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rbanffy
194,611karma·63,760submissions·March 12, 2008
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Seasoned software developer, proficient in Python, Java. Less proficient in Ruby and Lisp. A bit rusty in C and C++. Learning Erlang very slowly. Also a computer collector and restorer, lover of 8-bit computers, mainframes and interesting Unix workstations.
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Is there a paper on that? I’m not I see how.
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Computational Sociodynamics will be a very promising tool.
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Also, there is a tiny version in microSD format: https://www.mouser.ie/en/ProductDetail/Signaloid/S-C0-00-1D?... …
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I think most of the machines that could run Windows could also run OpenVMS. It’s a bit unfortunate the company behind the OS needs to make money off its licenses though.
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I have been pairing with Claude Opus and it’s quite impressive. I have explored a number of possible changes to things like VTE and the Hercules mainframe emulator.
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I tend to avoid Nvidia on my laptops, but AI has made them less and less optional. This whole ecosystem dependency on a single hardware provider that can’t publish a reasonable device driver is not th…
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You have to be very unlucky to find a laptop without Linux support these days. Nvidia’s support towards the Linux developers is better now, but still leaves much to be desired, and gaming, while Steam…
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> A driver should only be that. A driver I still remember the massive amounts of crapware installed with video cards, printers (hello, HP), and just about anything where the manufacturer can squeez…
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At this point, such shenanigans are to be expected when using Windows. I guess my next machine will have a VGA port ;-) And no Windows.
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Still, the average programmer lives happily without ever looking what’s under the syntax of their language. While I agree the mode here on HN is not the average programmer, there are always newcomers …
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This is super cool. Would be nice if it could be adapted to other architectures besides Nvidia. How is it getting its data? BTW, exporting the data to Prometheus would be a killer feature.
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