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Re:Tesla Roadster on Saturday October 17, 2026 @01:44AM (#50128302)
> Ok, so it actually flies. That was unexpected.

That was actually not unexpected. Joe Rogan 2404 [1]. He warned Rogan that the demonstration would be completely "unforgettable, whether it’s good or bad"

References:

[1] https://youtu.be/O4wBUysNe2k?t=2312

Re:Bitwarden Dual License Model on Sunday October 11, 2026 @05:44AM (#50041401)
gopass is pretty nice and do its job https://github.com/gopasspw/gopass
And People believing that everyone will have a robot at home.. until they realize that a human is much cheaper to maintain, a bread and a liter of water is enough...
well SUSE, didn't need an IBM for that...
voluntary separation is so bad LOL
congrats to Alex Shovkoplyas, that in 2017 broke another unbroken message from this day.
Re:What Is a Harness? on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @05:39AM (#49431163)
> Some people approach LLMs like they're writing code. They give a long list of detailed instructions for specific scenarios. When I use LLMs I leave things as open as possible. I just give them the information they need and my ask.

Hm, but thats ok right? I mean some people like to code with LLM and other people like to let LLM code for them.. no?

Re:NetBSD and My Life (2005) on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @04:53AM (#49430833)
True, but a lot of that size comes from supporting an absurd number of architectures and platforms... That’s also part of what makes NetBSD fun to hack on, IMO.
Re:Training AI to Paint with Code on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @02:48AM (#49429944)
March 2026 · Research, Design, Development.
Re:Vibedecode on Sunday August 23, 2026 @08:59AM (#49408513)
"We couldn't find supported source files in this repository. VibeDecode currently supports Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, JSX, and TSX. More language support is coming soon."
Re:NetBSD and My Life (2005) on Saturday August 22, 2026 @05:17PM (#49403976)
NetBSD is the only Unix that IMO still fun to hack on.. no AI, just hack..
Re:The August 17 outage, and the work ahead on Friday August 21, 2026 @02:34AM (#49384541)
this is impressive too

"We have since added more than 3 million CPU cores, 120 petabytes of high-speed storage, and significant network capacity"

> Isn't the author allowed to write code with Claude?

Just to make it correctly: Author isn't writing code with Claude. Claude is writing code for the Author. Nothing wrong with that. But that's how it is.

are you really comparing Politics based on feeling with a HN comment? lol
or the said "experts" hungry for media attention.. we saw it all
> Nobody in planet modelling has ever suggested that the 3 phase El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)

We saw already around 2020 or so that specialists opinions didn't really matter. Feelings and politicians opinions were more relevant... so "nobody in planet modelling" means nothing if Politicians and Activists tries to create this link..

Al Gore, if I remember correctly, and António Guterres, i think last month, tried to create this link already.. probably others too?

in one hand i wanted to highlight that if it was today, we - as civilization - would definitely create a link between the events, based on our "feeling"

in another hand, i question if we really could rule out, since back in the days, everything that we have was coal.

A modern 1877 scale event would probably immediately fuel (pun intended) a furious climate change debate, even though attributing the existence of the El Niño itself to fossil fuels would not be scientifically justified... or maybe was the 1877 El Niño caused by fossil fuels (so many Wars happened in those years) ?
Re:Going Dark, and the era of law enforcement hacking on Saturday August 15, 2026 @06:02AM (#49309274)
> So what do we do about it?

I just hope that politicians don't jump in and say "we know how to fix it", because unfortunately where they put their hands, they just make things worse (regardless of which country)

Re:Simplifying and Refactoring Introductory Calculus on Saturday August 15, 2026 @05:54AM (#49309222)
> so you _can_ get your kids a superb math education

if their mother language is english. For my kids, mother language German, is much harder to consume such content. Both are doing well in math olympics and similar contests, but i still miss such evolving kind of content like 3Blue1Brown or Brilliant.com in German...

Re:Os8088: A powerful Mac-like OS for the IBM XT, 286, 386 on Sunday August 09, 2026 @05:21AM (#49229801)
Sorry the question, i watched shortly your videos, i see you vibe-coding it in an emulator.. but did you try it in a real hardware? With real floppy disks?
Re:My server is a phone now on Sunday August 09, 2026 @05:13AM (#49229754)
you should drop the battery.. see this project https://research.google/blog/a-low-carbon-computing-platform...
Re:My server is a phone now on Sunday August 09, 2026 @05:12AM (#49229750)
> modern, rootable ARM64 phone

which one would people suggest? I got two already, both locked. Google Pixel 3a XL 64GB. Cannot root it, Sinlock. Not possible to install postmarktOS. Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T 64GB. Same thing, some lock, need a SIM card, some proprietary BS.. not possible to root easily.. I really wanted to build a cluster of mobiles, but its hard to find cheap and good mobiles for such experiment... and if i have to pay 500 buckets, i can do better with some Mini PC...

My goal is to reproduce the following experiment https://research.google/blog/a-low-carbon-computing-platform...

Re:GitHub Actions Is Down on Friday August 07, 2026 @08:27AM (#49209363)
which isn't necessarily better.. just less traffic
Re:More German than many Germans on Thursday August 06, 2026 @08:25AM (#49195714)
Do you think it makes sense to contribute 9.3% of your salary every month (well, your employer contributes roughly the same, so about 18% in total) for around 40 years (assuming you start working at 30, which is already late), only to enjoy it for an average of 8 years if you're a man?

For instance, if you earns, 3k/month, your whole life, and a 2% year annual return in a saving account, over 40 years, that's roughly 300k in contributions. Spread over 8 years, that's about 4.5k/month. And no, your pension will never will be even 2k/month with a salary of 3k/month.. At this point, will just make sense to become civil servant.. full pension, private insurance, depending of the job, 40 days+ holidays/year..

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