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by avhon1 9y ago
> Most of the geeks I know have far more machine than they could ever use as a matter of pride. I take the opposite approach: I really enjoy using hardware which is exactly adequate to what I need it to do. My entire senior year (2016-
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by avhon1 9y ago
As of 2007, Arthur Whitney was developing k [0] and kdb [1] in notepad [2]. [0]: http://kparc.com/ [1]: https://kx.com/ [2]: http://archive.vector.org.uk/art10501320
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Not C per se, but FreePascal's LCL library has native accessibility support [1], and there are plenty of examples showing how to mix Pascal and C [2]. [1]: http://wiki.freepascal.org/LCL_Accessibility [2]: https:&#x2F
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The square brackets are shortcuts for slowing down and speeding up.
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by avhon1 9y ago
Hacker News's search feature requires javascript.
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Yes, but it can take as much as a minute to open GIMP, which is a lot to ask when you can be working on the same task in MSPaint in a second or two.
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by avhon1 9y ago
Yes. http://planetwatt.com/new/index.php/about/ "wattOS is a lightweight Linux operating system remastered from the core Ubuntu Linux build."
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by avhon1 9y ago
AMD still sells Opteron CPUs [0]. You can buy new servers with them [1]. [0] https://www.amd.com/en-us/products/server/opteron [1] https://www.thinkmate.com/systems/servers/rax/
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by avhon1 9y ago
You can purchase one gA144f18a with an easy-to-solder breakout board for 35 USD from Schmartboard: http://schmartboard.com/schmartboard-ez-qfn-88-pins-0-4mm-pi...
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by avhon1 9y ago
30-40 whats? Years? Developer-years?
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by avhon1 9y ago
I run an XMPP server for my friends. We use Conversations [0,1] on Android and BBOS, and Zom [2] on iOS. We use OMEMO [3] for encrypting most of our conversations, and while it isn't perfect, it usually stays out of the way. Generally,
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by avhon1 9y ago
Specifically, LibreOffice Impress [0] is the presentation application. The other big open-source office suite is Calligra. Although not as popular as LibreOffice, it is still actively developed. Its presentation application is Stage [1]. [0
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by avhon1 9y ago
Use an alternative keyboard, like Hacker's Keyboard. https://f-droid.org/packages/org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboar...
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by avhon1 9y ago
You'll enjoy this article: "The Egg of the Phoenix: a computational time capsule", which discusses: "Could you build a portable computer that would still work if you buried it in the ground for a century?" http:&#x
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by avhon1 9y ago
For those reading this post and wondering "what is it like to 'close (Or Shrink) a panel' in Blender?": Here is a sketch of what Blender looks like by default: +-------------------------------+ | A
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by avhon1 9y ago
Another really cool style of hand drill, which this article completely missed, is the Yankee Drill [0]. (More generically called a Push Drill.) A spade-like drill bit cuts when turned either direction. The handle has a screw mechanism and s
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by avhon1 10y ago
KeePass is an open-source password manager. There are many compatible programs, many with confusingly-similar names, like KeePassX. KeePass2 is the new version of KeePass, which uses a new file format. Most KeePass-compatible programs, incl
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by avhon1 10y ago
If both engines went out, then that means hydraulic power was lost, and that all of the aerodynamic forces on the control surfaces were transmitted directly to the stick. This is exactly the same as trying to steer a car with the engine tur
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by avhon1 10y ago
In the ideal future, FLIF [0] would become a standard, universally supported image and animation format. Almost any subset of a FLIF file is a valid, lower-resolution FLIF file. This would allow the browser - or the user - to determine how
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by avhon1 10y ago
st does this when you don't give it the right font path and config. There is one compiled in, and that's what it's using if you aren't passing a font when you start it. Right now, whatever font it's trying to use do
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by avhon1 10y ago
[modifier]+shift+insert or [modifier]+shift+v are the default bindings for paste. [modifier] is most commonly Alt or Super (the Windows key). Keep in mind that your window manager might already have a binding for these, preventing them from
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by avhon1 10y ago
You could do what the Spitbol compiler (for the SNOBOL language) does, which is to statically link against musl libc.
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by avhon1 10y ago
Signal is really an XMPP client with a custom protocol extension. All of its encrypted messaging functionality relies on being able to communicate with the official Signal server(s). The Android version can, or at least used to, send and
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by avhon1 10y ago
Typically yes, because the price does not include the cost of a windows license. This article has an illustrative screenshot: http://fossforce.com/2016/12/foss-dos-21st-century-hardware/
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The "two-phase clock" is just the alternate halves of one square wave. The 6502 accesses memory during one half and processes during the other. Only one clock signla is needed, and one instruction will be completed at the end of e
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by avhon1 10y ago
Not exactly "more cycle efficient", just more modern manufacturing processes. There are also 6502s available for up to 200 MHz. They are not easily available to hobbyists, though - the modern DIP modules are only guaranteed up to
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by avhon1 10y ago
Well, it's a pretty simple CPU. It only had 56 instructions, 40 pins, and 8 bytes of registers. It assumes direct, single-cycle access to memory. It was originally supposed to have a ROtate-Right instruction, but it had a bug, so the i
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by avhon1 10y ago
The first advice (using "h" or "H") doesn't work on Arch's version of ed. It does work on red, which actually a script that calls sed.
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After a little bit of looking around on the internet, I think I agree.
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by avhon1 10y ago
How does re-sending the message help? Everybody in the group has already received the message a dozen times or more.

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