2026-04-06T13:37:26Z https://yabu.me Ted Spence https://yabu.me/npub1se9y4qxwtfkt6n2fp0rxecrwqvh9e38gn0lx2v7a3fjawntvtc0qkg5hqx https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/accounts/avatars/109/293/923/774/337/082/original/1e3268f8be6ffd05.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/accounts/avatars/109/293/923/774/337/082/original/1e3268f8be6ffd05.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrkatm7l53dz2x3p4h00q7akycwpjk92606jq8j3feqlw2lchn2yczyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30puqc5ss5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9g93lvywkd5wzsjuq3j0jvp8t4665krx72t78j8jl7xz4dp3et5cr7pes0'>nevent1q…pes0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>At one point I helped to save a large deal, and I was proud of it until I told the database admin guy about my work. He calculated the number of units sold by the profit per unit and he told me, &#34;Congrats, you just lost the company $300k by saving that deal&#34; ;) 2025-03-28T17:57:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9g93lvywkd5wzsjuq3j0jvp8t4665krx72t78j8jl7xz4dp3et5czyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30pu72gej8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr9qa3ds95g53f5c7wawrd2h36u5yuna8uus39ft62t5mrxsa9rhgrgqk33'>nevent1q…qk33</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>AST was a fantastic company until they bought Tandy in 1993. The entire company&#39;s momentum shifted, and although I joined in 1997 there was still a glimmer of the old company visible at the time. The big problem of course was cost cutting; we started moving manufacturing to a lower cost (and lower quality) production line. You should have seen the AST Ascentia laptop with the 150% return rate - its inside was filled with bodge wires. 2025-03-28T17:56:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszjvmnj6d5lj32dlvqsqfjm4nv35rryw80a5jqpa6rhtftxg5gt8qzyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30puxe7v99 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx5yx03xarscuqrppr3xpdv64vrvlt5es8k5c8n8z79zt7zhkg4esng32qn'>nevent1q…32qn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How cool! In 1997 Geoff called me up after he had done some work on a small mod for Marathon and asked for advice. I got him a job offer from my company at the time, AST Computer, but it didn&#39;t seem like it would be his passion. He didn&#39;t accept and then took the job at 989 studios shortly thereafter. I remember visiting him a while before the EQ-launch and getting a tour of their art and design sections. Great stuff. 2025-03-27T22:46:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsra7qlglypcha9mqm59awtwdvetdvkmf7ddrsdxz7g0uwrdxtpd9qzyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30pupjenpg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9lfmt0402zw72pggvl2j3k0uc99sykh245t9p5h78fr5yzy0axagfmmzmz'>nevent1q…mzmz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I met GZ the Archmage in the late 1980s via some random MUD we played together. He ended up being one of the lead designers of Everquest many years later. Quite a career! 2025-03-27T22:42:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr4eydatv0t2m6yc7sleduavkd77z8vju0q7zpky29ckj6wg52cvgzyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30pugfdpj5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstzkfq5halm5m46ktlwrj36rymxw7666v0605apnuxrc0xjs0ey4c75s4sr'>nevent1q…s4sr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I love it! I met some lifelong friends on an LPMud in the 1980s/early 1990s. Great times :) 2025-03-27T22:38:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxeeynj2fzsxhd8erxwm3w4c8rdecy9htk9gdy6lfd976ez4065kgzyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30punzaaqs This feels really bad<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/114/175/031/115/532/755/original/706f57a9e2e74be0.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-17T00:54:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2ufrspsuwqxjqqk9jystzgga97rzgjr5nmpxxyzjr0ctg2v9e74gzyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30pudk5j9t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfpp6dex9rpl0kml5vmkvh2mjw3eayz24l0xrfsqxxkqa6s3r9drqazdakv'>nevent1q…dakv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>can you link the article or some context? This is awful 2025-03-15T17:06:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8qlf7laf9kexlmgtceg3mh4cklyuspx3l4pnhtj5u8hge5jts7eszyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30puwn20yr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfsxpt5m0hnfrkd9eu5uhpsr54829r2ta4kn5pq4jevn6dhpj6zws6cvead'>nevent1q…vead</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>what<br/><br/>Does Dr Cat know about this 2025-03-04T05:53:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp9efxe8yya0t3zqkq0w40umul9vjk89sgwmepyx43arzkw4zl8dqzyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30punh5wtz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswvuz8nh04n3vnzn02tyq8mwvujlhk0y6y472qyjgyf5c63q9tvqcn92ua3'>nevent1q…2ua3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This windowing system is getting pretty! Love it. Also, birds. 