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by chkhd 6mo ago
XMMS1 source code is also still around https://github.com/csepulveda/xmms1 ..and XMMS2 apparently had a few recent releases https://github.com/xmms2/xmms2-devel
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by chkhd 6mo ago
After a good decade of Mac Tahoe made me go back to Linux + tiling WM for my main machine. I just could not stand the awful mess anymore. Result? inner peace. It is so calm here, and everything is so familiar and fast. And the MBP hardware
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by chkhd 1y ago
I still have this book! my mom reading this to me and my brother was my introduction to Tolkien.. very nostalgic.
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How does a screen work?(makingsoftware.com)
588 points by chkhd 1y ago|108 comments
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2024 Berkshire Hathaway Tribute to Charlie Munger [video](youtube.com)
3 points by chkhd 1y ago|0 comments
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'Unparalleled' snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times(bbc.com)
10 points by chkhd 1y ago|2 comments
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by chkhd 1y ago
Interesting, on that page using Safari, clicking on the home/nue logo or most other links/buttons results in a null error :) I would hope React buttons work when people click on them though.
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by chkhd 2y ago
HN is one of very few places where I feel "at home". Thank you @dang, and everyone else!
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by chkhd 2y ago
Exactly why I have zero regrets going native on macOS. Yes, Xcode isn't the best to put it mildly and SwiftUI is still maturing.. but I am so glad I don't have to deal with the modern web stack. Daily smiles instead of facepalms,
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by chkhd 2y ago
I wonder how soon they will arrive at 80%/20%.
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Ring of galaxies challenges thinking on cosmos(bbc.com)
34 points by chkhd 3y ago|12 comments
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by chkhd 3y ago
UTM is great, and once snapshot capability is added [1] it will become my default recommendation for sure. Until then sticking with Parallels. NOTE: An unofficial snapshot manager exists [2]. 1: https://github.com/utmapp&#x2
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by chkhd 3y ago
On Windows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra_PDF is amazing!
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Show HN: ChatGPT writes a song about creating AI in style of Tolkien
9 points by chkhd 4y ago|4 comments
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by chkhd 4y ago
All these layoffs to me personally seem just an accelerated and highly opportunistic cull of people in the bottom of stack ranking. Of course they still do it, of course they will use this golden opportunity to improve what they think of as
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by chkhd 4y ago
* The Language of Mathematics: Utilizing Math in Practice by Baber https://www.amazon.com/Language-Mathematics-Utilizing-Math-P... really helped me "get it", as I always found programming natural but math hard. Th
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by chkhd 4y ago
That is already doable with xargs itself xargs -P maxprocs Parallel mode: run at most maxprocs invocations of utility at once. If maxprocs is set to 0, xargs will run as many processes as possible.
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by chkhd 4y ago
The key question is what are you comparing to k8s in terms of complexity? Does it add work compared to setting up a VM with Docker and Watchtower? - for sure.. But does it add work compared to setting up something that gives you all the sam
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by chkhd 5y ago
Open, widely adopted standards are a good thing. Widely supported ways of delivering applications written using those standards is also a good thing. But as a counterpoint to the rest, web technologies have been free to achieve said parity
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by chkhd 5y ago
> You care how an app is developed and delivered to your device? Why is that so shocking? The moment when users stop caring about how stuff works you get the very situation the article is complaining about. >The web offers a native ex
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by chkhd 5y ago
> I would bet.. That is speculation on user behalf, isn't it? I am a user and I care. > ..than having to learn all of the platform specific stuff.. It is a rational argument. However, Chrome is a platform too. More and more of th
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by chkhd 5y ago
> ..you sound prejudiced. I am providing critique here, the burden of proof is on whoever wrote the bold claim that application development is web development (speculation) and it is a better way of development (speculation). > I am g
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by chkhd 5y ago
> The entire future of Application Development is at stake. Since when does application development equal web application development? this is a narrow-minded view. > stalled innovation for the past 10 years and prevented Web Apps fro
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by chkhd 5y ago
Good article. In my personal experience a good mentor will never patronize but will still manage to convey their, usually higher, expectations for kind and quality of your work. The best mentors I've had were also extremely good at rec
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by chkhd 5y ago
"When a fail-safe system fails, it fails by failing to fail-safe." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemantics
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by chkhd 5y ago
I just hope the remote development features will actually work adequately in this. They tried to get that stuff working with existing IDEs multiple times [0][1][2][3], but they are all broken in their unique ways. Whenever I see them announ
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Ask HN: What happens if a fast integer factorization method is discovered?
3 points by chkhd 5y ago|2 comments
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by chkhd 5y ago
Yep, but mostly for its original purpose, never got onboard with all the cool new features they released, unfortunately.
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Ask HN: Where can one read about cloud architecture/dev/ops war stories?
12 points by chkhd 5y ago|3 comments