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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 7h

If you believe in those things and the Book of Revelation in particular, the appearance of the antichrist is part of the second advent of Christ. – So is Thiel a self-identifying Christian who tries to prevent the foretold second coming and final unity in Christ? (Sounds more anti than pro to me.)

Simon Strick @unddieregel.bsky.social · 20h

Sums up most radicalization of the last twenty years. Liberals who give in to being bonkers

"I'm a libertarian, or a classical liberal, who deviates in one minor detail, where I'm worried about the antichrist," Thiel said during his third lecture.

Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 13h

Notably, BBC BASIC for the BBC Micro uses mostly standard MOS notation for inline assembly (notable exceptions are the ampersand for the hex prefix and multiple colon separated instructions per line.)

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 1d

Ironically, all examples, I've seen, are actually disassemblies. :-/

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 1d

For a prominent example, have a look at the second (green) column of the C64 ROM listing at pagetable.com.

www.pagetable.com/c64ref/c64di...

(It makes assembly much easier, because all opcode information including the address mode is already in the mnemonic, but as for readabilidy… IDK…)

ROM Disassembly | Ultimate Commodore 64 Reference

www.pagetable.com

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 2d

‪So, Arditi del Popolo, the first antifascist organisation, was founded in 1921. As Arditi del Popolo was co-founded by Giuseppe Mingrino, Argo Secondari and Gino Lucetti, we can only guess whose girlfriend's remains were exhumed and incarcerated…

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 3d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 2d

I think, it's really shabby and pathetic that they're now going for skeletons and ashes…

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 2d

So, Arditi del Popolo, the first antifascist organisation was founded in 1921. As Arditi del Popolo was co-founded by Giuseppe Mingrino, Argo Secondari and Gino Lucetti, we'll have to guess who's girlfriend's remains were exhumed and incarcerated…

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 2d

Robin @8bitshowandtell.bsky.social celebrates 50 years of 6502 by a list of the top 50 (out of 56) 6502 instrctions:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lIc...

I want to complement this by my top-two list of missing 6502 instructions:

STX absolute,Y
STY absolute,X

Anyhow, happy birthday!

MOS 6502: 50 Years, Top 50 Instructions

YouTube video by 8-Bit Show And Tell

www.youtube.com

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 11d

Remarkable!
I've a similar paste implemented as "as-fast-as-we-may-type" on my PET emulator, but this is much (really, much) slower for program input, because of the time it takes Commodore BASIC to process an input line. – Once again, a clear win for Acorn on the tech front!

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 11d

Was muss man da vernehmen, Kriegsverbrechen mit Ansage statt Rules of Engagement stoßen nicht auf Zustimmung? Wenn das so weiter geht, gibt's Kanada ja noch Jahre lang…

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 16d

All launch sites are supposed to be offshore, 20 miles (32km) into open waters. One of the advertised direct connections was Sydney to Zürich…

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 16d

Just a quick reminder, it's just 2.5 years to dig the Sea of Zürich!

Back in Sep. 2017, Musk published the BFR Point-to-Point video and in Feb. 2018, Gwynne Shotwell ("space leader", i.e. president and COO of SpaceX) asserted at a TED Talk that this was to become real "within a decade".

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 16d

Oh, the great little EL-512! I did actual regression statistics on this at university, and I still have it. 😀

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 16d

I guess, the tick mark should come with a bubble and a three-sentence explanation regarding the history and significance of this item… /s

Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 17d

But wait, this is not all: whatever remains from the current competition, it will not provide the demand for what's currently built up in cloud facilities and data centers, leaving providers with a gargantuan overcapacity. Clearly, we'll have to socialize this, as well…

Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 17d

Already, it can be said with some confidence that investors won't take those kind of losses. Therefore, losses will have to be socialized, once again. It may be time to come up with some plans. How do you socialize these kind of losses, while also paying due revenues for any succeeding program?

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 17d

This is an amount of investment that can be only justified by the expectation that each of the various programs will succeed in erecting an exclusive monopoly over the technology and its potential market – and simple math tells us that this may not work out.

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 17d

Who is going to pay for "A.I."?

This year, it will be $700 bon plus that have been invested into LLM technology over just 3 years, more than has been invested into the whole of Silicon Valley since 1956, – and investments are expected to double next year.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

AI investors are in for a rude awakening | Roger McNamee

There is a huge gap between investment and revenue from LLMs. Investors wrongly assume everyone will be a winner

www.theguardian.com

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 20d

> I should apologise now as all the screen photos in this post are going to be rubbish as they are taken from an 8032 CRT and I am clearly incapable of doing that.

Please note my protest, dear sir, these are some of the most beautiful and atmospheric screen photos, I've ever seen.

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 22d

Meanwhile, sports in Vienna:

www.railwaygazette.com/light-rail-a...

(Others may reign in football, cricket, or tennis, we do trams. 😀 But, I hear, Melbourne will have a take on this, too…)

World Tram Driver Championship to join Melbourne’s sporting highlights

AUSTRALIA: Melbourne has been selected to host the 2027 World Tramdriver Championship, which the Victoria state government said builds on its reputation as a leading destination for international sporting events.

www.railwaygazette.com

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 22d

On the bright side, this suggests that homo homini lupus isn't natural, but acquired behavior.

Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · 29d

Regarding the LA Times from 1977-08-18, at the very end it reads, "Allow 3 to 4 weeks for delivery of cartridges. Electronics, 13." – Does this mean we have to add 13 weeks to mid-August '77 for the actual availability of the console?

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · Sep 11

I kind of wonder about the unstable picture on TV. Was there anything to this, and if so, do you know what would have caused it?

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Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · Sep 11

Also, I'd say, there's a particular kind of fascination resulting from complexety evolving out of extremly minimalistic interaction shemes.

Norbert Landsteiner @masswerk.at · Sep 11

"When it comes to simple video games, all the simple ideas and mechanics have been explored."
Well, you may have a look at ironicsans.ghost.io/doomscrollin...

(In other words, there's still plenty left to explore, just think outside the box.)

Via HN, news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4520...

Doomscrolling: The Game

Can a game work where all you do is scroll?

ironicsans.ghost.io

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