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Bitmap Font Maker

Posted by andy_herbert on Monday April 28, 2025 @01:51AM
from the andyherbert.github.io dept.

https://andyherbert.github.io/bitmap_font_maker/

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Today Is RNG Day

Posted by andy_herbert on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @11:01AM
from the rngday.com dept.

https://rngday.com/en/?42

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Wacky Jabber (2022)

Posted by andy_herbert on Monday January 01, 2024 @11:46AM
from the inference-review.com dept.

https://inference-review.com/article/wacky-jabber

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Bad Apple as MS-DOS Escape Sequences

Posted by andy_herbert on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @07:12AM
from the 16colo.rs dept.

https://16colo.rs/pack/badapple/BADAPPLE.ANS

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Misty Programming Language

Posted by andy_herbert on Sunday August 13, 2023 @07:50AM
from the crockford.com dept.

https://www.crockford.com/misty/

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Back to the BBS – The Art Scene

Posted by andy_herbert on Saturday December 24, 2022 @01:22AM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOghuaxh88U

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Pe/per/Pers

Posted by andy_herbert on Friday December 09, 2022 @02:07AM
from the crockford.com dept.

https://www.crockford.com/pronouns.html

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Wacky Jabber

Posted by andy_herbert on Sunday November 13, 2022 @02:25PM
from the inference-review.com dept.

https://inference-review.com/article/wacky-jabber

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AssemblyScript removes support for WASI, considers BytecodeAlliance harmful

Posted by andy_herbert on Thursday September 08, 2022 @03:05AM
from the twitter.com dept.

https://twitter.com/AssemblyScript/status/1561699214069047299

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Memory Safety Simplifies Microprocessor Design

Posted by andy_herbert on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @06:08AM
from the dalnefre.com dept.

http://www.dalnefre.com/wp/2022/08/memory-safety-simplifies-microprocessor-design/

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Ask HN: Is there a good reason for disallowing some characters from a password?

Posted by andy_herbert on Monday August 29, 2022 @09:31AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I see this restriction quite often, and it makes no sense to me whatsoever. Am I missing a compelling reason for this practise, or is it an example of bad design?

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Lloyds Bank Coprolite

Posted by andy_herbert on Saturday March 12, 2022 @10:18AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lloyds-bank-coprolite

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Show HN: Pipe stdin to a ANSI.SYS simulated display

Posted by andy_herbert on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @12:34PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://github.com/andyherbert/ansiterm

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ANSI Art Music

Posted by andy_herbert on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @12:43AM
from the andyherbert.github.io dept.

https://andyherbert.github.io/ansimation.js/

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Should you learn C to “learn how the computer works”? (2018)

Posted by andy_herbert on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @12:15AM
from the steveklabnik.com dept.

https://steveklabnik.com/writing/should-you-learn-c-to-learn-how-the-computer-works

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Memory Map Land

Posted by andy_herbert on Friday May 21, 2021 @02:50PM
from the twitter.com dept.

https://twitter.com/logicalelegance/status/1395479144431947776

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AmigaOS 3.2

Posted by andy_herbert on Friday May 14, 2021 @02:53PM
from the hyperion-entertainment.com dept.

https://www.hyperion-entertainment.com/

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Tape Recovery Simulator 96K

Posted by andy_herbert on Thursday April 29, 2021 @09:30AM
from the bluesnews.com dept.

https://www.bluesnews.com/s/221613/tape-recovery-simulator-96k-announced

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Design Practices for Human Scale Online Games (2018)

Posted by andy_herbert on Thursday April 29, 2021 @05:38AM
from the projecthorseshoe.com dept.

https://www.projecthorseshoe.com/reports/featured/ph18r8.htm

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What the Horizon saga is all about

Posted by andy_herbert on Friday April 23, 2021 @01:20PM
from the bbc.co.uk dept.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56718036

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Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

Posted by andy_herbert on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @01:46AM
from the bbc.co.uk dept.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56578544

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WebAssembly Summit 2021 Schedule

Posted by andy_herbert on Monday March 15, 2021 @12:22AM
from the webassembly-summit.org dept.

https://webassembly-summit.org/schedule

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Making Chips Requires Lots of Water, and Taiwan Has a Drought

Posted by andy_herbert on Monday March 08, 2021 @03:44PM
from the japantimes.co.jp dept.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2021/03/05/commentary/world-commentary/taiwan-tsmc-semiconductors-water-drought/

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Tim Wu Joins the National Economic Council as an Assistant on Tech Policy

Posted by andy_herbert on Sunday March 07, 2021 @01:32AM
from the sfgate.com dept.

https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Biden-sets-stage-for-tech-crackdown-with-16004534.php

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Why was the Amiga Kickstart 1.x “Insert floppy” graphic so bad?

Posted by andy_herbert on Saturday March 06, 2021 @12:41PM
from the retrocomputing.stackexchange.com dept.

https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/13897/why-was-the-kickstart-1-x-insert-floppy-graphic-so-bad/13901

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Deep Nostalgia Animates Family Photos Using Deep Learning

Posted by andy_herbert on Thursday March 04, 2021 @04:03PM
from the myheritage.com dept.

https://www.myheritage.com/deep-nostalgia

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The Fastest Way to Complete Paper Mario Is to Play Zelda First

Posted by andy_herbert on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @02:06AM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-JJa9AofLI

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Rockstar is a programming language heavily influenced by song lyrics

Posted by andy_herbert on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @02:01PM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/RockstarLang/rockstar

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Show HN: Crabzilla, Embed JavaScript in Rust

Posted by andy_herbert on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @03:27PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://crates.io/crates/crabzilla

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