korginator

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by korginator 3mo ago
The noise levels everywhere in our cities overwhelms me. The constant chatter of people all around, e.g., a loud conversation in close proximity, people blasting some TikTok garbage on the train, or someone approaching me trying to sell me
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by korginator 6mo ago
I want my software to work, consistently, repeatably, and predictably, every time. Whether it's the software that I use is for work - including embedded and real-time systems - or tools for personal use, the last thing I want is some &
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by korginator 6mo ago
There was a 1970's Indonesian progressive rock band called Contrapunk that released an album called "Putri Mohon Diri" [1] You can find the recording on YT [2] They were really unique - blending traditional Indonesian instrum
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by korginator 1y ago
The BBC micro was revolutionary. Had a few of these in school in the 1980's. This was the first machine I came across where you could program inline assembly, out of the box. Got me started on adventures with the amazing 6502 family, a
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by korginator 1y ago
OAuth2.0 is for authorization, it is not an identity layer or authentication protocol. The article further conflates the purpose of OAuth with authentication types, phishing and other (valid) concerns, which are not entirely in the scope of
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by korginator 2y ago
The user agreement T&C document is cause for concern. [1] Specifically, sec 4.4: 4.4 You understand and agree that, unless proven otherwise, by uploading, publishing, or transmitting content using the services of this product, you irre
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by korginator 2y ago
There could also be a distant relationship with the Brahmi script / family [1] Some characters have similarities. The Brahmi 𑀕 may be related to the <Gimel> 𐤂 character in the tablet. Other characters like the "tha" (th
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by korginator 2y ago
Shein sells cheap, "fast fashion" goods. They had a few pop up stores here in Singapore, selling what looked like low end knockoffs, albeit at low prices. They're selling tops and dresses for anywhere between $4.95 and $12 (S
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by korginator 2y ago
You would be interested in this if you need the 'crypto' library to work in a FIPS 140-2 compliant way. You can switch on / off this mode by setting the runtime variable GOFIPS=1 before running your Go program [1]. Nice. It l
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by korginator 2y ago
“If there’s a clear and present market reality, we need to twitch faster, like the athletes twitch faster,” he said. “There is something to be learned from that faster-twitch, shorter wavelength execution,” he said. Raghavan urged employees
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by korginator 2y ago
TVIX was a media player made by Dvico. I used to have one a few years ago. You may want to check on trademark issues around the name. https://a.co/d/hOzOcvu
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by korginator 2y ago
My current and past employers are all-in with Microsoft because (like it or not) managing large corporate fleets is easier. Our Linux and Mac machines are treated as exceptions. This has nothing to do with user experience, it's all abo
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by korginator 2y ago
Valgrind will tell you about memory leaks and won't always behave the way it did here when there's a backdoor. In this case it just so happened that valgrind was throwing errors because the stack layout didn't match what the
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by korginator 2y ago
xz is so pervasive, I just discovered on my Mac that the (affected?) version 5.6.1 made it into homebrew. The post in the linked article says that only Linux x86-64 systems are affected, but now I'm left scratching my head whether my M
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by korginator 2y ago
Hindenburg research's entire business revolves around producing "reports" about companies, claiming fraud and manipulation, and then short-selling on a large scale. They've done this in the past, and they've been su
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by korginator 2y ago
Moderate to heavy use. Not 100% heavy use. The official specs claim 15-18 hours battery life. Practically, I'd say I do about 8 hours a day and the Mac lasts a couple of days before the battery goes to single-digit percentages. With li
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by korginator 2y ago
Ignoring the power-guzzling data centres running Xeons at work, and talking as a layperson using a laptop, my older Intel MacBook Pro gives me 2-3 hours of battery life and heats up like a toaster, while my M2 MacBook Pro runs cool, and las
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by korginator 2y ago
I paid for Affinity Photo because of its reasonably priced perpetual license, being a great alternative to Adobe's tools for my work. Canva's business model revolves around cloud based services, and subscription licensing, and I d
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by korginator 3y ago
MN10 as in my earlier comment is the starting point. The German monk Nyanaponika Thera provides a detailed exposition. https://www.bps.lk/library-search-select.php?id=bp509s https://archive.org/details/
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by korginator 3y ago
The topic is on what monks know about focus, so I'd say that any relevant monastic practices are relevant to the discussion, that includes Buddhist monks' practices on focus and mindfulness. As to the second point - the Bible is o
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by korginator 3y ago
Boeing's dismal track record has been years in the making and the problems we're seeing were inevitable. However, I'm not holding my breath here hoping for a real change. Boeing is a huge defence contractor with deep connecti
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by korginator 3y ago
In a discussion about what monks know about focus, I too find it strange that other schools and practices are ignored. The core of the Buddhist practice is about cultivating the mind for insight and clarity. In the linked article, I find th
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by korginator 3y ago
I used to work with the Sun 3's, SparcStations and other Sun hardware at the time when they were transitioning from the BSD flavoured SunOS to Solaris. There was confusion at many levels including branding. The SysV flavour was initial
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by korginator 3y ago
The quality of google maps routing has become terrible over the past few years. I sometimes visit a few Indian cities on work. There are many places that you can walk to. Interestingly, Apple maps on my iPhone shows me at least 2-3 good wal
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by korginator 3y ago
Some countries are imposing extra fees on conventional aviation fuel. This is new - Air ticket prices to go up as Singapore mandates sustainable fuel for departing flights from 2026 [1]. [1] https://www.channelnewsasia.com/s
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by korginator 3y ago
There are widely used practices for API design and versioning that work well today. While this article's kludgy approach to backward compatibility may have been passable a few decades ago, this is a terrible way to approach the problem
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by korginator 3y ago
China and the erstwhile Soviet Union wrote the book on propaganda. India has nothing on them.
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by korginator 3y ago
I've done some work in this space and there are pros and cons. BLE gets very complicated quickly. The mesh idea itself is nice, since there's no pairing / setup time - your device can be mostly asleep, and it simply powers up
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by korginator 3y ago
The habit of accumulating books is one I find stress inducing. The best decision I made over the years is to give away most of my books except for a few non-technical books and some old comics. There's less clutter at home, less baggag
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by korginator 3y ago
I'd love to have a low-cost, low-end phone that can just handle basic communication requirements. However, life has changed so much over the past two decades that I believe it's no longer possible to live our lives without a smart

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