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@cjwl.bsky.social

Software Developer. Bought K&R first edition new. Created Cocotron. Travel, bicycling and public transportation enthusiast. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ coarse location: Amherst, MA

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Latest posts by cjwl.bsky.social on Bluesky

x86 and other CPUs with segments were at odds with C’s pointers

26.10.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hrm, is this just an availability problem? First C compiler I used was Mark William C for CPM-86, 64k memory model.

26.10.2025 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Less than 2hrs! lol

23.10.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was thinking about this the other day, GOP today makes Quayle and Bob Dole look like f’ing saints.

23.10.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think vehicles are contributing to this as well, being more buffered from your environment through height, sound insulation, size makes you less connected to the environment around you. It *feels* more annoying to drive a large vehicle because there is more in the way.

23.10.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

WTF

23.10.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Adding machine

23.10.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If a device can communicate with AWS it’s got enough transistors in it to work offline reliably. It’s just ridiculous this is a thing.

23.10.2025 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œwhat if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” lol, perfect references.

23.10.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful

22.10.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There is a good B1M episode covering the Eglinton light rail system project delays, nothing is going to mitigate this soon.

22.10.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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21.10.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dealers export trade-ins heavily to keep the used car market in worse condition, but I agree far more people should be in old Hondas and Toyotas.

21.10.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

you’d need to know if they were an HP permit holder or not.

21.10.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Weird, no handicap permit parking spots?

21.10.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I worked at a large grocery store as a teen in the 80s and did this. I also brought in carts.

20.10.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m a little curious how structural integrity is maintained when you just rip off walls like that

20.10.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes

20.10.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My adult son has been in a walker or wheelchair his entire life, I’ve been directly familiar with accessibility issues for 20 years and shopping carts aren’t even on my list.

20.10.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There was a time these didn't exist (not too long ago really), but yes, they became popular due to the high moral standards of customers! lol.

20.10.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

New passenger routes can be built but there is little political ability to do this.

20.10.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s not the point, there were simply a lot more routes both freight and passenger. We shut them down in favor of trucking and cars. Yes, the major routes have been taken over by freight.

20.10.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

small dents in cars vs lives. Hrmmmm

20.10.2025 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

We should not use helium frivolously for balloons, it has serious uses, the supply is limited and it escapes the atmosphere.

20.10.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Shopping cart return is trained behavior by companies on their customers to reduce their insurance costs.

20.10.2025 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing weather and awesome crowd. Our daughter competed in a youth four and placed well, very fun watching all the teams!

20.10.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Serious temporary cell phone towers

20.10.2025 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Eliot Bridge #HeadOfTheCharles

18.10.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bank vault

17.10.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh yea, this is a good one and goes way back before JS. A lot of OSS is a tragic shitpile.

17.10.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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