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by arkx 9d ago
If you want a good panel, you're going to have to buy a smart TV. Just don't ever let it connect to the internet.
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by arkx 8mo ago
In a word, yes. While Wine has been an option for decades, Valve and Proton have made gaming on Linux mainstream. You can check compatibility reports from https://www.protondb.com/ for whichever games you're interested
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by arkx 10mo ago
Me too. What good is a status page that's not automated?
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by arkx 1y ago
Isn't Steam (or more specifically steamwebhelper.exe) using Chromium Embedded Framework for web views? It's already a 64-bit process for me on Windows. I also do wish they'd upgrade the client completely, but WoW64 isn't
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by arkx 1y ago
I wish it supported vertical text and reading right-to-left (Japanese). It's a long-standing issue that doesn't seem likely to be solved ( https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/4353 ). The relev
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by arkx 1y ago
Another xz case?
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by arkx 2y ago
Ukraine did have Soviet-era nuclear weapons at the time of their independence, which they let go of in exchange of US, UK and Russia security guarantees in 1994. It is amazing to me how this fact is being memoryholed.
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by arkx 2y ago
The essentials for me are private email, calendar & cloud storage. Here is my post-Google setup: https://tuta.com/ is a German privacy-focused alternative that I'm currently using for email & calendar. Easy swi
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by arkx 2y ago
Kindle readers are far from the best and completely locked to Amazon unless you jailbreak. ePub is the standard format. I’ve made sure to convert everything I’ve bought back to ePub without DRM. I read a lot in Japanese. One nice benefit of
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by arkx 3y ago
Your web browsing habits reveal a lot more about you than your desktop habits.
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by arkx 4y ago
My understanding is that it’s because of node-gyp, used to build native addon modules for Node.js.
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by arkx 5y ago
I see where you're coming from in the general case; I think it has been well established that leadership positions attract people well described by the dark triad. However, I don't agree that being a leader has to revolve around
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by arkx 5y ago
I don't think you understood correctly. A wise leader surrounds themself with people they can truly trust in. In this message we see a glimpse into the dynamic between Bill Gates and Nathan Myhrvold, and my main takeaway is that Bill t
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by arkx 8y ago
https://discord.gg/XvVKBwe
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by arkx 9y ago
"Dealers of Lightning" by Michael Hiltzik was an excellent book on Xerox PARC. I haven't yet read "The Idea Factory" by Jon Gertner, which covers Bell Labs.
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by arkx 9y ago
Last time there was a bundle like this ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14791255 ) dsacco wrote an awesome comment with recommendations on which books to pick up. Any chance for another round?
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by arkx 9y ago
> I've heard that airplane fuel is becoming prohibitively expensive Why not verify what you've heard? Kerosene prices have actually fallen dramatically from just a few years ago. https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pe
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by arkx 10y ago
He is parroting a year old clickbait headline ( https://nolanlawson.com/2015/06/30/safari-is-the-new-ie/ ) where the main gripes were that - Apple didn't attend EdgeConf 2015 - https://webk
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by arkx 10y ago
s/surprisingly/un&/
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by arkx 11y ago
ClojureScript is a very good tool without any Java commitment.
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by arkx 11y ago
Definitely an improvement for me. Smooth inertial scrolling on trackpad has been the reason why I still use Safari on OS X.
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by arkx 11y ago
There is a new wave of fear of strong AI, based on writings by Nick Bostrom, especially his book 'Superintelligence'. Elon Musk has helped to spread the word.
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by arkx 12y ago
Earlier submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2958108
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by arkx 12y ago
The authors of HtDP wrote a paper on the differences: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/racket/pubs/jfp2004-fffk.pdf
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by arkx 12y ago
I am hopeful that Let's Encrypt will do better than StartSSL's SHA-1 and paid revocation.
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by arkx 12y ago
Apple has allowed running two additional copies of OS X inside virtual machines since 10.7, so juggling multiple Macs is no longer necessary.
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by arkx 13y ago
Not the case at all. Travel to Europe and see for yourself. :)
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by arkx 13y ago
Rumored? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelling_of_Mainila
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by arkx 13y ago
Definitely not instant compilation. The app I'm currently working on has 6k lines of code and the incremental compilations take a little over 6 seconds.
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by arkx 14y ago
Oh. Thanks, I didn't know this. Curious choice.

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