bch

6 ms·

1.
by bch 6d ago
> I feel a better use of the screen space is around the corner :)
2.
by bch 8d ago
See too the Porsche 917[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_917?#Construction
3.
by bch 10d ago
> Last week, Meta[...] agreed to a settlement of up to $18bn [...]. > > But if Meta is truly interested in prioritizing the safety of users [...] Where did that "but" clause come from? Has that ever been a priority?
4.
by bch 10d ago
> lol, how am I only hearing about this now? You're one of today's lucky 10,000! [0] [0] https://xkcd.com/1053/
5.
by bch 10d ago
Microsoft brought up an new processor[0][1][2] with NetBSD... [0] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=524... [1] https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/emips/ [2] https:&#x2
6.
by bch 10d ago
> Literally all baby formula Not sure attracting attention to baby formula will have a positive outcome[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Nestl%C3%A9_boycott
7.
by bch 14d ago
Also sounds incredibly compute intensive.
8.
by bch 15d ago
> The concept of searching a bunch of search engines made sense to me. It made sense to somebody else[0], too. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo
9.
by bch 16d ago
Not really safe for work. Enjoy. https://youtu.be/WpnM37A4P_8?si=SSRvgD4yvhAcdh0e
10.
by bch 17d ago
G400 was the first gfx card I cared about - dual head Debian bliss...
11.
by bch 18d ago
> The question becomes [...] " A question is...". To my mind not the most important question, if one plays-out to a logical conclusion the scenario you're proposing. > [...] if it's still a time saver, even with t
12.
by bch 19d ago
I appreciate it’s more sophisticated than a simple 5-band e.q. - but it’d still be interesting to hear unprocessed/processed.
13.
by bch 19d ago
I can't find any before/after audio samples - can anybody point any out? I'd have thought it's about the first thing you'd do to show off the differences (I get it - it might not (probably won't be (?)) be tune
14.
by bch 20d ago
The Art of Production
15.
by bch 21d ago
> If you want to offer support contracts and actually make people use them, don't use MIT. You can't have you cake (accepting public contributions and free labor) and eat it (sole profiteering) too. I can't speak to how su
16.
by bch 25d ago
Right - I mentioned BSD because it’s what I run/am-familiar-with, and it does have *.S files [0], but those (or at least the naming convention) came from pre-existing AT&T Unix - so my example does indeed use BSD[1] first released
17.
by bch 25d ago
> So what's a comfile? Clearly it's a shell script, yeah? So why're they called comfiles? It's short for "command files". The vestige I'm amused by on my (BSD) systems is <foo>.S files. "S&q
18.
by bch 26d ago
> I mostly find the Sprawl trilogy a chore to get through I'm in the same boat - I wanted to re-read, but couldn't find my copy of Neuromancer (which was a chore to get through the first time I read it years ago), so I've
19.
by bch 27d ago
> raised heat is a kind of pollution > water is not unlimited > you don't want to release a bunch of acid into a river > I know next to nothing about this > I know basically nothing > corn is one of the thirstiest maj
20.
by bch 28d ago
> Apple is expected to enter the market with a foldable iPhone Is it time to bring Jony Ive back?? Have some backbone, Apple... > that, rumor has it, includes all of the above and adds iOS too. Ok, this snippy comment is for The Ver
21.
by bch 29d ago
> I remember what a revelation Google search was when it came out in 1999 Maybe I just learned it’s ways, but I feel like I was ~satisfied with AltaVista… I think Google came to eat their lunch in part because they took search way more s
22.
by bch 1mo ago
I’m vaguely recalling something - and I think the beans might’ve also represented vetos, so one had a limited number of objections to other people’s ideas… quick search revealing nothing so far, though.
23.
by bch 1mo ago
This was really, really interesting - what a triumphant adventure. A few (very, very, very pedantic) things that stood out: > We wanted a way to restore service that didn’t involve rolling back to the last known-good backup (which woul
24.
by bch 1mo ago
> I'm glad to see someone feels similarly. There is nothing wrong with ignorance, but there's no excuse mistaking learning for invention. Especially from someone bearing the title "Developer Educator" >> a Devel
25.
by bch 1mo ago
Maybe Greenspun's Tenth Rule applies to anything "common".
26.
by bch 2mo ago
> If you're considering doing anything serious with Unix, absolutely you should use Linux. No question. Don't waste your time with any BSDs. Can you expand on that?
27.
by bch 2mo ago
Of course you're correct re: laptop and aux kb - I was thinking of "seat" (and multiple seats) being: "Wayland seat refers to one 'seat' at which a user sits and operates the computer."[0] So a keyboard be
28.
by bch 2mo ago
> It's actually a lot more work than you'd think to support this... Like: how would one support multiple keyboards? Is there an experimental or logical model for that?
29.
by bch 2mo ago
I don't know what qualifies as "mainstream media" here, but I feel various public broadcasters have served me well over the years: CBC[0] in Canada, BBC[1] in United Kingdom, NPR[2] in America, ABC[3] in Australia, NHK[4] in
30.
by bch 2mo ago
.tk[0] (e.g. a component of a Tcl/Tk[1] (or perhaps Perl/Tk, or Python/Tkinter) belongs to Tokelau[2]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.tk [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tk_(sof

More ›