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Hmm, I'm using the CachyOS kernel but on NixOS. What CPU/GPU are you using? I tried using the flatpak Chromium in case it was some NixOS build optimization oddities but didn't see …

A more accurate title is can Intel (Linux/Windows) beat Apple? If you don't want to run Windows, is there even a choice? My issue now with the non-Apple computers if you want to ru…

As much as I like to hate on larger cars. In reality, I use my SUV (3 row, Subaru Ascent) all the time for camping and outdoor activities (80% of weekends or so). I just took out t…

Don’t many medications and medical devices contain microplastics either on purpose (fillers) or un-avoidable (plasticizers in IV tubing). Unless the FDA has an existing microplasti…

In some states you no longer can interact with a phone at all unless mounted. Phone mounts kind of suck or you’ll be in a rental without your nice mount. A 15” screen is easier to …

Window units can be added to basically any existing home. And like you said roofs are an option. France could afford AC with their relatively cheap power but it’s just culturally a…

> build an image from scratch with the packages you want Using what? Using NixOS to configure a system is orthogonal to the system actually running the Nix binary. Nix/Nixpkgs prov…

Err, the email list has like 13+ bad addresses? I get a lot of "Address not found" responses.

Actually, quite an honest and in-depth review with many genuine good points about the state of Nix. If you genuinely need sub 1GB image sizes, you would have to reimplement many of…

My toolchain for both is managed by the Nix derivation wrappers. It’s trivial to set custom C/C++/Rust/Go/NodeJS flags. As long as I have one flexible build tool, I can customize i…

IMO the nixos-rebuild scripts are unnecessary and just obscures what’s being built. build-vm is the same as building the configs “config.system.build.vm” attribute. nixos-rebuild i…

What do you mean by image? In Nix you instantiate a NixOS system and specify the architecture. There are a number of tools to build a disk image from a NixOS system. $ my-arm-syste…

Embedded just means ARM 99% of the time and it's cheaper and easier to use native ARM servers (AWS has them cheap) than to make 100% of software cross compile. Some parts of the fi…

I've been using Nix for "embedded" systems for few years now and it works fine. I don't quite understand why "embedded" has historically meant learning a completely separate tool. …

Doesn't running consistent losses eventually cause tax issues with the IRS? If the losses are offsetting profit elsewhere, I would assume the IRS would become very interested in ch…

Sure but homeowners can literally have their cake and eat it too. Homeowners who like where they live and don’t want to sell are best served by scarcity. Unfortunately that means t…

Is there something systemic behind these frequent incidents with military aircraft? It is using old, legacy equipment? Is it due to using rushed, streamlined procedures designed fo…

Assuming they would not have liquidated it earlier (perhaps via some semi-legal instrument) to cover past or future bad decisions. Crypto certainly isn’t doing well now. The 7.84% …

Wow quite nice. I’ve been working on a side project (so all vibecoding) a tool for canyon mapping (Canyoneering). I made a decent interface based on Leaflet and react but I struggl…

I don’t get why Spotify didn’t inject themselves into the ticket buying pipeline. They recently announced something but it’s kind of strange. I often find I learn about a festival …

Isn’t it a self-fulfilling issue? Dependence on H1B and other visa dependent workers leads to lower salaries which discourages local talent from that specialty. What requirements d…

IPv6 zones are great. IPv6 neighbor discover is great. Link local doesn’t need SLAAC or DHCPv6 server. It seems clear that browsers would need to special case this and implement OS…

Wow, it's crazy that some states have over 2x the mortality rate of others. Also pretty striking how quickly mortality increases with age even at "young" ages.

1. Born in typical midwest American town from American parents also born in the US just as their parents (at least 4 generations) 2. Nope, met after arrival. 3. Studies completed a…

Absurd, currently trying to figure out how to sponsor my wife and now this. The wording seems to imply that even those here on valid non-immigrant visas (F1) would need to apply vi…