Readit NewsMagerValp commented on I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself skeptrune.com/posts/doing... · Posted by u/skeptrune
My biggest Amazon annoyance. I'm often looking for some product, reading Reddit and other reviews. They usually link to amazon.com.
Then it asks me to switch my profile to American/$. But then in order to order I need to switch back to Germany/€.
It's just super cumbersome. Just let me view stuff from any region without switching profiles. If I order from that region you can tell me to switch profiles. But not just for viewing it.
In the same vein. Why is there no, I want this thing, but from a German seller.
> In the same vein. Why is there no, I want this thing, but from a German seller.
eBay used to let you filter results by region, but apparently that ruined some kind of metric and the option is gone. When buying games or books or what have you I only want sellers in the EU. I don’t care that it’s available in the US or UK, shipping and duties are going to be 4x what the product is worth.
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MagerValp commented on From: Steve Jobs. "Great idea, thank you." blog.hayman.net/2025/05/0... · Posted by u/mattl
Steve Hayman, long time NeXT/Apple employee who just retired last week from Apple having started in 1993 with NeXT.
His WebObjects demo from 2001 is one of the most entertaining tech demos I've ever seen
Steve is easily the most entertaining conference speaker I’ve had the pleasure to attend in person. He was a regular at MacSysAdmin for many years, and always in the Friday afternoon slot when you need a jolt of energy. Good times.
This is confusing.
A 1920x1080 24-bit RAW image is a file of exactly 6,220,800 bytes. There are only a few possible permutations of parameters: Which of the 4 corners comes first, whether the row-major or column-major order, what order the 3 colors are in (RGB or BGR), and whether the colors are stored as planes or not. (Without planes, a pixel's R, G and B bytes are adjacent. With planes, you essentially have three parallel monochrome images, i.e. cat r.raw g.raw b.raw > rgb.raw) [1]
What the article is describing sounds like something that's not a raw file, but a full image format with a header.
[1] One may ask, how does the receiving software know the file is 1920 x 1080 and not, say, 3840 x 540? Or for that matter, a grayscale image of size 5760 x 1080?
The answer is that, with no header, you have to supply that information yourself when importing the image. (E.g. you have to manually type it into a text entry field in your image editor's file import UI.)
> This is confusing.
We’ll, yes. You’re thinking of the classic RAW format that was just a plain array of RGB pixels without a header.
When talking about digital cameras RAW refers to a collection of vendor specific file formats for capturing raw sensor data, together with a bunch of metadata.
MagerValp commented on Programming the C64 with Visual Studio Code retrogamecoders.com/c64-v... · Posted by u/rbanffy
Thanks for the insight. But since I own a real 1541, there should be a way to copy disk images to a floppy using Kung Fu Flash, right?
Yes all(?) modern solutions should let you transfer disks to a 1541, and it’s always fun to treat yourself to using real media. I believe the kff supports the ef3 usb transfer protocol, but you might want to double check before you buy.
That said, the U2+ really lives up to the name and really is the most featureful device - everying else is a compromise.
MagerValp commented on Programming the C64 with Visual Studio Code retrogamecoders.com/c64-v... · Posted by u/rbanffy
Maybe this is a good place to ask a question regarding the hardware that is required to transfer code from and to your C64. I have a C64 and a 1541 sitting in my basement in a box and I sometimes take it out to check if it still works (it does).
After watching one particularly insane demo [1] I decided that I need to run them on my own machine for full experience. The question is what hardware is necessary to run them. After a little research it seems that something like a Kung Fu Flash cardridge and an SD card is all that I need to put on my Christmas wish list. Can anyone with more insight tell me if this is the right way to go?
If you want to run demos, you need a device with (close to) 100% 1541 compatibility. The Ultimate II+ cartridge is your best bet, but it’s a bit pricey and availability is sometimes spotty. Pi1541 is a cheaper option, especially if you diy, but you’ll need a fast loader solution as well. KFF, sd2iec, and other cheap devices don’t offer hw level 1541 compatibility and can’t run demos.
This is was a fun, entertaining watch.
There are several neat tricks in the video, like reusing the basic editor for the editing tracks.
And even though Linus probably practised beforehand, it's impressive to see machine code programming without an assembler.
And he does it in decimal, which breaks my brain.
I managed to find the option on the advanced search on ebay.ie, but I still get page after page of American items as the result…