Alfred M. Szmidt

Internet be like: "I made a super simple diff tool that's totally free and has no annoying ads"
What was wrong with diff(1) again -- did someone add ads to it? Or difftastic ...

2024-08-28 07:31:30

Got a new monitor at work, a lovley 24" monitor. Alas, modern software makes it unusable -- so much screen waste.

2024-08-27 19:42:48

People who use hex are witches.

2024-08-19 11:27:50

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@npub1q37…k2ta Lisp Machine Manual 😕 Working on some hacks in ZWEI.

2024-08-18 08:14:25

#LispMachine with local sources on local-file system. #LispM
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/982/021/686/663/854/original/b70b33c060f5f08a.png

2024-08-15 13:59:51

The #LispMachine is one of few computer systems that has true AI technology, #ITS is another one.

2024-08-10 15:05:46

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@npub1q37…k2ta Rich text using fat strings. As for a viewer/editor that wa added in System 130 or so for Lambda, called Gateway (I think); I have plans on porting it back to System 300 at some point.

2024-08-06 10:18:22

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@npub1q37…k2ta (for the curious, why I called it Woods is the directory where LUNAR lived was called WOODS; ... )

2024-08-06 10:06:55

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@npub1q37…k2ta Yeah, just seeing it now .. I need more coffee.
LUNAR was ported to MACLISP; which is the version I have running.

2024-08-06 09:59:18

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@npub1q37…k2ta I restored this sometime again. I wonder if this is another LUNAR?
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/914/484/613/931/516/original/6690b084d0a79e5c.png

2024-08-06 07:40:34

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@npub1q37…k2ta Is this related to WOODS? I think that that was some sort of a lunar rock sampler thing too.

2024-08-03 20:16:20

#LispMachine development is continuing at unprecedented speed. #LispM revolution is nigh.

2024-07-30 20:39:43

Anyone know if the ice cream at toscanini is any good? #LispM #LispMachine hackers
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/877/368/125/466/744/original/95b77200553bbbbb.png

2024-07-26 12:50:33

I wonder how hard it would be to get the K-Machine working again. Any takers?
#LispM #LispMachine

2024-07-17 07:46:34

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@npub132h…f594 Too late. Too little. The US is FUBAR.

2024-07-12 18:12:08

SERIES doesn’t work on #LispM :-(

2024-07-05 08:09:32

Friday fun: Implementing breakpoints on functions for the Lisp Machine. Thanks to much older code, the feature never existed on the CADR. Now you can use (SET-BREAKPOINT FUN PC) where FUN is a compiled function.
Will be available in #LispM LM-3 System 301.

2024-07-05 07:19:50

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@npub19y8…wxgj No. NO!

2024-07-05 07:17:55

What should I write about #LispMachine #LispM?

2024-06-26 12:38:33

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@npub1r37…xrlz They had two MIT CADRs. RIP. #LispM #LispMachine

2024-06-25 16:53:11

Maybe instead of "Assange is Free" it should be "Assange avoided the justice system"?

2024-06-25 07:47:23

The SDL2 port is coming along, most silly bugs now fixed, and most things are now perfectly usable. #MIT #CADR #Lisp #Machine #LispM

2024-06-19 07:07:21

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@npub1pue…dpuv You have dynamic modules since #GNU Emacs 25, no?
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Dynamic-Modules.html

2024-06-19 06:24:57

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@npub1pue…dpuv why not?

2024-06-18 16:34:01

systemd is harmful. News that we already knew.

2024-06-18 14:53:08

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Curious and want to run a #LispMachine? https://tumbleweed.nu/r/usim/timeline?r=ams%2Fsdl1&c=2024-06-18+14%3A49%3A48

2024-06-18 07:39:37

SDL2 support now works sufficiently in the MIT #CADR simulator. Might fix SDL1 support just for giggles. #LispM #LispMachine

2024-06-15 17:28:26

Is there a name for the Holodomor that Israel is committing today?

2024-06-15 07:40:11

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@npub1pue…dpuv Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, Through the looking glass. Anything by Stanisław Lem. Jerzy Żuławski's Trylogia Księżycowa ...
Oh so so many books one could list.

2024-06-04 07:26:52

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@npub1wcn…s6w5 Did you know that the Explorer is a direct relative to the MIT CADR and Lambda? The first Explorer was essentially a Lambda machine.

