Christopher
@shrydar.bsky.social
Python/6502/Rust/C, whovian, goth, demo coding, hair dye and heels. Seriously into code optimisation and data compression, currently working in radio astronomy at CIRA, former Driv{e3}r2?/Stuntman dev. ChristopherJam on the c64, shrydar everywhere else.
Somehow adding the first line to this block of code slows the surrounding benchmark from 400 to 600ms? (admittedly the benchmark runs a virtual 6502 for 10 million cycles, on a messy instruction) Haven't managed to reproduce in a tiny test bed yet, still pecking away at it.
December 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Somehow adding the first line to this block of code slows the surrounding benchmark from 400 to 600ms? (admittedly the benchmark runs a virtual 6502 for 10 million cycles, on a messy instruction) Haven't managed to reproduce in a tiny test bed yet, still pecking away at it.
I really should get around to watching Misery.
Not only was it the best use of Kathy Bates in her career which is hard to do, the best use of James Caan which is hard to do, the best use of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 which is ALSO hard to do, it is the ONLY movie based on a Stephen King book to win an Oscar.
December 18, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I really should get around to watching Misery.
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I love the fucking internet, part 972964386: "One Night In Bangkok" arranged and performed as a 16th century chanson. youtu.be/i3jHv0GZB9U?...
One Night in Bangkok but it's a 16th century chanson
YouTube video by Jonasquin
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I love the fucking internet, part 972964386: "One Night In Bangkok" arranged and performed as a 16th century chanson. youtu.be/i3jHv0GZB9U?...
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I MISSED THE NAME CHANGE
I FUCKING LOVE THIS SO MUCH???????? justice for Grace!!!! she suffered so much there!!!!! someone finally SAW her and said "you did not deserve what happened to you and I'm going to remind us all of that every day so we never fall back into that old trap"
holy shit man
I FUCKING LOVE THIS SO MUCH???????? justice for Grace!!!! she suffered so much there!!!!! someone finally SAW her and said "you did not deserve what happened to you and I'm going to remind us all of that every day so we never fall back into that old trap"
holy shit man
I like that the church gets renamed in the end and it's to "out lady of perpetual grace"
Also wick's mass schedule is actually insane. Imagine loving hearing yourself yap hate so much you have EIGHT (8) masses a week. Even god knew how to rest dude.
Also wick's mass schedule is actually insane. Imagine loving hearing yourself yap hate so much you have EIGHT (8) masses a week. Even god knew how to rest dude.
December 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I MISSED THE NAME CHANGE
I FUCKING LOVE THIS SO MUCH???????? justice for Grace!!!! she suffered so much there!!!!! someone finally SAW her and said "you did not deserve what happened to you and I'm going to remind us all of that every day so we never fall back into that old trap"
holy shit man
I FUCKING LOVE THIS SO MUCH???????? justice for Grace!!!! she suffered so much there!!!!! someone finally SAW her and said "you did not deserve what happened to you and I'm going to remind us all of that every day so we never fall back into that old trap"
holy shit man
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Wicks represents sort of a uniquely American extreme of the Pope Benedict way of thinking, which explicitly prioritized a smaller, purer church. Father Jud (and I think we are meant to believe Bishop Langstrom) are clearly more in the Pope Francis “throw the doors open wide” mindset
does this suggest to you that the hierarchy supports wicks' warriorlike approach to the word, regardless of its effect on the size of his flock? or that it has nothing to do with how he runs his parish and they are simply intransigently bureaucratic, which based on above sounds true to life?
December 17, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Wicks represents sort of a uniquely American extreme of the Pope Benedict way of thinking, which explicitly prioritized a smaller, purer church. Father Jud (and I think we are meant to believe Bishop Langstrom) are clearly more in the Pope Francis “throw the doors open wide” mindset
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SORRY TO KEEP POSTING ABOUT THIS I just can’t stop thinking about Simone at the end after everything that has happened playing a melody which contains BOTH these sets of lyrics
“they buried my body and they thought I’d gone”
AND
“‘tis the gift to be simple, ‘tis the gift to be free”
“they buried my body and they thought I’d gone”
AND
“‘tis the gift to be simple, ‘tis the gift to be free”
December 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
SORRY TO KEEP POSTING ABOUT THIS I just can’t stop thinking about Simone at the end after everything that has happened playing a melody which contains BOTH these sets of lyrics
“they buried my body and they thought I’d gone”
AND
“‘tis the gift to be simple, ‘tis the gift to be free”
“they buried my body and they thought I’d gone”
AND
“‘tis the gift to be simple, ‘tis the gift to be free”
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With a great deal of dramatic rustling and snapping, a man on the train wrestles a Strepsil out of its foil packet.
December 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
With a great deal of dramatic rustling and snapping, a man on the train wrestles a Strepsil out of its foil packet.
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have you watched Andor yet?
December 16, 2025 at 4:08 AM
have you watched Andor yet?
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Of course, running instruction emulation tests that run on the target CPU relies on the instructions the test is written in behaving correctly..
December 15, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Of course, running instruction emulation tests that run on the target CPU relies on the instructions the test is written in behaving correctly..
