Michael T. Richter

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Embedded systems developer. (Real embedded systems, not PCs with a funky form factor running Linux.) Married. Child. And that's the extent of personal life sharing that's happening here.

#nobridge

#fedi22

#programming #embedded #logtalk #ada #rexx

#processors #stm32 #arm #cortexm #riscv

#ttrpgs #fate #harp #spark #fiasco #fgu

#boardgames #xiangqi #chinesechess #junqi #armychess #wargames

#cardgames #changpai #majiang #mahjong

With LLMs sucking every snippet of source ever written through a fire hose and churning out garbage from it, I think it may be time to start checking in code that's been run through this little toy program I made. You'll have to get a copy of CSNOBOL4 to run it, but the output is worth it, IMO.


With it, the code:

#include <stdio.h> int main(int argc, char** argv) { char msg[] = { "Hello, world!\n" }; char *msgp = msg; do { printf("%c", *msgp); } while (*msgp++); return 0; }
Turns into this:
??=include <stdio.h> int main(int argc, char** argv) ??< char msg<:??) = ??< "Hello, world!??/n" %>; char *msgp = msg; do ??< printf("%c", *msgp); %> while (*msgp++); return 0; ??>
This compiles in GCC (with the -trigraphs option) and reversing it for human compatibility is a trivial exercise in your stream editor of choice.

Recent discussion about the perils of doors in gamedev reminded me of a bug caused by a door in a game you may have heard of called "Half Life 2". Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin.

After 4 years, I have lost my job. Now, I am being rejected without a reply (even on weekends!) to positions where I have all of the skills they asked for.

I have >10y experience with POSIX, C, C++, Wasm, MCUs and also willing to learn Go/Rust/Zig... I also contribute to many FOSS projects like @speed_dreams_official , @dino , @dillo and slcl.

I hope the fediverse (and not AI) can help me.

Remote/hybrid preferred

CV: http://slcl.privatedns.org/public/11f10f9b57b18eef5ad03e1f76136ab1

https://gitea.privatedns.org/xavi/

#fedihire #lookingforwork

No, I don't want to read a transcript of your podcast.

I want to read a four-to-six paragraph article written by a journalist and edited by an editor.

Since we appear to be doing this shit again in the USA, I've dusted off some old code that I'm releasing for the use of ICE. I hope they enjoy it.

#software #algorithm #sort #satire #ICE
If you think I'm too critical of Elon Musk you're really gonna hate the history books

The most incredible mindbender is

**Running Linux in a PDF*"

Yeah somebody created a virtual machine within a portable document format file and runs a micro Linux version in it I will not talking about just the kernel!

https://youtu.be/cWnN-FA3zRM?si=2TK0MxpdouwFPzyW

#DoesItRunDoom
#bash #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #WomenWhoCode #100DaysOfCode #1000DaysOfCode #POSIX #Programming #Linux #PDF #embedded #incredible #TIL

Linux running in a PDF file

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Thinking of Aaron Swartz today & I’m stuck on this photo - he & OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (both circled) each scraped 1000s of docs but one did it to make the knowledge free for all while the other did it to make $$$$ through probabilistic plagiarism. The US DOJ only came after one of them & the other is feted by tech bros and executives.

Thank you Aaron for so much, for RSS, for Markdown, for Creative Commons and more. I’m sorry our society failed you.