege-Boundary Data Leakage on Intel CPUs
I think it's because they have designed automatic vulnerability detection devices that are efficient at finding even very obscure issues.
simonsays2··on I do not use a debugger (2016)
The opinions stated are incompetant.
simonsays2··on Apple tells lawmakers people will hurt themselves if they try to fix iPhones
Apple is doomed. Huawei will replace them.
simonsays2··on US10144532B2 – Craft using an inertial mass reduction device
This is emdrive hoax.

Navy got took.

simonsays2··on Serenity: x86 Unix-like operating system for IBM PC-compatibles
This would be quite an accomplishment for one person in six months.

I am skeptical.

simonsays2··on Fixing the Internet for Games
Fuck yeah, I'm trying to warn people to go it right and not wait for a magic bullet that will never come.
simonsays2··on Fixing the Internet for Games
This sort of stuff has been around for a while, it helps some, but realistically your game needs to be designed from the ground up with latency and stutter in mind. If you do this, you wont need the complexity and expense of this sort of thing.

First you need client side prediction and smoothing. Next, you must design your game so it follows certain very strict rules about player interaction. These rules allow the players to feel the have real time synchronization when in fact synchronization is lazy. The specific rules required are different for each game, and must be nailed down before game design begins.

simonsays2··on Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
Strap two canoes together, pop up a sail, you have a catamaran. Ever been on one in open ocean? Smoother sailing than a keel boat and no seasick. Follow stars and birds and currents. Not magic.
simonsays2··on Quantum Computing for the Curious
Everyone should read this. It is an amazing effort in education. Almost too good. I wonder what techniques they used to compose it. Seem like it might have been machine assisted?
simonsays2··on How Much a Dementia Patient Needs to Know
Do not be too quick to believe diagnosis of dementia. Doctors will diagnose it while patients are on medication like opiods. Then incompetence can be declared and the looting begun.

There is evil afoot you would not believe.

Dont argue. I am merely informing you, not convincing you.

simonsays2··on Why Portland's Public Toilets Succeeded Where Others Failed (2012)
Haha. Illegal activity is now carried out right in the street. Portland is not a success, it is a cautionary tail.
simonsays2··on ICANN Calls for DNSSEC for All Domains Following Domain Hijacking Attempts
Sadly, on internet today, encryption does not ensure the connection is private for the client. What happens today is a client can connect to a middle server that implements TLS encryption between it and the client, but then forwards the connection unencrypted to the real server. This is an actual service people use, and the client has no way of knowing it.
simonsays2··on China hacked HPE, IBM and then attacked clients
That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.
simonsays2··on Why did Apple's Copland fail when so many 90s OS succeed, dominate world today
NT was not based on OS/2. The author is misinformed.