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Re:I Hate Compilers on Thursday June 18, 2026 @04:59AM (#48582736)
Was that the thing where Gary predicted js in the kernel?
No maven package for java? Guess this isn't a serious project
Re:I am building a cloud on Thursday April 23, 2026 @06:50PM (#47883263)
How is it monetized? I read something about open core and paying for additional services I think. What are those and where can I find them?
Re:I'm Coding by Hand on Saturday April 18, 2026 @07:42AM (#47815116)
I would love if you made such lectures into a series of YouTube videos as I sadly didn't have the pleasure in university. We only Java 6/7 as an indicator how long ago that was
Re:LittleSnitch for Linux on Thursday April 09, 2026 @12:52PM (#47706042)
I did the switch in 2013 and haven't missed it. For games I ran vga_passthrough and later VFIO and others until pretty recently (I think right after covid I switched to steam directly on linux)
Re:Rob Pike's 5 Rules of Programming on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @07:34AM (#47424356)
Ah Bill Gates, the epitome of good software
Re:Returning to Rails in 2026 on Thursday March 12, 2026 @04:12AM (#47347855)
If have a different opinion on this, as I think it's 100x better to learn sql and just write it directly instead of using the dozens of leaky abstraction of some framework.
Re:Remotely unlocking an encrypted hard disk on Friday March 06, 2026 @02:15PM (#47279688)
Ok, that is assuming /boot is ON the raid which I wouldn't want to rate for probability

But even if it is, you could just pull one after the other and wait for the resilver before pulling the next one (you will hear if it resilvers automatically)

Re:Remotely unlocking an encrypted hard disk on Friday March 06, 2026 @12:35PM (#47278235)
Can't I just extract the key from uefi/tmp in this case? Not that it's easy, but with the right tools you can so it offline with all the time in the world
Re:Remotely unlocking an encrypted hard disk on Friday March 06, 2026 @12:33PM (#47278210)
Why wouldn't this work with Raid5? One of my raid5 hdds cought fire and the server was still running. Talking about mdadm in this case.

5 minutes is plenty to boot initrd from a vm... what's that gonna take? 10 seconds?

Re:Remotely unlocking an encrypted hard disk on Thursday March 05, 2026 @06:20PM (#47268615)
Which server today doesnt have Raid? Just pull one hdd out, extract what you need or change the image.

Then you turn off the server, and just start a vm with the captured init and capture the key.

Now you can decrypt the server offline with all the time in the world.

Shouldn't AI be able to take this one step further and just analyze the binary (of the samba server in this case) and create all kinds of interface specs from it?
Re:Russia's economy has entered the death zone on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @03:24PM (#47052799)
But then what, become a part of China? I don't think Russia could defend themselves from an attack of a lesser nation right now, and I truly wish one of them would take opportunity
Played the first "3" on the first PlayStation. Completely different game from where it went since GTA 3.

And while Vice City will always be my favorite, looking back, I think the originals were better and I had more fun. But maybe I was just younger ...

And yet people still support it by finding ways around it instead if just leaving mac in the dust, simply not supporting it. Worked for Internet Explorer, will work the same dor mac
Re:Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @03:47PM (#46801267)
Iike that you both started with Fedora. Same for me but almost 20 yrs ago

Haven't touched it in a long time ever since debian8 was the point in time where it was fine to run on desktop and laptop for me, not only on server. Ever since then I have it on all my 20something machines

Re:30 Years of ReactOS on Thursday January 22, 2026 @12:45PM (#46722632)
Aah, ReactOS, my hope from the era of windows xp. After 30 yrs it's still another 30 yrs from completion, kinda like nuclear fusion reactors
Might as well be replaced by optical connectors next years, but who knows in advance. Currently there is no competition
Re:Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work on Monday January 12, 2026 @04:52PM (#46594790)
dann halt nicht
Re:Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work on Monday January 12, 2026 @03:54PM (#46594175)
I assumed we are talking about IT professionals using tools like claude here? But even for normal people it's not really hard if they manage to leave the cage in their head behind that is ms windows.

My father is 77 now and only started using computer abover age 60, never touched windows thanks to me, and has absolutely no problems using (and administrating at this point) it all by himself

Re:Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work on Monday January 12, 2026 @03:39PM (#46594002)
Not a big problem to make snapshots with lvm or zfs and others. I use it automatically on every update
I have to many machines standing around that are currently not powered on or are running somewhat airgapped with old software from around debian 8 and 9, so I guess they will be a safe haven once the AI overlords take over
I laid my hopes to rest to see some actual support for somewhat current desktop or even laptop hardware with bsd in my lifetime.

Think it's been 15+ years since I first tried and hardware only got more complicated and closed than back then

Re:Show HN: Shittp – Volatile Dotfiles over SSH on Sunday December 21, 2025 @10:57AM (#46345695)
I don't know, I just use the standard on my machine or on remote. Why bother to customize it all the time when you can't work without the customizations
Re:JVM exceptions are weird: a decompiler perspective on Monday November 10, 2025 @05:07PM (#45881593)
Isn't this just an endless loop with extra steps?
Re:Git, JSON and Markdown walk into bar on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @09:03AM (#45515715)
Who writes trailing commas in sql?In every company I worked with the standard was prefix commas:

<pre><code> var , var2 , var3 , var4 </code></pre>

Re:The death rays that guard life on Monday September 22, 2025 @06:58AM (#45331701)
afaik they use it to desinfect the room after or before usage, not during
Re:Firefox tab groups are here on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @02:36PM (#43836363)
I wonder how many times I saw this feature implemented, die, missed and implemented again... Especially in Firefox all features seem to have relatively short but endless circles of dying and resurrection
Re:Translating 10M lines of Java to Kotlin on Saturday December 21, 2024 @08:06PM (#42483657)
Ah, here we go again with HHVM and Hack ...

The only reason fb is able to do this, is the billions of $ behind it... For everyone else this is just pure idiocy

Sure if you like Kotlin, use it for new software, but rewriting milliona loc for some marginal gains... that how businesses fail more often than not

Re:My4th Light – Custom 8-Bit Forth CPU on Saturday December 07, 2024 @10:13PM (#42354754)
What a great project! I hope stuff like this is still around when I retire, because right now it would just collect dust and make my heart heavy because I don't have the time to pursue such a hobby

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