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As a director, Rob Reiner released these five movies all in a row
1986 Stand by Me
1987 The Princess Bride
1989 When Harry Met Sally…
1990 Misery
1992 A Few Good Men
All remarkable and vastly different films, showing extraordinary range and talent
1986 Stand by Me
1987 The Princess Bride
1989 When Harry Met Sally…
1990 Misery
1992 A Few Good Men
All remarkable and vastly different films, showing extraordinary range and talent
RIP Rob Reiner. You were a prince and I’m grateful we intersected.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Rob Reiner, ‘When Harry Met Sally,’ ‘The Princess Bride’ and ‘Stand by Me’ Director and ‘All in the Family’ Actor, Dies at 78 in Apparent Homicide (Report)
The two-time Emmy winner and Oscar nominee and his wife, Michele, were found dead in their Brentwood home.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:25 AM
As a director, Rob Reiner released these five movies all in a row
1986 Stand by Me
1987 The Princess Bride
1989 When Harry Met Sally…
1990 Misery
1992 A Few Good Men
All remarkable and vastly different films, showing extraordinary range and talent
1986 Stand by Me
1987 The Princess Bride
1989 When Harry Met Sally…
1990 Misery
1992 A Few Good Men
All remarkable and vastly different films, showing extraordinary range and talent
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Choosing to focus, on hearing the news of Rob Reiner's passing, to remember this moment where he was so overcome with joy and laughter that he - the director of the movie - was one of many people banished from the set in order to finish filming.
TIL nearly all of the "Miracle Max" scene from Princess Bride was improvised by Billy Crystal, and it took three ten hour days to shoot, because they couldn't get through his improv without everyone (cast and crew) laughing so hard it ruined the audio.
Mandy Patinkin bruised a rib holding it in.
Mandy Patinkin bruised a rib holding it in.
a man and a woman are standing next to each other and laughing .
Alt: Miracle Max and his wife waving goodbye from the Princess Bride.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Choosing to focus, on hearing the news of Rob Reiner's passing, to remember this moment where he was so overcome with joy and laughter that he - the director of the movie - was one of many people banished from the set in order to finish filming.
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
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Intriguing!
Ripple on Netflix is compelling. It's like every romantic comedy and Xmas film rolled into one series, set in a New York populated by the most emotionally mature characters who have never existed outside of this wholesome universe. It is about love and grief, and it's unrealistic but wonderful.
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Intriguing!
ahahaha RustRover, how did you know I'm still a BASIC coder at heart? All I typed was 'pub fn poke'…
![this whole arse function:
pub fn poke(&mut self, address: u16, value: u8) {
self.mem.data[address as usize] = value;
}](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ejtziyumm76swzevwtyt4znw/bafkreigirowkshybj4ztaqi36lr7kab27u5ufywdba5a4q5fbvjcdd4lje@jpeg)
December 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
ahahaha RustRover, how did you know I'm still a BASIC coder at heart? All I typed was 'pub fn poke'…
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FFS at least give it a few more hours before spewing out your pet conspiracy theories.
December 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
FFS at least give it a few more hours before spewing out your pet conspiracy theories.
Whee, just loaded one of the Lorentz tests into my emu and (after a couple of bug fixes*), emulated the first 20 cycles \o/
(* stackpointer decrement at the first JSR threw an error when wrapping, as would've pc. Fixed both, and also initialised SP to 0xff)
(* stackpointer decrement at the first JSR threw an error when wrapping, as would've pc. Fixed both, and also initialised SP to 0xff)
December 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Whee, just loaded one of the Lorentz tests into my emu and (after a couple of bug fixes*), emulated the first 20 cycles \o/
(* stackpointer decrement at the first JSR threw an error when wrapping, as would've pc. Fixed both, and also initialised SP to 0xff)
(* stackpointer decrement at the first JSR threw an error when wrapping, as would've pc. Fixed both, and also initialised SP to 0xff)
TFW your phone is down to 5% and it's your only internet connection, but the nearest end of the cable from your phone charger is about a meter away and your arms are only about 70cm long.
ughhhhh, why?
ughhhhh, why?
December 14, 2025 at 5:01 AM
TFW your phone is down to 5% and it's your only internet connection, but the nearest end of the cable from your phone charger is about a meter away and your arms are only about 70cm long.
ughhhhh, why?
ughhhhh, why?
So annoying having to support decimal mode in my 6502 emulator knowing I'm almost certainly never going to write any 6502 that requires it, but it's fairly likely that at some point it'll need to deal with some code someone else wrote that does. NES got this one right.
December 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
So annoying having to support decimal mode in my 6502 emulator knowing I'm almost certainly never going to write any 6502 that requires it, but it's fairly likely that at some point it'll need to deal with some code someone else wrote that does. NES got this one right.
sniggering at FITS HDU headers CUNIT1 through CUNIT3 because I am very mature.
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
sniggering at FITS HDU headers CUNIT1 through CUNIT3 because I am very mature.
hungry, but face is still numb from dentist. Don't want to auto-cannibalise by accident.
December 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
hungry, but face is still numb from dentist. Don't want to auto-cannibalise by accident.
what is "Emoji & Symbols" and why is it taking up 1.83GB?
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
what is "Emoji & Symbols" and why is it taking up 1.83GB?
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