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Intel and AMD are unlikely allies in new x86 ecosystem advisory group – "we'll remain fierce competitors" in c/technology

[–] bhamlin 5 points 2 months ago

But 0x80 is how you'd normally express 128 as hex. So it's relevant. But deliberately confusing.

Invisible text that AI chatbots understand and humans can’t? Yep, it’s a thing. in c/technology

[–] bhamlin 2 points 2 months ago

And hopefully you never will

Invisible text that AI chatbots understand and humans can’t? Yep, it’s a thing. in c/technology

[–] bhamlin 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It was IBM's binary to character transform. DB2 can still use it if you configure it to do so. Or was at least as of the version from 1998 that I had to replace.

‘It’s Not Funny’: Colin Allred Scolds Ted Cruz for Laughing at Jan. 6 Comment in c/politics

[–] bhamlin 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Lemmy's own Poem for your Sprog.

Invisible text that AI chatbots understand and humans can’t? Yep, it’s a thing. in c/technology

[–] bhamlin 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I would have pegged EBCDIC for that, but ok

Intel and AMD are unlikely allies in new x86 ecosystem advisory group – "we'll remain fierce competitors" in c/technology

[–] bhamlin 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I sincerely hope that if they come up with a 128bit instruction set they call it "x80" to maintain backwards compatibility with previous set names and be deliberately confusing to everyone.