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New comment by mrlonglong in "Back to BASICs with a Pro Micro Microcontroller"

mrlonglong — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:49:31 +0000

Blu tack on the 16K memory pack was an even better and cheaper solution to the issues with it falling off the back of the ZX81.

New comment by mrlonglong in "It may soon be possible to create "mirror life""

mrlonglong — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:03:28 +0000

This is precisely the reason why we shouldn't do this. Too dangerous.

New comment by mrlonglong in "It may soon be possible to create "mirror life""

mrlonglong — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:02:44 +0000

This has the potential to destroy all life.

New comment by mrlonglong in "The art of defusing a second world war bomb"

mrlonglong — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:46:56 +0000

They said the last person to be killed by a WW2 bomb probably hasn't been born yet.

New comment by mrlonglong in "The art of defusing a second world war bomb"

mrlonglong — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:45:14 +0000

Defuse. Diffuse has a different meaning.

New comment by mrlonglong in "Why Common Lisp is now the best programming language"

mrlonglong — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:20:11 +0000

Yawn. Use the best tools for the job not because it's "sexy".

New comment by mrlonglong in "Personal Computing 2.0: It's time for a personal computing revolution"

mrlonglong — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 20:49:50 +0000

The only thing that'd improve life for the many is if billionaires ceased to exist.

New comment by mrlonglong in "Musk explains why Tesla Robotaxi isn't running at night, and Lidar is the answer"

mrlonglong — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:53:36 +0000

He said years ago Lidar was not necessary. Yet others in the industry said it is vital.

Ignoring the experts only leads to issues like this.

New comment by mrlonglong in "How a Boeing 737 MAX Survived a Nosedive Traveling at the Speed of Sound"

mrlonglong — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:41:41 +0000

Smells like a false flag op designed to boost Netanyahu's chances of winning the upcoming election. What I don't understand yet is why they landed in Saudi Arabia rather than in Israel?

New comment by mrlonglong in "C++ Insights – See your source code with the eyes of a Compiler"

mrlonglong — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 06:38:46 +0000

Lambdas are just classes!? Never knew this.

New comment by mrlonglong in "C++ Insights – See your source code with the eyes of a Compiler"

mrlonglong — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 15:30:47 +0000

I second this.

New comment by mrlonglong in "Backblaze drive stats for Q2 2026"

mrlonglong — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:46:13 +0000

I once screamed at a 2.1GB Seagate hard disk and it died.

Pretty crap.

New comment by mrlonglong in "America.gov"

mrlonglong — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:49:16 +0000

"America" of what?

The United States? The entire continent of North America?

Trump just wants to suck all the other countries on the continent into his "Empire of (some rich) Arseholes".

New comment by mrlonglong in "The Greatest Pun in JavaScript"

mrlonglong — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 21:08:45 +0000

Terrible.

New comment by mrlonglong in "Tesla moves to electrify trucking after a decade of work and delays"

mrlonglong — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:42:52 +0000

He's also stopped making cars to focus on building his robot army. Better watch out.

New comment by mrlonglong in "Tokens too cheap to meter"

mrlonglong — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 11:03:18 +0000

Enshittification maxxing /s

New comment by mrlonglong in "Samsung is expected to more than double output of its HBM4 and HBM4E DRAM"

mrlonglong — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 20:52:04 +0000

I just checked the latest pricings. 48GB DDR5 SODIMM now selling for £2,400.

New comment by mrlonglong in "ZuckOff Know when a camera is in the room"

mrlonglong — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:45:50 +0000

You created an identity only an hour ago. Did you just do this to tick me off on this?

New comment by mrlonglong in "ZuckOff Know when a camera is in the room"

mrlonglong — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:14:38 +0000

No.

New comment by mrlonglong in "ZuckOff is a free app that sees Meta glasses before they see you"

mrlonglong — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:58:50 +0000

Trump is a massive disaster and you come out and say this ?

Haaaaaa.