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A while ago I learned that very early versions of 3.5" floppies didn't have the auto shutter mechanism and you had to open and close the shutter manually. (I think that was probabl…

Can we also ban Java projects? Don't really like that language.

https://www.amazon.com/Maths-Proofs-Lean-First-Steps-ebook/d... I like this author and a while ago found that he'd published a book on Lean! In the end I wasn't able to read it on …

If you want to make all developers working on a project happy about the way the project is being designed/implemented, it's best to reduce the number of developers to 1 or less.

How much time is spent interfacing between userland and the kernel? Can you try to get it to run as a kernel module? :) Also in case your CPU is old enough, did you try disabling C…

No, it is impossible to keep them. Computers are not that far advanced yet. The melodies can only be played by pressing a button located at the end of the train. My line lost its d…

I once wrote a tool that helps with finding mistakes in OCR'd fixed width text, https://blog.qiqitori.com/2023/03/ocring-hex-dumps-or-other-... Basically it just clusters same char…

I've found that Gemini Pro is surprisingly good at 3d reasoning. To back that claim up, I've had it create: A WebGl program that takes input like X123 Y123 Z123 via WebSerial every…

I'd kind of considered printing a rather small thing (seriously, 3x3x3 cm or so) in grey using this technique (using white and black filament). It told me it'd require 140 (== numb…

Hmm? Airbnb isn't on the hook?

I cannot fathom why USB-C would make any difference. It's not like USB-C is intrinsically better for this use case? If you're doing hardware development, your desk is likely full o…

I just checked an old note I found, maybe it was noclflush actually. Affected one or more versions starting with 2.6.32-754.

I came across a CPU bug that prevented Linux from booting on 3rd gen i3/i5/i7 CPUs. Did a bunch of printf debugging until I was right before the freeze. Then found something releva…

That's nitpicking, IMO. It's still 99% true. There are just two "Mini-Shinkansen" lines, they only run once or twice per hour, are shorter than non-Mini-Shinkansen, and only a rela…

Watched it! I know it's from a US perspective, but where I live (Japan), $42000 is quite a lot! Definitely premium car territory. (E.g., Lexus RX base model) IMO the car has a lot …

I keep seeing "underequipped technologically relative to their Chinese peers" on HN. What kind of stuff is missing? This is not a loaded question, I only drive a couple times a mon…

Learned about superheterodyne receivers. Recently I've been studying up on RF technology, happened to come across superheterodyne receivers a short while ago, decided to research t…

Apart from the deaths from workers falling off the roof or from wind turbine towers (though these might be the only type of deaths included in these figures): If mining deaths are …

IMO, file another report and if you're asked to prove your identity again, a good way to prove it would be to put a text file somewhere under your domain that re-states your claim,…

I built a basic version of Tennis for Two a while back, using regular op amps. Some modern oscilloscopes have bad X-Y mode implementations, but most non-extremely-cheap scopes are …

Not sure if it's really unprecedented, but I think all wars should be like that. Go kidnap or kill the leader but please leave everyone else alone. Also by all means go and capture…

He also drove his ex-wife into depression, who later committed suicide.

> American companies need to start designing in China, not just made in China. Why does China have a bunch of electronics companies? Because people outsourced all their manufacturi…

Determining whether there is an actual labor shortage is pretty difficult. In many cases: * Doing the work in a completely different way would eliminate the need for more people do…