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Re:The Commodore 77, an All-New Cyberpunk 2077 Collaboration
on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @09:06PM (#49458112)
This might fit your fancy:
Re:Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full o...
on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @10:57PM (#48755947)
What’s the saying?
You cannot reason a person out of a position they did not reason themself into in the first place.
Re:Steam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hike
on Sunday May 31, 2026 @04:39PM (#48349513)
No, they weren't wrong -- it was listed as sold out almost immediately after. It's just out of date now already since it looks like it has been restocked again. Source? I had checked shortly after they said they restocked only to see it was sold out again.
Also, they addressed the inventory size in the fine article. Maybe the snark isn't warranted?
Re:RTX 5090 and M4 MacBook Air: Can It Game?
on Friday May 15, 2026 @01:23AM (#48144855)
I picked both Puget Systems and Falcon Northwest because for the most part, both focus on pre-tested off-the-shelf parts with good reliability data from their own servicing.
My Puget Systems workstation for example has a simple AIO for cooling with some Noctua fans and a Fractal Design 7 XL full tower case.
The Tiki system I ordered for a family member from Falcon Northwest does have a custom case, but almost everything else is fairly standard inside. The super small form factor was important to them.
Could I have built either of these systems myself? Absolutely -- I've done that for at least prior 20 years or so, and I've built dozens for employers, but it sure was nice to buy one that just worked this time instead of having to having to fiddle with memory sticks or find exactly the right bios settings for stability, etc.
I'm well aware of the premium I paid but I can honestly say it has been incredibly nice to have a workstation that just works without having to fiddle with bios updates or hardware. I also don't really have the time to spare so I was entirely willing to trade funds for time.
Re:RTX 5090 and M4 MacBook Air: Can It Game?
on Thursday May 14, 2026 @04:05PM (#48140522)
DISCLAIMER: Only speaking for myself, not employers or affiliates.
I've been pretty darn happy with the Puget Systems custom workstation I ordered last year before the memory craze started (especially since it has 192GiB of DDR5).
I also ordered another family member a custom "Tiki" system from Falcon Northwest and that has also been quite excellent from what I've seen and they've told me.
Now is obviously not the most economical time to order a new system, but when it is appropriate (and for what it's worth) I think those are two great system builders.
Re:College instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work
on Saturday April 18, 2026 @09:05PM (#47820957)
I’ve been typing for years since the 80s. However, even in the 90s I found any extended period of handwriting to be painful and laborious. I don’t think I could handle an instructor that insisted on handwritten long form but I’d happily accept a compromise in the form of a typewriter.
Re:A new C++ back end for ocamlc
on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @11:16PM (#47609581)
Re:Something is afoot in the land of Qwen
on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @11:47PM (#47257688)
You absolutely do not have to show ID to pick up every prescription; just some, which is also dependent on state law, federal law, and pharmacy.
But also, I don't care if it's a tired argument--this isn't about how things are, it's about how we want them to be. I don't want to live in a state action-coerced society.
Maybe they're talking about this version?
Re:How to Allocate Memory
on Friday February 27, 2026 @02:38PM (#47184591)
Can you clarify?
As far as I'm aware, dwAllocationGranularity returned via GetSystemInfo determines the MEM_RESERVE alignment and size. Yes, in practice this is always 64KiB but may not always be true in the future.
Additionally, dwPageSize returned via GetSystemInfo determines the alignment and size for MEM_COMMIT which in practice is 4KiB or 16KiB.
Put differently, while an application might be stuck with allocation-granularity reservations, the actual commit is in units of page size, right?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/memory/reser...
Page protections are also based on page size afaik, for example: https://www.softwareverify.com/blog/leaking-memory-with-virt...
Or the way I read it, you might be stuck with a dwAllocationGranularity reservation, but the actual commit increment is in units of dwPageSize.
Re:Puget Systems Most Reliable Hardware of 2025
on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @11:57PM (#46881631)
I ordered a custom Ryzen 9950X3D workstation in a full-size tower from Puget last year with 192GiB of RAM before the memory craze happened and I've been quite happy with it. Zero reliability issues and excellent performance.
Coincidentally, I also ordered a custom Tiki-based gaming system from Falcon NW for a family member and that's also been amazing.
