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Astera Labs Releases Leo 2 CXL Memory Controllers and Leo X Controller(servethehome.com)
1 points by rbanffy 1mo ago|0 comments
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
> divorced from the preferences and needs of the uneducated masses then who cares? Preferences, perhaps, but needs, I'm sure not. On this, I much prefer being divorced from preferences, than designing soul-less buildings designed so
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Micron Shows Off 512GB DDR5 Rdimm: 12TB per Dual-Socket Server at 9,200 MT/S(storagereview.com)
12 points by rbanffy 1mo ago|0 comments
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
> combined with some of Japan's own mistakes. I often joked, back then, that MSX was a brilliant effort to persuade Japanese computer manufacturers to invest in a family of nearly identical 8-bit systems so that they could compete i
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
> so would have had a bigger software library available to it. The SMC-70 could run CP/M software. CP/M was the MS-DOS of its time.
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
If you can, please 3D scan everything. The original units are incredibly rare and need to be properly documented.
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
I am a fan of brutalism, but there is also some survivorship bias at work - I'm sure some brutalist hellscapes were demolished because nobody wanted to live in them. Now, as a contrast, another masterpiece from the city where I grew up
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
Not all decisions should be made based on popular vote.
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
And also change a lot over time.
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
Sometimes being "ugly" is the point. You want to bring out emotions - the building can be grandiose, imposing, surprising, but, if you look closely, it's a carefully crafted work of art that's also highly functional. One
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
We really need to understand why people who study a subject and dedicate their lives to studying and perfecting their understanding would show a clear preference for something...
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
> But why do the students of architecture prefer brutalism? Because they study architecture. The article is profoundly anti-intellectual. This discourse, that colleges indoctrinate people and, thus, cause them to disagree with some form
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
Design, like so many disciplines, can't serve two masters.
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
We need more of this.
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
Ants pack themselves.
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
> one of them has slightly more classical style of architecture If aesthetic sense is distributed according a bell curve, the majority of the population will have "average" taste. If you say good taste is one standard deviation
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
> This whole newsletter is a white guy advocating for a 1950s world. But with flock cameras. It reads uncomfortably close to an anti-intellectual discourse so popular in the far-right.
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
> The people who did feel unheard learned to not respond When politics exclude a group, or a group feels excluded, it's easy to lure the group into supporting anti-politics, which is a nice way to say "fascism". This is ki
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
Abnormal isn't distributed along a single axis.
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
They have terrible natural lighting. Wouldn't recommend living in one.
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
It is a fact they improved with prolonged exposure to the atmosphere and UV light.
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
> architects (experts) prefer the modernist buildings. while common people prefer the classical buildings which makes cities more livable. Good architects match modernism with livability. A couple months back I visited the Barbican Centr
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
> It's not hard to make an old style building with modern amenities In my experience, the biggest issue is natural light - it's hard to beat glass walls when you need a structural skin with some windows where possible.
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
All the money belongs to a remarkably small group of people.
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
> But the flip side isn't anti-modernism, it's mass-market kitsch, which is at least as ugly. It's far more common than it should be. > The worst is block sprawl and suburban slop - endless subdued and constrained repet
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
When form doesn't follow function, usability suffers.
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
A font. This is what Intel needs to compete.
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Intel Reverses Decision to Cancel Their Open-Source Font Project(phoronix.com)
2 points by rbanffy 1mo ago|1 comments
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by rbanffy 1mo ago
Pretty sweet and interesting 8-bit machine. I'd love to find one near me, but they are nearly unobtanium. I really love the keycaps.
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Anyon Computing Unveils Real-Time Quantum Control System Built on Nvidia NVQLink(hpcwire.com)
3 points by rbanffy 1mo ago|0 comments

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