Installing and exploring V7 unix (1979) on a PDP11 emulator. Crazy how familiar and yet different things are.
Are you a reader of virtually fun? That's exactly the kind of topics they explore.
I wasn't, but I am now. Thanks for the tip!
Ask HN: What rabbit hole(s) did you dive into recently?
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#252Earlier quoted context omitted.
Strongly urge you to acquire a Logitech MX Vertical mouse. It takes a few days to get used to; now you'd have to pry it from my dead hands.
I went down this path and tried various vertical mice, and settled on the MX V for a few months in the pursuit of reducing wrist pain. After about 4-5 months or so, I started getting strong wrist pain again, and switch backed to a standard mouse. At that point I started looking elsewhere, specifically on strengthening my wrists and joints. I've been doing this about 5 times a week for probably 5 months now, and most…
Thanks for the video. I’ll definitely try it out. In my original post, I should’ve emphasized that I’ve also been focusing on strengthening/mobilizing my wrists. It’s only been a month or two of concentrated effort, but I think they’re improving a bit.
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#253This past month, I’ve been reevaluating my dev environment and workflow. My goals are to reduce RSI, be more efficient, as well as learn all my tools as deeply as possible. And have fun! - I’ve ditched VSCode and gone all-in on NeoVim. I’ve spent a bunch of time watching Primeagen, etc., tweaking my vid config and learning how to navigate as efficiently as possible. - Switched from QWERTY to Colemak-DH to hopefully r…
oooh the sofle. i'm curious about your layout! been using a Moonlander for a few years and while I like it, it's just too big. ordered a sofle variant recently and I've been thinking about switching back to a dvorak or trying colemak when it arrives.
The Sofle has been decent for me. I’m not the biggest fan of thumb key positions (especially the outer one), but I’m getting used to them.
There are only two thumb keys per side. I’ve had to get a bit creative with my layout. One trick I’ve discovered is Mod-Tap. This lets me use my space bar as a layer key (when held), or a normal “space” when tapped. Two functions on a single key. Awesome.
I’ve also been reading this person’s blog to improve my symbol layer and vim navigation (I’m tempted to try the Engram layout, but I’ll stick with Colemak for now): https://sunaku.github.io/engram-keyboard-layout.html
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#254Earlier quoted context omitted.
You might find the Kelly Criterion interesting and/or useful for optimal bet sizing. This rabbit hole goes deeeep https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_criterion
Oh boy, further down the rabbit hole!
Okay, unless I'm missing something, Kelly Criterion puts it at 0%, which is about what I'd expect.
p = 0.5
q = 0.5
b = 1.0
0.5 - (0.5 / 1.0) = 0.0
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#255I did not realize that learning Fusion 360 was going to be such a huge chapter in my current journey. Looking back, I'm kind of stumped at how I avoided it as long as I did. I would now put learning CAD in the same category of mandatory life skill as learning to code. The ability to translate what you see in your mind to something that can be repeatably fabricated is an incredible power move, akin to learning how to…
I picked it up to do CNC hobby work and I can’t get enough of it.
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#256ERC-404 draft standard
an amusing AI generated origin that entertains the humans sufficiently well, while solving some frictions the humans encountered
basically somebody launched a crypto token and rugged it for some quick cash. it was a hit because their code, coaxed on and perhaps entirely generated by ChatGPT, did fun things:
- issues an NFT from a collection whenever you buy a whole token, but not when buying fractions
- transferring the NFT transfers the whole token
- while selling a non-whole unit of the token irreparable burns the NFT
community said “no that was awesome lets keep doing that” but original dev could only think about doing more rugs, so some in the community made Pandora token as the new reference implementation and pushing this draft standard’s development along
in reality it solves some frictions with token + Nft launches, any NFT collection launch, and multiseries management within 1 contract. Something ERC1155 tried to achieve in a more complex way. now people can launch NFT collections directly from an AMM’s liquidity pool like Uniswap. No direct boutique websites or NFT marketplaces needed to trade the NFT or create liquidity. And has a fun incentive for holding on to the tokens.
so far in practice, communities make separate markets for the NFT's with them trading at a premium to the token, as the NFTs in the limited size collection gets burned over time by sellers and has its own scarcity attributes while the fungible token trades at a different lower price, allowing for roundtrip arbitrage. Automatic community with the arbitrage features. ie. a Pandora NFT trades at $7,000 and comes with 1 token. While the token market alone trades at $5,800.
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#257Several renowned mechanics in my area don't work on cars that are older than OBD-2. So, I went down the rabbit hole for:
One person brake fluid replacement / bleeding procedure after replacing a brake master cylinder. For my car, I can now do this without taking the wheels off. I'll be done within a couple of days and after that, I'll be kind of an expert.
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#258Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do NOT use this proprietary nonsense, learn FreeCAD
I am a developer, FreeCAD is a bit of fun to wrangle a model out as a puzzle but it's not even in the same universe as Fusion360. I'd love to use something like KiCAD is in the EDA world. I highly expect, at any moment, Audodesk to pull the rug from under the hobbyist licence and I'll not be able to use it anymore. While I feel kinda 'dirty' when I use it, I have been using it for maybe 8 years and the thing is a mas…
Fusion360 was good until it became SaaS
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#259So, I was looking at some performance issues which seemed to be stemming from linux networking stack. We eBPF with docker/k8s a fair bit as a PaaS, and I ended up getting into the weeds with linux sys/procfs and kernel tracing. One thing led to another and after quickly dispatching the perf issue, I was supposed to be on a planned week long holiday which turned into a deep dive into linux kernel + networking. Interme…
Contact this person: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40065821#40069048
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#260I spent the last week evaluating drag and drop form designers and came to the reluctant conclusion that I’d be better off building my own. Long story. So now I’m building a drag and drop form designer, quite the deviation from the road I need to travel down. Its almost certainly a rabbit hole but at least I’ve forewarned myself.
I'd be interested in code if you produce something you like.
Let’s see how I go. There are quite a few out there - formio and formily came closest. I would probably have chosen formily, but the main docs were all in Chinese and I couldn’t get it to work.
I also looked at vueforms and surveyjs, the builders are not free though.