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by jaclaz 3y ago
>Things like Windows XP or older won't install or run in SATA mode without a proper driver floppy for F6'ing, that's when it's easier just to use IDE mode sometimes. Also can be more challenging to add SATA drivers af
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by jaclaz 3y ago
>If I could have 5 refrigerator-sized boxes in my backyard powering my house, I would be in. Yep, but that would be 5 billion "cells". How much would a "nail sized" cell cost? If 0.001 $ (1/1000 of a dollar), tha
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by jaclaz 3y ago
There was Ensemble/New Deal, though that was later (derived from Geoworks): http://toastytech.com/guis/nd32.html
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by jaclaz 3y ago
In Italy, many years ago, when I was a kid, this fluoride bite was something that was given to us at (elementary) school, cannot remember if once or twice a year, they made a sort of quick medical checkup and while the doctor was visiting y
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by jaclaz 3y ago
An old "special format" DOS tool: http://toastytech.com/files/nformat.html http://toastytech.com/files/nformat.txt More info about XDF (by IBM): http://www.os2museum.com&#x2F
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Only for the record/for some retro experimenter, there was at the time also MC Shell, the Author, Mike Manning, allowed the redistribution of the full shell (it was Shareware at the time): http://reboot.pro/index.php?sh
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Technically, OFM or Orthodox File Managers, all you wanted to know and didn't dare to ask here: https://softpanorama.org/OFM/index.shtml BTW even if not strictly orthodox, the 7-zip file manager can be used in dua
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by jaclaz 3y ago
There was a thread from another article on the washington post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36091615 It is essentially the usual "breakthrough" that won't likey have any practical use for many years,
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by jaclaz 3y ago
A usb mouse (an el-cheapo, "travel" one with a reel for the cable is good enough)[1]. If you have space enough I would also consider a (small) USB keyboard. Anecdata: only three days ago I was working on a (relatively) important d
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by jaclaz 3y ago
There would be the need of huge (leakproof) containers for the compressed air recovered, from a back of the envelope calculation, we are talking of 100,000-150,000 cubic meters of compressed air.
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Well the idea is not exactly new, this is a 2005 article: https://www.corriere.it/english/articoli/2005/11_Novembre/21... Teatini and Gambolati are not "obscure academics", they are well known,
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by jaclaz 3y ago
... and here is the previous thread on HN (623 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28109842
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by jaclaz 3y ago
[2021] I was sure to have read it some time ago, it is still valid however.
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by jaclaz 3y ago
... and with javascript disabled I get an inaccessible error from Cloudflare (error 1020), would that also count as "barrier"?
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Another thread where the poster linked to the relevant Court .pdf's: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36092914 Particularly relevant is the affidavit in which the lawyer tries to explain to the Court what happened:
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Not necessarily useful/suitable for use in ReactOS, but there are a few modified "recent" browsers that do work (mostly) on XP. Mind you it's a mess of various browsers and versions and modified ones and patches to the m
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by jaclaz 3y ago
In his words: >After all, I invented the field of software forensics, the science of analyzing software source code for intellectual property infringement or theft. he invented the field, like Mark Twain, he is modest, not everywhere, bu
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Thin clients on a local network are one thing. These over a (possibly flaky) internet connection is another. Maybe in some countries/cities/locations where there is a "perfect" conection they may work, otherwise the 365
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Not connected to the AARD code, but the abominations that MS did to boot floppies in Win9x with volume tracker (or IHC code) is worth a mention: https://www.os2museum.com/wp/the-ihc-damage/ https://jeff
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Sure, nothing against the practice, food photographers do what is needed to do to obtain a good result, it was only to explain why often times what you actually cook looks quite different from the photos, a part is to be attributed to (less
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Cannot say for recipe books, but for illustrations for ads and/or for restaurant posters, the "traditional" way was to not use food at all, or use only partially actual food, the rest being artificial. Very likely this has ch
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Good advice that more generally amounts to Chesterton's fence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton%27s_fence
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Besides other possible issues in the testing of the material, see my comment yesterday on another thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36020057 the paper describes a 36 sqm house, 6 m x 6 m with structural concrete.
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Maybe, but it was already repaired after 20 years or so, spending at the time something like half the original construction costs (without considering inflation): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Pompidou Original
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Many cities, towns and villages in Europe are arranged like this, traditionally. Surely the push is towards moving industry into dedicated areas (outside town) though.
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by jaclaz 3y ago
... since July 2022 for "new types" vehicles and starting 2024 for all. https://askoto.be/en/article/a-black-box-in-your-car-for-who...
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Besides the "lightness" of the article (which could be expected as arstechnica is not a publication aimed to construction engineers) the actual paper (PDF) can be downloaded from Nature: https://www.nature.com/arti
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by jaclaz 3y ago
>In the IT industry we're used to it, constantly new languages, new tech, and yes ultimately learning to write AI and using AI to write our programs. But we adapt or die, aside from copyright problems, very few are complaining. Not
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Naah, the app will only be downloadable by the police playstore, to which you can get access only through 5FA (ID, password, iris scan, fingerprint and drop of blood).
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Only as a reference, an eel (the European species, Anguilla Anguilla) is around 80-100 cm long and weights 2 to 3 kg. So, I would say probably like 10-20 eels per day, and 6-8 meals per eel.

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