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Thursday, June 23, 2022

[04:04:20] & CrystalMath/rizon well some of its jokes are dark

[04:04:24] & CrystalMath/rizon but this one is pretty sickening

[04:04:37] & CrystalMath/rizon global variables are good!!!

[04:04:44] & CrystalMath/rizon always use global variables

[04:05:18] & CrystalMath/rizon you should only ever avoid them in multithreaded software

[04:06:12] & CrystalMath/rizon ghostnode: especially in languages that use // as a comment

[04:06:19] & CrystalMath/rizon ghostnode: global variables are much faster

[04:07:03] & CrystalMath/rizon though i hate // as a comment in C

[04:07:15] & CrystalMath/rizon because in perl it's something else, so it's confusing :P

[04:07:26] & CrystalMath/rizon so i try to use /* and */ only

[04:08:01] & CrystalMath/rizon ghostnode: global variables do not require stack management

[04:08:29] & CrystalMath/rizon yes

[04:08:56] & CrystalMath/rizon also, ebp/rbp-indirect instructions are often a cycle more :P

[04:09:22] & CrystalMath/rizon there's nothing wrong with global variables

[04:12:03] & CrystalMath/rizon not to mention the idiocy of having to pass everything by pointers to the other functions

[04:12:12] & CrystalMath/rizon that's a whole extra mov, or worse, push

[04:12:21] & CrystalMath/rizon it's sickening

[04:13:27] & CrystalMath/rizon i'm writing some 286 assembly stuff for DOS

[04:13:29] & CrystalMath/rizon a game

[04:13:49] & CrystalMath/rizon DOS like MS-DOS

[04:14:03] & CrystalMath/rizon of course it doesn't require any specific DOS, as long as it's on a PC

[04:14:07] & CrystalMath/rizon Kuro-chan: nice

[04:14:17] & CrystalMath/rizon Kuro-chan: 286 with a VGA :)

[04:14:35] & CrystalMath/rizon that's the target machine for this game too

[04:14:52] & CrystalMath/rizon yeah this needs a mouse too

[04:15:03] & CrystalMath/rizon ComputerTech: right, that's so much

[04:15:09] & CrystalMath/rizon i mean my game requires like 20K at most

[04:16:54] & CrystalMath/rizon ComputerTech: great, that machine could run a super accurate emulator of Kuro-chan's old machine

[04:17:13] & CrystalMath/rizon and then you can run the game in that :P

[04:17:35] & CrystalMath/rizon ComputerTech: tbh, i do all my testing in DOSBox and Bochs :P

[04:18:15] & CrystalMath/rizon so you can run two emulators

[04:18:19] & CrystalMath/rizon and hook them up with a virtual modem

[04:20:12] & CrystalMath/rizon Kuro-chan: i mean these days, 99% of the players of my game are gonna be using dosboxes :P

[04:20:21] & CrystalMath/rizon but if someone wants to play it with a dialup modem

[04:20:30] & CrystalMath/rizon it'll work

[04:21:22] & CrystalMath/rizon you can do V.92 negotiation over a skype call

[04:21:52] & CrystalMath/rizon Kuro-chan: if you do V.92 over skype, you could establish a modem connection through VoIP

[04:22:06] & CrystalMath/rizon i call this invention, Internet over Internet (IoI)

[04:22:28] & CrystalMath/rizon Kuro-chan: you know that stuff modems sent over the phone line?

[04:22:40] & CrystalMath/rizon you could send the same stuff over a virtual call like skype or whatever the kids use these days

[04:22:52] & CrystalMath/rizon thus achieving internet over internet

[04:23:01] & CrystalMath/rizon a 56kpbs connection

[04:23:11] & CrystalMath/rizon over a far better connection, that's maintaining the call

[04:23:14] & CrystalMath/rizon :P

[04:23:21] & CrystalMath/rizon right, IRC would work through this

[04:23:38] & CrystalMath/rizon ComputerTech: i did try limiting my network speed to 56kbpsa few years ago

[04:23:47] & CrystalMath/rizon it basically disables all internet stuff except IRC

[04:23:49] & CrystalMath/rizon :P

[04:24:02] & CrystalMath/rizon IRC still works

[04:25:50] & CrystalMath/rizon i think i never used more than 120 GB in my life

[04:25:53] & CrystalMath/rizon of data stored

[04:26:04] & CrystalMath/rizon Kuro-chan: i still use floppy disks btw

[04:30:30] & CrystalMath/rizon you know who likes RAM the most here?

[04:30:33] & CrystalMath/rizon ComputerTech

[04:30:55] & CrystalMath/rizon (hee hee, another sheep joke)

[19:06:23] & CrystalMath/rizon hi sushi-chan

[19:07:12] & CrystalMath/rizon sushi-chan: how's it going?

[19:08:20] & CrystalMath/rizon sushi-chan: there are other great weight loss solutions

[19:08:23] & CrystalMath/rizon such as AIDS

[19:08:56] & CrystalMath/rizon sushi-chan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxJDobrrOYA

[19:23:17] & CrystalMath/rizon sushi-chan: why take diet pills when you can enjoy AIDS?

[19:23:47] & CrystalMath/rizon sushi-chan: yes well i was having a discussion elsewhere

[19:23:50] & CrystalMath/rizon :P

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