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Re:The IDEs we had 30 years ago ... and we lost on Saturday October 18, 2025 @02:19PM (#45629347)
And a modern implementation can be found here: https://wordtsar.ca
Re:mactop on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @10:46AM (#40441655)
CPU usages seems very very high for this.
Re:I'd rather kill myself than host SMTP again on Monday December 04, 2023 @06:30PM (#38524734)
They are right about UCEPROTECT, what a scam they run, but Spamhaus should do better.
Re:Why modern software is slow on Thursday September 29, 2022 @09:34PM (#33029783)
Performance should be part of the requirements!
Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @09:23PM (#30267902)
The press release specifically states the satellites will de-orbit and burn up by design.
Re:Amiga at NASA (1999) on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @07:52PM (#27991200)
That was mostly due to the planar based video layout rather than a byte per pixel display.
And what are the other options?
Re:Poll: Switching from WhatsApp on Thursday January 07, 2021 @09:40AM (#25671511)
Have you travelled or lived in central or South America? WhatsApp is critical social infrastructure. WhatsApp is used more than telephones. For everything. Businesses advertise their WhatsApp contact before, or even omitting, a telephone number. People you meet want your WhatsApp for communication, not your telephone number. WhatsApp has become critical to these countries as the primary form of communication.
Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor on Thursday June 18, 2020 @09:25AM (#23562864)
My optometrist tells me this is not true. Exercise does not hurt your eyes.
Re:Computer latency: 1977-2017 on Monday December 25, 2017 @03:49AM (#16003364)
Would love to see someone do this on an Amiga running Cygnus Editor. That was the fastest code editor I've ever used.
Re:Bangkok plans to ban all street food by year′s end on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @12:20PM (#14140094)
This would be a serious loss to the experience of Bangkok and Thailand in general. Street food makes the trip!