2023-11-12 12:08:58 <KipIngram   > Oh, I realized that I don't lose access to half of the the 32655 address space if i use 16 bit xt's.  The cells are still 32-bit cells, so all the things the xt's point to are 32-bit aligned.  So I can shift that 16 bits up a bit or two, and there you go - I can cover the whole 128k space.
2023-11-12 12:09:57 <KipIngram   > That means I can only have one bit for "status bit stuff," but I'm starting to think that will be enough.
2023-11-12 12:13:20 <KipIngram   > re: the  "immediate bit" vs. "compile vocabulary," I still haven't thought it all through completely, but I lean toward trying the compile vocabulary approach, just based on Rather's opinion.  The only reason she cited for them not doing that was that it didn't comply with the standard.  She clealry seemed to think it was a superior approach.
2023-11-12 12:14:05 <KipIngram   > So what I'll use that one status bit for is "xt = address" vs. 'xt = opcode."
2023-11-12 21:32:34 <KipIngram   > I've continued to watch more of the Peter Zeihan videos.  His argument is just so "basic" (looking at things as simple as the population vs. age profile of various countries) that's really hard for me to see ways to argue against his points.
2023-11-12 21:33:28 <KipIngram   > And his arguments really do make what's going on in Russia actually make SENSE to me, and I'd previously not seen any sense at all in them.
2023-11-12 21:33:51 <KipIngram   > I'd just decided that Putin must be deranged, but now I don't think that's the case at all.
2023-11-12 21:34:48 <KipIngram   > That has to do not just with population demographics but also with geography of the region.
2023-11-12 21:39:26 <thrig       > lack of talent therefore grab more land for more money
2023-11-12 21:59:48 <KipIngram   > It's security oriented.  Over there on the west edge of the old Soviet bloc there are "chokepoints" invading forces would have to pass through.  They're readily defensible.  Once through those, though, it's wide open rolling plains all the way to and into Russia.  Much harder to mount a defense inside those doorways.
2023-11-12 22:00:21 <KipIngram   > Their demographcs mean that it's just going to get harder for them to recover those old bloc countries in the future, so there's pressure to do it now.  It's their best chance.
2023-11-12 22:01:01 <KipIngram   > They feel that if they don't get this done now, they'll be forever vulnerable and won't be able to defend themselves in the future.
2023-11-12 22:02:22 <KipIngram   > Also, Ukraine specific, turns out Ukraine has a lot of natural gas reserves off its coast.  They started talking with Western oil majors about developing those resources.
2023-11-12 22:02:37 <KipIngram   > They'd be direct competition with  Russia in the European market.
2023-11-12 23:29:53 <Swyrl       > I'm doing some freaky shit. https://mastodon.social/@wryl/111401275464305664