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by m45t3r 2y ago
Location: Dublin, Ireland Remote: Remote/Hybrid preferred Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Java, Kotlin, Clojure, Python, Nix, AWS, Kubernetes. Willing to learn new programming languages as needed Resumé/CV: https:/&#x2
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by m45t3r 2y ago
But N64 was a more expensive design, and also came almost 2 years later, and from an architectural standpoint it also had significant issues (e.g.: the texture cache size that someone said above). This is why I said considering the constrai
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by m45t3r 2y ago
> you'll see that the design of a 3D-capable console in the 90s was a significant challenge for every company. While this is true, I still think that the PlayStation had the most interesting and forwarding looking design of its gene
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by m45t3r 2y ago
> There's technically no reason OpenSSHd can't also be used in this context. For initrd you generally prefer static binaries. Not saying that OpenSSHd doesn't build statically, but having less code and dependencies makes i
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by m45t3r 3y ago
I am fine with this behavior as long as I can disable it. Yes, I also use NixOS and don't like when things download random binaries, but I can understand there is demand for things that just work TM.
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by m45t3r 3y ago
2 liters of soda everyday is huge. If it was sometimes (in a party, etc) it would be fine, but I can't imagine drinking close to that amount everyday. I am sure that people do even worse, but at that point you're in a bad situatio
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by m45t3r 3y ago
> As such, an FGPA emulator isn't necessarily any closer to the original hardware behaviour than a software emulator. I guess the main advantage of FGPA is better performance on lower cost hardware. The price of the majority of FPGA
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by m45t3r 3y ago
Since my Chromebook is not really powerful, yes, Firefox feels like a second class citizen. But I imagine in a better Chromebook it should work better.
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by m45t3r 3y ago
This is a welcome addition for Chromebooks, because now you can install latest Firefox (not ESR) in Crostini without using Flatpak. Sadly Mozilla still doesn't offer `aarch64-linux` builds for Firefox in their official channels, so for
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by m45t3r 3y ago
The title is bad, this only affects Firefox mobile that AFAIK has a really low amount of users (BTW, I am one of them). Not saying that they shouldn't have detected this (i.e.: where is the automated testing for those things?), but I d
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by m45t3r 3y ago
> Most Linux installers already had a good GUI installer on the Live CD at that point. Yes, I think between the end of Windows XP and start of Windows Vista era is interesting because it is by that era when Linux installers got really go
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by m45t3r 3y ago
Maybe an issue with patents? All the formats there are open source with the exception of MP3, that from what I remember had its patents expired a few years ago.
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by m45t3r 3y ago
> Probably you are just not kicked out because staff is not noticing or apathetic. Or you know, they don't care as long you're a paid customer. BTW, I didn't say anything about restaurants. Coffee shop in general have much
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by m45t3r 3y ago
Interesting that in Mac with Apple chips (M1 Pro) it seems both Chrome and Firefox report them as Intel: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:120.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/120.0 Mozilla/5.0 (Macint
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by m45t3r 3y ago
In most cases I can buy a donut from a competitor's and eat inside the coffee shop as long as I buy some product from the said coffee shop. Apple prevents that I bring an outside donut from competitor's, while Android allows it. T
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by m45t3r 3y ago
You still need a license.
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by m45t3r 3y ago
I concur, the amount of times I had to Google dozens of minutes for issues happening in my work-issued Macbook Pro, and never finding answers because things are supposed to "just work" is maddening. For one example on top of my he
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by m45t3r 3y ago
Sure, doesn't make this any less inconvenient though. I would much prefer to finish whatever I want to finish today (even if I spend a few hours trying to fix an issue) than wait whatever amount of days waiting until my hardware is fix
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by m45t3r 3y ago
Exactly, and this is one of the main reasons why Apple is unmatched in performance in the smartphone space: they can afford much larger transistor budget than other companies since they're vertically integrated.
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by m45t3r 3y ago
Sorry, didn't see this comment. It is here: https://github.com/thiagokokada/nix-configs In the `actions` directory is all the Nix files. There is some glue code in `lib/flakes` to generate the YAML files from
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by m45t3r 3y ago
No, since all your system is declarative all the software and related configuration is redone at each reboot. Just the state is removed. To avoid losing data you want to keep you can also mark directories or files to be stored in the perman
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by m45t3r 3y ago
I actually use Nix to generate YAML files for GitHub Actions in one of my repositories. It allows me to share code between multiple actions and be consistent with versions/formatting.
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by m45t3r 3y ago
Just a small correction, PS1 had a 2x CD drive (but still supported 1x speeds of course)[1], but the point still stands. [1]: https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps1/index.php/CD_drive
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by m45t3r 3y ago
There is also "Device Encryption"[1] that is separate from BitLocker and works in any version of Windows 10/11 as long TPM is available (and AFAIK is also turned on by default). BitLocker is only available in the Pro versions
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by m45t3r 3y ago
Like many things in our field, we try to justify our choices, and because generally folks in our field holds high standards about themselves, we should justify as the only right way. What in reality, it is all about user preference. In the
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by m45t3r 3y ago
> Only because I've read this story more than a few times before? See: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... Sorry, if we are looking at the same thing, the earliest time of a H
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by m45t3r 3y ago
I don't think this is exactly new. For example the Add-ons website for Firefox already didn't allow any extensions to be run on it. It does seems this feature extends this list for new websites, but it doesn't mean Firefox wi
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by m45t3r 3y ago
From the repo README's: > When it became known that post edits were not saved but post deletions were saved, code was added to edit your post prior to deletion. In fact you can actually turn off deletion all together and just have l
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by m45t3r 3y ago
Exactly, thank you. I mean, I can understand doing those kinda of experiments in animals since it would be unethical to do them in humans (not going to discuss the implications of doing tests in animals either, let's just say that doin
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by m45t3r 3y ago
Sure, I never said so. It doesn't mean that there isn't workloads that benefit from more RAM (even if it is slower) or that the Apple's RAM prices are insane.

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