gary_0

42 ms·

661.
by gary_0 3y ago
I could kind of see things either way. Is this like not providing the source code, or is it like not providing the IDE, debugger, compiler, and linter that was used to write the source code? (Also, it feels a bit "looking a gift horse
662.
by gary_0 3y ago
I've always been curious why WASM has the program flow restrictions it has. Most "ASM" just lets you set whatever register. There isn't much sandboxing value (WASM shouldn't be able to touch addresses outside the sa
663.
by gary_0 3y ago
That's not the same thing. An instruction set is an inherent aspect of a CPU; you can't have a CPU without one. Also, you can emulate or translate instruction sets between general-purpose CPUs, or in most cases just recompile the
664.
by gary_0 3y ago
My definition of "general purpose" is that that you can "run whatever software you like on it". If you can't run whatever on it, that restricts the CPU to a "specific purpose", no?
665.
by gary_0 3y ago
Don't forget roads and mail delivery. And there are people who look at that public infrastructure that basically allowed civilization to develop, and they go "what a shame, someone could be collecting rent on that". > if t
666.
by gary_0 3y ago
I find articles like this really vexing because this isn't a general-purpose CPU, it's just a chip meant to run the software that Apple allows on the App Store. Most of the software I use day-to-day can't run on it by design.
667.
by gary_0 3y ago
"Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door."
668.
by gary_0 3y ago
Don't waste time disagreeing with people on social media, just prove them wrong by doing the right thing. People are really downhearted by how things have turned out in the tech industry, but maybe someday we will point to Arduino as o
669.
by gary_0 3y ago
https://archive.ph/4PNDt
670.
by gary_0 3y ago
Considering that the giant screens in movie theaters use 2K or 4K projectors[0], a TV screen with 8K resolution seems like a pointless marketing gimmick that deserves to die. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_ci
671.
by gary_0 3y ago
If you have the drive, you can probably bit-bang the interface pins with a Raspberry Pi or the like. There might already be something in a dusty corner of GitHub for this, or it would be a fun little project for anyone with hobbyist-level E
672.
by gary_0 3y ago
https://nitter.net/ggerganov/status/1697262700165013689 (full thread without requiring login)
673.
by gary_0 3y ago
I'm interested in what alternatives there might be to Bitcoin-style systems for "online cash". What do you mean by "vouchers"? How would that work, how would Kagi implement it? > it is not 'really' anon
674.
by gary_0 3y ago
Since this is one of the few non-scam-related uses of cryptocurrency, I'm fine with Kagi making use of it for anonymous subscriptions (while they still can). Also, even though "web3" needs to go die in a fire, doesn't it
675.
by gary_0 3y ago
I also like how they decided to mix in sqlite alongside the existing MariaDB database because it gets the job done, and "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds".
676.
by gary_0 3y ago
No, I'm talking about trust in institutions. When I ask "why act in good faith if...", I mean as an agent of an institution. > but the institutions can all go to hell On the spectrum of whether present institutions are alw
677.
by gary_0 3y ago
> Why are we framing trust as a moral imperative here? I'm not. Where did you get that impression? I was merely pointing out the fact of declining trust (with data). As for why it's declining, it's obviously a complex is
678.
by gary_0 3y ago
The underlying phenomena is not totally new. You always had a little money being made with bumper stickers, NRA memberships, Che Guevara t-shirts, guys on AM radio hawking anti-commie spray or magic crystals. But the vast majority just got
679.
by gary_0 3y ago
nVidia is actually a Silver Member of the Linux Foundation[0], meaning they (and 1200 other Silver companies) contribute $5000/year. I wonder how a lawsuit would work, given that some portion of Linux's legal costs would be paid w
680.
by gary_0 3y ago
I just had a cyberpunk vision of illegal optical film manufacturing labs that exist so people can take pictures that can't be AI-censored by camera-chip firmware, web browser code, hard drive controllers, or USB chipsets. Whoever contr
681.
by gary_0 3y ago
One thing they mention several times is the idea of open-source project runners being upfront about their direction and limitations: what they are and aren't willing to do for the broader community. To this end, I love it when a projec
682.
by gary_0 3y ago
> If the user doesn’t like it they’ll tell the browser vender. Let's be realistic: Microsoft, Google, and Mozilla aren't listening. They'll cram all sorts of ugly annoying stuff in your face and laugh at your pitiful forum
683.
by gary_0 3y ago
Related: https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/spacex-conducts-a-most... > the company's radically rebuilt ground systems, with an enhanced water suppression system, appeared to function well in prote
684.
by gary_0 3y ago
https://archive.li/Yeazz
685.
by gary_0 3y ago
It's far too late for that. Over 10 billion RISC-V chips are already in use in GPUs, hard drives, automobiles, and so on. Uncountable person-hours have been put into adding RISC-V support to Linux, Android, Chromium, GCC, and thousan
686.
by gary_0 3y ago
I'm not saying that movie in particular had that subtext. Rather, the zombie trope quickly took on a life of its own in the years after Living Dead (and split into the fantasy/cursed and scifi/infected subtropes). It's
687.
by gary_0 3y ago
> Zombies, for example, show us something really ugly about embedded white supremacist terror of a slave revolt I dunno about that. Years ago, I was (very stupidly) wandering alone in a very bad part of town, and the only other people on
688.
by gary_0 3y ago
It's common on HN to note the date for reposts. The mods will usually add the year to the title if it's not included. So that's probably all that CoastalCoder was signaling.
689.
by gary_0 3y ago
> remember the days when the Internet still held infinite promise? Honestly, the memory is starting to fade. What Internet was here before...? It's hard to recall, now that it's all been bulldozed over and other things have bee
690.
by gary_0 3y ago
It doesn't show the whole thread, Nitter does.

More ›