Re:Pacman in 512 bytes of x86 boot sector machine code
by JustSomeNobody on Monday July 08, 2019 @09:18PM
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Everyone arguing this isn't "technically" 512 bytes... come on. That goes against the spirit of this post. I feel it was merely an illustration. I mean, at some point just enjoy life and stop being so "technical".
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Re:Pacman in 512 bytes of x86 boot sector machine code
by constmu on Monday July 08, 2019 @11:33PM
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This is HN. I guess being so technical is what makes HN fun for many of us! :-)
Re:Pacman in 512 bytes of x86 boot sector machine code
by necovek on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @03:50AM
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People (me included) are just pointing out how bad of an illustration it is.
Technically, it is 512 bytes, but it does not give me any sense of scale. "There's a lot of pacmans in there, so 512 looks like a lot".
Granted, I looked at it from my phone, so that probably biases me towards long- or short-looking text (I even had to scroll).