Starting a long-form history of Visual Basic on EvilGeniusLabs.ca. Chapter 1 covers the BASIC dynasty Microsoft had been running since 1975, the California developer Microsoft bought to put a face on it, and the launch pitch Bill Gates seeded in BYTE Magazine eighteen months before VB shipped. Six articles, focused on the parts of the story that don't get covered.
    • meowmeow@quokk.auEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I gotta disagree. Did you want them to get an old CRT and some books and set that up for a photo? I get the AI hate, but be real.

      • spectrums_coherence@piefed.socialEnglish
        31·
        2 days ago

        I use searched image, trace them, credit them in my slides and writing. It really doesn’t take that much time and effort…

      • MadMadBunny@lemmy.caEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Did you want them to get an old CRT and some books and set that up for a photo?

        Well, actually, FUCKING YEAH, I WOULD EXPECT THAT. IT WOULD BE THE LEAST OF THINGS TO DO TO AT THE VERY MINIMUM GET THE FACTS RIGHT.

        If you’re gonna write about recent history, do it the right way. Especially that it’s quite cheap to get a CRT and some books about the subject. Or, at the very least, use the proper original images you can find online while giving due credit. You lose every single ounce of credibility otherwise.

        I get the AI hate, but be real.

        YOU be real. There’s AI images, and then there’s sloppy, three years old AI images. These images are just an insult to the matter.

        There’s enough slop and wrong info and fake news around, no need to add more.

        FFS, the entitlement and laziness these days have become utterly unbelievable…