2025-02-10T02:30:29.197Z
Alright, giving up on 7-Zip
This application has no business using assembly in any place of it
And yet, if you want 7z extraction/compression support (not optional), you HAVE to have an assembler and associated assembly source for the architecture in question
Which ARMv7 is not one of them
2025-02-11T20:45:29.917Z
Okay, good news, 7-Zip can actually compile without assembly (still an awful codebase though)
Bad news, it creates an illegal access exception in User32.dll on opening the file manager GUI (the CLI is fine though)
Luckily, the VS2012 Remote Tools ARM version is still available for download!

Cursed
But appreciated!
Exceptionally rare Microsoft W
2025-02-12T00:57:21.095Z
7-Zip's build process is so atrociously bad that I can't get a working setup to even start debugging
2025-02-12T00:58:37.858Z
So I've been looking at alternatives. Very cool, some people have set up LLVM and MXE to cross compile from a few different platforms to Windows RT!
https://xdaforums.com/t/mingw-w64-toolchain-to-recompile-apps-for-arm-in-a-ready-to-use-form.3775456/
2025-02-26T22:17:16.354Z


Chat, we are SO BACK
FINALLY! Something just WORKS!
2025-02-26T22:18:52.078Z
Thank you PuTTY my beloved for using old style C, having proper support for building with mingw32, and not using assembly for some reason!
2025-02-26T22:20:07.009Z
Like, holy cow, why does every other project insist on absolutely refusing to just use make or CMake? Why do you foresake me with MSBuild or Visual Studio project files?
PuTTY is as old as time and still just compiles on the first try, even for an entirely different architecture
2025-02-27T21:25:00.638Z

I was able to get clang-19 from mstorsjo's llvm-mingw project to build PuTTY
I am one step away from getting Notepad++ on here, once I figure out what the deal with the "-mwindows is an unrecognized option" error I get when linking
But this proves linking does in fact work
2025-02-28T00:46:45.302Z

I don't think I can explain how much of an achievement this feels like
HOURS of debugging the build process and dealing with unresolved symbols
And here we are, the latest version of Notepad++ running on the Surface RT
This is a clear win for society
2025-03-28T23:53:00.392Z
Unrelated, but cool: https://gitea.thebrokenrail.com/minecraft-pi-reborn/minecraft-pi-reborn
2025-07-01T16:11:58.420Z
Every address input on the entire internet treats US ZIP codes as string inputs despite being purely numeric. It's jarring to have a full QWERTY keyboard on mobile devices to put in something that only uses numbers, especially when you're entering card details that use a numeric keyboard in previous inputs.
I get that we don't use the input="number" attribute for ZIPs because of leading zeroes
2025-07-01T16:13:43.950Z
But this is 2025. All major browsers now support inputmode="numeric", there's no excuse not to use it anymore, especially since the fallback is the same experience we have today
2025-07-01T16:16:36.351Z
(I understand that other countries use area codes that are alphanumeric, but for purely USA purposes that don't support international users, this would be nice)
2025-08-12T07:47:35.546Z
Ireland trip notes:
2025-08-12T07:52:59.498Z
Thoughts on the McDonald's Breakfast Roll with Ketchup:

Honestly not that bad! It's similar to the US breakfast sandwich, but this one uses a hamburger bun bottom and something similar to a hoagie for the top bun. In order from bottom to top, it's a sausage patty (thicker than MCD US), egg, a layer of bacon, and ketchup. The ketchup here is a little sweeter, and it pairs well with the meats. The combination is a little strong with the egg, but it's appropriately strong for waking you up in the morning.

It's definitely an Americanized breakfast, but still not offered there.
2025-08-12T07:55:53.941Z
Forgot to do my dinner last night too, I had a (boiled?) chicken breast with Irish ham inside of it. The chicken breast was split in half and the ham cooked inside of it with stuffing, and it was served with mashed potatoes with gravy and mixed vegetables. There was a surprising amount of food for only £14! The chicken was a little bland, but the stuffing helped give it some flavor, and the Irish ham added some variety.

Overall pretty decent meal as well!
2025-08-12T08:47:32.319Z
Now for the cons
2025-08-12T08:49:18.195Z
By far the largest con: the complete unavailability of water in public spaces. Bring your own water, or dehydrate. You MAY find a bottle filler, but it's rare and really only at museums and such. You will have to buy water.
Common to Europe: extremely narrow roads, and lots of two-way sections that are one car wide. Driving around here is nerve-wracking, even as a passenger
Bonus plus though, the cities are very walkable!
But parking is near non-existent, so once you get there, where do you walk from?
2025-08-12T08:55:16.962Z
Also common to Europe: absolutely no forced airflow exists inside of housing. Fans are rare, and air conditioning is absent. Open a window and hope it's windy. Which is fine and fair, it's pretty cold outside, but the air inside of the hotel is always still and warm.
That's about it for negatives, mostly all positives
More to come later
2025-08-12T16:14:18.740Z
Correction from earlier, the meal was €14, not £14
2025-08-12T19:50:25.787Z

2025-08-12T19:51:58.122Z
Lunch from earlier: salmon and spinach quiche with coleslaw and Caesar-adjacent salad
2025-08-12T19:54:15.716Z
Good stuff! The quiche was nice and flaky, the salmon and the spinach work together very nicely with the egg and cheese. The coleslaw was a bit watery, but tasted fine. The salad was also very decent, I like how the chicken was cut into cubes instead of strips!