2024-06-04 06:32:15

C compilers have been getting more and more annoying recently…

2024-05-31 13:59:27

According to BullShitGPT, I designed the Lisp Machine, and the CADR. Which is interesting, since I wasn't born then ...

2024-05-28 18:58:03

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There is a semi-acoustic, sorta acapella with with Ronnie Hilmersson .. it is _excellent_.

2024-05-28 18:55:38

Perkele - Negative to Positive
Fucking awesome little tune ...

2024-05-25 15:49:40

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@npub1ws0…0jhw Mine is into paw patrol 😕

2024-05-24 13:46:48

Having one of those dystopian giggles where people are surprised that companies that do not care, and have actively worked against #SoftwareFreedom are surprised about malware that e.g. Microsoft adds.
https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.en.html
Everyone knew about this since the start...

2024-05-23 14:26:29

Any hackers who want to hack on the CADR, #LispMachine #LispM? Looking for kind spirited hackers who like to do useless things.

2024-05-22 11:56:50

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@npub1zln…u9mv It comes with Hemlock a Emacs editor. A newbie would be able to use it yes.

2024-05-07 06:28:06

It is morning.

2024-05-05 19:34:01

Anyone telling me that I cannot use GOTO in Lisp can eat my parenthesis.

2024-05-02 13:35:16

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@npub1r37…xrlz 🤦

2024-05-02 13:33:37

#LispM curiosity .. in the CADR Console debugger, to start the remote machine one types "105 FOOBAR" -- can anyone explain why? #LispMachine

2024-04-26 13:40:25

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@npub1r37…xrlz it is optional in Zetalisp… ;-)

2024-04-26 08:56:49

I don't like byte specifier in common lisp.

2024-04-24 06:32:32

#GNU Emacs <3

2024-04-20 11:40:01

WebAssembly and HTTP/2 are as great threats to #SoftwareFreedom as DRM, if maybe not more.

2024-04-12 07:40:44

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@npub1pue…dpuv I'd argue that it has not changed since K&R was published. 😟

2024-04-12 07:21:44

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@npub1pue…dpuv Define modern C. Most of the code in K&R are valid C11 or C23, and if not trivial to make them so...

2024-04-06 07:14:10

I'm generally good at reading, specially when it comes to stuff from a #LispM .. but this one is funny. #LispMachine
This is the new little CADR simulator.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/223/034/321/238/545/original/f3f13ea7a71f8f6f.jpg

2024-03-30 06:50:45

This #xz thing .. easiest seems to be entirely delete liblzma, xz, and anything else created by the individuals... #StopUsingXZ

2024-03-28 06:07:36

Lisp Machine revolution is going on strong, no garbage collection has occurred, and the Lisp Machines are free.

2024-03-28 05:47:56

How do you make your morning coffee?

2024-03-21 06:09:32

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@npub1q37…k2ta @npub1p3f…0vfn Which version of LOOP is it?

2024-02-24 18:24:07

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@npub1r37…xrlz Why water never freezes.

2024-02-07 16:54:57

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And I will happily take any fight that claims that C is a useful, usable, or suitable low level language. Be it in 1970 or 2024; C stands for Crap.

2024-02-07 16:50:59

I demand that C finally gets its act together and start being useful for bit manipulation. LDB, DPB, MASK-FIELD ... #SmugLispWeenie

2024-02-02 12:59:08

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@npub1gtt…dvp6 What? The USSR recognised Estonian independence in 1991 (and does it really matter that the oppressor did so?). Estonia declared independence in 1918, on this day not in 1920. You really should get your facts straightened ...

2024-02-01 16:26:22

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@npub19y8…wxgj @npub1zsv…5pwp Found it. Arithmetic Shifting Considered Harmful by GLS.

2024-01-31 18:32:26

@npub19y8…wxgj @npub1zsv…5pwp Do you (or anyone else ..) remember a short note on LSH vs. ASH and the bad semantics of one or the other? Was it Moon? Steele? DLW?

2024-01-28 20:13:19

Programming today seems more about reinventing the dead, than actually doing shit ...

2024-01-19 08:00:01

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@npub1fdy…h5g8 Maybe you can help get a bit of visibility on this.

2024-01-19 07:59:13

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#nmap is there anyone interested in making a free network scanner? Maybe one of the old versions of #nmap can be used as a base for a free one.

