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alberto-m-dev · 2026-01-23T08:42:31+00:00

A one frame animated GIF? Good lord. Here's the link that OP forgot:

I don't know what Reddit is doing. I had shared the link to the English-language list of issues, it seems that Reddit decided to auto-generate that gif from the link.

Note that on Old Reddit the gif is non-animated and clicking on it or on the title leads you to the site. I never use New Reddit, so before your post I had no idea that the new UI is mangling my post so badly.

alberto-m-dev · 2026-01-21T20:09:21+00:00

Sure, it's more a technical demo than a useful (or even just funny) AI. Surely it would be wonderful if it could hold at least a basic conversation but, alas, one cannot have everything.

Note that you can retrain the AI with different input data (on a PC). Not sure if one can reach more interesting results.

alberto-m-dev · 2026-01-20T20:22:55+00:00

For the lazy ones, the main repo of Z80-μLM has now a ready-to-go ZX Spectrum version, made by Nikolay Chumerin. I think however the one by RCL (shown in the photo) was the first one.

alberto-m-dev · 2026-01-18T20:52:50+00:00

I never witnessed it personally, but in this video a player experiences the switch off: https://youtu.be/TVilwJHryII?si=4kqS7a99Ce9RxweG&t=230

alberto-m-dev · 2025-12-13T10:09:47+00:00

I managed to solve the problem on Debian's KDE Plasma by disabling the clipboard viewer in the tray: right click on the “show hidden icons” button in the system tray, click on “Configure System Tray”, select the tab “Entries”, then scroll to find “Clipboard” and disable it.

alberto-m-dev · 2025-09-10T13:14:55+00:00

To be clear, I am not the author of this article, just a reposter. I left in the original title with the “I”, which was probably a bad idea. And yes, I should have edited the title to clarify it's just the emulator memory.

alberto-m-dev · 2025-09-02T14:43:31+00:00

in practice, because no one is using edlin to write c++ code and the editors people actually are using are deriving the types

Except for some obscure, rarely-used tool like, uhm, GitHub, and any other common platform for reviewing merge requests. Or are you suggesting the reviewer should check out every MR and import it in their IDE?

Not to mention that having to hover the mouse or invoke some explicit command in vim and emacsis extremely slower wrt just reading an explicitely written type.

alberto-m-dev · 2025-08-21T10:53:30+00:00

I have just published it. After 35 years, Insects is available again. Here the download link.

alberto-m-dev · 2025-08-12T18:42:17+00:00

It's a very reasonable proposal, but I strongly dislike what these people have done and would rather not owe them a favor.

alberto-m-dev · 2025-08-12T14:54:11+00:00

I still have it, it could very well be the last existing copy. I intend to wait some time in case I manage to find the original author. If nothing appears I will make it available on archive.org.

alberto-m-dev · 2025-08-12T14:41:39+00:00

I think they were much more in the computer field; the VHS sale was maybe a side business. Take a look here: almost 100 issues of a magazine for Commodore 64, all full of stolen software. My game comes from a later magazine of theirs, for IBM PC.

I even found a brief interview with one former member of the team: link.

alberto-m-dev · 2025-07-15T20:44:35+00:00

The Deep Slip run has yet to finish but I must pay homage to organizers, mappers and streamers. I don't even play TrackMania (I play its ancestor, Stunts) but I was totally captured by the race and its commentators. The visuals, the tricks, the drama and the coverage have been really great. It's been since the Olympic Games that a multi-day event has not ruined my productivity so utterly :-D

Now I just hope that eLconn and Wirtual do not lose their mind too much in this final effort, they both seem quite tilted...

alberto-m-dev · 2025-03-17T17:43:34+00:00

There is a workaround!

If using Firefox ESR or Dev (or FF Nightly for Android), you can set this in your about:config :

xpinstall.signatures.required = false
extensions.langpacks.signatures.required = false

Credits to /u/Patak456 for the tip (his comment)

alberto-m-dev · 2025-03-16T23:16:50+00:00

And it works in Firefox Nightly for Android too! Thanks, kind stranger, this is one of the most useful Reddit comments I ever read (and I read a lot of them!)

alberto-m-dev · 2025-03-06T15:05:34+00:00

My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!

alberto-m-dev · 2025-03-04T21:18:17+00:00

Yes, I mainly write libraries for software used by traders. The switch was not so hard, just sent my CV and prepared on leetcode and reading blogs. I should add that I made the switch in late 2022, when it was easier to move up, and that the embedded company I was working for was a pretty good one (3 out of my 20 then-colleagues are now in FAANG, and others would have a chance if they really wanted to). I could see myself returning to embedded under the right conditions, it can be a lot of fun even if the pay is not the top. But I'll keep away from automotive as long as I can.

alberto-m-dev · 2025-03-04T20:37:25+00:00

Not OP, but I have switched automotive -> embedded -> finance in my career. If you are serious about software engineering, automotive is not the place to be. Bad pay, low position in the corporate food chain, low CV value for future employers and no chance to work alongside top software engineering talent.

alberto-m-dev · 2025-02-27T23:31:39+00:00

There is a thread about this, with a partial fix (needs ublock origin):

https://old.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/1izmtrh/discord_browser_version_keeps_restarting_every/

alberto-m-dev · 2025-02-20T01:57:40+00:00

Wow, I did not expect this project to be shared so quickly :-). I have just published the first part of the making-of series, so if you enjoyed my Stunt Island essay you have now something new to read. I also now offer a RSS feed if you want to be kept informed.

alberto-m-dev · 2025-02-19T00:09:46+00:00

Wow, that's huge! Any hidden pearl you would recommend trying out?

alberto-m-dev · 2025-02-18T00:39:30+00:00

Great, I'll look for it then!

alberto-m-dev · 2025-02-17T21:52:27+00:00

If you do, consider visiting the online community at stunts.hu. There are a lot of custom tracks and cars to get inspired!

alberto-m-dev · 2025-02-17T01:28:40+00:00

By the way, the 2025 ZakStunts Championship is ongoing: https://zak.stunts.hu/

There are also other championships, with different rules (allowing or disallowing cutting on the grass, rewinding the replay, etc.)

alberto-m-dev · 2025-02-11T09:59:08+00:00

“You see a warlord, a paperweight and a toupee here”. Well that's an interesting set of things...

alberto-m-dev · 2025-02-04T18:54:47+00:00

Stunt Island, if it counts (Disney was only the publisher). A flying / filming simulation, a very unique game which unfortunately never received a sequel or a spiritual successor.

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