Posts by the_other_jon@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #APzuSwMvY7k23jZAjQ by the_other_jon@mastodon.social
2022-11-26T13:55:19Z
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@NanoRaptor it was amazing power efficient.
(DIR) Post #AQ84rsvY2H25QmyLtw by the_other_jon@mastodon.social
2022-11-30T12:29:31Z
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@NanoRaptor If Apple sold appliqués like those, I bet they’d sell very well.
(DIR) Post #AUjvrwhKKOLDx4pk12 by the_other_jon@mastodon.social
2023-04-17T10:14:30Z
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@mjg59 I’ve written bootstrap code for the 80486 and it is fun transitioning from real to protected mode in 16 bytes when there isn’t any RAM mapped to the first megabyte of address space. RAM was mapped starting at the 16th megabyte of address space, so all transitions used descriptor tables stored in Flash memory, then the real descriptor tables were copied from Flash to RAM and we set them up and jumped into them. Working in embedded systems teaches you quite a bit.
(DIR) Post #AUjyckDMl2lgkqGLZo by the_other_jon@mastodon.social
2023-04-17T10:45:21Z
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@mjg59 @ianbetteridge I’ve written bootstrap code for the 80486 and it is “fun” transitioning from real to protected mode in 16 bytes when there isn’t any RAM mapped to the first megabyte of address space. RAM was mapped starting at the 16th megabyte of address space, so all transitions used descriptor tables stored in Flash memory, then the real descriptor tables were copied from Flash to RAM and we set them up and jumped into them. Working in embedded systems teaches you quite a bit
(DIR) Post #AXp4MUtlpPrMXqQfOy by the_other_jon@mastodon.social
2023-07-18T15:21:08Z
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@lowqualityfacts @flargh 2^214 is way over 10 billion. I think it’s called “the algorithm.”
(DIR) Post #AZGOEFZgAKwNIXnkDQ by the_other_jon@mastodon.social
2023-08-30T15:58:05Z
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@ianbetteridge I think he’s been promoted to Major.
(DIR) Post #AhOKd3mV60mwq7VIsi by the_other_jon@mastodon.social
2024-04-29T20:22:34Z
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@foone @NanoRaptor It would be even better if it was keyed so that it could be inserted backwards.
(DIR) Post #Ai1cqLXQuhxJDFkRIO by the_other_jon@mastodon.social
2024-03-26T19:24:59Z
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@NanoRaptor Back in the 80/90s, we had a printer room with about six of those. I don’t miss those days.
(DIR) Post #AjKidCuk9yL6oONWzo by the_other_jon@mastodon.social
2024-06-26T22:07:57Z
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@jamesthomson @NanoRaptor It is a bit frightening when you have so many spiders that you have to start classifying them by the time of day.
(DIR) Post #Alhkc74k8voZBj1CAy by the_other_jon@mastodon.social
2024-09-02T03:25:20Z
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This is NOT a trap. AJ loves his belly rubs. #CatsOfMastodon #cats #tabby #tabbycat #cat
(DIR) Post #AtBuVJ2OdyD3hVkWwK by the_other_jon@mastodon.social
2025-04-17T12:35:15Z
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Sometimes hands make the best pillows. #cats #CatsOfMastodon #tabbycat
(DIR) Post #AzsCdZEMiO9bTq9Ayu by the_other_jon@mastodon.social
2025-11-03T15:56:53Z
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@ricci @blakespot That strongly implies that NOCSV (Non-Oxford Comma Seperated Values) files will never have a comma before the cast column and CSV files may, or may not, have a comma before the last comma, based on the whims of the generator. Have fun parsing those files.
(DIR) Post #B2tNl0eN3eXTvqLgPI by the_other_jon@mastodon.social
2026-02-01T23:06:49Z
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@jamesthomson @NanoRaptor There is also the CR1701-D, but that is meant for enterprises.