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by pamoroso 4y ago
Write.as is a lightweight, minimalist blogging platform well suited to technical writing as it supports Markdown (including syntax highlighting and tables) and MathJax.
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by pamoroso 4y ago
Yes, I do think lots of post don't get the attention they deserve. That's why I check the front page only once or twice per day, and otherwise live inside the New page.
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Why high-end Chromebooks exist(aboutchromebooks.com)
2 points by pamoroso 4y ago|1 comments
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by pamoroso 4y ago
I no longer buy physical books, tech or otherwise, as in 2010 I switched completely to ebooks. Actually, I recently bought a couple of decades-old tech books of retrocomputing value. I found digital copies I regularly reference, but those b
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by pamoroso 4y ago
It sounds great but I'm actually interested in official manuals, not independent books.
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Ask HN: What's your favorite retro computer manual?
2 points by pamoroso 4y ago|2 comments
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by pamoroso 4y ago
The 8086 Assembly source code of the MikeOS operating system is remarkably readable and easy to understand for such low-level software http://mikeos.sourceforge.net
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by pamoroso 4y ago
Great to know but too late as I'm happy with chromeOS.
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by pamoroso 4y ago
The Linux system update issues were so frequent I ended up deferring to apply the updates, trading features and fixes for stability.
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by pamoroso 4y ago
I'm the author of the linked post. It's not much that I need Crostini, it's that I put it to good use once chromeOS supported it.
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by pamoroso 4y ago
I'm the author of the linked post and in another comment in the thread I elaborated on why I didn't use Linux directly.
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by pamoroso 4y ago
I'm the author of the linked post and my experience with the reliability of Linux on the desktop was different, see my reply earlier in the thread.
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by pamoroso 4y ago
I'm the author of the linked post. I did use various Linux distros from the mid 1990s until switching to chromeOS, but I got exasperated with maintenance. Device driver support was suboptimal and system updates would often break someth
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by pamoroso 4y ago
Whenever possible I recommend reading primary sources because they're often fascinating and remarkably well written works. That's why they're influential.
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by pamoroso 4y ago
That's interesting, thanks.
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Ask HN: Bloggers/Mastodon users sharing Z80 retrocomputing projects
6 points by pamoroso 4y ago|2 comments
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by pamoroso 4y ago
Google definitely doesn't lead by example.
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by pamoroso 4y ago
I absolutely do care about release notes. The worst offenders are tech giants and major vendors, who typically don't provide such details or publish something completely uninformative such as "bug fixes and performance improvement
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by pamoroso 4y ago
tl;dr I don't. Here's some more context. I use Google Keep as a read later tool, with a note for each article. Once read I usually discard the note except for the most interesting or valuable articles, which I may bookmark in the
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by pamoroso 4y ago
You don't. When starting a newsletter, everything happens at a snail's pace and nothing seems to move the needle. Best practices, popular growth strategies, newsletter swaps, promotion, what worked for other creators, advice from
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by pamoroso 4y ago
My daily driver is an i7 ASUS Chromebox 3 with 16 GB RAM and 256 GB storage. I also have a Lenovo Yoga N26 Chromebook with 4 GB RAM and 32 GB storage.
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Running Open Genera 2.0 on Linux (2020)(archives.loomcom.com)
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by pamoroso 4y ago
I switched to https://write.as that supports Markdown, MathJax, and is well suited to the kind of technical writing I do.
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by pamoroso 4y ago
It's definitely worth it for me as my blog doubles as a repository or personal notes, projects, and ideas I reference often. And sometimes I get noticed, so far without further opportunities. What made me blog way more, from once per m
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by pamoroso 4y ago
The growing interest in retrocomputing is making old programming books invaluable, especially those about 1970s and 1980s microcomputer systems and languages. For example, I'm reading lots of books about Intel 8080 and Z80 Assembly pro
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by pamoroso 4y ago
Keep, sell, or donate the collection. But please, don't throw all that stuff away. Although I lived the personal computer revolution, I'm just getting started with retrocomputing and I realize more than ever how valuable that stuf
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by pamoroso 4y ago
Maybe not delegate, but the service could provide a service with instructions to fix DNS.
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1-click automatic configuration of SPF, DMARC, and DKIM.
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by pamoroso 4y ago
For Assembly and system programming I recommend retrocomputing and homebrew computer forums, such as comp.os.cpm or Hackaday.io
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by pamoroso 4y ago
I recommend Assembly, specifically for classic 8-bit CPUs like the Z80 or 6502. Assembly is unique and fun and, if you go with the classics, the learning curve is shallower and you won't be distracted by the constraints of modern chips

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