What a tremendous loss for our industry. Stewart's genuine curiosity was infectious.
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markchristian commented on Show HN: The Blots Programming Language blots-lang.org/... · Posted by u/paulrusso
Super cool! I’ve always wanted to make my own lil language and I’ve always been too intimidated to try.
FWIW, over the past ten years I've pieced together the largest collection of MCA DiscoVision LDs in the world.
My goal all along has been to digitally preserve it for all.
I have a background which lies at the intersection of embedded programming, broadcast engineering, and video restoration, so I definitely have the technical chops to do so, but what I lack is time since I have three young children at home.
It's somewhat stressful having what would otherwise be a neat retirement project hanging over your head in your 30s, but I feel fortunate enough to possess so many rare pieces.
I just wish I had someone passionate about it to share it with in order to give me drive when my drive is low.
Oh man, let's be friends! Hit me up if you wanna nerd out about LaserDiscs — m@rkchristian.ca. I have a pretty decent collection (https://markchristian.org/files/laserdiscs.txt — around 200 or so, no specific theme other than "movies I would like to have a copy of").
Have you got a setup going for digitizing these things? I've got a pitch reel on LaserDisc for a 1991 interactive TV startup that I'd love to preserve before it bitrots.
https://fasterthanli.me/
Infamous for discussions of Go.. (vs Rust..) but mostly it's me getting excited about learning & teaching computery stuff like:
ICMP in Making our own ping: https://fasterthanli.me/series/making-our-own-ping ELF in Making our own executable packer: https://fasterthanli.me/series/making-our-own-executable-pac... HTTP 1&2: https://fasterthanli.me/articles/the-http-crash-course-nobod...
Anyway yeah! Some folks hate it some folks love it, we need stuff for everyone.
I love your stuff! As a FastMail user I have to read it in my alternative browser lest I destroy my autocomplete, though. :D
Anyhow; thanks for everything you make! I hope your face is feeling better these days.
markchristian commented on The Unholy Saga of Phoenix Hyperspace gekk.info/articles/hypers... · Posted by u/markchristian
I was just about to send this to the Cathode Ray Dude since he recently put out a video about these OEM Linux dual-boot systems. Then I realized this is his site...
Hilariously, I had no idea that this was his site. TIL!