j1elo

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by j1elo 4y ago
> In Linux, ext2 was incredibly sloppy about how it handled write ordering --- it didn't do anything at all. But as a consequence we developed tools that were extremely good to compensate So worse is not better, then! More like
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by j1elo 4y ago
I just finished a migration like that, and after some research ended up writing shell code to implement 3 methods and put them to the test. Maybe it is useful for you so I'll leave it here: https://gist.github.com/j1elo
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by j1elo 4y ago
Language is used to communicate. And not needing to be absurdly verbose in everything that one says, is a virtue and a need for efficient transmission of concepts and idea. So when someone says "Python is an interpreted language"
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by j1elo 4y ago
I found this forum thread where the topic is exactly about my question, so it's good to see some conversation about this: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/question-about-zil-slog.8... > (part of the reason i
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by j1elo 4y ago
At last I got a good grasp of ZIL and SLOG, thanks to this great article :) I'm left with confusion regarding the use of ZIL in default scenarios: with a newly installed ZFS system consisting of just a number of disks and default ZIL c
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by j1elo 4y ago
I happen to be learning about ZFS, and IMO it would help to also add "dataset" to the initial list of terms (ZFS Terminology), given that pools, vdevs, and snapshots are also introduced there as a concept. Otherwise, the word &quo
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by j1elo 4y ago
> New cars have everything on a touchscreen — like auto manufacturers noticed a trend from 2007 of phones moving to touchscreens, and decided a decade later that vehicle controls would benefit from the same evolution, never once conside
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by j1elo 4y ago
Yes that's exactly what I do. I just left it as an "exercise for the reader" to not make the comment too long :) This kind of stuff is also useful, for example, for AWS machines: Host ec2-*.compute-1.amazonaws.com #
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by j1elo 4y ago
Just for those curious about it: $ ssh whoami.filippo.io +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | _o
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by j1elo 4y ago
In case it's useful for someone (xkcd.com/1053) I use stow for handling config files. Lastly featured in HN here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32253018 It does however need a bit of preparation for complex
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by j1elo 4y ago
> I'd use "CLI" more precisely to refer to command-line invocation [...] For programs like vim or nano, I think "TUI" (text-based UI, or sometimes terminal UI) is more suitable. Agree! I also consider that dist
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by j1elo 4y ago
Yeah, you're right that CLI discoverability can still be good , but that's the same " can " than when talking about how "Electron apps can be responsive and fast" when putting VSCode as the prime example... ye
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by j1elo 4y ago
Yeah it is a very nice technology, and also working on a higher level than embedded C/C++ allows for a faster development cycle, not having to worry that much about handling memory manually (albeit incurring in a much higher usage, tha
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by j1elo 4y ago
I see! I use pkg too myself, and now that I knew what to look for, was able to find the "pkg" entries in package.json
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by j1elo 4y ago
Curious to see that this is mostly JavaScript code. How does it work on the technical side? Does the modified firmware include a whole Node.js environment that runs this code?
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by j1elo 4y ago
See, that's why even though I'm a terminal user first and foremost, I really like the discoverability of GUIs, and that's where a good GUI is unbeatable by CLI. This would have just been an entry "Save if needed" in
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by j1elo 4y ago
What is SDF? I found it (sdf.org) but still unsure of what is the practical use. It reminds me of hashbang.sh, of which I also have an account but never found a use for it.
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by j1elo 4y ago
That's great to know! For auth it seems the preferred way to login with Google is OAuth2, that's I believe what third-party apps use, e.g. Thunderbird uses it when setting up a new GMail account. However, for apps that don't
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by j1elo 4y ago
Afrer reading the description, this project seems to be solely focused on downloading all of a specific channel's videos. I've been taking my first steps at having a home server, and one of the things I'd love to do with it i
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by j1elo 4y ago
No, FOSS is not about putting the user in literal _control_, and that concept is misused a lot to look down on the idea. FOSS is about ensuring the user has the right to be in control whenever/however they want. Most users won't
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by j1elo 4y ago
Yeah, I agree with you. Note I'm a C++ dev who would like to see less of C++ and more of newer languages that have improved upon mistakes of previous ones. But my opinion is that C++ will remain king for a long time in those niches whe
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by j1elo 4y ago
> I can't see new people reaching to learn C++ I guess you wrote this while knowing very well that it's just whishful thinking. People will keep learning C++ for the foreseeable future, in order to reach the job market that t
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by j1elo 4y ago
> Don't forget that you don't even know which streaming service something is on [...] where the hell is it in Australia? I think your best bet would be to just use a website like https://www.justwatch.com/au
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by j1elo 4y ago
Hi, I also have a Kami camera, and was entertaining the idea of going off the path with maybe an alternative provider, or just a self-hosted solution. Could you let me know about your new setup? I was wondering if these cameras are locked-i
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by j1elo 4y ago
Because presumably, you also want to avoid this in the process: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34008165 (in short: an implicit part of the process is that no one wants to end up in an instance that closes down in a co
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by j1elo 4y ago
Thanks to this comment, I found out about the twitter account @shit_hn_says, and what a finding.
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by j1elo 4y ago
The limitation of just 1 file is technical or just for simplicity? I can think of the use case of ID photos where the same single html file contains both sides of the ID, or multiple parts of a more complex document, etc... Having to input
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by j1elo 4y ago
> the loss of access to existing shows For a moment, Netflix was so great because they had "all" the stuff! (not all, but a lot of good stuff). Now every company and their mother are retiring their contents so they can have t
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by j1elo 4y ago
Wait so, according to the rules stated at https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/social-platfo... We wouldn't be able to post something like "follow Jamie Oliver to learn more about cooking http
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by j1elo 4y ago
They went to Arch, which is fine, although quite a steep change in the baseline system. New package manager, new update cadence, new "way to do things". Another alternative with much less change would have been Linux Mint: it stil

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