miniblog.

← Back to all posts
Jun 2, 2019 at 13:25
The level of sophistication in tool-assisted speed runs of video games is really impressive. "Both bosses are incredibly annoying: they are liable to desynch on any changes to earlier levels due to differences in the RNG." https://tasvideos.org/2416S.html

Related Posts

Oct 5, 2025 at 20:23
2
I would have thought that invoking a C compiler would be a solved problem. Looking at Rust's cc crate there's a remarkable long tail of corner cases to fix. Exotic CPUs, microarchitectures, compiler differences, operating system differences, etc.
cc-rs/CHANGELOG.md at main · rust-lang/cc-rs
cc-rs/CHANGELOG.md at main · rust-lang/cc-rs
Rust library for build scripts to compile C/C++ code into a Rust library - rust-lang/cc-rs
Nov 7, 2020 at 23:49
Design differences for small websites designed for specific, geographically focused communities: https://web.archive.org/web/20040411202042/http://www.shirky.com/writings/situated_software.html (article is from 2004, a basic server is even cheaper now!)
Shirky: Situated Software
Clay Shirky
Jul 18, 2020 at 20:03
The line between 'group chat' tool and 'web forum' seems increasingly blurry. What are the essential differences? The ability to edit? "$USER is typing" information? Threading? Simply the culture around the tool?