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Light has infinite speed. Zero time passes for it to move from one place to another, even if it looks like millions of years to us.

Qubes is the best for managing VMs, it’s known as a security minded distro but it’s really the most well thought out VM manager I’ve seen. VMs are so well integrated.

NLNet funds some of the most interesting and diverse projects, including some ideas that have massive potential like Femtostar [1] which is an open version of Starlink, and Precurs…

There can be a good number of opinionated armchair know it all‘s, but, like HN, if you’re willing to sift through comments there’s lots of great insight and references you might no…

I always love Eno’s description of the spec for this job: “The thing from the agency said, ‘We want a piece of music that is inspiring, universal, blah-blah, da-da-da, optimistic, …

Unfortunately you don’t understand what trustless means in this context. “No one trusts a trustless coin” makes no sense, there is no trust required for it to function (theoretical…

That is much easier said than done.

Graphene is simultaneously the easiest to install and most robust rom I have ever installed in my years of it. It is a gem.

The extremely high paid FANG income is a thing of the past, already down 50% ytd. I hope you enjoyed it while it lasted.

Do you have two million liquid bucks or not?

Extremely brave comment. Thank you for your service.

Yea this is the real hacker dream machine, I’m always sad framework is getting more love when it’s not open hardware or open source.

Are you joking? Thinkpads for decades have had all the parts replaceable with off the shelf components. Framework is barely caught up with my 2008 thinkpad lol.

I have been using the previous hisense a5 for years, it is absolutely wonderful. Maybe the Smallest ereader you can buy, with all of my note taking apps. Best way to read hacker ne…

Awesome

Well indexes are a relatively new product (less than 100 years old).

Here is one implementation: https://github.com/danstiner/rust-u2f

I used to make a few hundred bucks a month on good months participating in a real app called SURKUS. Went to a lot of weird places, including a Halloween party put on by a VR conso…

For pictures of mushrooms, poetry and t aoish aphorisms: @hw@c.im

Also not good, will confirm when it arrives.

What are your “before nad” supplements?

The Star Labs Starbook MK V has coreboot and intel ME turned off and is one generation newer CPU (11th gen).

Need this in my laptop and phone YESTERDAY. Isn’t 1080x1920 very few pixels for a screen this size?

Ya COVID isn’t real. I’m sure you’re right.

You can watch videos on modern eink devices from boox and hisense. Looks like an old TV.