Here I was thinking I'd see old AT commands for controlling radios. Learned something new
ATDT <My Favorite BBS>
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ATH
Readit Newsthesuperbigfrog commented on Introduction to AT Protocol mackuba.eu/2025/08/20/int... · Posted by u/psionides
thesuperbigfrog commented on Microsoft keeps adding stuff into Windows we don't need theregister.com/2025/08/1... · Posted by u/rntn
>> Microsoft keeps adding stuff into Windows we don't want
Of course they are.
Copilot and Recall are not what most users want, but they are what Microsoft wants:
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
-- George Orwell, Animal Farm
thesuperbigfrog commented on Ask HN: In which programming language is it better to make your own language? · Posted by u/Forgret
Prototype in Python with PLY (https://github.com/dabeaz/ply) or you could try Raku (https://raku.org/) which has nice functionality for building grammars.
After you know what you want to build, you could convert it to C, C++, or Rust to make it fast.
thesuperbigfrog commented on Ask HN: How much would it cost to build a new commercially viable OS? · Posted by u/quacked
You could look at BeOS to get an idea and then try to extrapolate and adapt your estimates for today's market and circumstances:
thesuperbigfrog commented on Why are so many companies pushing for AI adoption by developers? · Posted by u/alcasa
All of the money spent on AI hardware and training models needs ROI.
That's awesome. I never used Lotus, but it sounds like it might have had the same idea before Wordstar which influenced me.
>> I never used Lotus
If anyone is curious, there is a Linux port of Lotus123:
thesuperbigfrog commented on Ask HN: Should high schools require students to rebel academically? · Posted by u/amichail
Giving feedback and helping school instruction to be relevant is not "rebellion".
Many school districts will use Parent-Teacher Associations and course feedback forms that students complete at the end of a course to help to improve poor teaching methods and adjust course offerings to ensure that students learn relevant information and skills.
No. The Butlerian Jihad (https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/Butlerian_Jihad) hasn't happened yet.
I would guess that something similar could exist in the Terminator / Skynet timeline, but I am not aware of the religious beliefs of the humans struggling there.