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Abstractions are one thing, not putting any effort into learning is another. People worry about the latter.


Exactly. I'm not saying that you should go back to code in assembly. But, come on, you can surely dedicate 30 minutes of your time to read how a CPU works... Just have curiosity would be my advice


At the expense of what, though? That's 30 minutes not spent learning about the business, or talking to customers, or to your kids. Or watching the World Cup. Or reading Hacker News.


i always hear this argument. and then those that proclaim it get stuck for a sprint trying to fit a square peg in a round hole

and then i get a ticket a month later because the customer reported the feature isn't working. all while they proclaim how much they care about the customer.

i'm not just talking about one person. i feel as if there's an archetype of programmer that thinks like this.


I'm not sure what archetype my comment makes me fall under, but my point is people spend time and effort learning about the things that are important to them. The things that are important to them aren't important to you and I'm saying that being interested in how a CPU actually works doesn't make you better or smarter than them being interested in how other parts of the business work.


>spend time and effort learning about the things that are important to them

But Earlier ...

>Or reading Hacker News.

Reading Hacker News is important to you?


it's not for you?


The extra 30 minutes will be spent chatting with the AI as if it's your best friend.


You may have to spend 4 hours in the future when something stops working and the AI can't fix it


Surely I must have seen someone do this already on Slashdot like 25 years ago. Cheers for using a recent kernel though, that's neat.


Hi! Thanks! Though' I must say that it also helped lots that there's still m68k (Heck, even base 68000) arch code on upstream Linux...!


“Modern Linux on the Atari Jaguar” is not a headline I expected. Thank you for making it real.

Can it do 80 columns though?


Anytime!

As for 80 columns... I'd probably need to choose a different (Narrower) font. With a bit smaller font I reckon it should be feasible to have it (Since current one has 8x8 glyphs).


Can the Jaguar push a higher horizontal resolution? Does it use graphics hardware similar to the Atari ST family?


Completely different. The ST and TT used bitplanes whereas the Jag is chunky, and can support both YUV and RGB colourspaces. 640x200 is possible at least https://youtu.be/XI3Pvx5Yh1U?si=2bp93CeNYPTGZZic


640x200 pixels ought to be enough for anyone.


Sounds like a good usecase for WebNFC.


Having WebUSB and WebBle everywhere would allow me to ship my IoT application via web only. That would be a win for my productivity, no more messing about with app store shenanigans.


Just heard of this. Still wondering if my fantasy CCTV DVR can serve a web app to my phone and stream the feed.

Hard to google, use "Web Bluetooth API" instead of webble


You probably don't need any Web hardware API for that, just WebRTC.


Are you really asking this? For real?

You're shooting the messenger.


Low cost ARM M series microcontrollers are ubiquitous, and they're all immensely more powerful than the lunar lander computer.


Wireless embedded smartcards from 30 years ago were more powerful than the Apollo guidance computer. It's not a useful benchmark.


Considering Starship's console has big touch screens, a comparison with today's computers would be fairer, but less interesting.


Tribes 3: Rivals is a load of fun. Flying around on jetpacks helps raise the skill ceiling.


I distinctly remember how it was the bare minimum. You'd mount a disk or open a plain text file, and there'd be a lot of strange characters that weren't decoded properly.


And that's why we all had to buy a copy of MacLinkPlus!


Professional embedded developer and Arduino afficionado here: the amount of misinformation and hot takes here is astounding. First, Arduino is aimed at making technology usable for non-engineers. The ease of use makea them a breeze for engineers though. There's nothing wrong with making something serious with Arduino as long as the project fits within the confines of Arduino.

Arduino refers to a company as well as a hardware and software platform. It doesn't only mean an ATMega based board. You can have an ESP32 based Arduino board.

Arduino boards aren't designed for high performance or very high speed signal integrity.They are designed to be easy to use by non technical people.

I see people saying stuff like the ESP IDF and FreeRTOS are easy enough to use for most people. First, Arduino on ESP32 is built on the FreeRTOS based IDF, so people who would rather use FreeRTOS don't exactly know what they are talking about. Second, anyone who thinks FreeRTOS is easy enough to use for Arduino's core audience is delulu.

Use the proper tool for the job. Arduino is for beginners, non-technical people, and for projects with undemanding requirements. Stop pretending that it's a half baked solution for engineers; that completely misses the point of Arduino.


You also now who misses the point? Qualcomm. Why? Well just read the headline qualcomm itself provides.


How is asking for user consent insufficient? I smell Apple propaganda.


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