I think I would be hard-pressed to choose between the two system builders, but Puget definitely has the edge for workstations since they offer Full-size towers and other hardware that Falcon NW does not. Conversely, Falcon NW offers custom cases and the very best of hardware for gamers with unheard of customization options like custom paint jobs.
Re:Karpathy: A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last fe...
on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @05:22PM (#46787924)
Claude Code is a CLI tool which means it can do complete projects in a single command
Re:The Olivetti Company – By Bradford Morgan White
on Saturday January 17, 2026 @08:34PM (#46663956)
Somewhat apropos is this excellent video I just watched yesterday where Olivetti's graphics were touched on:
Re:Update on age requirements for apps distributed in Texas
on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @11:30AM (#46603254)
Some states such as Virginia (although with an exception if the person has a high school diploma or equivalent):
https://www.vccs.edu/application-information/
To qualify for general admission to a college, you must have a high school diploma, its equivalent, or be 18 years of age or older.
Unclear whether that is statewide or just a requirement of this state institution. I suspect many of the ones that do have this age requirement also have the diploma exception.
Re:The Riven Diffs – Seeing Riven (1997) Differently
on Saturday January 03, 2026 @08:18PM (#46483752)
Updated today, 2026–so the 1997 title is somewhat misleading.
Re:Quality of drinking water varies significantly by airline
on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @12:10AM (#46441511)
Completely orthagonal -- I absolutely can't stand the taste of the "Boxed Water" Alaska uses. I swear I can taste the cardboard or whatever they use to package it. I always bring my own water instead.
Re:I'm a laptop weirdo and that's why I like my new Framework 13
on Friday December 26, 2025 @04:17PM (#46396358)
Yes, eccentric, but this thread linked from the post is the real winner:
https://community.frame.work/t/the-snack-drawer-store-now-ma...
We Saved Reboot
Re:Ultrasound Cancer Treatment: Sound Waves Fight Tumors
on Monday December 22, 2025 @11:20PM (#46362385)
...they also appear to have been acquired by an investment group this past year:
https://www.fusfoundation.org/posts/transformational-milesto...
DRAM prices are spiking, but I don't trust the industry's why
Re:The Geometry of Schemes [pdf]
on Thursday November 06, 2025 @11:46PM (#45843631)
Pretty sure that's a ferret.
Re:Server DRAM prices surge 50% as AI-induced memory shortage hits hyp...
on Thursday November 06, 2025 @04:36PM (#45840749)
right, which is why I said partially...
Re:Server DRAM prices surge 50% as AI-induced memory shortage hits hyp...
on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @02:49PM (#45815168)
It might be subjective, but doesn't this count at least partially as a currency on the gold standard?
Re:Commodore 64 Ultimate
on Monday October 20, 2025 @01:38PM (#45646719)
It’s back!
Re:Our Paint – a featureless but programmable painting program
on Saturday October 18, 2025 @06:54PM (#45630942)
I think it's more subtle than that:
https://web.archive.org/web/20250719210835/https://www.wello...
The project is a mix of licenses since it's a mix of components. If I had to guess, they intend source code and maybe the binaries under GPLv3 that they own, fonts under SIL Open Font, but "brushes" and "splash images" under CC_BY_NC, etc. mean they could probably constrain certain uses:
Our Paint is a painting application.
Copyright (C) 2022-2025 Wu Yiming
Learn more about LaGUI: https://ChengduLittleA.com/lagui
Support the development: https://patreon.com/ChengduLittleA
Our Paint is licensed with GNU GPL v3, and Noto fonts are licensed with SIL Open Font license. You should be able to find details about the license in the source code directory.
The splash screen images under Resources are licensed with Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0). You can not use these images commercially, but you are free to contact the author for licensing info on other products such as prints.
The brushe files packed with Our Paint distribustion are licensed with Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0).
The future of 32-bit support in the kernel
Re:OpenBSD is so fast, I had to modify the program slightly to measure...
on Friday August 15, 2025 @06:28PM (#44918017)
I found it exceedingly difficult to read, so I ended up applying these ublock filter rules so I could read it:
flak.tedunangst.com##.bl.shooter
flak.tedunangst.com##.br.shooter
flak.tedunangst.com##div.bulletAMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9000WX Content Creation Review
Re:PBS Passport Streaming Service
on Monday July 21, 2025 @12:42AM (#44631866)
Maybe it is station specific but mine has always been online. Login to account, donate, and then it’s automatic.