Declan K.

36. Hacking on gamedev stuff & low-level code. Hobbyist piano player, gamer.

[Kenan Sulayman @in19h]

The rax emulator now lives under the Hex-Rays brand https://t.co/QH5IL3i9ZO

[Declan K. @DeclanK]

Not sure why I prefer Intel syntax or at least the order of:
<op> dst, src

Even whether if % are used for registers or not.

[Dave W Plummer @davepl1968]

How much faster are modern computers? Here's a fair example: compiling the same code on old and new.

I have a VAX4000-705A, which is about 50 MIPS, or 50x as fast as my PDP_11. I wrote a bunch of code for it today, but I'm cross-compiling it on a Mac. But I _can_ compile it on the VAX if I choose, and here are the results:

Mac Pro M2: 0.178 seconds
VAX4000: 1 min 7.59 seconds

That makes the Mac about 380X as fast as the fastest VAX ever made!

[Declan K. @DeclanK]

Self-hosted/bootstrapped compiler used since 1981 (original written on a homemade Z80): "M-Language"

While source isn't available the notes on this are interesting. Builds for Windows included as hexdumps.

https://t.co/PXqzhGj3df

[Jonathan Blow @Jonathan_Blow]

The SURPRISE is:

https://t.co/pn3jJHINVu

Order of the Sinking Star will have a free demo on Steam, for NextFest, Monday.

Because the game is HUGE, the demo is huge: it's bigger than most entire paid puzzle games, and you get to try it out for free.

[Aikido Security @AikidoSecurity]

⚠️ New "IronWorm" supply-chain attack: 30+ npm packages from @ asteroiddao shipped a malicious Rust binary firing on preinstall.

It sweeps 86 env vars + 20 credential files (AWS, GCP, Vault, npm, plus AI keys like Anthropic & OpenAI), hits Exodus wallets, hides behind an eBPF rootkit, and beacons over Tor. Self-propagates via npm Trusted Publishing OIDC, with backdated commits faked as claude/dependabot/renovate.

[Valentin Ignatev @valigo]

What a world we live in. SQLite did this forever and they've been called crazy monks for it.
Now, not accepting outside contributions is the new norm in open source.

Previously, you saw a big contribution and you could safely assume high good faith effort. Now we assume slop.

[Declan K. @DeclanK]

@Triode_in_situ @CachyOS Definitely worth and have been using it for a year now.

[CachyOS @CachyOS]

Mostly 14% total share of all Linux users using CachyOS. CachyOS is now the second biggest Linux distribution after SteamOS.

Thank you all for your support! ❤️🙏

[Declan K. @DeclanK]

Not the Temu tax...

[NewstalkFM @NewstalkFM]

Irish online shoppers will face a new customs charge from the 1st of July 💻🛒

📦The fee will be applied to goods worth €150 or less, bought from outside Ireland and other EU countries.

🪙A €3 Customs Duty charge will apply to each individual item in a parcel bought online from non-EU countries, including Great Britain.

➡️Swipe for more.

[Declan K. @DeclanK]

Interesting – didn't know this was the first game to use deferred shading.

[Richard Geldreich 🇺🇸 @richgel999]

“Shrek” was a launch title for the original Xbox that I worked on 25 years ago. It was the first shipped game to use a technique called Deferred Shading. It wasn’t my first 3D game, though: I wrote Sandbox Studios’ software rasterizer and D3D7 renderers.
https://t.co/g2Bm4B7CBD

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

Every sign at this refinery in Ireland is in russian. The official website is a .RU domain.

There’s no reason to hide it because local politicians are openly doing it for them.

[Declan K. @DeclanK]

@valigo Well for the sake of sanity I don't like dealing with null-terminated strings.

[Dave W Plummer @davepl1968]

Microsoft wanted the users, for whom they first needed the developers. So they won the developers and, in turn, the users. It was a genius strategy.

But now that popular sentiment has shifted about the product, the people they really need are the power users, influencers, and vocal decision makers.

It's time to start pleasing the people who are most displeased with @Windows, because it's their voices that dominate the conversation.

They should bring back Steve to chant "Power Users! Power Users! Power Users!"

Recent steps like restoring the Start bar flexibility give me some hope they're listening, though! That's a pure power-user feature that 99% of people will never use, but that the 1% are vocal about it.

[Declan K. @DeclanK]

I Put a Datacenter GPU in My Gaming PC for £200
https://t.co/1qOVBLgiw3

[Valentin Ignatev @valigo]

rsync is one of the most critical pieces of Linux userspace btw. It powers infinite amount of backup and sync workflows. Using unsupervised clankers on it is a real war crime

[Declan K. @DeclanK]

Relics before my time - slide rules
https://t.co/oBV0e7KZAV

Mad to think these probably sold for $300+ adjusted for inflation in the 70s

[ThePrimeagen @ThePrimeagen]

Follow this advice