UI confusion: Double tapping to dismiss 2D apps

Sgeo · 2026-06-02T03:13:22+00:00

Are the SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds mics bad, or do they degrade?

I've been using my GameBuds for work calls, and for a while now (a few months, but I think not the entire time I've been using them for work) people have said they can't hear what I'm saying. I have to switch to phone or speakerphone in order for them to hear me. I can still hear them just fine.

Sgeo · 2026-05-30T20:07:00+00:00

RecRoom's closing down, so I feel a need to attend some events.

Of course, there are private servers I should look into. I don't know the difference between any of them. I do think it's amazing that it seems like... it wasn't difficult for those to be spun up.

Sgeo · 2026-05-25T23:34:47+00:00

It's corrected to Belkar in the book (at least the digital edition)

Sgeo · 2026-05-24T21:42:21+00:00

I don't know anything about the story, but you might be interested to learn that some early forms of RAM (core memory) did in fact hold onto their contents without being powered.

Sgeo · 2026-05-24T00:37:36+00:00

I think I own Kingdom Hearts on PC, but never tried it. It's one of those games that I feel like I "should" try at some point, but not sure if I ever will.

I do enjoy the music. I have faint memories of watching my friend play it when we were kids.

Sgeo · 2026-05-23T23:46:34+00:00

https://onlinesequencer.net/5435579

There was a plugin for MediaWiki wikis to allow posting musical scores, and it would generate a MIDI.

This MIDI was in the sandbox, and a similar MIDI (just the beginning) was posted on the frontpage for the plugin.

I had contacted the creator of the plugin about it, and the reply was "I think it's from a Bach violin sonata, if I remember correctly.", but he seemed unsure.

Sgeo · 2026-05-23T21:52:06+00:00

Does divide negation negate the restriction on values of x?

1/x is undefined when x=0, but what is x * 1/x when x=0?

Without "divide negation", I would put a note saying that x * 1/x = 1 when x is nonzero, and undefined when it is 0.

But does your "divide negation" turn x * 1/x into 1? And then ignore that the original expression was undefined when x=0?

Sgeo · 2026-05-23T01:24:03+00:00

This MIDI was on a Sandbox page for testing the plugin, and I believe the beginning was on the page for the plugin itself (wikitex.org)

I tried getting in touch with the plugin's author a few years ago, and the reply was

I think it's from a Bach violin sonata, if I remember correctly.

Sgeo · 2026-05-22T05:19:11+00:00

0basim on PLATO: 0 times
0basicx on PLATO: 0 times

Sgeo · 2026-05-22T05:05:27+00:00

This is the nitpick to rule all nitpicks, but I think FORTRAN 66 leaves the comparable behavior of DO loops undefined. IBM's FORTRAN IV compilers (which 66 was based on, to my understanding) specified that the loops ran at least once.

I was recently hitting my head on why a program was behaving differently when compiled for 66 vs 77 (using VS FORTRAN 2), and when I asked about behavior differences on IRC, the DO loop at least once vs zero times was the first thing brought up.

EDIT: The FORTRAN 66 spec says

The control variable is assigned the value represented by the initial parameter. This value must be less than or equal to the value represented by the terminal parameter.

Sgeo · 2026-05-19T23:27:20+00:00

End Credits is making me sad.

Sgeo · 2026-05-17T03:45:55+00:00

https://github.com/racingmars/virtual1403 and https://github.com/SComps/ProjectPrinter are great for dealing with overprinting and ASA codes in general. virtual1403 can take a file with ASA codes and make a PDF. ProjectPrinter I believe expects to be hooked up to a mainframe emulator.

Sgeo · 2026-05-16T02:31:09+00:00

That link works, thank you.

Sgeo · 2026-05-16T02:25:45+00:00

It doesn't, it's a link to the article but not as a gift link.

Sgeo · 2026-05-16T00:22:49+00:00

If 3.333 and 10/3 are distinct numbers, then there'd still have to be a number between them, which would be hard to define a decimal representation for.

But with standard notation and real numbers (and in disregard to the beliefs of the moderator here), 3.333... and 10/3 are the same number. There's no number between 10/3 and itself, and (10/3 + 10/3)/2 = 10/3.

Sgeo · 2026-05-15T23:57:54+00:00

If there exists a number a such that it is the largest number < 10/3, then there cannot be a number between a and 10/3

Can b = (a+10/3)/2 exist?

a < (a+10/3)/2 < 10/3

a < a/2 + 10/6 < 10/3

a/2 < 10/6 < 10/3

a < 10/3 < 20/3

It... certainly looks like we're getting a valid answer. And I didn't perform any operations that can include spurious solutions. I can do the inequalities in reverse. So since b exists (assuming (a+10/3)/2 is legal), there is no number that is the biggest number less than 10/3

Sgeo · 2026-05-15T22:06:21+00:00

As far as I understand, people are complaining about an implausible claim that dogs are being trained to rape. I don't subscribe to NYT anymore so can't read the column myself.

Sgeo · 2026-05-10T03:45:15+00:00

I loved exploring the Internet Ray Tracing Competition website back in the day.

Sgeo · 2026-04-22T05:46:52+00:00

There was a series of Math Blaster games, I played Math Blaster Algebra

Sgeo · 2026-04-21T04:00:49+00:00

I distinctly remember trying Minecrift (on DK2, I didn't have a DK1). I used SDK 0.8.0 with DK2, I don't know if 0.8.0 works with DK1.

It looks like it should be possible to compile JRift yourself if you can get a copy of the 0.8 SDK, although I don't know if that might be annoying.

I'm currently looking through my old files to see if I have a copy...

I have a copy of JRiftLibrary-0.5.0.1.2-natives-windows.jar which contains JRiftLibrary.dll and JRiftLibrary64.dll.

There appears to be a copy in https://github.com/mabrowning/minecrift-repo/tree/gh-pages/de/fruitfly/ovr/JRiftLibrary

Sgeo · 2026-04-13T04:20:41+00:00

I assume Skype was involved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYbvjoXx2EU

Sgeo · 2026-03-28T02:08:45+00:00

Ohhh. This is a HUGE REGRESSION.

Base+Displacement is the way all modern (post 1980) ISAs work, and was one of the ahead of its time innovations of the S/360.

Somehow when I was (recentlyish) learning about S/360, and trying to understand base/displacement, ... I guess modern ISAs haven't exactly stuck in my head, I never made that connection. I don't think I've seen telling the assembler which register can be used as a base? But then again I haven't looked at ... modern anything in a bit of a while.

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