I was personally looking for a bitmap font that resembled old fantasy games for use in a kernel. I was able to write a compile time constant parser for the .hex file format used here.

Do you have a link to the MUD you're working on?

I found this when searching for a bitmap font.

I ended up writing a rust parser for the .hex file format for use in my kernel[1]. So I can now display the fantasy kernel on bare-metal :)

[1]: https://github.com/LevitatingBusinessMan/runix/blob/limine/s...

> Not optimal for ease of compilation and building old versions of the Kernel. (You need a specific version of the nightly compiler to build a specific version of the Kernel)

It's trivial to install a specific version of the toolchain though.

You don't generally need specific versions of GCC or Clang to build it I'm pretty sure.

> You don't generally need specific versions of GCC or Clang to build it I'm pretty sure.

You need a C11 compiler these days with loads of non-standard extensions. Note, for a very long time, one couldn't compile the Linux kernel with clang because it lacked this GCC specific behavior.

I'm not really sure you can turn around and say -- Oh, but now we feel differently about the C standard -- given how much is still non-standard. For instance, I don't believe Intel's C compiler will compile the kernel, etc.

It really isn't if bootstrapping from source.

If you truly believe that than we must really be moving backwards

I think they have a point, before cgi-bin it was almost impossible to have a real web application. It took a decade for server-side rendering to fall out of favour. Flash websites and Gmail starting to become seriously interactive in the mid 2000s were the start of frontend-first web applications, but even those relied on the backend to provide them with an initial data set to make performance usable.

> Since when is not a C API the first and foremost interface for developers when it comes to Linux kernel stuff?

Since the kernel developers don't make userland software?

There's no hint of what the fingerprint ID is supposed to be?

Also I think somebody on HN recently pointed out that the language accept header can be used to fingerprint chromium users.

Just reading his blogposts, gross. He not only thinks he is actively contributing, he thinks he deserves credit.

FYI you're replying to the Joel the person being discussed. On HN he uses the username wagerlab

Yep, that's me!

I will look into renaming myself, although don't think HN allows this.

You might try emailing them, they've renamed other accounts before.

i think the word "losers" was replaced by "rookies"

Hot take, we don't _need_ Marvel or Star Wars either.

We don't need many things. Basically everything in our culture is things we don't need.

And yet the next time you find yourself watching that cozy Christmas movie you fondly remember, chances are its owned by Disney. As is that book you read to your kids. Etc.

You don't think the movement to rust is driven by hackers?