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I would say that the 6809 is a better first assembly language of that era. (I keep hearing references to 68xxx, but the 6809 is closer.)


Bing is sluggish but seems to work sometimes now.

I wonder if it's a DDoS attack on Bing.


....can you really DDoS Bing?


It started failing on searches 1-2 hours ago.


Each of the test cases measured needs to be run at least 3 times in a row, to warm caches (not just CPU but OS too) and to detect and remove noise.

In fact, I would run the same test repeatedly, keeping track of the k fastest times (k being ~3-7), and only stopping when the first and the kth fastest times are within a certain tolerance (as low as 1%). This ensures repeatability.

One sample of performance data for each test is not enough. This study provides no new insights.

Performance analyst


Too blue, not too bright


That was the one I was going to recommend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD4b-52jtos


    x = x * 69069 + 1;


Government censorship and government-corporate/NGO collusion is of interest.

https://soundcloud.com/pushbackshow/matt-taibbi-on-the-twitt...

Western Civilization is in the midst of Fascism (in the Mussolini sense of corporation and state), and yet most people are in a Mass Formation and welcome demonizing and killing their fellow man all because of minor disagreements, ideological or religious differences, or tribalism.

I don't know how much longer Western Civilization will survive without world war or collapse. The inmates are running the asylum.


It's popular, but offtopic. Stuff like this will end up getting flagged.


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