physicalecon

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by physicalecon 17d ago
The author does all sorts of odd-looking optimizations in order to make the web page run on a single host of cheap battery/solar powered compute. It does seem a bit extreme, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating: this website h
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by physicalecon 17d ago
iPhone Air is roughly 90KH/s. I bet it’s a matter of the site not being “trusted” and the JIT being disabled.
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by physicalecon 20d ago
Law was not in effect yet, and now it’s repealed. Cest la vie.
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by physicalecon 21d ago
If you take something like the “draw a bike” test, I have to wonder if the “normal” folks have any visual memory. It’s always been curious to me that there’s this idea that people can “see” anything they wish, but then do not know what comm
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by physicalecon 22d ago
Dead, approximately. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49421489
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by physicalecon 1mo ago
Some would call that an organizational failure. I suppose it depends on the budgets.
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by physicalecon 2mo ago
I believe at some point they disclose the Trisolaians aren’t actually interested in “solving” the problem. They do have analytical methods, but the problem isn’t prediction but rather the fact that everything they have will routinely burn t
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by physicalecon 2mo ago
Imagining you have a navigation to “/logout” that server side invalidates your token and redirects to home, would you implement that as a link? If so, what happens if someone tries to “open in a new tab” it?
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by physicalecon 2mo ago
It is very possible to load a kernel module into the host from a container. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33013539/docker-loading-...
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by physicalecon 2mo ago
The people that develop the project have needs like anyone else. That includes vacations.
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by physicalecon 2mo ago
Some parts of the server were closed source for a bit. No longer the case. Also people got upset that the developers used the product funding to pay for their personal expenses. The idea is folks want the developers to isolate all the money
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by physicalecon 3mo ago
I don’t personally know anyone hit by a car, but my dad ended up in the hospital with a collapsed lung due to a drunk cyclist ramming him on the boardwalk. Bicycles belong on the streets. (I bike to work most days, I take the streets)