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Sadly, yes.
Though to be fair - it was always a bit painful at the time, the economics have shifted in such a way that it's not really sensible in most cases any more. When you can buy a $5 Ras-Pi Zero that has about the same oomph as a $4,000 machine in the early 90s, the programmer's time is now far more expensive than a little more hardware.
I still remember the week that I first installed DJGPP in dos and had easy access to more than 64kb of memory in one chunk. I think I only slept for 3 or 4 of the nights, such was my excitement at the prospect of being able to do some texture-mapping and meta-ball stuff.
Ahhhh, (magnetic-core) memories... 
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Never had the Atari and never had the book, but I programmed my C64 for years... Last time - virtually - a year ago...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I have a little C compiler that works for the C64, the Ataris and the Apple II.
cc65 - Wikipedia[^]
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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CodeWraith wrote: C compiler that works for the C64, the Ataris and the Apple II.
Wow. Amazing. 
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: programmed my C64 for years... Last time - virtually - a year ago
That's some serious dedication to a platform.
I had a C128 because I got in late.
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Is claustrophobia the fear of getting stuck in the chimney?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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These are just getting Claussier and Claussier!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Is eláfi-skata-phobia the fear of having Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer cr*p on your head as he flies by?
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Oh! I always thought it was fear of santa stealing trophies off the mantle while eating the cookies you left out.
Signature ready for installation. Please Reboot now.
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Stuck in the chimney? Sley, isn't the Lounge supposed to be KSS?
This wasn't submitted: Claustrophyobia is a fear of being awarded little figurines shaped like fat bearded elves.
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Yes, apparently the term was coined shortly after viagra was made available.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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U.S. declares North Korea carried out massive WannaCry cyberattack[^]
To quote:
"The WannaCry attack, the official said, "demonstrates the importance of basic cyber hygiene,...." -
Well duh! And how about spending money to upgrade your antiquated XP operating system, to something more resistant to Ransom viruses, like Windows 10?
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Wasn't that obvious from the original ransomware message?
Quote: Glorious Leader control all your datas now and he really cool. If you want your datas back send Glorious Leader 5 billion dong or many Bitcoins - no crappy U.S. dollar, okay? And be sure to get Glorious Leader style glorious haircut because it really cool and Glorious Leader kill you if not you do this. If you no want datas back then Glorious Leader nuke you big time and then beat you at Battleships, sucker - Glorious Leader is world champion of Battleships. Whatever CIA say, this attack not by Glorious People's Republic of North Korea - it by the horrible peoples of South Korea.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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 I also hear the Glorious Leader can scale snow covered mountains wearing Italian loafers and a business suit! What a maroon!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Cornelius Henning wrote: how about spending money to upgrade your antiquated XP operating system, to something more resistant to Ransom viruses, like Windows 10?
Windows 10 is still vulnerable to Microsoft's regular update virus.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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At least Microsoft won't try to extort bitcoins out of their customers! 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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really, North Korea?!?!!
I would assume it is Chinese spoofing North Korea.
I'd rather be phishing!
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This is nothing more than political propaganda against NK and has nothing to do with a programmers forum.
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I think Cybersecurity issues and programming are growing progressively closer together, so it's not irrelevant.
I do feel totally awful that North Korea's good name is being besmirched so scandalously, though. 
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Nathan Minier wrote: North Korea's good name is being besmirched so scandalously
99% of crazed North Korean dictators are giving a bad reputation to the rest of them.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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What better place is there for you to make mendacious political jibes then a programmers forum?
History is the joke the living play on the dead.
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With which part of my statement did you disagree?
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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What part of this is a "programmers forum" did you not understand, with the implicit statement that political commentary is not to be encouraged?
History is the joke the living play on the dead.
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"Programmer's Forum" is not the same as "Forum for discussing programs".
You imply that programmers should not discuss anything but programs.
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I'd say you were discussing NK's nuclear program.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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