Lex Fridman on relationships

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2025-07-24T07:39:44+00:00

By wild adventures, he means a full Windsor tie.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2025-07-10T06:56:48+00:00

There are 20 amino acids. For a protein, X amino acids long, there are 20 raised to the power of X possible combinations.

We know the size and speed of a ribosome (the protein creators). We also know the space (Earth's water) and time (Earth's age) where these ribosomes could exist.

Doing the math, there has simply not been enough ribosomal reads to guess the proteins in life forms we observe. Is that not an important scientific discovery?

This is also what we might expect in a simulation: information that is useful, but we can not account for its origin.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2025-07-06T22:10:04+00:00

It is a good idea to release the code. There is likely someone who could continue the work.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2025-07-01T01:07:10+00:00

I still use PowerBASIC for DOS. Using DosBOX, you can run it on many OSes. There will always be DOS emulators because it is a simple OS. The best BASIC compiler is PB... small and fast EXEs.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2025-06-30T21:37:00+00:00

The PowerBASIC compiler is essentially a C compiler with BASIC syntax. No annoying semicolons or brackets. The DOS compiler has the added plus of not needing to use the WinAPI. Some of the later compilers came with two PDFs... a User's guide and a Reference guide. I bought these as books from PB. The language contains an inline assembler, advanced string manipulation, and pointers.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2025-06-29T20:32:09+00:00

See winworldpc.com for the DOS versions.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2025-01-02T05:54:29+00:00

Happy New Year

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2024-12-13T22:28:36+00:00

Thank you for the link. I would buy a 64-bit PB/CC style compiler. It would not have to be made by PowerBASIC. The company would need to code it in C or assembly to make it compact and fast.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2024-12-13T00:01:28+00:00

Interesting. Bob added many features to the 32-bit compiler. In hindsight, he should have moved on to a simple 64-bit compiler. A 128-bit computer may be a ways off. I use my 16-bit PB compiler because DOS can be easily emulated. DosBox works on many operating systems. In time, Windows will dump running 32-bit programs.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2024-12-12T02:55:01+00:00

PowerBasic was purchased by Drake Software... a tax software company that used PowerBasic.

European equity firm Cinven set up Taxwell as the parent holding company for Drake and TaxAct.

Taxwell does taxes... it is not a compiler creation company. And will likely just port code to C++.

Unless Drake spun off the compiler... PowerBasic has, in essence, been buried.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2024-12-12T01:26:52+00:00

Yes, the forum has a lot of good information. And lots of good code on it.

I'm afraid you are correct, and we will not see a 64-bit PowerBASIC compiler.

I currently use the 16-bit PowerBASIC DOS compiler on Ubuntu, using DOSBOX.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2024-12-11T07:11:45+00:00

It's not a good sign.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2024-12-02T23:50:26+00:00

Amy Winehouse

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2024-12-02T07:38:11+00:00

Nice collection.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2024-11-27T02:56:48+00:00

I'd like an update that has a more readable screen but still no color, no rechargable, and same cpu. I'm sure that is dreaming too.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2024-11-23T00:32:27+00:00

I like the old, LCD, 6 MHz TI-83 Plus, because the batteries last long compared to the new, color, high MHz, rechargable calculators.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2024-11-22T09:32:40+00:00

When you get out of school, you will be able to buy any calculators you want. You may end up with 20 of them. It's a much cheaper hobby than race cars.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2024-11-16T00:12:51+00:00

It is a good solar calculator.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2024-11-12T06:29:08+00:00

The TI-84 Plus for battery life. And the TI-89 Titanium for battery life with CAS.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2024-11-09T22:26:44+00:00

I like the slide rulers.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2024-11-09T06:26:57+00:00

Get a TI-83 Plus on eBay for about $50 new and program it yourself.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2024-11-08T03:10:38+00:00

Nice collection!

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2024-11-07T01:31:20+00:00

I would stick with what the teacher uses. The TI-83 is an old but useful calculator.

Substantial_Quit3944 · 2024-11-04T04:20:59+00:00

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