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Action was the best 8-bit programming language

news.ycombinator.com Paul Lefebvre 2025-11-13 09:25:54

There were many programming languages available for 8-bit computers, the most common being BASIC and Assembly Language, but there were also other lesser-used languages such as Logo, Forth, and Pilot. The languages that would go on to dominate 16-bit computing, C and Pascal, were also available but were usually severely limited. An 8-bit computer generally did not have enough horsepower to run those more complex language compilers. By 1983 Optimized Systems Software (OSS) was renown in the Atari

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Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-13 23:56:13

On Wednesday, Microsoft released the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Version 1.1, the 1978 interpreter that powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, and Apple II through custom adaptations. The company posted 6,955 lines of assembly language code to GitHub under an MIT license, allowing anyone to freely use, modify, and distribute the code that helped launch the personal computer revolution. "Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the

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One of Apple Music’s best features is improving at the perfect time

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-11-14 10:15:14

Apple Music is about to get its biggest update in years thanks to iOS 26, including upgrades to one of my favorite features—lyrics—just in time for the device that will be perfect for them. Lyrics in Apple Music are getting two iOS 26 enhancements When I’m listening to music, I don’t pay much attention to lyrics. My mind is tuned into the rhythm far more than to the words being sung. I know other people—my wife for example—who are very much the opposite. But for whatever reason, my brain str

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I Should Have Loved Electrical Engineering

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-11 18:12:13

Author’s note: Drafted in 2022, lightly edited and finished on Sep 1, 2025 for clarity. Substance unchanged. I tried to not glamorize my undergraduate experience but I could be hallucinating. “Hardware invention enabled the information revolution. The internet and all the fancy applications are nothing but some byproduct of the advancement in computer chips and fiber optic cables”, 18-year-old me thought wishfully, concluding that the next natural sequence in the major global transformation mus

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Microsoft open-sources its 6502 version of BASIC from 1976

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-11-15 10:18:23

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. After years of unofficial copies of Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC floating around on the internet, the software giant has released the code under an open-source license. 6502 BASIC was one of Microsoft’s first pieces of software, adapted in 1976 by Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and early employee

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Your Sonos speakers can now control your Hue lights

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-11-15 12:30:00

is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. Hue is teaming up with Sonos to let you control your smart lights using its built-in voice assistant. As rumored, the new function, which launched at IFA 2025 this week, lets you turn your Hue lights on, off, and dim them, as well as control scenes, simply by asking your speaker. The controller processes everything locall

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ExpressVPN switches to multi-tiered pricing with more feature options

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-14 22:00:16

ExpressVPN has tripled its subscription options by switching to a tiered pricing structure, effective today. The new system includes three levels of service, the cheapest offering basic VPN service and the others adding extra features. Each one of those levels — Basic, Advanced and Pro — can be purchased for monthly, yearly or two-year durations. In total, you've now got nine different options for subscribing to ExpressVPN. The company also says legacy plans will remain active "for now," and cu

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Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Microprocessor – Version 1.1

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-16 08:28:32

Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Microprocessor - Version 1.1 Historical Significance This assembly language source code represents one of the most historically significant pieces of software from the early personal computer era. It is the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC Version 1.1 for the 6502 microprocessor, originally developed and copyrighted by Microsoft in 1976-1978. Why This Document is Historically Important 1. Foundation of the Personal Computer Revolution This BASIC interpreter

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Microsoft Releases Historic 6502 Basic

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-16 20:28:32

Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Microprocessor - Version 1.1 Historical Significance This assembly language source code represents one of the most historically significant pieces of software from the early personal computer era. It is the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC Version 1.1 for the 6502 microprocessor, originally developed and copyrighted by Microsoft in 1976-1978. Why This Document is Historically Important 1. Foundation of the Personal Computer Revolution This BASIC interpreter

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John Coltrane's Tone Circle

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-17 14:38:47

Reading Time: 16 minutes JOHN COLTRANE’S TONE CIRCLE January 22, 2016 My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being. – John Coltrane FOREWORD I do like to mention that I am no “authority” or “expert” when it comes to Coltrane’s work, or the music theory behind it and the compositions themselves. And as sax player, well, I’m still miles away from even standing in the giant shadow he cast … not to mention his giant footsteps. Anyway, as admirer of Coltra

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Turns out it’s possible to get a Pixel 10 with a physical SIM slot in the US

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-18 00:36:12

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google is reportedly sending out global Pixel 10 models with physical SIM slots as replacement units to users. These global models lack support for mmWave 5G. While some people are viewing this as an upgrade, others are concerned about connectivity issues. If you bought a Pixel 10, 10 Pro, or 10 Pro XL in the US, your phone came without a physical SIM slot. That’s the standard for US models of Google’s latest flagships. Instead of having a traditional