2024-01-19 07:30:17

The #nmap maintainer is now silencing community members. Fun story. #NMap is non-free software saga continues.
https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/2199#issuecomment-1899809763

2024-01-11 07:38:47

Reinventing Lisp slowly: https://blog.scottlowe.org/2023/12/15/conditional-git-configuration/ -- why not just use a proper programming language for configuration files from the start? The so called Unix philosophy is nonsense.

2024-01-05 14:22:28

The reason Newton didn't invent gravity is because the GNU project.

2024-01-05 14:19:04

Did you know that the moon landing failed because of the GNU project? Yup .. true story.

2024-01-05 13:38:13

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@npub1psd…9sr7 @npub1cu4…mcxv @npub149x…djuc So before Linux even existed, we destroyed it .. interesting concept. What next, we get blamed for climate change? And if you think "pull package source, debug from there" is easier than hitting SPACE .. I suppose the earth is flat as well.

2024-01-05 08:03:22

Anyone interested on working on the #CADR / #LispMachine? #LispM I need HDL hackers ideally ... but the more the merrier!

2024-01-03 19:17:18

RIP Wirth 😞
https://twitter.com/Bertrand_Meyer/status/1742613897675178347

2023-12-31 08:54:26

What do you do on a day like today? You hack the compiler!
The THE special operator in System 300 is handled incorrectly -- quick excursion to ZMacs, modify the P2 THE property, recompile region, and happy happy hacking!

2023-12-30 08:22:36

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@npub19y8…wxgj @npub15fe…x47v @npub182s…q6t5 @npub15xl…dj0q I wish that there was a solution but when you have multi-billion companies it doesn’t matter what license, or values as a community you have. They can easily throw more people at a project, and do more work and not care about anyone other than that their stocks increase (see RH or AdaCore as grand example of this behavior)

2023-12-30 08:09:33

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@npub19y8…wxgj @npub15fe…x47v @npub182s…q6t5 @npub15xl…dj0q Amazon, IBM/RH, MS, etc are a real problem for both our communities, but not because of using the GNU GPL — rather, they do not share the goals the software freedom
movement which is larger than just the choice of license but also how we want our software to work, and be developed.

2023-12-30 08:05:16

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@npub19y8…wxgj @npub15fe…x47v @npub182s…q6t5 @npub15xl…dj0q and while “Open Source” and “Free Software” (https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html) aren’t the same, they do share the same set of licenses. There is a type of exploitation happening though, and that is the one with permissive licenses where companies and individuals later hide the program behind locked doors.

2023-12-30 07:54:39

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@npub19y8…wxgj @npub15fe…x47v @npub182s…q6t5 @npub15xl…dj0q I think there are a few misconceptions here. Free software means that anyone can use it (what people in this thread have called exploitation when done so by big-corp). That is the intent of the movement, that anyone can use our code .. to call it exploitation when done so by people or companies we disagree with is to miss the point.

2023-12-22 08:27:40

I just realised .. the J1 CPU for Forth, is very similar to the CADR.

2023-12-22 08:10:54

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@npub1573…th6c If Symbolics won, then we would not be able to use our computers -- the company was notoriously nasty and tried to limit what users can do in the same manner that Apple does.

2023-12-21 13:17:02

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@npub15ph…2722 Depends entirely on your location -- where I am the shortest day is 22nd December.

2023-12-13 11:54:54

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@npub1erh…w6xs Not sure what that number refers to. Having a cease fire, no matter the reason between two nasty parties is not thuggery though.

2023-12-06 08:51:02

#CADR hackning going slowly forward. Mostly fapping about, since flue and other life stuff. Split the HDL into separate files so it will be easier to unit test and such. Might split it slightly further into the major components. Which would make future refactoring slightly easier .. maybe. #LispMachine #LispM

2023-11-28 15:51:14

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@npub14fs…qegk My point was that you are using generic labelling terms, and throwing a unkind shadow on a whole group of people without having the slightest clue about what they might think. This is exactly the same tactic that the people I'm referring to are using into smearing others.
We can talk about unkindness without calling people "liberal left", and be outright specific in the type of unkind behaviour we are talking about.

2023-11-28 07:47:13

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@npub14fs…qegk your comment is the type of comments I was making a point about. It is unkind and bullish. I’m on what might be considered the liberal left spectrum of things whatever that spectrum might be.

