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starting with JDK 16, Stream has .toList() that will save you ten characters for the .collect()

In the late nineties I had a laptop that supported SuperDisk¹ floppies that could store up to 120 MB. The disks were pretty expensive and the same laptop even had a CD-RW drive so …

Couldn't you already do that with a USB-C HDMI cable? Stream the screen and record it.

Looks pretty impressive. I couldn't find the weight listed anywhere on the page, how much does it weigh? Light enough to lug around every day?

> And don't worry, there won't be some VC investment or big company buyout. That reminds me of Torvalds' statement on Linux: "just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu"

Funny enough it was accurate all while citing items that were not in the picture (not even cropped out), like tall buildings and signs in a specific language. I'm sure there will b…

At the top of the page there is a VAT selector. If you pick US there you see prices without VAT no matter where you are.

You can get up to 24GB RAM on the Air.

For those that wonder how it looks, I found a video: https://twitter.com/FOmmetje/status/1696266683756003451 or if you prefer: https://nitter.net/FOmmetje/status/169626668375600345…

I use US layout with Caps Lock mapped to toggle to my "native" layout. This way I can easily code without RSI-inducing combinations to get the frequently used {}[]\, and just tap c…

Great writeup. For those interested in the subject there is also PumpkinOS ( https://github.com/migueletto/PumpkinOS ) with accompanying blog posts going in to details.

I seem to remember successfully upgrading a machine with IBM PC DOS 7 and Windows 3.1 to Windows 95. There were issues with a few DOS commands later as some had been upgraded and o…

All sites on the .tel domain used to be rendered from DNS. It seems to have changed in 2017 but Wikipedia still says[1]: "In contrast to other top-level domains, .tel information i…

I like the concept - do you have any plans for a mobile client and how the UX would translate to smaller displays? In terms of essentials, version history would be on my list, perh…

As far as textbooks go "The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System" by McKusick is a good resource on the UNIX side of things.

You say shamelessly but it could also be "cluelessly" (which doesn't excuse the company in any way). When I interview candidates, one of the questions I ask is if they know anythin…