hyakosm

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by hyakosm 6y ago
DAB is useless because : FM audio quality is enough (actually the bottleneck is the digital compression used in radio studios) ; the FM spectrum isn't saturated ; FM receivers are simple and cheap, it would be absurd to force people to
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by hyakosm 6y ago
The mistake here is probably to consider HaikuOS from a linux perspective. This OS is especially interesting because it's designed only for desktop computers (not servers, not phones, not toasters) with fully integrated components to d
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by hyakosm 6y ago
Windows 98 was single-user, the login prompt was used only for network connections if I remember ?
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by hyakosm 6y ago
It's not the same context, not the same scale and not the same times. It should be pertinent to have a client name reflecting the proximity with the protocol.
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by hyakosm 6y ago
Firefox is free, it's technically possible to build a version with different rules about extensions.
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by hyakosm 6y ago
French SECAM was broadcasted in « L » (heritage from black & white 819 lines « E »), with positive image modulation and audio transmitted in AM. ( https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norme_et_standard_de_t%C3%A9l%... )
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by hyakosm 6y ago
French transmitters were converted from Discret 11 to Nagravision/Syster between 1990 - 1995. First Syster decoders had retrocompatibility with Discret 11.
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by hyakosm 7y ago
French here. If you travel to a French-speaking country, don't hesitate to speak french, even if it's not perfect. Priority is to be understood. For an english-native, the temptation is probably to speak english because « everyone
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by hyakosm 7y ago
If I remember, some old payphones locked the rotary dial after 1 and 2.