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How Quake.exe got its TCP/IP stack

https://fabiensanglard.net/quake_chunnel/index.html
93•billiob•2h ago

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afandian•1h ago
> I didn't work on the Chunnel. That was mainly a British guy named Henry

The British guy named Henry might have named it after another feat of engineering completed around the same time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel

sroussey•40m ago
I was half expecting something about how to get tcp into windows, but this is win95 where they shipped it inside the os and put some company out of business that used to sell that.
jahnu•25m ago
I used to use Trumpet Winsock with Windows 3.1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet_Winsock

ggambetta•14m ago
I learned to solder as a pre-teen so I could make a nullmodem :) Then I learned that resistors were a thing when I made a parallel port sound card (this thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covox_Speech_Thing). Fun times!

How Quake.exe got its TCP/IP stack

https://fabiensanglard.net/quake_chunnel/index.html
96•billiob•2h ago•4 comments

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https://32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-microscope-ncaa-basketball
217•bbayles•4d ago•50 comments

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1129•random_moonwalk•5d ago•194 comments

Unofficial "Tier 4" Rust Target for older Windows versions

https://github.com/rust9x/rust
83•kristianp•7h ago•41 comments

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356•speckx•17h ago•238 comments

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26•miggy•4d ago•3 comments

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https://patshaughnessy.net/2025/11/17/compiling-ruby-to-machine-language
248•todsacerdoti•14h ago•44 comments

Ruby Symbols

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8•stonecharioteer•5d ago•2 comments

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507•shdon•9h ago•68 comments

Ditch your (mut)ex, you deserve better

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68•commandersaki•6d ago•52 comments

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469•eatitraw•2d ago•304 comments

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381•doener•1d ago•73 comments

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1•clemo_ra•3h ago

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107•kaushiksrini•10h ago•28 comments

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279•andsoitis•18h ago•161 comments

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297•Medusalix•21h ago•80 comments

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96•doener•12h ago•16 comments

Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders

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428•jinxmeta•10h ago•349 comments

LeJEPA

https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.08544
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86•jnord•5h ago•73 comments

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163•mooreds•17h ago•60 comments

WeatherNext 2: Our most advanced weather forecasting model

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259•meetpateltech•19h ago•114 comments

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147•pavel_lishin•3d ago•123 comments

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134•anandchowdhary•2d ago•48 comments

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103•surprisetalk•19h ago•115 comments

Core Devices keeps stealing our work

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500•jdauriemma•7h ago•97 comments

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166•camel-cdr•5d ago•44 comments

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34•3nt3•6d ago•2 comments

A new book about the origins of Effective Altruism

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91•Thevet•17h ago•122 comments