Hypnadogic Pup @Fuego@awoo.space

@theZacAttacks@cybre.space I wanna try this :)

@typhlosion *hugs*

@typhlosion just remind me I'm a dumb dog whenever I have an opinion about your opinions on computers >.<

@typhlosion yeah yeah i just mean they're not a unique complication for x86

@typhlosion well you certainly know way more than most ;)

But rings, io, and page tables are totally gonna be necessary for modern compartmentalization and are in every processor now...

hey look, at least you only have one pager on modern stuff instead of hundreds of random pagers on your ROM chips for 6502? ;)

Manual 3A is super good for demystifying the less well known processor functionality and why it exists.

@typhlosion yeah density of info is tops for me reading a ton of asm. As for symbolic execution, even if arm is simpler the barrel shifter is a pain in my ass anyhow so it’s not like the simplicity helps

@typhlosion it's got more instructions compared to risc but that means like the density of info is really good when you read it

A risc function might be several pages of asm while a x86 one might be half a page. Like reading x86 over risc is like reading C over x86

As for the old shit, its gone from x64 at least? No OSs use real mode past booting, but its required to boot the system still. Apart from that it's pretty solid. Check the free intel manuals - volume 3A has the architecture layout

@typhlosion why do you say its a nightmare?

@typhlosion naw, its just by far the nicest assembly to read. I'd infinitely prefer it for any native dev because debugging is so much easier

@typhlosion honestly, I really like x86 for practical work reasons, but I feel like a lot of the magic went out of the world when other architectures died...

Drives me bonkers when I learn about an old electronics company bulldozering its unsold stock. WTF capitalism??! like stick it in a storage container for 20 years and put it on ebay....

@chosafine@instance.business svn was the thing from like 2004-2010, and yes, live was better.

I don’t know what to say about what happened today except that apparently you can kill another human and be so blind that you don’t see that the way you remember them would kill them again...

Time to look into the TIC-80 or PV8 I guess?

I really wish the pico-8 had a pageable map so you could make longer, non randomized, games more easily

@chosafine@instance.business the world has gotten weird

Anarchists: clocks are total bullshit

Me: YES.

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@AdalwinAmillion beware computer people who are radically against any computer thing.

@ticky good luck aussies