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Why is the x86 undefined instruction called ud2? Why 2?

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260910-00/?p=112689

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683262

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Why is the x86 undefined instruction called ud2? Why 2?

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260910-00/?p=112689

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683262

#HackerNews #x86 #ud2 #undefined #instruction #tech #history #programming #curiosities

Why is the x86 undefined instruction called ud2? Why 2?

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260910-00/?p=112689

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683262

#HackerNews #x86 #ud2 #undefined #instruction #tech #history #programming #curiosities

Why is the x86 undefined instruction called ud2? Why 2?

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260910-00/?p=112689

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683262

#HackerNews #x86 #ud2 #undefined #instruction #tech #history #programming #curiosities

Why is the x86 undefined instruction called ud2? Why 2?

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260910-00/?p=112689

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683262

#HackerNews #x86 #ud2 #undefined #instruction #tech #history #programming #curiosities

CSS Curiosities of the Past

https://vale.rocks/posts/css-relics

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49654962

#HackerNews #CSS #Curiosities #CSS #History #WebDesign #Relics #FrontEndDevelopment

This weeks curiosities is up:
https://www.hargie.com/week-33-26-curiosities/

#weblog #blog #weeklynewsletter #curiosities #personalwebsite #links

This weeks curiosities is up:
https://www.hargie.com/week-33-26-curiosities/

#weblog #blog #weeklynewsletter #curiosities #personalwebsite #links

This weeks curiosities is up:
https://www.hargie.com/week-33-26-curiosities/

#weblog #blog #weeklynewsletter #curiosities #personalwebsite #links

This weeks curiosities is up:
https://www.hargie.com/week-33-26-curiosities/

#weblog #blog #weeklynewsletter #curiosities #personalwebsite #links

This week on OWW - box fan filters, fungi, ai apocalypse, spcx tanking as predicted, obsessive art projects, and more from the Mesa...

#weblog #blog #personalblog #weeklynewsletter #links #curiosities

https://www.hargie.com/week-29-30-26-curiosities/

The summer doldrums are here, a month early, along with everything else! Links to the end of reading, the asshole threshold, moleskines, sci-fi, rips and more. A micro review of Songlines and a YT of my favorite performance of the week.

#weblog #blog #curiosities #personalwebsite #weeklynewsletter

https://www.hargie.com/week-28-26-curiosities/

some sea bottles

#SeaBottles #Apothecary #Glass #Cabinet #Curiosities #Seashells #Shells #Vintage #Marine #Botanical #Artifacts
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion

on dry land stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/some-sea-bottles-eris-and-ai.html

I keep forgetting to put up links to the weekly curiosities. I talk a little about 4th of July, links from Hillary Clinton to celebrating Japanese festivals, two micro book reviews, and a new to me Italian Jazz band.

#blog #weblog #weeklynewsletter #curiosities #personalwebsite

https://www.hargie.com/week-27-26-curiosities/

I know this is not the longest footnote ever by far, but a solid three pages is not bad for the casual footnote, just to give some context.

From "History of the Langobards" by Paul the Deacon, translated by William Dudley Foulke, 1907.

#footnotes #curiosities #history #PaulTheDeacon #HistoryOfTheLangobards #CanWeAlsoMakeThreePageLongHashtagsOrWouldThatBeTooMuchForMostModernSoftwareButEvenIfItIsntLinebreaksWillProbablyBeAProblemWhichDoesntMeanWeShouldntTryBecauseAsYodaFamouslySaidThereIsNoTry

Why Is Good Friday Called Good Friday?

https://www.historyextra.com/period/general-history/good-friday-facts-why-called/

#HackerNews #GoodFriday #HistoryReligion #EasterTraditions #Curiosities