I agree completely, it was a tragedy that Commodore shipped with that one.

Even though I still have lots of original home / computer hardware including multiple versions of the C64 (working or still to be fixed..) I just ordered the Cyberpunk 2077 ornate "Commodore 77" so as to be able to play with it and potentially port over and adapt BBC basic adjacent basic like MMbasic (or make my own focused attempt at it).

It's a semi open FPGA platform and latest one here is still not MiSTer grade on many fronts but should give enough freedom at least to have my own bespoke ROM replacement come up on init.

The goal would exactly be that of eventually getting rid of the builtin basic for recreational biking of the mind with our young padawan...

I also own a MiSTer and the community's well done BBC core already largely gets us to where I want us to be but the platform chiefly lacks the SID as well as the nature of a dedicated device.

Booting into "C64 BBC basic" is a must; I hope to book some time for this project next year at the very latest.

https://commodore.net/store/commodore64/?shape=Breadbin&colo...

https://mmbasic.com/overview.html

I guess Dijkstra would have commented something along the lines of "just call it informatics already".

Perfect for kids; especially great that it doesn't come with a display by default.

A highly motivated, well funded and hence potentially contagious and "blessed" effort in proliferation ... and colonization.

"If You’re Paying for the Product, You Are the Product"

> I guess Meta does have reasons to be quite jealous at this point.

Yep, all they've got to train on are bot-generated Instagram posts. Can't say I pity them, though.

Don't Look Up

At the very least why not upload the scanned books to the internet archive while already at it?

This is highly disturbing news; is this standard practice? What did Google Books do before?

Yes, this is very disturbing to me. I recently discovered how great old, out of circulation/print can be. Now old abandoned libraries are like a treasure trove to me. If these books are not digitaly preserved, that sounds very sad to me.

I've been using Macs for decades and never had these issues personally. It seems like some people do literally rest their hands / arms on desk / notebook body while typing.

The "sharp edge syndrome" here to me seems to be a good thing then as it acts as a reminder for proper ergonomics / posture.

First Google AI search result on the topic:

"Never rest your wrists on your MacBook while typing. Instead, let your palms rest gently on the laptop body only when you pause. Hover your hands as you type. This prevents you from bending your wrists and protects the nerves in your carpal tunnel."

That also pretty much exactly mirrors the way we learned typing / posture at school in Austria.

> Hover your hands as you type.

I've been using computer keyboards for 30 years and have never done that.

Still no wrist problems.

I don't typically type on laptop keyboards though, and I use a very firm wrist pad, and sit at a height that makes my wrists nearly perfectly straight.

I've always wondered if this was the secret motivation behind it. I hated this bit of design when I switched from a smooth edged Thinkpad ~15 years ago. But I changed my typing posture for the better and it became a non-issue.

I get the point there and it does make sense, however I think there are certain limits to where it applies. I use it on the go a lot, crammed in small seats in the train for example. In those cases, it's just not always possible to have proper ergonomics and IMO this should be kept in mind when designing a laptop.

Agreed. The sharp edges are like a Victorian teacher whipping you for slouching

They could have put sensors on the body and made it alert you in MacOS, but you know, it is what it is

UK official body of actuaries basically says we are on trajectory of "Extreme" rating:

> 3°C or more by 2050. Multiple climate tipping points triggered, tipping cascade.

> over 4 billion deaths

If so, big shifts would already be imminently felt within next 5-10 years.

Remember that there would basically be no place to hide from these direct or knock-on effects.

Not for any self sufficient "prepper with a Mac Studio" nor for any billionaire with their "Galapagos" private island data center come habitat or any other short-sighted fantasy escape scenarios.

https://actuaries.org.uk/media/ni4erlna/planetary-solvency.p...

Edit: "on trajectory" to "Extreme" was too strong; it’s the report’s worst case band and not a forecast. What they’re basically saying is that "the chance of this happening is way too high".

> there will basically no place to hide from these direct or any knock-on effects

This is nonsense. (And your own source doesn't support the claim that the consequences of global warming will be unmitigable for anyone.)

Many parts of the world will become milder for human occupation as a result of climate change. And nothing realistically forecast is unavoidable with wealth–rich countries will A/C and seawall their ways around the consequences.

The effects would definitely be felt by everyone if the global population were on its way to be halved. Also knock-on effects like mass emigration putting additional pressure on an already difficult political landscape. Potential for many more wars; more unknown unknowns etc.

Edit: the report’s "Extreme" severity band is indeed not a forecast but they’re basically saying "the chance of this happening is way too high".

> effects would definitely be felt by everyone if the global population were on its way to be halved

Many effects would hurt most people. But some would also be profited from. It’s incredible–as in debilitating to one’s credibility-to claim that everyone would suffer in the extreme case.

The rich, and I say this broadly to include the rich countries, will probably be fine. Poorer, yes, but not uniformly. Plenty of plenty of places and people would see booms from the new weather patterns, coasts and social fault lines.

Your perspective is considering only temperature by geography.

Please also consider infectious disease and famine throughout the world.

You can hide from the temperature. You will have a harder time hiding from war and disease.

Most of the food is grown in certain areas that might not be able to support it anymore. New areas opening up won't be able to be cultivated for decades. Most big cities will cease to function as food supply dwindles. But hey, some enclaves on the outskirts of climate impact and society will not notice so its totally fine and probably even good.