Post AwhDaR5FKIVYNjDCgS by bayindirh@mastodon.sdf.org
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(DIR) Post #Awh6pAwGw29KyT5zpA by foone@digipres.club
2025-07-31T13:53:10Z
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"NOTE: This program is rather bug-ridden, so keep the original zip file. When the program starts spitting out errors, delete it and unzip the file afresh."buh?
(DIR) Post #Awh6shziUY1yMZOL68 by foone@digipres.club
2025-07-31T13:53:34Z
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what, does the EXE accumulate bugs like radiation damage, and you periodically have to replace it with a fresh copy?
(DIR) Post #Awh6xqi1WCQEq4ZDJA by deshipu@fosstodon.org
2025-07-31T13:54:46Z
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@foone reminds me how DOS Rogue would do save files by dumping the entire process memory back to an executable file...
(DIR) Post #Awh75NDL40MPg8nnoe by Kiloku@burnthis.town
2025-07-31T13:55:29Z
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@foone could it be saving data from each use *in* the binary and that data gets corrupted? :thonk:
(DIR) Post #Awh7xnhSo1EHScqVCS by artwaw@c.im
2025-07-31T13:58:37Z
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@foone save to exe done wrong, I presume
(DIR) Post #Awh8S1rAjiUe3PniVc by peturdainn@mastodon.social
2025-07-31T14:11:03Z
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@foone I do remember self-modifying executables (at least one, it wrote settings inside the exe because why bother with a separate file), but this one appears to be self-corrupting
(DIR) Post #Awh8jarVq8pXXpKrjM by jezhiggins@mastodon.me.uk
2025-07-31T14:14:30Z
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@foone You know when
(DIR) Post #AwhAOz4apS0GSckp3A by foone@digipres.club
2025-07-31T14:33:11Z
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@mirahimage I don't think so. I think this user is just trying to ritual away the bugs
(DIR) Post #AwhARrBUcDHqrZLqW8 by foone@digipres.club
2025-07-31T14:33:45Z
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I don't believe this is actually happening, I think the user has just invented a superstitious ritual to try and fix the bugs.but I'd love to be proven wrong
(DIR) Post #AwhAskkCfSYQhxPbYe by saua@troet.cafe
2025-07-31T14:38:37Z
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@foone ist this related to software in the disk drive era? Because then I could theoretically imagine undetected disk read errors accumulating and writing a fresh copy fixing it (but then the zip file would eventually degrade in the same way).
(DIR) Post #AwhBNHPPmliGhfFETA by airakose@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-07-31T14:44:05Z
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@foone Could be something potentially system-state dependent? Or a race condition?
(DIR) Post #AwhBTgP7laN3xjA6dM by trouble@masto.ai
2025-07-31T14:45:19Z
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@foone WordStar was one of those programs that self edited. Fortunately it was only really manifest when you modified the printer control codes. So copy, edit, and sometimes the program would no longer start. Restore, edit again, worked that time.
(DIR) Post #AwhBnszweVjyoU1Bqa by tony@toot.hoyle.me.uk
2025-07-31T14:49:01Z
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@fooneSelf modifying code? It wouldn't be the the first time someone has tried it..
(DIR) Post #AwhDaR5FKIVYNjDCgS by bayindirh@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-07-31T15:08:44Z
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@foone why not checksum the file periodically?
(DIR) Post #AwhE9osKrRoiJ22sAC by KatS@chaosfem.tw
2025-07-31T15:15:20Z
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@foone Maybe it was implemented using Access' "Jet" engine.That was prone to spontaneously corrupting the data files.Maybe the developer just hadn't figured out the difference between state files and the executable (and libraries)?
(DIR) Post #AwhI5Lc677OED5ZbcW by pettter@social.accum.se
2025-07-31T15:59:19Z
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@foone ...are they memmapping the executable somehow..?
(DIR) Post #AwhMXRu2isxbdpceAK by yngmar@social.tchncs.de
2025-07-31T16:48:54Z
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@foone That's pretty much how Windows users believe their system works: Oh, it's an old installation! I had it for 7 months now, I need to reinstall fresh soon, it will be better again!MacOS folk believe in the supernatural powers of resetting prawns, which fixes every problem.
(DIR) Post #AwhhDElfwlXq9Lubxo by dec_hl@mastodon.social
2025-07-31T20:40:55Z
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@foone bit rot for sure!
(DIR) Post #AwiJxpO5vNhZIpWdg8 by bmartin427@techhub.social
2025-08-01T03:55:05Z
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@foone I mean, this basically describes the Windows registry experience up through at least XP
(DIR) Post #AwiSVJ2BWG00RJkgCG by Canageek@wandering.shop
2025-08-01T05:30:48Z
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@foone I had a Comp Engineering professor talk about an era where people thought self modifying code was the future, but abandoned it very quickly as it was INCREDIBLY bug ridden and not very useful, perhaps they reinvented it?