New comment by alphasm in "Classic PC demoscene productions running natively in the browser"

alphasm — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:15:11 +0000

Wow, this brings back memories!

I got my first PC (a 486 DX2-66) in 1994 and got a Creative Soundblaster graphics card + speakers later that year. Second reality was the first demo I had on that PC. I remember being blown away by the graphics and audio... I showed it off to everyone. Of course it looks quite quaint now, but at the time I had just upgraded from a Commodore 64!

New comment by alphasm in "As A.I. makes law firms more efficient, clients ask: 'Where's my discount?'"

alphasm — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:08:32 +0000

I recently had a similar experience where it became very clear that the lawyers were using AI to draft the agreements. Though it was very accurate and pedantic on some matters, it got other things completely wrong because it was not provided with full context, and full context is very difficult to provide.

The lawyers did not properly review the agreements, causing post-signature discovery of major issues and having to redo and execute all the agreements a second time, leading to inflated lawyer bills.

If the lawyer is going to prompt the same AI that I can prompt myself and is not going to review the agreements thoroughly, then it is clear where this is leading.

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New comment by alphasm in "Classic PC demoscene productions running natively in the browser"

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