2024-12-08T23:05:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyphzl2nc67shauggnva68sl6733rkr3nexywqhthudavma8kg5pczyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30pujg266y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9ayvqnsujqdlfr74a2jpy6pafy8mksheey2nv48ds9frjdaynsys5xazfj'>nevent1q…azfj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>any context available here? 2024-12-04T18:31:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszfw3jt5m8dkczc0npz3mjet3qcw8hzdfzeftcnfp3fxyxwlmxajczyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30puxc3u2s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0yl890z3aul7ydga07f7grcj29crselzkn4zhfu0uf9rra6m33rsywt4qz'>nevent1q…t4qz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>neat! Is there a link to code? 2024-11-29T17:26:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2artxa0tlm5zzvrvpl0s8kventemrvd8dtqw0u6r4cegjrt82dpqzyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30puwtz882 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvhsh2tqqwv3d50e9d0xpnxctwj9aum0pqnvlc5r0xzzw4tffnnusjfvper'>nevent1q…vper</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>could I ask - what project is this? I must have missed the original announcement but I seem to recall you mentioning this was a raspberry pi device 2024-11-29T17:24:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2dqk2rjs0mktnt32j32y4dl2nlv46u8jrgrex3fealsm966nea8czyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30pu9rnz8t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszr50w2wt9pfqeyduurq3rxts069x9hxx9gnysa0k4ca3v03yjn4gfszamu'>nevent1q…zamu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If only these things weren&#39;t controversial ... 2024-11-24T00:15:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs03e07u3z4666wtudadwfp0g6z2x94cuwpqh87j9qzhwah787xnhgzyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30puyxh0h3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs85f4dqsk5kncp5uvugehxxjk34f2vpsahx6j3s6up03cxr5ur2zgq4qeup'>nevent1q…qeup</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is this the library? <a href="https://github.com/rsta2/circle">https://github.com/rsta2/circle</a><br/><br/>I gotta love their rectangle drawing code.<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/rsta2/circle/blob/master/lib/2dgraphics.cpp#L113-L127">https://github.com/rsta2/circle/blob/master/lib/2dgraphics.cpp#L113-L127</a> 2024-11-21T22:49:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspse0umjv8xjecxm2gm3f85kcaj9zl453jxr6lvx7fyxguf5t8tdgzyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30puplq8wp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr0dq5p00jf3quqwclsdn7xfd36f68vlfylh9l49yazn2d85j8zyq6xstvu'>nevent1q…stvu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is pretty neat :) Is source available? It looks fun! 2024-10-23T19:37:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvg2a83us773dssa2wdr0t3ge6rs9us4whka7sset5nansyah9sqczyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30pun2a5uz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspqd0a8hpjv6uhky8rcut5rc7e839ysvwrj9nzp5jw956wv3pvrgcjku2q6'>nevent1q…u2q6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My favorite bit is that I set up a little workstation with a barcode gun where we could scan UPC codes for each product, so we could distinguish between similar but not identical versions. :) 2024-10-03T16:12:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxu5c5fpw38a50nkwdtxeevrxeqszt8ds2um6ecvtpmeg7dgmw2nqzyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30puqclajq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd59ndx4xwq8752gxxrjpn4rcmv3nc642zw5z8vj4wgxumhzznzss9440uh'>nevent1q…40uh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>EEDAR was active from 2007, so most of our customers were producers building Xbox 360/PS3/Xbox One/PS4 generation console games. I left the company in 2012 and they eventually sold to NPD (now &#34;Circana&#34;). The library was probably sold or discarded. Very sad. <a href="https://www.circana.com/industry-expertise/video-games/">https://www.circana.com/industry-expertise/video-games/</a> 2024-10-03T02:33:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd79fvt42dgc6ssn97qq66yyx3c4kjty9c54n32xjattkchfvy7xqzyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30pusxa05d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgktjyh5cw5my8v3a25u2ttc8lanx6x8dqg2ejw4h90cyujrjry6sm8avsl'>nevent1q…avsl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>At