TFW a file format is so old that it includes an "insert paper tape this way" arrow as part of the header: Looks like this traces back to the PDP-11.
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The MacOS X Finder is so full of bugs now that it is almost unusable.
It's infuriating how far quality standards have fallen.
It seems to be a trend for web sites to render perfectly, then a second later replace the contents with a blank screen and some text saying that "something went wrong". Console says something about a regex error.
Javascript was a huge mistake.
I finally was able to get 100% off of Google services. Really don't like the mail UI on the new service, and there are a few features I miss, but it is so relieving to not have AI crap being pushed on me from every angle.
Evertz is giving me a big middle finger. I went to log into my support account to download a manual, and it said my account didn't exist. So I figured, I haven't used it for a while, so perhaps that's why, so I'll just re-register.
I re-register and it says "pending moderator approval", but I didn't receive any further notifications. Checked a few days later, and the account has been deleted again.
Tried a second time, same results.
Extremely customer hostile behaviour.
I moved to a smaller provider in Canada (easymail.ca). I heard enough things about Proton that I wanted to avoid it, and I haven't looked at fastmail, so I can't comment on it.
Before I was on gmail, I used to run a mail server in my closet on System 7, with Eudora accessing it via POP3. None of the ISPs will let you do this any more, and self-hosting mail is *really hard* now.
If the screen completely dies, I'll look into this and see how hard it will be to get a replacement driver board. So far, it only flickers in intensity for the first 10 minutes after powering on.
The hardest part now is that Ebay and other US-centric marketplaces are increasingly closed off due to all of the trade issues that are making it difficult or cost prohibitive to ship to Canada.
Sigh. It looks like the backlighting on my main display is starting to go.
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@ljs@mastodonapp.uk @nostarch@mastodon.social
Looking forward to buying a copy and reading this. Thanks for writing it!
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@dabeaz@mastodon.social
Quite likely! All-bits-on-binary allowing you to erase a paper tape character when using a encoding that otherwise didn't use that value?
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@Felthry@awoo.space
srec_formatted_binary
I cam across it when looking at a list of supported formats for writing to an EPROM IC.
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@fabs@mastodon.gamedev.place
One anti-pattern that likely influenced the shift in how design patterns have been understood over the last 30 years is "that which is easy to test (especially with multiple choice questions) is what tends to get taught". :(