FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es
Trans woman, bisexual, someone's fiancée, forever a programmer, poly, and former total mess
Joined May 2019
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me: “lots of places promise shipping as fast as two days now”
me from ten years ago: “oh, that’s cool! how do they do that? do they use drones?!”
me: “no, actually. as far as I can tell, they just openly lie, then say it was delayed after two days”
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Hmm I swear I once read about a compression algorithm (~9 years ago) that was general purpose but also contained a special case for chess notation
I can't find anything on this. I don't think it's a figment of my imagination? My thought at the time was “huh that's a weird feature to include” but I didn't look into it more and I still find it curious.
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The world would be so much better if we replaced every instance of 'euro' with 'yuri'. Eurorack modular synthesis? No, yurirack! The modules are lesbians. Yankee planning a trip to Europe? Not without a lesbian awakening! Paying for something with coins and bills? Nope, we trade sapphic manga now!
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Praxrizz Uh, let's see, first there's an introductory greeting from the company that I'm supposed to read. Uh, it's kind of a legal thing, you know. Um, "Welcome to Fedi Fazbear's Federation. A magical place for furries and grown-ups alike, where fantasy and fun come to life." Gargon Entertainment is not responsible for damage to property or person. Upon discovering that damage or death has occurred, a missing person report will be filed within 90 days, or as soon property and premises have been thoroughly cleaned and bleached, and the carpets have been replaced.
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Hello? Hello, hello? Uh, I wanted to record a message for you to help you get settled in on your first night day. Um, I actually worked in that office before you. I'm finishing up my last week now, as a matter of fact. So, I know it can be a bit overwhelming, but I'm here to tell you there's nothing to worry about. Uh, you'll do fine. So, let's just focus on getting you through your first week day.
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In case you are unfamiliar with this phenomenon and think it's a cherry-picked example:
to this day, uninitialized-data sections in object files and binaries - both on the Unix and Windows sides, as well as most other most "none of the above" targets - are called "bss"
"bss", of course, stands for "block started by symbol".
It was a pseudo-operation in UA-SAP, the United Aircraft Symbolic Assembly Program for the IBM 704.
In 1956.
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"SysWoW64" stands for "System Windows-on-Windows-64", meaning it implements the "Windows" (Win32) API on top of 64-bit Windows. The name is cryptic because at the time it was chosen, Windows still supported being installed to a no-long-filename 8.3 FAT root file system. That the 32-bit compat subsystem has a "64" but not "32" in it, while the 64-bit system folder has a "32" but not "64" in it is unfortunate, but there you go.
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In order:
- "System32" the original (16-bit) Windows system dir was "System", so the 32-bit Win32 version was called System32, presumably to keep 16- and 32-bit components separated to avoid confusion
- "user32" is the "user" (window manager, mostly, nothing to do with actual users) subsystem for Win32... because again the 16-bit ver was just "user". But it will probably never change names again
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I just did this bit elsewhere but I like it, so, on a 64-bit x86 Windows machine:
- Windows\System32\user32.dll has a 32 in the directory and base name, file type PE32+, machine type "x64" (official spelling, aka IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_AMD64), and is 64-bit
- Windows\SysWoW64\user32.dll has a 64 in the directory name, a 32 in the base name, file type PE32, machine type "x86" (aka IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386) and is 32-bit
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sticks and stones may break my bones but old names stay forever
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hahahaha vad fan. skatteverket betalar ut ränta på skattekontot igen. om du får mindre än 2,25% ränta på sparkontot hos din bank borde du flytta pengarna till skattekontot. eller skaffa ett bättre sparkonto :p
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adult jokez
i'm not like other girls. *my* penis is small
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last I checked this was an early morning shift at a craft store, not a fuckin' hospital
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Today’s random photos are all from 2010
I would like to note that the sign in the second image is right by the Gibraltar border so it points to two McDonald’s in different countries, making it extremely powerful
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I think to finish this windows 10 install without signing in using an online account, I'm going to need to either use another computer to make an install disk and restart it from scratch, or open up the laptop and yank out the wifi card
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the tabbed browser is old enough to vote and yet people are still making websites where you can't mid-click navigational elements to open them in new tabs
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@Vague
GDPR violation any% speedrun
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stop making the conversation about work-at-home about productivity
eliminating non-essential worker commutes means less fossil fuels wasted
remote policies increase access for disabled people, especially with chronic illness that flares
LGBT folks and PoC experience less bigotry and it's easier to report bigotry when they do
do some people want hybrid? do some people want on-site? sure
but stop pretending the discussion was about productivity or what employees want
it's about real estate portfolios
Trans woman, bisexual, someone's fiancée, forever a programmer, poly, and former total mess
Joined May 2019
