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by als0 6y ago
Just a random thought. Are there any obstacles to running Java applets in a browser's WASM environment using API emulation and static recompilation?
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by als0 6y ago
Agreed. More services does mean more context switching. The most pure microkernels will have many, and the more practical ones may consolidate some services to reduce context switches. Also, some types of IPC can have a very lightweight con
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by als0 6y ago
There is a speed impact but it's mostly negligible, especially on modern hardware. The main reason is that building an entire operating system requires enormous investment beyond what most companies are willing to spend. But Google see
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by als0 6y ago
Most of the modularity and security advantages still apply today. Performance is also good, unlike early implementations. Google is developing a microkernel operating system called Fuchsia, possibly to replace Android https://en.
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by als0 6y ago
Thanks for the great response. I didn't realise that the bindings deviate so much from what is already specified in the standard. > However, Apple is a member of the Forum, so perhaps they should be the ones to do this :-) Agreed.
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by als0 6y ago
> On the other hand, the rest of the 64-bit ARM world has largely converged on two competing standards: UEFI + ACPI (largely used by servers running Windows or Linux), It's not supposed to be just for servers, the Arm Base Boot Req
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by als0 6y ago
Goatcounter is another great open source alternative https://www.goatcounter.com
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The corporate surveillance machine is conducting murder at scale(drewdevault.com)
9 points by als0 6y ago|9 comments
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by als0 6y ago
Intel NUCs or similar clones Lenovo ThinkCenter Tiny or HP ProDesk Mini are good candidates. They are not worth their retail price but are often sold very cheaply on second-hand markets like eBay. I have one. Very quiet things and can handl
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by als0 6y ago
> It makes income traceable in a way that bitcoin does not, to facilitate lawful taxation. Can you explain this a bit more? I thought all Bitcoin transactions are completely traceable.
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by als0 6y ago
Technically the AArch64 instruction set and the memory system are the only parts that are 'hardware accelerated'. QEMU handles everything else in software.
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by als0 6y ago
BSA and BBR specs from Arm fix that. They also have a certification program https://developer.arm.com/architectures/system-architectures...
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by als0 6y ago
Private windows can let you do that, so you don't really need containers.
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by als0 6y ago
Agreed. ASICs have really destroyed the spirit of mining, and may hint that the Bitcoin style PoW algorithms are in fact not a senible type of proof. Memory-hard PoW algorithms, rather than computational ones, might be one way to reduce the
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by als0 6y ago
> - Are the valid use cases (other than drugs, ransomware and speculation) worth the valuation? I think it's fair to say that the current valuation of cryptocurrencies have nothing to do with their tech or use cases. These markets h
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by als0 6y ago
> - Is the long term alternatives to PoW actually viable, given the huge power consumption of cryptocurrency currently? PoS and derived schemes like DPoS have been sound on paper. Their drawbacks have largely been accepted by the communi
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A great alternative is rarely fatter than what it aims to replace(drewdevault.com)
4 points by als0 6y ago|0 comments
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by als0 6y ago
Seemed to work well in the 2000s...
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by als0 6y ago
That was the PS3.
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by als0 6y ago
> releases hardware that's open source and uses Rust This is an LPC55S69. So it's open source firmware, not open source hardware.
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by als0 6y ago
There will be other architectures after x86 has died. Mark my words.
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by als0 6y ago
The SE 2 has bad battery life but the original SE had excellent battery life. Easy to get confused and not surprising given Apple gave them both the same name.
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by als0 6y ago
MISRA C doesn't include a borrow checker, so it won't stop many memory safety issues. It's just a set of guidelines to discourage you from writing nasty or ambiguous C.
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by als0 6y ago
OK, so it's a proof-of-stake system in terms of how supply is distributed, and proof-of-work must be performed by clients as an attempt to prevent large scale spam. Those with the most coin get to greatly influence the correctness of t
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by als0 6y ago
Amazing find, thanks for sharing.
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Rust: “Move fast and break things” as a moral imperative(drewdevault.com)
61 points by als0 6y ago|55 comments
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by als0 6y ago
I might be misunderstanding something but how can you have a secure chain without any form of fee?
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by als0 6y ago
Stars don’t equate to usage.
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by als0 6y ago
The other seasons are good, you should persevere.
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by als0 6y ago
Been a long time user of Pidgin and OTR/XMPP. Been very grateful to those who maintain it. Sadly it doesn't seem to have a big community compared to that which Matrix/Riot seem to enjoy.

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