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thebeardisred

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About thebeardisred

Old school operating systems guy. CoreOS architect emeritus.

https://brianredbeard.com

redbeard@dead-city.org

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    The field demo I want to see, Human in the loop to failure switch over: Simulated failure of some form, where (for safety reasons) crew triggers ejection. This defaults the system …

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    Yes… Ha ha ha… YES!

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    This was why, despite quite a few of us enjoying the gag, we gave up the domain `libcore.so` at CoreOS many, many years ago. Too much of a supply chain risk.

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    Slides - https://go.dev/talks/2012/waza.slide

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    What is this providing over similarly Markdown based open source note taking applications like Joplin? ( https://joplinapp.org/ ) I've been a huge fan of the fact that my backend s…

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    > Dopamine neurons respond not to rewards received but to the uncertainty of whether a reward will arrive: the more unpredictable the outcome, the stronger the signal. This leads m…

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    Comment #48001716

    I've noticed that a number of comments seem to have missed the recursive naming pattern: Dav1d AV1 Decoder Dav2d AV2 Decoder Just like "GNU's Not Unix"

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    I would frame this completely differently: plants evolved around sensing the low level vibration created by rain as a signaling technique for the timing of sprouting. :shrug: Makes…

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    For anyone looking for the original - https://web.archive.org/web/20120504065429/http://michaeloch... (it was easier for me to use in reader mode because it didn't obliterate spaci…

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    Comment #47869747

    Personally, I like this accounting - https://melsloop.com/

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    Comment #47459182

    FYI, the "Explore the docs" link in README.md links back to the repo and not actual documentation.

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    Comment #47295100

    "Think of these as your ISA." Thank you good Sir for truly naming this in the clearest, most precise semiotics.

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    Comment #46953661

    I'm amazed no one has linked the game version - https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/index2.html

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    I watched the video of the cow picking up the brush with it's tongue an immediately thought "cow tools" (which they reference in the article almost immediately after showing the vi…

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    I recently investigated the feasibility of purchasing a home again, and the data confirmed why I am staying put. My current rent for a 2BR house in Los Angeles is ~$5,500/mo. I ana…

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    This was an interesting read. Also, Compact frames DEI as elite cultural manipulation that harms workers of all races by substituting identity politics for class solidarity.