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Hi all!
I decided to write a book called “8-Bit Computers: Retro computer history in the ‘80”.
It is my first book on this topic, so I need you comments & advices!
A small extract is right here for download.You will be able to buy the Kindle edition for little as € 0,99 by the end of June.
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Ok this is a bit embarassing!Even in 2019, there is a IDE for C/64 which is still mantained! C64 Studio is a full .NET IDE which can connect to [Win]Vice for debugging.
It seems Deutsche guys are very strong on C/64 Developmenet on these days….
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WebAssembly (often shortened to Wasm) is a standard that defines a binary format and a corresponding assembly-like text format for executables used by web pages.
Source: WebAssembly - Wikipedia[….]
WebAssembl
y code is intended to be run on a portable abstract structured stack machine,[27] which is designed to be faster to parse than JavaScript, as well as faster to execute,[21] and to enable very compact code representation.In March 2017, the WebAssembly Community Group reached consensus on the initial (MVP) binary format
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Source: NES.css - NES-style CSS Framework
NES.css is NES-style (8bit-like) CSS Framework.#InstallationNES.css is available via either npm or Yarn, or a CDN.Please read README.md.#UsageNES.css only provides components. You will need to define your own layout.
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In the 1980 comments were used to reduce the “gap” between unstructured code and “rationale” behind the code.
- C/64 Peek and poke where oscure.
- Gosub on function pointed by numbers was bad
- 8-bit systems was tight on command names and so on (think to write a python interpreter in Arduino/bbc:Micro, or look at the memory consumed by the COMMAND STRINGS on C/64 Basic v2)
- C code was not expressive, but good code required little comment, as you can see here
- Comment obscure code -> instead of writing it better
- Comment caching code you will end up to commit breaking production ->instead of having a cache config to disable cache on dev machines
- Comment not working code will end up in production, producing functional breaks -> because you will forget it and commit the bad version
@Comment("Documentation of this class/method/function/closure") @Fixme("Reason") @Todo("Why", deadline=20230423)
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We just finished implementing a dev ops deploy toolchain able to compile,deploy, rollback all in automatic way.
The objection of the dev team is “it is slow to deploy”.Yes, it is slower then manual copying file.
- But it is AUTOMATIC
- It provide a rollback procedure.
- It is rock solid.
- It works alone, at midnight. Mind it. It work alone.
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We have tried the PlayStation Now 7-days trial (after pricing is 15€/Month, 100€/year) Pro:
- Good Game Selection. Also PS3 and PS2 strong sellers are here, like Red Dead Redemption (1) and Bloodbone, Prey, etc
- Seamless experience: the streaming never take a slow down
- Subscription has a 100€/year offer which is quite aggressive. We will see what Apple will be able to do.
- Downloaded game saves are not synced with the streamed one, you need a PlayStation Plus account to get this. It is too bad for a 15€/monthly subscription, isn't it?
- PS Now offer streaming on PC too. But they seems to have trouble with the email link they pass to you to use it (see below). The link is okey from the playstation shop site.
- Some games like Horizon Zero Down, Red Dead Redemption2 are not there, a pity but understandable: Sony cannot destroy its own game market.
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Network-wide ad blocking via your own Linux hardware
The Pi-hole is a DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content, without installing any client-side software.
