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Location: Dublin, Ireland Remote: Remote/Hybrid preferred Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Java, Kotlin, Clojure, Python, Nix, AWS, Kubernetes. Willing to learn new programmin…

But N64 was a more expensive design, and also came almost 2 years later, and from an architectural standpoint it also had significant issues (e.g.: the texture cache size that some…

> you'll see that the design of a 3D-capable console in the 90s was a significant challenge for every company. While this is true, I still think that the PlayStation had the most i…

> There's technically no reason OpenSSHd can't also be used in this context. For initrd you generally prefer static binaries. Not saying that OpenSSHd doesn't build statically, but…

I am fine with this behavior as long as I can disable it. Yes, I also use NixOS and don't like when things download random binaries, but I can understand there is demand for things…

2 liters of soda everyday is huge. If it was sometimes (in a party, etc) it would be fine, but I can't imagine drinking close to that amount everyday. I am sure that people do even…

> As such, an FGPA emulator isn't necessarily any closer to the original hardware behaviour than a software emulator. I guess the main advantage of FGPA is better performance on lo…

Since my Chromebook is not really powerful, yes, Firefox feels like a second class citizen. But I imagine in a better Chromebook it should work better.

This is a welcome addition for Chromebooks, because now you can install latest Firefox (not ESR) in Crostini without using Flatpak. Sadly Mozilla still doesn't offer `aarch64-linux…

The title is bad, this only affects Firefox mobile that AFAIK has a really low amount of users (BTW, I am one of them). Not saying that they shouldn't have detected this (i.e.: whe…

> Most Linux installers already had a good GUI installer on the Live CD at that point. Yes, I think between the end of Windows XP and start of Windows Vista era is interesting beca…

Maybe an issue with patents? All the formats there are open source with the exception of MP3, that from what I remember had its patents expired a few years ago.

> Probably you are just not kicked out because staff is not noticing or apathetic. Or you know, they don't care as long you're a paid customer. BTW, I didn't say anything about res…

Interesting that in Mac with Apple chips (M1 Pro) it seems both Chrome and Firefox report them as Intel: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:120.0) Gecko/20100101 Fire…

In most cases I can buy a donut from a competitor's and eat inside the coffee shop as long as I buy some product from the said coffee shop. Apple prevents that I bring an outside d…

You still need a license.

I concur, the amount of times I had to Google dozens of minutes for issues happening in my work-issued Macbook Pro, and never finding answers because things are supposed to "just w…

Sure, doesn't make this any less inconvenient though. I would much prefer to finish whatever I want to finish today (even if I spend a few hours trying to fix an issue) than wait w…

Exactly, and this is one of the main reasons why Apple is unmatched in performance in the smartphone space: they can afford much larger transistor budget than other companies since…

Sorry, didn't see this comment. It is here: https://github.com/thiagokokada/nix-configs In the `actions` directory is all the Nix files. There is some glue code in `lib/flakes` to …

No, since all your system is declarative all the software and related configuration is redone at each reboot. Just the state is removed. To avoid losing data you want to keep you c…

I actually use Nix to generate YAML files for GitHub Actions in one of my repositories. It allows me to share code between multiple actions and be consistent with versions/formatti…

Just a small correction, PS1 had a 2x CD drive (but still supported 1x speeds of course)[1], but the point still stands. [1]: https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps1/index.php/CD_drive

There is also "Device Encryption"[1] that is separate from BitLocker and works in any version of Windows 10/11 as long TPM is available (and AFAIK is also turned on by default). Bi…