2023-11-27 22:53:06

Inclusive communities are based in compassion, understanding and forgiveness. Not on hatred, belittling, or bullying. The later, a very common and disheartening theme from some groups. Whatever differences in opinion one might have, one can always work towards a shared goal.

2023-11-27 21:01:25

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@npub1sqf…5skr Does debunking the myth of "anonymous" data mean that one should use Microsoft Forms for collecting it?

2023-11-19 20:15:21

VHDL is lovely little language. I specially like configurations, and architectures ...

2023-11-19 15:06:44

ns and ms are not the same. Note to self.

2023-11-15 07:37:36

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@npub19tt…rqz5 @npub1nwx…cd97 @npub19y8…wxgj @npub1zsv…5pwp @npub12y4…9aqp @npub1hhz…03sd Just try making a PS/2 connector (6-pin mini-DIN).

2023-11-15 07:33:49

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@npub19tt…rqz5 @npub1nwx…cd97 @npub19y8…wxgj @npub1zsv…5pwp @npub12y4…9aqp @npub1hhz…03sd Point being, in the 80s I could make a monitor from an old TV or whatever, it would generally be fixable too. Today, a LCD? The CCFL rod on those things is even hard to get now .. OLED? I got no clue. I'm impressed by those who fix modern computers / phones, but it is generally the type of "find fault IC, replace it with equivalent" .. where as repair in my book is to make a new part -- if piston in an engine is kaput, you take to the lathe

2023-11-15 07:29:58

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@npub19tt…rqz5 @npub1nwx…cd97 @npub19y8…wxgj @npub1zsv…5pwp @npub12y4…9aqp @npub1hhz…03sd Manufacturing things .. is complicated. Even more so with "modern" stuff. I got recently asked to fix a Vectrex -- 8-bit console from the 80s, there are many parts that I could reproduce. But say that if the flyback on it is broken .. donor machine, or get some environmentally nasty country to help out in remaking that part. Essentially, back at square one .. ignoring the energy wattage waste compared to modern stuff.

2023-11-08 19:23:38

There is a vast difference between "stopping someone" (i.e., you are not allowed to do something), and letting someone do what they want.. even if your program doesn't make it easy to achieve your goal -- whatever that might be.

2023-11-01 07:38:59

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@npub19y8…wxgj https://github.com/ams/cadr4/blob/master/ROADMAP.md
I'm excited 😃

2023-11-01 07:24:33

Lets go! #LispMachine revolution is nigh!

2023-11-01 07:23:45

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@npub19y8…wxgj So I guess the general plan is to make CADR4 run through PROM and start looping somewhere around DISK-WAIT or some such (this would not have full memory, or any bus). I don't think that should be too difficult if we just do simulation. Then there are a few building blocks to be done, and such ... Maybe I can write up some sorta of plan during the day.

2023-10-21 16:05:53

Is 2025 the year of the #lispm
I.e. trying to dog food myself and do everything from #LispMachine.

2023-10-21 10:31:42

If #LispM had release music, then for System 300 it would be Cat Stevens' Can't keep it in .. #LispMachine revolution is nigh!
Oh .. I can't keep it in, I can't keep it in, I've gotta let it out .. I've got to show the world, world's gotta know
Know of the love, love that lies low.

2023-10-21 10:18:19

How is your weekend? Mine is two #LispM side by side, and talking to another #LispM hacker over Converse.
Who wants to make a Mastodon client for #LispM so I can toot things? (I would suggest, a Chaosnet service, where you configure most of the stuff, and you send a too in the payload)".
#LispMachine revolution is nigh!
(There have been more releases of the #LispM this half century than Hurd releases .. gets you thinking).

2023-10-17 08:22:59

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@npub182s…q6t5 @npub19y8…wxgj @npub15xl…dj0q @npub1fzn…tde7 @npub1z4p…4u3u I ordered it, when in whatever it takes to ship from the states drops into my mailbox, I’ll see about maybe scanning it. It said it weighs 2lbs?!

2023-10-17 08:19:22

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@npub182s…q6t5 @npub19y8…wxgj @npub15xl…dj0q @npub1fzn…tde7 @npub1z4p…4u3u that’s the paper, but @npub19y8…wxgj is (was?) looking for the book.