xvilka

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by xvilka 10mo ago
Sage Math? Though I admit, unlike homogeneous Mathematica, it's just a Python glue on multiple smaller projects of different quality and poorly integrated. I wish there was something more like the Wolfram software but there isn't.
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by xvilka 10mo ago
Classic Mini would work perfectly with the electric motor and battery.
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by xvilka 11mo ago
Despite all that happiness push, young people still prefer more opportunities (and money) abroad.
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by xvilka 11mo ago
Biggest problem of SourceHut that should be solved first before mass migration of open source - lack of the organizations that would allow multiple contributors working on the project, especially the project with multiple repositories.
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by xvilka 11mo ago
Would be nice to have integration with hledger, Ledger, beancount, and other PTA tools.
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by xvilka 11mo ago
We don't have proper interplanetary time standard yet[1][2][3]. That should be a first big milestone to achieve standardized networking with all space objects at least in the Sol system. [1] https://science.nasa.gov/lea
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by xvilka 11mo ago
It's a common knowledge. Russian poet Alexander Griboyedov[1] wrote a poem about this paradox - Woe from Wit[2]. Note, that in this poem it's a satire, but it was still tongue-in-cheek title that reflects the real phenomenon. [1]
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by xvilka 11mo ago
Something like ELinks could be created by writing a simple TUI on top of the Servo engine. Then it would be able to handle even complex Web pages full of JavaScript which is a huge chunk of the modern Internet.
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by xvilka 11mo ago
With famously weak energy grid[1], South Africa would certainly benefit from the same approach. Sadly, it seems, it isn't considered en masse. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_energy_crisis
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Rust cross-platform GPUI components(github.com)
515 points by xvilka 1y ago|218 comments
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by xvilka 1y ago
I think we should aim for Ceres[1] instead, which is way more resources rich compared to Mars for a sustainable colony. And a perfect starting point for exploring the rest of the asteroid belt[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org&#x2
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by xvilka 1y ago
The weakest point of any robot now is the energy source. Even with the most advanced AI and body it will be tethered to the power network or some big battery. It will negatively affect potential adoption outside of the places like warehouse
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by xvilka 1y ago
There's a way better solution for self hosted email these days - Stalwart[1]. Supports all necessary protocols and extensions, including modern JMAP. And, of course, it's memory safe, unlike Postfix and friends. [1] https:/&
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by xvilka 1y ago
There is still continued work on LaTeX3[1][2], but it took so long without any release[3], by this time not sure if it will get adopted. [1] https://www.latex-project.org/latex3/ [2] https://github.com/
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by xvilka 1y ago
Long term QoL definitely needs money: healthy food, means to exercise, enough time and freedom for work-life balance, travel, and so on. So yes, money are necessary for it. But the amount has a certain cap, let's say somewhere between
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by xvilka 1y ago
First, they should move to GitHub or GitLab (or Codeberg) to attract more contributors and make the process of development easier. Maybe it could also be ported to support Wayland and Unicode properly, and remove some legacy code to ease up
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by xvilka 1y ago
Just migrate to Forgejo/Codeberg[1][2] or SourceHut[3]. Both are like a light speed compared to GitHub and GitLab. [1] https://forgejo.org [2] https://codeberg.org [3] https://sourcehut.org
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by xvilka 1y ago
If you maintain it as a hard fork, why not? New phones technical specifications improvements are diminishing last few years anyway. As long as it works, it can last for many years to come. The question is only in the project budget, I think
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by xvilka 1y ago
Time to donate to GrapheneOS[1] and alternatives[2]. Or contribute [3]. [1] https://grapheneos.org/donate [2] https://members.calyxinstitute.org/donate [3] https://grapheneos.org/hiring
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Veridian – open-source identity platform on Cardano blockchain(veridian.id)
1 points by xvilka 1y ago|0 comments
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by xvilka 1y ago
I know Cardano has something similar (not sure how it's anonymized but it operates on the need-to-know basis) called Veridian[1][2]. And, of course, there are identity platforms from Ethereum[3]. [1] https://www.veridian.id&
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by xvilka 1y ago
There is a better alternative to libxslt - xee[1][2]. It was discussed[3] on HN before. [1] https://blog.startifact.com/posts/xee/ [2] https://github.com/Paligo/xee [3] https://new
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by xvilka 1y ago
Instead of Antiword, maybe using LibreOffice parsers directly would solve the problem for parsing all kinds of the documents.
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by xvilka 1y ago
It would have been nice if it also parsed old DOC (and RTF) formats, maybe ODT[1] as well. [1] https://github.com/anvie/dotext
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by xvilka 1y ago
Forgejo started implementing it but it's very far from being useful in practice yet. A lot of work needs to be done first[1], might take years, I guess. [1] https://codeberg.org/forgejo-contrib/federation/src&
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by xvilka 1y ago
At this point investing time (or money) into RedoxOS[1] would be more rational. [1] https://redox-os.org/
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by xvilka 1y ago
An example of cyberpunk that is not dated - Hyperion Cantos[1]. It might not look like cyberpunk at the first sight but it definitely is. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_Cantos
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by xvilka 1y ago
Neuromancer makes more sense after reading remaining two books in the trilogy: Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive. They are not as good as the first one, especially the last one, but make the story complete and more nuanced.
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by xvilka 1y ago
You can use stricter languages for both, like Rust, for example. Or even stricter like SPARK dialect of Ada. If AI will be able to produce code in these languages, the code will be way more trustworthy.
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by xvilka 1y ago
Too bad it's not cross-platform which makes any real use pretty limited.

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