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dmitrygr

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About dmitrygr

I make things and I break things for fun.

me@dmitry.gr

https://dmitry.gr/ long ago: http://palmpowerups.com/

Places we might have crossed paths: VMWare, Google, Apple

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49223042

    Google “sandsifter”

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    Comment #49199341

    Oof...since 2011? Even with everyone knowing that GPS signals are -125 dBm on a good day and anyone can jam them? Jeez! My condolences. At least here stateside one can still fly IF…

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    Comment #49191304

    which is why i said "static recompiler" and not just "recompiler" distinction is that an emulator is much simpler, while a static recompiler is a lot more work and thus ~30% more c…

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    Comment #49191075

    Emulation visits instructions as they are executed. Static recompilation will (at translation time) visit instructions that can be discovered, even if they never run. eg: if (rand6…

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    Comment #49190644

    At the end it is not emulation but static recompilation (which is, arguably, cooler)

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    Comment #49190603

    When you file your flight plan, there is a box for "equipment". Put "O" there and they will not do that to you anymore. "DO" if you have DME.

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    Comment #49190588

    It is a previously not-made mix of metals. But nothing in the paper explains why it is interesting. Sure we have not seen alloys with that exact combination, but nor have we seen t…

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    Comment #49186131

    Does Europe not have VORs?

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    Comment #49174013

    "Maybe it's something you've got that they haven't got." - Owen Kellogg

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    Comment #49173194

    The country that does not, invented more or less every modern technology (transistors, ICs, wifi, microwaves, cellular). Mayhaps there is something to it.

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    Comment #49172056

    Seems Microslop forgot the #1 rule of selling bits and bytes: buying from you needs to be easier and less painful than opening thepiratebay (and possibly installing an emulator)

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    Comment #49160210

    > The correct fix is to bounds check before casting. This will do wonders for speed. Actually explicitly using the safe isntr might be better. Something like this will happily comp…

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    Comment #49141953

    >Micropython creates the illusion embedded developers do not need to understand C, their CPU, or other advanced concepts to do embedded programming. Amen.

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    Comment #49128038

    The AI-slop main marketing image does not inspire confidence. Look at bottom left: "Domestic replacement of Broscomparn high-end products"(sic). See middle-right: "Comprenensive co…

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    Comment #49127240

    Simpler yet: require every call to come with a physical source address, huge (and enforced) jail times for faking it. Let the internet and the pissed callees crowdsource the rest

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    Comment #49127229

    > This has absolutely not ever been the case. I think it was. Eg: on most russian warez forums in the 2000s, it was a bannable offense to crack russian-authored software.

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    Comment #49100027

    > Companies that don't do this will have their firmwares dumped with open source models and tools This is not as "one and done" as you make it sound.

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    Comment #49093508

    KDE plasma. go wild.

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    Comment #49093265

    Yes. Show me how to make zoom screen sharing work without pipewire and prayer.

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    Comment #49093131

    Wayland: you can have two cursors but no, you can’t have screen sharing.

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    Comment #49091746

    > why people come to a technologist forum without a basic understanding of system dynamics. Cognitive dissonance, they understand but refuse to admit it because it conflicts with t…

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    Comment #49088561

    Atmos does not tick, nor make any audible noise

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    Comment #49088343

    > no one will visit your website. It's as simple as that. I am not convinced. My traffic counter spins quite rapidly, and I only publish on http://dmitry.gr

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    Comment #49065121

    I got my sister a Atmos VIII as a present a few years back, and it took us a few attempts to get it running at the proper speed via the adjustment lever (the analog world is messy)…