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by mfashby 5y ago
Depends what you mean by better. It's kind of annoying for me when trying to install some software I want to actually use, and I just can't.
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by mfashby 5y ago
This has also broken a bunch of packages in the arch user repository, for example https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dendrite/ :(
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by mfashby 5y ago
haha, if somehow you could combine the search of OPs site, plus the garbage stripping convenience of plainoldrecipe, plug in some really good unit conversion system, & save my preferences while you're at it, you might have the ulti
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by mfashby 5y ago
https://plainoldrecipe.com/ does this!
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by mfashby 5y ago
I've seen https://www.mythic-beasts.com/article/about do pi hosting
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by mfashby 5y ago
Thanks! Have you looked into source code escrow for this situation?
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by mfashby 5y ago
I _always_ use that particular phrase for highlighting the importance of information sharing, but I never knew this page existed, thanks!
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by mfashby 5y ago
Pinebook pro is serving me fairly well in this area. Chromebook like specs but normal desktop Linux.
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by mfashby 5y ago
Mirrors on top, operated mechanically I would guess. The article mentions 'transmitting' windspeed measurements to a satellite this way.
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by mfashby 5y ago
Reflectors!
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by mfashby 6y ago
Possibly not. I believe that runs natively on (any!) x86 system, but it uses QEMU to run on ARM, which might make things a big too big here.
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by mfashby 6y ago
Reminds me I did a similar thing on virgin trains in the UK once. I found a host visible on the customer wifi that streamed location data using NMEA protocol over tcp, which I guess was used for hardware showing live location somewhere on t
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by mfashby 6y ago
Pinetime maybe https://www.pine64.org/pinetime/ Pebbles were very hackable, but you can't buy new ones as other threads have pointed out.
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by mfashby 6y ago
Yep, browsers ship with native libraries for DRM, which are closed source and aren't available compiled for aarch64. Pinebook, raspberry pi etc can't use Spotify (or Netflix) out of the box. There are some workarounds, which are a
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by mfashby 6y ago
Reminds me of this one: https://www.theguardian.com/books/shortcuts/2015/mar/17/terr... An HTTP header as a memorial.
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by mfashby 6y ago
This is the comment that was in my thoughts and I failed to write it. I really hope they 1. Open source it 2. continue to work on this throughout the crisis and get it to a state where its actually suitable for critical care, and then 3. Wo
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by mfashby 6y ago
The developer here did a good job putting this together so quickly, and it's hopefully beneficial to the hospital staff and the patients themselves. I hope they keep working to improve it, and consider open sourcing it. The circumstanc