Quotes
Add new quotes at the bottom (at least for now, can discuss what's better).
The most normal sentence said in DisNCord
aquamarine: Sunrise Restless Yankee: I also want to post that to /r/minecraft aquamarine: wait, lemme flip the sun back around
The gift that keeps giving
NCommander: I really keep @YAGPDB.xyz because the thank you counter is always hilarious when it goes off YAGPDB.xyz: Gave +1 Rep to @YAGPDB.xyz NCommander: ... NCommander: you know, kinda like that
On N's Life
volatilefluid: We're all just files mounted into your namespace, presumably Plan 9-style.
On Bad Ideas
NCommander: ... why is that a normal sentence ... pJowok: it's not a normal sentence, it's a coherent sentence that is grammatically valid
NCommander on Stream
NCommander: We're only using 32GB of ram! I can open 2 more chrome tabs! ''long pause and quieter'' I'm going to hell for that...
Really puts stuff in perspective
NCommander: you know, the Queen outlasted PAL broadcasting
Ah yes, IBM dynasty
vmlemon: OS/2 is kinda like a Ming vase, or something - fragile, opaque, and awkward to repair, when it breaks
Probably one of the less insane things ever said here
mineman: is it bad that "cross compiling bash for iOS" is a completely normal sentence here?
How Inoichi 2D was started
Luna the Foxgirl: But yeah, it started as a subsystem for my lesbian foxgirl mahjong game engine
NCommander being on fire
NCommander: Maybe if the fire asked me out to dinner first Mineman and sadmac: *bursts out into laughter*
The Simple Truth
NCommander: The saying in rehab circles is "fake it til you make it" NCommander: but by and large, the difference between online you and real life you is more confidence
Limits
Waterpear — Today at 12:46 AM >open os/2 stream vod >see comment talking about visual j++ >close os/2 stream vod
The Software Lifecycle
FreeFull: Oh boy, it's time to build perl Lunathir: Ran into a bit of software gore
When The Void Stares Back
On occasion, the eldritch lore makes itself known ...
Dr. Shuppet: As of the MDOS4 toolchain thing, I tried MASM 4.0, and it produced an object file that is accepted by LINK4 S: However, LINK4 wants an automatic data segment, and I'm not sure how to make one S: MASM certainly supports it, since it's needed for any NE binary, including Windows 1.0 Restless Yankee: You usually need a DEF file RY: ... I suffered through this in Watcom/wasm/wlink, and I got a cold shiver trying to figure it out with what little survives of early Microsoft documentation S: Ah, I didn't think of that, since I'm neither building a DLL nor I'm importing any symbols RY: 16-bit EXEs have a DEF file RY: There's a default, but I think I even had one for FLAGGEN RY: https://github.com/NCommander/progress-pride-win16/blob/main/source/flaggen.def RY: ... how is it I have the cold shiver, and then immediately produce a link written by my own hand that is the probable answer ... RY: ... fuck it, that one is going on the quotes page ...
Paint Drying, Some Assembly Required
sadmac356: At this point my "paint drying" is more "if you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe"
Tickle Current
kraaabs: It’s charging in the way that condensation on a window is flooding your house