News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

sigma02

Come on, that is literally what "Live Free or Die" means!
Re:I don't like curved displays on Saturday September 13, 2025 @08:47PM (#45236531)
What I said applies to any distortion. Astigmatism is just one example. Lenses that turn everything upside down is another. A few hours later, everything is normal.
Re:Racintosh Plus – Rackmount Mac Plus on Saturday September 13, 2025 @08:46PM (#45236525)
A friend once got so carried away with the label-maker that he labeled everything in my house, including my cat.
Re:The American dream is ending in a psychotic breakdown on Saturday September 13, 2025 @08:37PM (#45236488)
Cultural issue: I think in Britain you just cannot publicly say things like that without backpedaling with 'allegedly' etc. Perhaps a public official saying "we got him" is somehow more outrageous than scribbling 'catch that, fascist' on a casing and shooting a person for their beliefs (whatever they may be).

Perhaps American Dream will be redeemed if the barristers wear wigs?

Re:The American dream is ending in a psychotic breakdown on Saturday September 13, 2025 @02:50PM (#45234394)
A psychotic take on the situation. An unrelated politician states "We got him"; Telegraph hysterically projects that US is finding someone guilty without a trial.

Innocent until proven guilty? How about you don't treat the whole country as guilty until it is proven guilty?

I suppose one must die, since living free is not an option.

Note to self: stay out of New Hampshire.

Re:I don't like curved displays on Friday September 12, 2025 @12:50PM (#45224080)
As someone who wears corrective lenses for astigmatism, I can guarantee that what you perceive as a straight line, assuming you are human, is not, until your brain corrects it and signals 'straight line' to you.

It takes a day or so for your brain to get used to any consistent distortion and totally disregard it.

This is just pointless complaining... A bigger complaint with curved screens is: crazy reflections.

Re:Racintosh Plus – Rackmount Mac Plus on Friday September 12, 2025 @12:47PM (#45224038)
It's crucial to label, in large, letters, "BUTTONS" and "MICRO-SD SLOT", in case you forget later.
Re:Show HN: LightCycle, a FOSS game in Rust based on Tron on Thursday September 04, 2025 @10:45AM (#45127891)
Kudos, but..

I did something similar in 6502 assembly a long while back and it fit into less than a kilobyte of code..