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by khaledh 4y ago
Sounds like a good opportunity for building a tool that syncs dotfiles in a smart way across different environments. Bonus points for managing what gets synced at a granular level, i.e. including/excluding certain files/configurat
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by khaledh 4y ago
Fun fact: RSTS was originally named BTSS - Basic Time Sharing System. This was short lived since Honeywell had a product with the same name, so it was renamed to RTSS - Resource Time Sharing System. But due to a typing mistake that stuck it
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by khaledh 4y ago
It can be binary. In fact, the origin of flat files goes back to early data processing on mainframes. At that time there was no databases (as we know it today) yet. It was a collection of records stored on punched cards, and loaded on tape
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by khaledh 4y ago
Having a meeting I don't like get cancelled.
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I think this is a commonplace now that it has been decades ago. Information, languages, tools, tutorials, etc. on programming are now much more abundant and accessible than it has ever been. We seem to be cramming in our heads a lot of this
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by khaledh 4y ago
I think your membership is just for the ACM itself, and doesn't include the Digital Library[0]. My membership includes the DL (for an extra $99/yr) and I have access to all recent articles. [0] https://www.acm.org/
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by khaledh 4y ago
Original announcement thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30944881
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by khaledh 4y ago
Then it's going to be gamed, again. This time by businesses who would love to drown their competitors search results, or malicious players who want to attack an entity's web presence.
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Aren't they already doing this with reCAPTCHA?
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dupe from yesterday https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31369847
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It's happening.
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It's the blue screen of death[1]. I guess it's paying tribute to the time when this used to be a frequent occurrence on Windows, which was contemporary to the early web. But yeah, flashing it that fast would confuse a lot of peopl
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by khaledh 4y ago
I'm now a heavy user of the "Don't recommend this channel" and "Not interested" features and they've helped keep my YouTube feed in check. Still not completely free of garbage but much better than before.
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I have the same passion about computing history. I can't count the amount of literature I've read to learn about this fascinating history; it's very satisfying to know when, how, where, and by who original work was done to ad
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by khaledh 5y ago
I have the exact same obsession, along with obsession with programming languages and software design in general (especially simplicity and composability). but I don't associate feelings with it. I learn about OSs because I don't l
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Good.
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I've written a quick and dirty Django app to organize computer history literature (papers, manuals, books, etc). Every document includes an embedded pdf and is tagged with authors, institutions, and topics. It supports cross-references
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by khaledh 5y ago
I just purchased a subscription to the ACM + Digital Library to get access to historical papers. Oh well. At least I can benefit from the free access to O'Reilly until their agreement is over. That being said, I'm glad they'r
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by khaledh 5y ago
Interesting facts from Wikipedia[0]: CompuServe was founded in 1969 as Compu-Serv Network (as a subsidiary of an insurance company), a commercial time-sharing service with focus on business customers. It did so by renting time on its PDP-10
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by khaledh 5y ago
If anyone is interested, I have a couple of implementations of booting under UEFI and getting a bunch of info about the system (don't expect a functioning system, they just boot and dump some info): Nim: https://github.com&#
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by khaledh 5y ago
I know this isn't scientific, but for those who may entertain the idea of a Creator, there's a mention of crow behaviour in the Quran, where it describes the story of Abel and Cain (sons of Adam and Eve), and how after Cain killed
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by khaledh 5y ago
The problem is that Windows with all its warts now is still far ahead of the competition in that department (desktop GUI). Whether that's due to monopoly or being actually better, it doesn't matter. The fact is competition is almo
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This article nails a lot of the issues with Windows 11. I bit the bullet and upgraded to Windows 11 late last year thinking it must be an improvement over Windows 10. It turned out to be a big step backwards. - Changing the default browser
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by khaledh 5y ago
Funny that you used the word "audacity", which actually appears as a folder in the screenshot :)
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As demonstrated by MoonBounce: https://securelist.com/moonbounce-the-dark-side-of-uefi-firm...
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by khaledh 5y ago
I wonder if/when Apple starts licensing their M1 design to the server market. The energy savings and performance boost from those chips can make a real difference in cloud offerings.
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True. - Functional programming started with Lisp in 1958 (McCarthy), and theoretically before that with Lambda calculus in the 1930s (Church) - Object-oriented programming started with Simula in the 1960s, extended with Smalltalk in the 197
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From "Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces" chapter on "Process API" (section 5.4 "Why? Motivating The API") [1]: ... the separation of fork() and exec() is essential in building a UNIX shell, because
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Thanks HN for keeping it free of ads and trackers
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by khaledh 5y ago
Agreed. I occasionally reiterate that the term "operating system" should be reserved to significantly original kernel and/or system code.

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