My collection - 5 generations of #Qualcomm 835: - HP Envy x2 850: - Lenovo Yoga C630 - Samsung Galaxy Book 2 8180: - Surface ProX - Samsung Galaxy Book S 7180: - Samsung Galaxy Book Go 8280: - Surface Pro 9 - Lenovo Thinkpad x13s 7280: - Samsung Galaxy Book 2 Go 8380: - Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Edge
Going through a box of floppies to check which still work and which don't. I'll keep just a few working ones to work in the Amiga and Alpha, dump the bad ones and donate the remaining working ones to Re-PC.
It is 2026 and glibc's longjmp still doesn't execute finalizers when truncating the stack.
@firefox.com is a great PDF reader. It can sync the TOC and navigate hyperlinks just fine. It can deal with the Arm ARM's 102 MiB file much better than Adobe's own reader which is a resource hog and is always trying to sell you something.
Q: "Hey Siri, what is the driving distance between Tacoma and Kirkland both in Washington". A: "I need to know your location. Please enable Siri access to location on your settings app." So... why do you need my current location to answer that question?
AVX support in Prism finally made its way to Windows [Ge]! techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...
Windows on Arm runs more apps and games with new Prism update | Microsoft Community Hub
Today, Windows on Arm devices, such as those powered by the Snapdragon X series processors, are getting a boost thanks to an update to Prism that increases...
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Good news. In VS 2026 Preview /Oy- is now the default, even in the "Release" configuration. This is the case at least for new projects. Glad to see this finally fixed.
In case you had missed it - I had. VirtualBox now supports Windows on Arm. blogs.oracle.com/virtualizati... Not a bad alternative to the departed Windows Services for Android.
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Now this is something unexpected: Tahoe's new "Apps" pannel behaves worse than Windows start menu. It is sluggish, at times downright unrespinsive, some UI elements just don't work... it is me or "26" is just not Apple's number?!
My next macbook will have SVE. Will I still have my M1 by 2030?
Please, debug card manufacturers: Stop using micro-USB for UART ports. Just stop it. Really! No more. Please! There is this thing called USB-C now - been here for a while. Pretty solid. Give micro-USB honorable fairwell. Please!
alloc r1=ar.pfs,i,l,o,r the most beautiful instruction ever designed.
When there are all adults in an adult setting it is weird to ask where the "potty" is. You ask for the "bathroom", or some other adult word for it. Same goes for an engineer to say "BSOD". The word is "Bugcheck".
If the gov stays shutdown till April, does that mean I don' have to pay federal taxes?
🐞 Building a debugger = learning how computers really work. On today’s #GOTOpodcast, @timdbg.com & @tartanllama.xyz unpack: 🔍 The hidden complexity of stack unwinding & stepping 🖥️ Windows vs Linux debugging ⏳ Time travel debugging & the future 🎧 gotopia.tech/podcast
Here is my updated TF-A + EDK2 for QEMU. It enables running Windows and Hypervisor under TCG. The package includes my startup script plus a sample OS image. Use with QEMU 10.1.0. With this you can do everything I demoed on the Linaro Connect keynote. 1drv.ms/u/c/a075d439...
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Preview of Xbox App finally fully functional on Arm64, allowing you to download and install purchased or subscribed games. Yes, most will be running under emulation and there will be glitches. But this is how we erode chick-and-egg adoption resistance to Arm64 blogs.windows.com/windows-insi...
Xbox PC App Experience Expanding on Arm®-based Windows 11 PCs
Today, we’re beginning to roll out an update for Arm®-based Windows 11 PCs, which introduces changes and improvements to the Xbox PC app experience. Game Downloads: The Xbox PC app experience is expa...
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I am getting a vibe from this USPS notification and it is not a good one...
Who's up for some beta testing of native Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects on their Arm64 Windows machines!? community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-... community.adobe.com/t5/after-eff...