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New comment by whobre in "Starlink from 1984"

whobre — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:27:54 +0000

Actually it was released in 1989. People’s memories are a funny thing…

New comment by whobre in "LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent"

whobre — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:26:18 +0000

The worst OS except for all the others.

New comment by whobre in "Starlink from 1984"

whobre — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:56:16 +0000

You are describing MS-DOS. As article states, this used DRI's Concurrent DOS, which was basically rebranded MP/M-86 with a basic MS-DOS compatibility layer.

More about Concurrent DOS, eg here: https://nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com/i/196574463/quest-for...

Banning AI in Law School: We've Seen This Before

whobre — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 20:18:07 +0000

Article URL: https://hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/240-banning-ai-in-law-school-weve

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48875466

Points: 4

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New comment by whobre in "Zeal 8-Bit Computer"

whobre — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:55:14 +0000

I like it! Is it still being produced given that Z80 has been discontinued?

New comment by whobre in "Software, from First Principles"

whobre — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:34:37 +0000

This is the book to read if you are interested in the topic: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/44882.Code

The Peak and Collapse of Digital Research

whobre — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:32:49 +0000

Article URL: https://nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com/p/the-peak-and-collapse-of-digital

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48765564

Points: 3

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New comment by whobre in "What happened after the Roman Empire ceased to be in 476?"

whobre — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:53:23 +0000

Roman Empire did not "ceased to be" in 476; all it happened that year was that an usurper was deposed.

New comment by whobre in ""I met a founder who writes 10k lines of code a day thanks to AI""

whobre — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:03:00 +0000

By now, the dude must have developed something ridiculously successful and got filthy rich /s

New comment by whobre in "CP/M-86 & MS-DOS Cross Development Environment"

whobre — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:44:04 +0000

Or concurrent cp/m?

New comment by whobre in "CP/M-86 & MS-DOS Cross Development Environment"

whobre — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:30:54 +0000

GEM ran on MSDOS and GEMDOS

New comment by whobre in "The placeholder name for the Windows 8 experience was "modern""

whobre — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:28:43 +0000

Ditto. Metro was the best graphic UI I ever used. I liked even on the laptop.

New comment by whobre in "Writing Portable ARM64 Assembly (2023)"

whobre — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:23:30 +0000

Right. I am saying there is a difference between portable and non portable assembly code. If you interacted with the machine via call 05h interface, it was portable. If you accessed computer’s video memory buffer directly it wasn’t.

New comment by whobre in "Writing Portable ARM64 Assembly (2023)"

whobre — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:37:04 +0000

In 1981, one could write a z80 assembly program for cp/m and it would run on thousands of different computer models.

New comment by whobre in "US banks rely on a 65-year-old programming language"

whobre — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:51:55 +0000

Time to switch to PL/I

New comment by whobre in "Computer Chronicles – Concurrent CP/M [video]"

whobre — Sat, 30 May 2026 12:18:35 +0000

Gary Kildall was unable to understand why IBM insisted on using a simplistic CP/M clone, when DRI had a multitasking operating system in 1979.

The PC industry just didn’t care.

New comment by whobre in "AI sticker shock hits corporate America"

whobre — Thu, 28 May 2026 13:19:19 +0000

That's exactly what's happening. Many claim they are more productive with AI, but individual rise in productivity just doesn't translate to projects being completed any sooner.

And by "projects", I mean corporate ones with big teams involved. Hobby projects actually do get finished much faster.

New comment by whobre in "Microsoft surprises with its first server Linux distribution: Azure Linux 4.0"

whobre — Tue, 19 May 2026 21:44:42 +0000

> A leopard can't change his shorts.

But it can get old and lose its teeth...

New comment by whobre in "Microsoft surprises with its first server Linux distribution: Azure Linux 4.0"

whobre — Tue, 19 May 2026 21:24:31 +0000

There was a rumor of MS and DRI having a non-aggression pact before 1981: https://nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com/p/gary-kildall-bill-g...

New comment by whobre in "Microsoft surprises with its first server Linux distribution: Azure Linux 4.0"

whobre — Tue, 19 May 2026 10:23:18 +0000

Back in 1998, that would have been a legitimate concern…