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PortableCode··on OpenAI's new device will be hockey puck-sized and cost over $300
https://archive.ph/l3i2J
PortableCode··on Coins Stream
I think I've seen this somewhere! There's an indie game, Raccoin, that looks very much like this website (coincidence?)
PortableCode··on JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back
smali code is funny to read, basically an object-oriented assembly language (feels so wrong)
PortableCode··on Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (1986)
also available in mobi and epub formats (for Kindle and other ebook readers):

https://www.rudyrucker.com/mirrorshades/mirrorshades.epub https://www.rudyrucker.com/mirrorshades/mirrorshades.mobi

PortableCode··on Modern 6502
> I ended up mounting one of them on the side of the door at the entrance to my house for spiritual protection.
PortableCode··on GNU Screen 5.0 Released
looks like this command was removed in 2015, so, almost 9 years ago, and now they cleaned up the documentation

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/commit/?id=9109...

PortableCode··on Pinnacle – a modern tribute to the 1986 classic, The Sentinel
I am getting the same error, but was able to download the game from: https://viperfish.com.au/downloads.html
PortableCode··on Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?
https://codeexplainer.wordpress.com/

My attempt of explaining confusing and/or obfuscated code snippets in various languages.

Example: heart-shaped proposal in obfu Perl https://codeexplainer.wordpress.com/2018/03/13/anatomy-of-th... (she said yes)

PortableCode··on Two brothers invented an alphabet for their native language, Fulfulde
The alphabet itself and a sample text on Omniglot: https://omniglot.com/writing/adlam.htm
PortableCode··on HTML Application
"On the other hand, an HTA runs as a fully trusted application and therefore has more privileges than a normal HTML file; for example, an HTA can create, edit and remove files and registry entries."
PortableCode··on User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
Apparently, posting this link gets you banned: https://github.com/diefarbe
PortableCode··on Ask HN: What's the strangest place you wrote code?
You might find this interesting, a story about the development of a popular ZX Spectrum emulator Warajevo:

"The grenades fell everywhere, there was little electrical power (at one time even the hospitals didn't have power for two months!). When we had electricity it was only for 2-3 hours during the night."

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/warajevo/Story.html

PortableCode··on 81 Year Old Commodore Amiga Artist – Samia Halaby [video]
Looks like she extended her Amiga with Microbotics Starboard 2 (2MB RAM and RTC, visible in 2:36): http://www.bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/product.aspx?id=...
PortableCode··on No, I Don’t Want to Subscribe to Your Newsletter
I usually subscribe postmaster@(domain) to the newsletter as RFC822 requires the account to be active ;)