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That one actually looks more like a real kernel with services like memory management, syscalls, processes and context switching. Nice work.
5mo ago·view thread
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For a functionnal language, TCO is really a must have. How would you do the equivalent of loops without it ?
7mo ago·view thread
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There's another HN thread about this project: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46144199
8mo ago·view thread
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For those of us who are not used to the acronyms, DUI means Driving Under Influence. Similar term is DWI, Driving While Intoxicated.
1y ago·view thread
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There's PeerTube ( https://peertube.tv/ ) which is based on Free software ( https://joinpeertube.org/ ).…
1y ago·view thread
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This sounds like the technique shown by 3D Printing Nerd on YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oHPrnYMdLow There they called it computed axial lithography.…
1y ago·view thread
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The difference is surprising. Digging deeper, the US shop does not include shipping or taxes. To get an idea, I tried for CA and that already adds $12. That's already $38 without custom tax and V…
1y ago·view thread
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Fully charging the battery can cause it to age more quickly and lose capacity. Limiting charge level helps to protect it, especially when it's always connected to a power supply and don't ne…
2y ago·view thread
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Nice system built with only a couple of C99 macros. That small header also achieves matching for specific C types over the "sum types". In the context of C99, isn't tagged union the mor…
2y ago·view thread
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Actually Qwant.com uses bing API too and has a warning at the top of their homepage.
2y ago·view thread
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From valetudo.cloud: Conga is a brand that uses existing robot designs with a slightly customized cloud.They’re not a robot manufacturer.
2y ago·view thread
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The paper explains how to get the profile of the key to 3D print the equivalent of key blanks. But one needs the cuts in the key and that part is secret that cannot be easily detected from a photo of …
2y ago·view thread
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It disappeared without any visible explanations. Apparently, it was a a friendly fork of the Breath project ( https://github.com/cb-linux/breath ) by Apacelus ( https://g…
3y ago·view thread
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Filippo describes how evolutions in the source code and hidden assumptions caused a bug in a special case implementation he kept for performance reasons. This is a great example of how the incompleten…
3y ago·view thread
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And it's also illegal in EU. The GRPD imposes to have the choice to reject tracking cookies. And it must be easy to reject, not hidden somewhere or requiring one to manually delete the cookies wi…
3y ago·view thread
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According to a german news report [1], it could be due to material fatigue. [1] https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2022/12/berlin-karl-li... …
3y ago·view thread
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> It seems like a decent guide, though like others mentioned, you should download and run the code most of the time, except for trivial changes. Actually, that's not true at all. Code review i…
3y ago·view thread
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The README is a bit optimistic about it the security model. Like the parent said the room UUID is a very critical asset and should be handled as a critical secret. Sadly, users may not know that. In a…
4y ago·view thread
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This article about IKEA boxes sounds a lot like the cake mix marketing story. But apparently, that story is a legend: https://gobraithwaite.com/thinking/cake-mixes-fresh-eggs-and.…
4y ago·view thread
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Impressive work by GAMI who are working on it since decades. AVWeb made 2 videos on the subject of leaded avgas and on how hard it is to get it approved. In addition, the FAA launched several failed a…
4y ago·view thread
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On the other hand, there are some niches where compression tension, aka tensegrity, may have a practical utility. For example, the current lightest hammock stands are inspired by it. The HandyHammock …
4y ago·view thread
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About longevity, on https://www.stringbike.com/stringbike_support_questionsandan... they say strings last between 500 to 1500km. Bike chains supposedly last from 500 to 5000 miles ( h…
4y ago·view thread
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Transmission via shafts is also less efficient. It doesn't matter much on a motor bike where there's plenty of power. But on a human powered bike, every watt counts. See for example https:&…
4y ago·view thread
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The proposal consists in filtering out crappy or scoring sites based on how much affiliate links and ads they use. In addition, it could also penalize: * GDPR popups * excessive JavaScript * p…
4y ago·view thread
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In the PS3 they lacked a real random number in ECSDA computation. That effectively broke the signature and actually made it possible to recover the private key. For more info see for example: * https…
4y ago·view thread
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When sleeping on your belly, doesn't your back "push" on your lungs? There's then more mass to compress your lungs than when sleeping on your back.
4y ago·view thread
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Even local variables of functions can take up a lot of room can take quite a lot of space. Especially when you minimize use of the heap. Using the stack instead of heap where possible makes for clean …
4y ago·view thread