psjs's comments

On: The earliest versions of the first C compiler known to exist

[psjs]

What features did BCPL have at that point that C didn’t have (and stil does not)?

On: Making the Web Boring Again

[psjs]

Do you have a link to that podcast?

[riffraff → psjs]

this one https://open.spotify.com/show/6QrdBI77Kwg5rFjQwaeByQ

it's in italian tho

On: COBOL has been “dead” for so long, my grandpa wrote about it

[psjs]

“laf” or “lag”?

[Muromec → psjs]

Lag of course. Math doors only open once in 25 years, you know the drill.

On: The new Windows update made me think I'd installed malware

[psjs]

1. Couldn't even get to try TES III Morrowind working properly on Win10, worked flawlessly on Linux + Proton.

[MattPalmer1086 → psjs]

Not perfect sure, but I don't think any other modern system exists that can still run most executables compiled for it nearly a quarter of a century ago?

Still not enough to make me want to use it, but I am genuinely impressed by that.

On: The new Windows update made me think I'd installed malware

[psjs]

As Zizek would say, you have to be most wary when the ideological subjects start saying they are acting without ideology.

On: Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too

[psjs]

Won’t that degenerate the battery at a much quicker rate?

[lxgr → psjs]

No, why would it? The phone always charges as fast as it wants to, so it doesn't really matter if you connect it to a 20W or a 240W power supply.

[eimrine → psjs]

All quick charge approaches do this. You'll buy a new one faster.

[manuelabeledo → psjs]

USB-C controllers negotiate the correct voltage and amperage.