[HN Gopher] Uxn is a virtual machine with 32 instructions
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       Uxn is a virtual machine with 32 instructions
        
       Author : colinprince
       Score  : 50 points
       Date   : 2022-12-09 21:23 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (wiki.xxiivv.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (wiki.xxiivv.com)
        
       | mdaniel wrote:
       | document.querySelectorAll('a[href]').forEach(it =>
       | it.style.textDecoration='underline')
       | 
       | It drives me _absolutely batshit_ when I have to wave my cursor
       | all over the place to find hyperlinks that the browser has been
       | displaying since the 90s
        
         | Shared404 wrote:
         | Internal links are at the top, or wrapped in { text } and
         | external links are [ text ].
         | 
         | Does it really require that much cursor waving? It's nice to
         | have the distinction, and I personally like the visual impact.
        
           | ablob wrote:
           | It's breaking a standard with a typographic style that, in my
           | case at least, disturbs reading
        
           | kristopolous wrote:
           | It's not a problem if you don't care about accessibility
        
       | ant6n wrote:
       | > With only 64kb of memory, it will never run Chrome, TensorFlow
       | or a blockchain
       | 
       | Perhaps with using memory banking, it could run Chrome.
        
         | zxexz wrote:
         | I'm pretty sure you could fit a blockchain into 64kb of memory
         | too. Not sure why you'd want to do such a thing though except
         | for amusement (the reason a lot of us do anything at all).
        
           | colejohnson66 wrote:
           | It's possible to mine bitcoin on an IBM 1401. Just 80 seconds
           | _per hash_! http://www.righto.com/2015/05/bitcoin-mining-
           | on-55-year-old-...
        
       | deaddodo wrote:
       | It would probably be better to link the varvara[1], which is the
       | actual virtual machine. Uxn is the processing core:
       | 
       | > Uxn is to Varvara, what the 6502 is to the Classic Nintendo.
       | 
       | 1 - https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/varvara.html
        
       | schemescape wrote:
       | Sorry if I missed it, but how is this page related to (what I
       | think is) the main uxn page?
       | 
       | https://100r.co/site/uxn.html
        
         | Shared404 wrote:
         | The page is Devine's personal wiki. Lots of fun stuff around,
         | including notes on uxn and other assorted stuff.
        
       | bullen wrote:
       | Here he goes through some of the steps to making this (1:20)
       | 
       | https://vimeo.com/771406693
        
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