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by jasoneckert 22d ago
I'm still using an M1 Ultra Mac Studio with 128GB RAM running Fedora Asahi Remix. It's far more power than I need for a very long time, which is one of the reasons I love the Apple Silicon platform so much.
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by jasoneckert 1mo ago
This is a lovely and heartfelt tribute. Thanks for sharing this.
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A Brief History of Computing(jasoneckert.github.io)
2 points by jasoneckert 2mo ago|1 comments
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by jasoneckert 2mo ago
I ran Windows 2000 Beta for years on my DEC Alphastations (4 Miatas and 4 Digital Ultimate Workstations). It ran flawlessly, and so did Office 97 for Alpha. CD-ROMs for both Windows 2000 Beta and Office 97 (for Alpha systems) came in our mo
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by jasoneckert 3mo ago
This comment made me smile, as my preference is opposite - I prefer RPM-based distros and primarily use Fedora on everything (including Fedora Asahi Remix on an M1 Ultra Mac Studio), but occasionally use Ubuntu and Debian on some of my clou
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by jasoneckert 3mo ago
The height of hackathons was back in the early to mid 2010s in my opinion. That was the height of the indie game scene and mobile app goldrush - and there were plenty of sponsors willing to contribute real $$, prizes, and swag - all of whic
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by jasoneckert 4mo ago
I lived through this timeline, and with ThinkPads from different eras. Throughout, they were always considered in my science and computer science circles as "premium" laptops with excellent build quality, keyboards, and performanc
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by jasoneckert 4mo ago
I've used vi (and later vim and neovim) since the 1980s, and really enjoyed reading this site. I had no idea there were so many vi-able alternatives!
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by jasoneckert 4mo ago
Several organizations in my area of Canada (including ours) have this as a directive right now too, and are actively exploring options for ensuring data is hosted in Canada or Europe (or have already begun or completed their migrations).
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by jasoneckert 4mo ago
Love the confidence of launching a teaser page with zero specs. I’m not emotionally prepared to be marketed to before I know how much RAM it has. Google basically said “here’s a mysterious glowing rectangle” and expected us spec junkies not
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by jasoneckert 4mo ago
I'm reminded of a speech Barack Obama gave many years ago about the difficulty and necessity of finding a "happy medium" between protecting individual liberties and providing law enforcement with the abilities to provide secu
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by jasoneckert 5mo ago
Both Windows 11 systems are configured with the “High performance” power plan, as are the two Windows Server VMs. In hindsight, I should have included this detail explicitly in the original post instead of only alluding to it.
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by jasoneckert 5mo ago
Both systems have DDR5 soldered to the mainboard and NVMe SSDs (the Intel system has a faster Samsung model compared to the Foresee model in the Snapdragon system).
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by jasoneckert 5mo ago
I intentionally left out screenshots of the output for a couple of reasons: 1) They’d distract from the main point (I wasn’t aiming to write a benchmarking post), and 2) They can be misleading, since results will vary across ARM hardware an
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Windows Server 2025 Runs Better on ARM(jasoneckert.github.io)
187 points by jasoneckert 5mo ago|150 comments
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by jasoneckert 5mo ago
I think we'll see this happen over time in all tools - individual AI brands replaced by generic AI icons. The real question is this: While the floppy disk became the standard "Save" icon, what will eventually become the stand
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by jasoneckert 5mo ago
Thanks for this interesting post - I've been showing it to co-workers to get their reactions, which was incredibly entertaining for me! Co-worker 1: Interesting. I wonder if that voids the warranty. It's Apple you know. Co-worker
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by jasoneckert 6mo ago
Of course I don't mind - please do! :-)
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by jasoneckert 6mo ago
This is great, thanks! It sort of feels like browsing for gems in a used bookstore and stumbling onto authentic, personal writing. I'm always up for that, and plan on spending plenty of time exploring the list. I’ve submitted mine as w
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by jasoneckert 6mo ago
It's a nice animation, but for such a significant anniversary - and from a company like Apple - I expected a lot more hoopla and content. This could indicate that there wasn't a lot of planning involved, that it wasn't a high
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by jasoneckert 6mo ago
For me, drawing the line as to when you will leverage AI and when you won't comes down to a quote from Kurt Vonnegut: "Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing i
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by jasoneckert 6mo ago
As someone who came from the SGI O2/Octane era when high-end workstations were compact, distinctive, and sexy, I’ve never really understood the allure of the Mac Pro, with the exception of the 2013 Mac Pro tube, which I owned (small fo
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by jasoneckert 6mo ago
This was exactly my first thought when I saw the title. And after reading the contents of the blog, it's pretty clear that ARM is laser focused on getting a piece of their customer's cake by competing with them. This is likely why
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by jasoneckert 6mo ago
In short, this reads like a mix of valid historical pain points and outdated assumptions. The post frames Wayland security as “you can’t do anything,” but that’s a misunderstanding. Even under X11, any app can log keystrokes, read window co
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What I Learned Running Two College Video Game Programs (2011-2018)(jasoneckert.github.io)
2 points by jasoneckert 6mo ago|0 comments
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by jasoneckert 6mo ago
I actually do something similar on my personal site using this note that includes a purposeful typo: https://jasoneckert.github.io/site/about-this-site/ I'm hoping people catch that typo after reading "e
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by jasoneckert 6mo ago
God that machine was terrible - underpowered and undercooled, which led to frequent overheating and component failures. When I first started at Sun, they put one of those on my desk as a joke on my first day (it was quickly replaced so that
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by jasoneckert 6mo ago
Certain companies are well-known for their legal teams. Qualcomm is one (often described as a legal company that employs some engineers). Nintendo is the other. As a result, Nintendo's legal team is far more likely to ensure they get r
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by jasoneckert 7mo ago
macOS is a capable UNIX, but it's not Linux - which has since become the standard platform for most cloud/web/ML development. As a developer myself who uses Fedora Asahi Remix as my daily driver, I can also tell you that Linu
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by jasoneckert 7mo ago
ARM's failed lawsuit with Qualcomm revealed these same ambitions, albeit in a much more negative light: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42475228 After following that drama, it's difficult to see ARM as anythi

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