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by rahen 3y ago
Besides Chimera, you may be interested in trying Void Linux also.
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by rahen 3y ago
This is also the stand of Void Linux by the way. Void is not systemd-free for the sake of it but to offer a Linux system that keeps its Unix heritage of small, loosely coupled components, is reasonably POSIX and portable (xbps), and lets th
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by rahen 3y ago
> "WebP is actually 39 % heavier than JPEG 85 plus noise for a similar-ish look on this difficult picture, and still not totally as smooth as the JPEG (there is still a tiny bit of ringing). It’s also 30 % heavier than JPEG 90 with
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by rahen 3y ago
You missed the point he's making: webp requires 30% more data to achieve the same dynamic than jpeg, so there's no real use for it.
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by rahen 3y ago
I can readily tell the difference on the guy's forehead. The webp version has less dynamic and looks like a big white spot, while jpeg has more shades.
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by rahen 3y ago
For "most people", I wouldn't know, but for the typical HN reader, I would advise something open-source, verifiable, DIY, stateless and air-gapped, and that is the seedsigner: https://seedsigner.com To me, this is
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by rahen 3y ago
Why so salty? His game will probably have a fraction of the resource requirements of the overkill, overbloated, kitchen-sink engines written in C# and C++. I would command this author for not going the easy way. This takes skills.
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by rahen 3y ago
> Welcome to nginx on NetBSD on Docker on Kubernetes! As a NetBSD aficionado, this sentence made me cringe.
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by rahen 3y ago
I'm uncertain about the 'A' in KA, it might suggest that it was the initial release. 'I' stands for 'Integrated', as it was the first PDP-10 CPU to utilize ICs, and 'L' stands for 'LSI'
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by rahen 3y ago
I would choose a VAXi-11/780 if its appearance wasn't so plain and dull. In comparison, the early PDP-10s, particularly the KA-10 and KI-10, are charming. They are probably the epitome of computer aesthetic alongside the 11/4
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by rahen 3y ago
The next addition to this series once the PiDP-10 is released should be the PiDP-1. Upon its release, we will have a reproduction of the entire chronology of hacker culture, featuring three of the most iconic computers in history: the PDP-1
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by rahen 3y ago
You're right, but this shell still ran in a 32 bit VM on top of DOS (16 bit). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95#Architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_9x#Virtual_Machine_Man
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by rahen 3y ago
That's for the holding account, that is, the long term savings. For the everyday purchases, a Lightning wallet on a smartphone is enough.
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by rahen 3y ago
If you have stored your seed securely (in a safe, preferably engraved on stainless steel), then no problem, you can re-generate your private key on a new wallet from it. If you haven't written down your seed before generating your priv
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by rahen 3y ago
Your coins aren't stored on a computer but on a distributed ledger around the globe, secured with strong crypto, Merkle trees and proofs of work. Your (hopefully cold) wallet only stores your private key. Gold is hard to transport, eas
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by rahen 3y ago
Lightning has grown beyond its two original creators and now has a healthy community behind it. Worth mentioning are Rusty Russel (iptables, netfilter, some network layers of the Linux kernel) and the fine folks at Acinq (acinq.co). Yes, it
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by rahen 3y ago
Be mindful of potential biases. Monero is rightfully highly regarded for its privacy, but you may be overlooking certain aspects: - Unlike Bitcoin, Monero's monetary issuance is not auditable, which could prove a major problem in case
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by rahen 3y ago
I don't really get what are its selling points compared to other open-source 6502 cross-assemblers such as Merlin, ACME, dasm, cc65, sbasm and the countless others.
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by rahen 3y ago
Very informative, thank you. What about the MOX fuel they use, is this the product of that reprocessing technology? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOX_fuel
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by rahen 3y ago
>Also, it's quite possible to reprocess spent fuel. France has been doing it for decades. Wasn't that the SuperPhoenix and Astrid reactors? I thought both had been cancelled because of politics? https://en.wikipedia.
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by rahen 3y ago
I don't really see the point with this. Running Linux is not a goal but a convenient way to load and run apps concurrently. What apps do they plan to run if even Gnome won't work on such machines? I can repurpose even an 8088 if n
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by rahen 3y ago
Yes, support for 386s was dropped near version 6 I believe. You could use such a version, or if you want a Unix-like on a 8088 or 80286 without proper memory protection, use ELKS. Although for a proper experience, I would just use DOS and f
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by rahen 3y ago
I use several machines, all running on BSD or derivatives, albeit coincidentally. My main laptop is now an M1 MacBook Air, primarily used as a terminal + mail client + web browser. My former ThinkPad runs on NetBSD, starting from version 8,
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by rahen 3y ago
BSD is commonplace since the 80s for servers, ISP, CDN and embedded applications. So are its open-source derivatives. If you're looking for a 4.3BSD / early SunOS experience with support for modern hardware, go for it. After all,
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by rahen 3y ago
I've been running NetBSD beta on my laptop since january (mostly for the added performance with NVMM) and updated to RC1 yesterday. It went smoothly and the kernel rebuild was swift. The added support for the Rockwell RK3328 SoC is a b
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by rahen 3y ago
> it won't last long that UNIX-like OSes get another steward alternative to the Linux kernel, with a more appealing license to big corps. You mean {Free,Net,Open}BSD?
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by rahen 3y ago
This seems to be written from an extrovert standpoint. As an introvert, I'm working from home 100% (being freelance helps) and I sure wouldn't like going back to an office. No feeling of loneliness either, and yet I'm single.
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by rahen 3y ago
Previous post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36479769
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by rahen 3y ago
Likely continuous measurements rather than ice cores. We can clearly see the difference between winter and summer (what you call the zigzag pattern), when a small portion is absorbed by the biomass.
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by rahen 3y ago
Great, I'll take the Web Assembly version.

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