EEDAR, we decided to have a permanent library of every retail game from the 2000s and onwards. We started collecting and eventually filled multiple rooms with our library. Researchers could check out any old game and compare it to modern ones. Of course this is all irrelevant now that games are downloads ;) 2024-10-02T19:30:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfzt0nwyy0u867t3a63s6l7mzxcq47hm9jt4t2d3e9mq6jx787e2gzyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30put4adjc Trying to donate to Harris Walz today and I&#39;m getting 429 errors (e.g. rate limit - site overloaded). That&#39;s a good sign. 2024-09-11T23:21:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9pyplqx5eeczrwnuz2wzla2sv4d8ynt6w6k53k7pukeyyt40g7pczyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30put9gdqh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx3ryswvzkdkd79wqts888uermkhuwtpn02uc7xq6q90fqjrpukhg280mqn'>nevent1q…0mqn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Same thought, slightly less aggressively: &#34;What do these people do with all the time they used to spend typing &#39;unctio&#39;?&#34; 2024-09-03T04:18:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp05ymqg22fqjzfzjrteu90tf2zgqkfv0eftzqencyspgyv698naqzyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30pu7xn79s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9s7ce2084rednvdzm4k56utswsakdlkwqce58wdxrlkhyymvth9g6mrj93'>nevent1q…rj93</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Curious to hear your perspective here - what&#39;s the advantage of having multiple implementations?<br/><br/>I worked with Java in the 1990s when everyone had a subtly incompatible implementation. I worked in C++ when every compiler developer had slight differences and moving from one to another was a nonstarter. In both those cases I hated being the person who had to choose a product because it felt like a trap. 2024-08-30T15:56:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0r70w47gcc43yhafd22vd7fr84hl35f73tapdafmtanyhl9722tszyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30puy3xcfd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvehp6aq0wfw3p9z2z3f0q8eyk0kcypezxxa5lahgnnfys470r7rcrd0qap'>nevent1q…0qap</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Big improvements in Rust vs C/C++:<br/><br/>* The language has a single standard implementation <br/>* There&#39;s a standard package manager and a method for publishing/retrieving/auditing dependencies<br/>* The elimination of exceptions in favor of Option patterns that must be unwrapped 2024-08-29T16:21:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvehp6aq0wfw3p9z2z3f0q8eyk0kcypezxxa5lahgnnfys470r7rczyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30pue42q2c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8n4jhsrjuztft0ve7gt08w4qsqxj4hcr8mycdt04u35s5c69melc6qr9wf'>nevent1q…r9wf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I personally don&#39;t like Rust because it feels like a massive step backwards from C#/DotNet, but when I have occasionally tried to write C/C++ code I realize how much of an improvement Rust is. 2024-08-29T16:20:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr5m5jukmgxdeh5ynaxw2nhd4yej5ptww076msg8cxrt20dnm8wpszyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30pue9ycwx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswm4yxazf27r32utrvutpa3vg2smflkneg9y7c9r6ux65l0makmzg2ghtjx'>nevent1q…htjx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Does it ... you know ... actually work? Did they just daisy chain a bunch of smaller capacitors into a line or what did they do? 2024-08-14T16:09:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9y0azscrq7ah469lpe970x486yuu032s40gc7w7t3rl06qlkccagzyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30pufmg556 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstmke3ye0znqj5nhra78wx846cwtt6ps0pdtwzrws0nw3s6k293dge90pg5'>nevent1q…0pg5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;What do you mean, an add-in-card? That&#39;s the motherboard ... I ... oh wait&#34; 2024-08-12T17:31:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9g3y5vlhp3gwxfaxzn4u9m9v5qlw8rr2c7t323qnffq8jfftghyszyzry5j5qeedxe02dfy9uvm8qdcpjuhxyazdluefnmk9xt46dd30puxqjdpe Health insurance in the United States is completely broken. Providers are now demanding upfront payments and refusing to send bills. One company insisted they record me saying &#34;Yes, I approve these credit card charges&#34; on a monitored line in order to even begin service.<br/><br/>End this madness. Medicare for all. 2024-07-16T19:49:46Z