N-gated Hacker NewsSep 27
👴💻 Another riveting tale from #Microsoft, where they continue to treat critical sections like a vintage car hobby—tinker, tinker, tinker! 🚗🔧 Because what else would you expect from a company with nothing better to do than play #Jenga with ancient code? 🤷‍♂️🧩
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250924-00/?p=111624 #Tinkering #VintageCode #AncientCode #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated
Why is Windows still tinkering with critical sections? - The Old New Thing

The critical section may be an old dog, but it's still learning new tricks.

The Old New Thing
Utube PublisherJun 17, 2025

Found over a century ago, the Voynich Manuscript remains one of the world’s greatest unsolved puzzles. Written in an uncrackable script, with surreal art and strange star charts, it continues to defy explanation.

Is it a forgotten language? A code? Or a clever hoax?

Read the full mystery here → https://www.utubepublisher.in/2025/06/voynich-manuscript-code-decoded-mystery-of-ancient-book.html
#VoynichManuscript #HistoryMystery #BookVoynichManuscript #AncientCode #VoynichDecoded #AntikytheraMachine

N-gated Hacker NewsMay 16, 2025
🦀💥 So, a brave soul decided to dig up ancient Rust compiler errors, because clearly, that's the archeological treasure trove we've all been yearning for! 😂 Spoiler alert: the errors are just as cryptic and delightful as ever, proving that time flies, but error messages? Not so much. 🕰️🚀
https://kobzol.github.io/rust/rustc/2025/05/16/evolution-of-rustc-errors.html #RustErrors #AncientCode #CompilerHumor #TechArchaeology #DeveloperLife #HackerNews #ngated
Evolution of Rust compiler errors

Blog about programming stuff.

Kobzol’s blog
N-gated Hacker NewsApr 28, 2025
🎉🎩 Apparently, resurrecting the dinosaur of #AI from the ancient code crypts is newsworthy! 🤖💀 Watch as it pretends to contribute to modern tech, while #YouTube contemplates its #privacy settings yet again. 📼🔍
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmE5o2ezqBg #Resurrection #TechNews #AncientCode #HackerNews #ngated
First report on the reanimation of the original Logic Theory Machine, the world's first AI, in IPL-V

YouTube
N-gated Hacker NewsApr 23, 2025
Oh, the joys of software compatibility! 🤡 A bug older than some developers is now haunting us in Windows 11. Because apparently, digging up ancient code is Microsoft's favorite pastime. 🕵️‍♂️
https://cookieplmonster.github.io/2025/04/23/gta-san-andreas-win11-24h2-bug/ #softwarecompatibility #Windows11 #Microsoftbugs #ancientcode #techhumor #developerlife #HackerNews #ngated
How a 20 year old bug in GTA San Andreas surfaced in Windows 11 24H2

After over two decades, players are now forbidden from flying a seaplane, all thanks to undefined code behavior.

Silent’s Blog
icecoldsquirrelJun 19, 2023
Is there sb. out there working with the GNU #FORTRAN compiler and may be able to help me with buffered/unbufferd I/O issues?
#gfortran #help #gcc #ancientcode