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811.
by sho_hn 2y ago
pg writing about non-tech topics has always rubbed up against Gell-Mann Amnesia.
812.
by sho_hn 2y ago
I don't think that extent of achievements equals heroism. History is filled with enormously productive people we judge very poorly for theirs.
813.
by sho_hn 2y ago
In this space, probably the biggest effect might be that HW vendors of DJ kit cannot fork this software to bundle with their HW and avoid sharing their improvements back, so people using other HW can still benefit.
814.
by sho_hn 2y ago
Check out the CuriousMarc video series I linked under the OP, which gets into the sensor used and the encoding scheme.
815.
by sho_hn 2y ago
The excellent CuriousMarc YouTube channel just started a new video series refurbishing a B-52 astrotracker, going over all of this in some detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkEjLqu-JH0&list=PL-_93BVApb... Recommen
816.
by sho_hn 2y ago
If you buy a Prusa in non-kit form, it's not any harder to unbox or operate, and more reliable, while generally achieving somewhat better results. Without phoning home and while maintaining the software Bambu forked theirs from. A rece
817.
by sho_hn 2y ago
Not sure, I think this is a bit daft from a marketing POV. It was an iconic, recognizable differentiator, and is the sort of thing that makes people tell the story of your brand. Other brands would kill to have a legacy, especially in a spa
818.
by sho_hn 2y ago
These days you need a CPU, a GPU, a NPU and a TPU (not Tensor, but Teams Processing Unit). In my case, the TPU is a seperate Mac that also does Outlook, and the real work gets done on the Linux laptop. I refer to this as the airgap to prote
819.
by sho_hn 2y ago
Sorta makes sense -- the first time Germany noticed Korea in the 80s is when their shipyards started outbidding the German ones.
820.
by sho_hn 2y ago
Seems like a witch hunt to me. OP's history is relatively diverse, and the comments are not lacking in content or argument. Having opinions is not a vile "ulterior motive".
821.
by sho_hn 2y ago
https://www.maritimegateway.com/volkswagen-group-orders-lng-... These are also not owned by VW Logistics, but on long-term lease to them. Note this is the similar for several BYD RoRo carriers, e.g. the BYD Explorer No.1 an
822.
by sho_hn 2y ago
Additional context, BYD's factory size: https://x.com/taylorogan/status/1859146242519167249 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42228138
823.
by sho_hn 2y ago
In his own views: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/15/david-lynch-emp...
824.
by sho_hn 2y ago
Yep, no contest. Compared to the sterile, boring, brooding Villeneuve version - a tone that worked well in Blade Runner 2049 however - it's so much more entertaining and interesting.
825.
by sho_hn 2y ago
Not that it hurt her career in any way, looking at her Wikipedia article. Failing upwards is a thing.
826.
by sho_hn 2y ago
> Parts of the deck suggest that they didn't fully understand what they were facing. The biggest one to note is the somewhat-hopeful comment that the lack of Java support was cutting off the iPhone from a "large swath of existi
827.
by sho_hn 2y ago
I don't understand where this trust comes from. Just like any other large company, Apple will not stand up for your civil rights when it seriously threatens the bottom line.
828.
by sho_hn 2y ago
This is such a bizarre comment for me. If you strip that "momentous occasion for humanity" from its human component, then how is it a worthwhile historical document?
829.
by sho_hn 2y ago
Is adtech the new pejorative for Facebook & co?
830.
by sho_hn 2y ago
I think Loki also originated OpenAL, which is still around as well.
831.
by sho_hn 2y ago
I remember Corel Linux! It was the first Linux I ever used, from a PC magazine CD in 1999. A significantly hacked-up KDE 1.1 w/ integrated Wine. To this day, you can find Corel in the copyright dialogs of a few notable KDE apps, e.g. t
832.
by sho_hn 2y ago
Back when I was maintaining an IRC client, my go-to stress test was to hop on Wikipedia's IRC network, where they have a bunch of firehose channels showing edits to Wikipedia stream by in realtime. Both super high load and occasionally
833.
by sho_hn 2y ago
On IRC since 1997 - even still in the first channel I joined! Writing an IRC client is really a fun and rewarding exercise. I also more or less started my career as a software engineer by maintaining a mildly popular Linux one, at the time.
834.
by sho_hn 2y ago
> Imagine the experience of excel being implemented inside a virtual world. This already exists, and is called EVE Online.
835.
by sho_hn 2y ago
That sounds great, especially as I love that little fried kimchi rice chaser at the end of a table-fried bbq/meal. It's that little extra course of comfort.
836.
by sho_hn 2y ago
My one weird kimchi fusion experiment that's worked out beyond all reason was making a classic cheese-crusted German pasta casserole with kimchi in the mix ... it's so addicting it probably needs to be regulated.
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by sho_hn 2y ago
There's quite a few different variants of kimchi, including non-spicy ones, known as white kimchi (백김치): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baek-kimchi There's also diced radish kimchis (깍두기), sometimes non-spicy
838.
by sho_hn 2y ago
Yeah, you're right. A kimchi fridge I've owned had a temperature dial with a little chart next to it, that if I recall advised around 1-4C for halting fermentation for long-term storage and around 11 or above for active fermentati
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by sho_hn 2y ago
As a German married to a Korean, it was a definite upgrade to my Sauerkraut. Jokes aside, the kimchi fridge is indeed quite common in Korea, and the household justification is typically that you don't want the kimchi's aroma to in
840.
by sho_hn 2y ago
I think this is actually an outdated link. Modern SteamOS is based on Arch Linux, this refers to the old Debian-based OS from the "Steam Machines" era. Looks like this will get a refresh, though, as per my other comment.

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