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Re:Stop Using Conventional Commits on Friday June 05, 2026 @12:37PM (#48414940)
I found an alternative word: "upkeep"

Same idea without the pejorative aspect.

Re:You Can't Buy a Data Center on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @07:39AM (#47150744)
Will we see people being paid to host small single-GPU servers in their home ? I guess that would require redesigning the training system because the data transfer speed would be much slower with a higher latency. Maybe that is not even compatible with LLM training ?
Re:FreeCAD is an open-source parametric 3D modeler on Friday February 20, 2026 @02:58AM (#47085047)
A very powerful feature of FreeCAD is its Python console. It is very useful when debugging software that uses/produces 3D solids. With it I was able to:

- colorise solid faces with random colors

- colorise faces by type (cylinder, plane, etc.)

- add 3D labels in the scene

Re:Fairphone 6: cheaper, repairable and longer-lasting on Friday February 06, 2026 @02:56AM (#46910240)
Also their Fairbud bluetooth headset have a very noticable latency, giving a dubbed-movie effect to videos of people talking.

I really miss the jack.

Re:1D Conway's Life glider found, 3.7B cells long on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @12:48PM (#46137568)
What are the rules in 1d ?
Re:Ask HN: What is the actual state of Linux phones? on Friday September 19, 2025 @06:58PM (#45307766)
The pinephone hardware feels like a prototype due to the old A20 cpu (heat problems, poor battery life).

The lesser-known SHIFT6mq has an actual mobile chip and apparently works correctly as a phone under postmarketOS (only GPS, NFC and Camera missing): https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/SHIFT_SHIFT6mq_(shift-axo.... There are pointers on the wiki to hack on the camera if you want to help the cause.

The Fairphone 5 is another good candidate for hacking: calls and camera are not working: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_5_(fairphone-fp...

Re:The Synology End Game on Friday August 29, 2025 @05:27AM (#45061970)
I found this lesser-known case: Sagittarius 8-bay https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1d0z2l3/sagitt... 8 bay while remaining compact with good airflow around disks.