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I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation

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Re: I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation

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Post by wltr »

jlokier wrote: post #222
wltr wrote: post #201

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Did you mean M1 MacBook Air/Pro or is it now possible to install it on an iPad?

I think they mean that Apple is shipping the M5 now, while Asahi only runs reasonably on the M1 (from 2020!), half-works on the M2, and won't run at all on the M3 and above. Asahi developers have done amazing reverse engineering and driver development. But for the foreseeable short-term, there's no chance of it being installed on a current M-series iPad; it can't even be installed on a current Apple laptop. I think t…

Thanks for covering that!

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Post by electroly »

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #232
electroly wrote: post #106

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Yes, I'm obviously aware of that. We're all capable of seeing em dashes and staccato sentences. My reply mentions, explicitly, that their top-level comment was AI written (reusing portions of their AI-written readme) and that their replies are human written. I chose my words carefully; HN itself uses the terminology "comment" for top-level messages and "reply" for sub-level messages, and I used the phrase "top-level"…

> HN itself uses the terminology "comment" for top-level messages and "reply" for sub-level messages Does it? I can't see any distinction in https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html or https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html Rereading your comment now with this in mind, I can make out the distinction, but I don't think you made it clearly.

The submit button in the post box says "add comment" vs. "reply" depending on what kind of message you're posting, and the link under comments says "reply" while articles don't have that link. I called it the "top-level descriptive comment on their Show HN post" because I agree just "comment" vs. "reply" alone could be confusing. What's a better way to describe the comment that an author posts with their Show HN to begin the discussion vs. replies that are made in response to specific comments? I genuinely don't know how many more terms I could have loaded onto that phrase to make it clear which post I was talking about. That wasn't supposed to be a confusing part of my post.

Re: I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation

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Post by yoctonaut »

exe34 wrote: post #88
cbdevidal wrote: post #61

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Y’all are embarrassing me with Lubuntu and Chrome on a 2013 Dell with 16GB and an SSD. Not fast enough for all I need to do but covers 80% of my needs. It’s my road laptop and the home desktop handles the rest. But you’re doing much better than me.

Mine is a 2012 mac book air, I've replaced the battery early this year, and last month I upgraded the ssd to 1tb. I expect this computer will be a family heirloom after the apocalypse.

This is delightful. I replaced the battery on my 2011 MBA some years ago, but it's been sitting (replaced for family use by a Framework). You're inspiring me to do something with it.

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Post by exe34 »

dakolli wrote: post #234
exe34 wrote: post #171

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I bet you don't understand any of the maths/physics that I work with. You see, I prefer not to waste my time with things that machines can do faster. Some people like the illusion of mastery though.

the illusion of mastery is the Dunning Kruger llms are giving to everyone.

if it works, it's not Dunning Kruger. I don't have mastery of assembly or masonry. I give the request and the work gets done. It's management.

Re: I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation

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Post by exe34 »

MSFT_Edging wrote: post #186
exe34 wrote: post #34

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I have 8GB, which I've had since 2012. Never had a problem - I run a lean Nixos with just xmonad and dmenu, chrome, emacs, and about a dozen open pdfs and video tutorials.

Hello fellow xmonad enjoyer. There's dozens of us out there.

Maybe even tens!

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Post by sbochins »

AtlasBarfed wrote: post #83
sbochins wrote: post #75

You can still get old Mac minis for less than that, which have more memory and can run Debian. Probably best performance per dollar hardware available on the used market

M1s? Really?

No, pre silicon unfortunately. But this was a couple years ago, so who knows what the market is now.

Re: I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation

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Post by theragra »

__mharrison__ wrote: post #203
theragra wrote: post #94

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Yeah. It makes me wonder if it would be possible to reverse engeneer firmware for popular TQ ebike motors. This firmware can be downloaded if you intercept dealer tool API calls. I have no experience at all with this, otherwise I would probably try. I decompiled dealer tool, but it it quite complex WPF app and I cannot make it compilable. Make latest iteration of Claude can. It takes a lot of time, otherwise I would…

If it has an android app, you probably can. The AI will most likely decompile the app and inject bits necessary to figure out reverse engineering. At least that's what happened when I created a Python sdk for my $500 video light.

It has an WPF app, which I tried to decompiled already, but firmware is a different beast. App downloads firmware during update proces. I have no idea about format or MCU used.

I will try to reverse engeneer firmware with claude when I will get all things needed for that.

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