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Motion Sickness Sufferers, Rejoice: Scientists Say This Might Actually Help

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-11-18 04:00:43

Normally, I’d start this sort of article by saying something along the lines of, “Everyone knows how horrible it is to feel motion sick.” But that’s not entirely true—plenty of people can text, read, and do all sorts of things in a moving vehicle without feeling the slightest bit nauseous. If that sounds like you, you’ll have to trust me—a chronic sufferer of motion sickness—when I say that it wholeheartedly sucks. Plus, many drugs used for motion sickness come with an unwanted side effect: dro

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Take something you don’t like and try to like it

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-18 15:56:37

Here’s one possible hobby: Take something you don’t like. Try to like it. It could be food or music or people or just the general situation you’re in. I recommend this hobby, partly because it’s nice to enjoy things, but mostly as an instrument for probing human nature. 1. I was in Paris once. By coincidence, I wandered past a bunch of places that were playing Michael Jackson. I thought to myself, “Huh. The French sure do like Michael Jackson.” Gradually I decided, “You know what? They’re ri

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YouTube Is Pausing Premium Family Plans if You Aren't Watching From the Same Address

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-20 00:25:37

If you're sharing an ad-free YouTube Premium or YouTube Music account with friends or family who live outside of your home, you could lose your premium privileges. Customers who lose these can still watch YouTube or listen to music with ads -- but let's be real, it's not the same. Multiple reports have shown people who have the service have been receiving notices that their premium service will be paused for 15 days due to violating a policy that's been in place since 2023. Don't miss any of o

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ExpressVPN switches to multi-tiered pricing plans, letting users tweak features to plan duration

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-20 10:00:16

ExpressVPN has tripled its subscription options by switching to a tiered pricing structure, effective today. The new system includes three levels of service, the cheapest offering basic VPN service and the others adding extra features. Each one of those levels — Basic, Advanced and Pro — can be purchased for monthly, yearly or two-year durations. In total, you've now got nine different options for subscribing to ExpressVPN. The company also says legacy plans will remain active "for now," and cu

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You can try to like stuff

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-20 09:56:37

Here’s one possible hobby: Take something you don’t like. Try to like it. It could be food or music or people or just the general situation you’re in. I recommend this hobby, partly because it’s nice to enjoy things, but mostly as an instrument for probing human nature. 1. I was in Paris once. By coincidence, I wandered past a bunch of places that were playing Michael Jackson. I thought to myself, “Huh. The French sure do love Michael Jackson.” Gradually I decided, “You know what? They’re ri

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A Unique, High-Tech (Family) Computer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-22 15:13:04

There’s a concept that many people have tried, with varying effects: the “educational computer”, a device that a parent can buy for their children to learn the basics of the computer, which everyone will need to know in the future, and can also play games, so the children will actually want to use it. These have ranged from plasticky VTech toys with little more than an electronic organizer, to the Wonder Computer of the 1980’s, the Commodore VIC-20, which was a full computer. This is a prime mar

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Git for Music – Using Version Control for Music Production (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Yet Another Tech Guy'S Blog 2025-11-23 00:23:09

last updated on 6 Apr 2024 Being both a musician and a software engineer, I always felt that these two areas are almost completely separated. My developer skill-set seemed to have little to no use for my work as a musician. Which is a pity considering how cool it would be if there was some kind of a sinergy across these two sides of my life. Recently, though, I have found a useful possibility to utilize something I previously used solely for my development work, namely, git, the version contro

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Lewis and Clark marked their trail with laxatives

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-23 11:54:26

Audio version is not yet available By Finn J.D. John January 26, 2025 AS LEWIS AND CLARK’S Corps of Discovery made its way across the continent to Oregon, the men (and woman) of the party probably weren’t thinking much about their place in history. So they weren’t taking any particular pains to document their every movement. There were, however, some particular pains they were experiencing with every movement, so to speak ... as a result of a relentlessly low-fiber diet: Everyone was constip

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Infisical (YC W23) Is Hiring Solutions Engineers to Scale the OSS Security Stack

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-23 11:00:06

About Infisical Infisical is the #1 open source secret management platform for developers. In other words, we help organizations manage API-keys, DB access tokens, certificates, and other credentials across all parts of their infra! In fact, we process over 100M of such secrets per day. Our customers range from some of the largest public enterprises to fastest-growing startups (e.g., companies like Hugging Face, Delivery Hero). Developers love us and our community is growing every day! Join us

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I Don't Have Spotify

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-23 10:50:45

I Don't Have Spotify Paste a link from Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music, Deezer or SoundCloud to start.

