jacknews

50 ms·

961.
by jacknews 3y ago
sure all they need are the $$$ to make it happen
962.
by jacknews 3y ago
No idea what that process is - I have a few t430s and have replaced each of their fans at least once. It's just a case of remove the k/b and top bezel, maybe one of the speakers (can't remember, but it's just a single sc
963.
by jacknews 3y ago
"I wish there were any expresscard-sized video cards available" That would be fantastic - should be a standard capability of newer m.2 slots too.
964.
by jacknews 3y ago
T430 is a piece of cake to replace the fan.
965.
by jacknews 3y ago
X230 seems like a better option to me, you can replace the k/b with a 220 keyboard. But even though they're built like tanks, these 220/230s are getting old now. Given a choice of old X series thinkpads, the x270 makes more s
966.
by jacknews 3y ago
Really looking forward to bcachefs, but honestly, what a prima-donna. Just follow the process like everyone else.
967.
by jacknews 3y ago
"finding freelance work" Any tips? The freelance sites just don't work currently, even the crappiest and shadiest 'jobs' are mobbed by 50+ proposals, and anyone new to the platform won't even have their proposa
968.
by jacknews 3y ago
Obviously this is an opportunity for 'investors' to snap up boat slips and jack the rents.
969.
by jacknews 3y ago
"An editor should be able to manage splits and tabs. It should have a basic concept of some kind of UI pop.." Couldn't disagree more. Of course, it is currently necessary for apps themselves to handle splits, tabs, etc, becau
970.
by jacknews 3y ago
"the blame ultimately lies with Congress." For de-regulating? Sure. But it shows that market capitalism is actually the problem, and governments are to blame for not managing, harnessing, and policing it stringently.
971.
by jacknews 3y ago
It's a shorthand way of saying 'industry X has become completely financialiized' ie it makes more money from financial shenanigans than providing the product or service recorded on it's business registration.
972.
by jacknews 3y ago
I'm extremely sure it's far from the only one, and the practice is not limited to the US govt.
973.
by jacknews 3y ago
It seems the treatment of Assange has defined the playbook for dealing with critics of 'the system', the status-quo, whatever you want to call it.
974.
by jacknews 3y ago
I mean to add obfuscating/balancing noise. Personally I find complete silence too much, akin to a writer staring at a blank piece of paper. I live away from traffic, but in a dense neighborhood by western standards, so there's con
975.
by jacknews 3y ago
I think it's like your visual system and edge detection; a change in sound levels or types is most noticeable. So a solution would be to generate your own noise, possibly even dynamically adjusting to the ambient sounds. I'm sure
976.
by jacknews 3y ago
By not having a job!
977.
by jacknews 3y ago
So how would you set a[2] = nil in any other language? You wouldn't. You'd set it to 0 or "" or whatever.
978.
by jacknews 3y ago
I might be wrong but I think this was a project originated by one of the branches of the US armed forces or security services? In which case, it should be pretty secure. Although, there's the obvious 'honeypot' concern. But m
979.
by jacknews 3y ago
Tech generally disappears (though it never/rarely really does completely) either because it proves not viable/economic, or it's superseded. Though sometime it's because of shifts in fashion, or legal/moral restricti
980.
by jacknews 3y ago
A better way to achieve the desired effect of fewer flying miles (if that is the intention) would be to increase fuel taxes etc. Minimum prices just cut off the low end of the market, and seems obviously designed to protect the big/mor
981.
by jacknews 3y ago
I find Synergy, Barrier, Input Leap, etc better than KVM.
982.
by jacknews 3y ago
Although "designers" (if they don't think a lot about functionality I prefer to call them stylists) Love that. The best I've managed is to emphasize " graphic designer", but even that is often undeserv
983.
by jacknews 3y ago
The 'battery degrades and you have to throw your keyboard away' argument is poor, but unfortunately all too true these days. Just make the battery easily replaceable. The real reason is just that wireless is not that necessary for
984.
by jacknews 3y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com of course!
985.
by jacknews 3y ago
"The claim that automated testing and TDD forces you to produce better designed systems isn’t strictly true" Has TDD become so sacred that we need to beat around the bush? TDD quite often in fact forces bad design, and combined
986.
by jacknews 3y ago
Do they sell eye-strain relief software too? I need it after squinting to read the ultra-fine low contrast font on their website...
987.
by jacknews 3y ago
Synthetic food. I think good synthetic meat etc is still some way in the future, but things like milk, juices, pulps, and animal feed should be easier and make even more sense. Why grow a whole tree when you just want OJ, a whole cow whe
988.
by jacknews 3y ago
I called this idea "data-centric computing" in the 90's, though that has a different meaning, about memory organization in game development, these days. Basically data records live free from applications, so for example you c
989.
by jacknews 3y ago
They were definitely recovering dramatically from the early 1990 s&l crisis, with strong offerings in Unix (RS/6000), re-juvenated mainframe hardware in the Z-series, a huge push into services, etc.
990.
by jacknews 3y ago
Paragliding. Someone else mentioned skydiving, and if you want the adrenaline, you can find it in paragliding with acro flying, or just in rougher weather. But otherwise you can hang serenely above a sand dune, or below cloudbase, or pull i

More ›