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by rollcat 1y ago
Augmented reality is what you already have right here, right now, on your wrist and in your ears. In my book, AR is completely invisible, until you need it: - A smart watch + strict notification filters (good idea either way), means you onl
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by rollcat 1y ago
’Twould wax yet more marvellous to ye beholders.
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by rollcat 1y ago
> Societies should not require such things though. They need to have trustable institutions and intermediaries to function, in finance and many other areas. ...which is more or less the same conclusion that I've arrived at by the en
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by rollcat 1y ago
Is there any modern programming environment / IDE / toolchain / etc that doesn't heavily rely on open source work? Even initially-proprietary solutions like .NET are mostly OSS nowadays.
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by rollcat 1y ago
First things first, I'm a crypto-sceptic - to put it in the mildest terms possible. You're spot on with CPU usage. However: how would you design a RasPi-efficient, fault-tolerant, decentralised ledger with strict ordering and a tr
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by rollcat 1y ago
Atlassian broke both Trello and Bitbucket for me, so at least, thanks for acquiring these browsers before I got a chance to get attached?
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by rollcat 1y ago
Anyone interested in trying NeXTStep, it's included on < https://infinitemac.org/ >
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by rollcat 1y ago
Looks interesting, but my main obstacle right now is that the power switch is controlled via HomeKit - I could make my Mac an integral part of the setup (it's powered 24x7 after all), but that feels clunky. I think the way to go is to
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by rollcat 1y ago
My original point stands, also per TFA - performance gains from SMT are questionable for certain workloads. Whether OpenBSD prioritises absolute performance is besides the point - they benchmark against their own goals, not someone else&#x2
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by rollcat 1y ago
Lisp (and similarly, Forth) is closer to a mathematical construct than an actual language. We've had to wrap it in parentheses and named symbols to help make sense of it, to talk about it. Pairs, atoms, GCs, are all an implementation d
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by rollcat 1y ago
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned OpenBSD yet. They've been advocating against SMT for a long while, citing security risks and inconsistent performance gains. I don't know which HW/CPU bug in the long series of rowhamme
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by rollcat 1y ago
> I had original plans to turn the lab off at night and then the phone could keep running from battery. But, the homelab became critical infra and has to be always on lol. I've rebuilt my entire setup a while ago to "tolerate&q
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by rollcat 1y ago
NAT is the hard problem. I'm tracking this one: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/11563 You can also talk to your ISP (or their competition). My friend negotiated something like +5€/mo f
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by rollcat 1y ago
Similar. I'm going to hold on to my iPhone SE2 (same year, size, mass, touch ID, etc) until it dies.
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by rollcat 1y ago
My 2002 TiBook's original battery is buried in sand, in a bucket. It should probably get recycled.
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by rollcat 1y ago
For simple live streaming, the standard setup is a mid-range/DSLR camera, a dummy battery, and an HDMI capture card. (I have a Sony ZV-1 and Camlink 4K.)
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by rollcat 1y ago
Asbestos wasn't understood well at first, and its continued use was due to its utility. Practically all countries around the world have successfully regulated/banned it. Removing asbestos is when it becomes most dangerous. Online
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by rollcat 1y ago
You don't solve "abusive technology" by getting rid of the technology, you solve it by addressing the abuse.
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by rollcat 1y ago
Let's start with HW secure element and boot chain verification (IMHO the minimum bar that's met by e.g. a 2013 Thinkpad), then work thru the rest of GrapheneOS' checklist. Also: Android. If I didn't need Android/iOS
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by rollcat 1y ago
> the issue is with your bank then. What next? Change jobs? Ride a bicycle? Move to a less oppressive country? Buy land and grow your own food? We're trapped into a vortex of *multi-trillion-dollar* global corporations wedging thems
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by rollcat 1y ago
We have different definitions of an "escape hatch". A user is not an IT specialist. Ordinary people need unobstructed access to lifeboats. Apple allows developers to self-sign a handful of apps (exclusively from source!) with shor
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by rollcat 1y ago
> Anyway, this whole library should have been a copy-pastable snippet for a dialog or toast People under-value copy-pasting. I'd rather copy/vendor a thousand lines of code (with license+credit intact) than add it as a dependen
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by rollcat 1y ago
I won't leave my home to type a 20-digit IBAN into an ATM. I won't travel to another city or country just to hand money in cash. I won't travel to a branch to... I have never ever written or received a cheque, what the heck e
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by rollcat 1y ago
GrapheneOS developers are free to set their bar wherever they like it. It's an independent, non-profit foundation, driven by community contributions. They provide a web-based, hands-free installer. They offer their work for free, and o
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by rollcat 1y ago
Viability of second-hand still drives market demand, as people have an incentive to buy devices that have resale value. The counter-argument is that otherwise this device will become e-waste. This is still a conundrum, but "don't
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by rollcat 1y ago
> People expect products and services to have internet connected features. Accounts are what allow that to happen. Why do I need an Apple/Google account to use my bank account? I can't even log in from a web browser anymore. Th
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by rollcat 1y ago
A single, powerful box (or a couple, for redundancy) may still be the right choice, depending on your product / service. Renting is arguably the most approachable option: you're outsourcing the most tedious parts + you can upgrade
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by rollcat 1y ago
It's not the devices, or the operating systems. RMS didn't see TiVo coming, but TiVo was never the problem: by the time GPL3 was ready, the industry (e.g. AOSP) has mostly moved to MIT/BSD. In the end, none of this mattered.
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by rollcat 1y ago
I was one month into my first full-time job, when I've (unknowingly of his rank) challenged the CTO in a technical discussion - in a public email exchange. Regardless of the outcome - I've been treated like an equal. This one shor
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by rollcat 1y ago
Apple: m68k -> PowerPC (32), OS 9 -> OS X, PowerPC (32, 64) -> x86 (32, 64) -> Arm. They've dragged giants like Adobe (kicking and screaming) thru most stages. Windows NT has always been portable, but didn't provide an

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