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Yooka-Laylee remaster comes to consoles and PC on October 9

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-24 15:00:52

Yooka-Replaylee, the remaster of the platformer Yooka-Laylee , will be available on October 9. It'll be playable on PC, Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and Switch 2. It's getting both a digital and physical release, and preorders for the physical versions are up right now. Speaking of physical copies, the Switch 2 version will include the full game on the cartridge and no game-key card. Nintendo has given developers the option to release cartridges that are basically empty shells, called game-key cards, t

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The best alternatives to Spotify for listening to music

theverge.com Barbara Krasnoff 2025-11-28 15:30:00

is a reviews editor who manages how-tos and various projects. She’s worked as an editor and writer (and occasional sci-fi author) for more years than she cares to admit to. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. When this article was originally written in February 2022, the big Spotify controversy was that artists were abandoning the audio service in protest of the company’s contract with podcaster Joe Rogan, and some subscribers were deciding t

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Apple Music Now Lets You Transfer Playlists From Spotify: Here's Why You May Want To

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-29 20:13:49

Apple Music app customers woke up to a new feature Tuesday, although not many know it exists yet. Apple Music subscribers can now grab songs or playlists from other music platforms, notably Spotify, and bring them to Apple. The ability to transfer music from other music services is buried in the Music App settings. Initially tested in Australia and New Zealand last year, this transfer option has now been rolled out to the US, UK, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany and several other countries. It's

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How to slow down a program and why it can be useful

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-29 21:38:35

Most research on programming language performance asks a variation of a single question: how can we make some specific program faster? Sometimes we may even investigate how we can use less memory. This means a lot of research focuses solely on reducing the amount of resources needed to achieve some computational goal. So, why on earth might we be interested in slowing down programs then? Slowing Down Programs is Surprisingly Useful! Making programs slower can be useful to find race conditions

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A failure of security systems at PayPal is causing concern for German banks

news.ycombinator.com Nordbayern.De 2025-11-30 04:28:20

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Recorder on the Pixel 10 is ready to turn your ideas into full-blown songs

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-30 10:00:05

TL;DR Google’s Recorder app for Pixels already taps into the company’s AI smarts for features like transcription. Now Google’s adding a new tool that generates music to accompany your recordings of song ideas. Give Recorder 30 seconds of a tune, tell it the vibe you’re looking for, and the app fills in the rest. Taking advantage of your smartphone to quickly record audio notes for yourself is one tool that far too few of use frequently enough. And if you’re using a Pixel, you have even less r

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John Williams Thinks Film Music Is Mid

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-11-30 10:15:41

John Williams is a composer who needs no introduction. Over the span of his 70-year career, he has crafted scores for over 100 films, earning five Academy Awards and 54 Oscar nominations with his work on seminal pop culture films, including Superman, Jaws, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, and Home Alone. However, the legendary composer, now 93, says he doesn’t think too highly of film music. In a recent interview with the Guardian, Williams said that, despite the power film music has as

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New Fossils Reveal Ankylosaur With Armor Unlike Any Other Animal, Living or Dead

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-11-30 20:00:05

Ankylosaurs were squat and thick four-legged dinosaurs with club tails and tough body armor. In other words, invincible Pokémon. A new fossil discovery, however, has revealed that the earliest ankylosaurs were several orders of magnitude more badass than their descendants. In a study published today in the journal Nature, researchers describe the partial skeleton of a Spicomellus, a genus of early ankylosaurs, unearthed in Morocco and dating to around 165 million years ago. The finding includes

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Apple Music radio stations are now available outside of Apple Music for the first time

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2025-12-01 05:15:05

In what appears to be a marketing effort for its subscription service, Apple has partnered with TuneIn to offer the free Apple Music radio stations outside of the Apple Music app for the first time. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, starting today, all six of the Apple live music radio stations will be made available to listen to on TuneIn. TuneIn reports more than 75 million monthly active users, spanning a variety of platforms and devices. Live radio has been a key element of Apple Mus

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Latest Tech News

Action was the best 8-bit programming language

Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978

One of Apple Music’s best features is improving at the perfect time

I Should Have Loved Electrical Engineering

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Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Microprocessor – Version 1.1

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ExpressVPN switches to multi-tiered pricing plans, letting users tweak features to plan duration

You can try to like stuff

A Unique, High-Tech (Family) Computer

Git for Music – Using Version Control for Music Production (2023)

Lewis and Clark marked their trail with laxatives

Infisical (YC W23) Is Hiring Solutions Engineers to Scale the OSS Security Stack

I Don't Have Spotify

Yooka-Laylee remaster comes to consoles and PC on October 9

The best alternatives to Spotify for listening to music

Apple Music Now Lets You Transfer Playlists From Spotify: Here's Why You May Want To

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John Williams Thinks Film Music Is Mid

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Apple Music radio stations are now available outside of Apple Music for the first time

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