bilegeek

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by bilegeek 5mo ago
Looks like a 980B. Pic from a DC-8 sim for reference. https://i.imgur.com/b3py96N.jpeg https://imgur.com/gallery/dc-8-simulator-xY7eS
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They're Closing the Best Boondocking Spots – Here's the Proof(liketheresnotomorrow.net)
3 points by bilegeek 5mo ago|0 comments
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by bilegeek 5mo ago
Unfortunately, pre-Domain/OS AEGIS is basically lost. One person popped up with talk of imaging their 9.6 floppies, but I haven't seen anything since then. [1] https://www.facebook.com/groups/retrocomputers&#x2
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Saturn V Haynes Manual(amazon.com)
2 points by bilegeek 5mo ago|0 comments
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by bilegeek 5mo ago
I hope it won't be this bad forever, but RAM companies are currently slow-walking any booms (not fast-tracking new fabs, etc.) in hopes of avoiding a bust. Seems it'll be more of a slow decay to still-inflated pricing.
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by bilegeek 5mo ago
Especially when pretty much all modern political and economic systems are fundamentally incompatible with population decline, and leadership fights changes tooth and nail.
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by bilegeek 5mo ago
Fringe definitely handled the continuing storyline much better. The way they blend in, then transition from, the monster-of-the-week format is excellent writing. It did put a deadline on the story, something which the X-Files writers seemed
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by bilegeek 5mo ago
They're not buddies per se, but Egypt was the first ME country to normalize relations.
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by bilegeek 6mo ago
Seems the only viable solution nowadays is computer monitor + converter box and/or computer + speakers. There's ~$150 32" monitors nowadays, even a few non-TV 42-43 inch monitors if you're willing to spend ~$700-1200.
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by bilegeek 6mo ago
I appreciate you setting the bar on necessities. Too many people focus on the... "cheap" "luxuries" like air conditioning, smartphones, internet access.
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by bilegeek 6mo ago
That's also part of the problem. People back then had other systems to make those critiques (or their job didn't require the travel it does now), and now they don't. If alternatives don't exist, and most US people today
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GUI Wonderland #5 – Apollo Aegis – In a Beautifully Connected World(blisscast.wordpress.com)
2 points by bilegeek 6mo ago|0 comments
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by bilegeek 6mo ago
Can't remember where I got them, but there's some uBO rules that really help on that front: youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/Related to your search/i)) youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.
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VPS/VM(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by bilegeek 6mo ago|0 comments
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The Interactive Lost Place Map(lostfoundations.org)
12 points by bilegeek 7mo ago|9 comments
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by bilegeek 7mo ago
Kernel arguments are the primary method: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Zswap#Using_kernel_boot_par... Snag: I had issues getting it to use zstd at boot. Not sure if it's a bug or some peculiarity with Debian. E
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by bilegeek 7mo ago
Counterargument: you can mostly disable zswap writeback, so it will only use the swap partition when hibernating[1]. [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Power_management/Suspend_an...
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by bilegeek 7mo ago
> Maybe this will be the push to get enough people on board to make it (or something like it) feasible? That won't save you from being targeted. Flawed methodology from the prosecution doesn't matter if all your stuff gets seiz
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by bilegeek 7mo ago
> People also like to restore the SGI Indy Because the Indy (and O2) are actually attainable. Indigo2, Octane2, Tezro cost 2-3x minimum. Sometimes a Personal IRIS comes up for relatively cheap though.
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by bilegeek 7mo ago
Eventually Asahi will catch up... if Apple doesn't turn around and purposely make it harder, hopefully we didn't just get lucky they were feeling "benevolent" with earlier M-series.
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by bilegeek 8mo ago
Until * CPS gets called? * cops harass them again? * the malls and many other places kick them out * (at least for most of the USA) zoning laws and public transit issues are all fixed? You cannot let individual families, even individual kid
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by bilegeek 8mo ago
> where it seems almost any attempt to gatekeep is seen as a freedom violation 1.) Because it always seems to have an outsized impact on adults. Then the predators get away with it because the platforms DGAF (for example, Discord has had
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by bilegeek 8mo ago
If you're on Linux, I'd highly recommend trying `chrt -i 0`. Not quite night-and-day compared to nice 19, but anecdotally it is noticeable, especially if you game.
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by bilegeek 8mo ago
24 Amiga 2000's each with a 68040, 32mb of RAM and a Video Toaster, managed by a 486 server with a 12gb of storage. [1] https://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue166/68_The_makin...
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by bilegeek 8mo ago
>without being authoritarian. Too late. We already have the eyes/muscle and nascent legal justifications; leadership will eventually force the issue.
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by bilegeek 8mo ago
Some more terms for your enjoyment: * Blau Gas * Fischer-Tropsch process * Bergius process
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by bilegeek 8mo ago
Do you test on different kernel preemption models? If so, do you feel PREEMPT_RT really gives an advantage over full preemption with threadirqs? (Cyclictest gives me between a 3x and 5x worst-case latency improvement depending on the backgr
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by bilegeek 9mo ago
Several swimming pools do to great effect: https://datacentremagazine.com/data-centres/excess-data-cent... https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64939558 https://arstechnica.com/info
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by bilegeek 9mo ago
> he had not only accidentally uploaded all of the therapy notes, but also his entire home folder Lol. At least it's a good reminder about bad opsec.
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by bilegeek 9mo ago
> the main bit ran off something like 400hz power, for some reason the CPU needed faster mains volts going in. Aerospace originally did that to reduce component size, CDC and IBM took advantage of the standard in the early 60's. Str

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