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Re:Iran Shuts Down Starlink Internet for First Time
on Sunday January 11, 2026 @11:04AM (#46576875)
Iranian address space is no longer in the public routing table.
Re:Why the Original Macintosh Had a Screen Resolution of 512×324
on Thursday May 29, 2025 @08:54PM (#44131785)
Not sure we're thinking the same way, but the C64 and Atari had bitmap modes, not just tile or character modes.
Re:Apple M5 could ditch unified memory architecture for split CPU and ...
on Monday December 30, 2024 @10:09PM (#42556052)
CHIP memory
Re:Finland and Lithuania Report Severed Undersea Data Cables
on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @12:16PM (#42185810)
yes, OTDR
Re:Emulating the Early Macintosh Floppy Drive
on Sunday August 25, 2024 @05:49PM (#41351764)
The Amiga is fixed RPM or CAV, not CLV like the og Mac. With one exception- later models could halve the RPM to read/write HD floppies (1.44MB PC or 1.76MB Amiga).
Re:Don't use 7-segment displays [pdf]
on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @02:48PM (#40919481)
They also wear out quite quickly.
Re:A minimal-part-count way to connect an SD card to a 68K
on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @08:21PM (#39125010)
that is pretty ingenious
Re:7 watts idle – building a low powered server/NAS on Intel 12th/13th...
on Sunday December 31, 2023 @01:31PM (#38826259)
I'm running a home server on an N100 (ITX model) with a 32GB DIMM, works well.
Re:Darktable: Crashing into the wall in slow-motion
on Saturday November 25, 2023 @11:22AM (#38414452)
Had me until he used middle-aged as a pejorative.
Re:Toyota recalls nearly 1.9M RAV4s to fix batteries that can cause a ...
on Thursday November 02, 2023 @01:18PM (#38116885)
That's ABS.
Re:The Colorful Charm of Amiga Utility Disks
on Thursday April 20, 2023 @11:44AM (#35641843)
Some of the early code was actually BCPL.
Re:The Inverse Jim Cramer ETF Has Officially Arrived
on Thursday March 02, 2023 @08:24PM (#35004596)
Call me when there's an inverse A16z
Re:Top-Left Magic Corner Desktop Paradigm
on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @09:03PM (#34621086)
Always found it strange that macOS didn't follow their OG NeXTstep design for the dock and menus.
Re:I Almost Bought a Scanner
on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @07:28PM (#34526229)
I have an Epson V800 and a Flextight, the output is much better on the flex tight. There's more to it than just the manufacturer's DPI flex.
Re:Commodore 128D Computer
on Thursday December 01, 2022 @06:02PM (#33824242)
No, quite a bit different.
Re:Newsom just signed California pay transparency bill
on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @08:25PM (#33014899)
It's not idealism, it's shifting power to labor / the individual.
Re:The lost ways of programming: Commodore 64 BASIC (2020)
on Friday September 16, 2022 @01:01PM (#32868972)
Just tried that on VICE and got some at signs and a crash. What does it do on real h/w?
For some reason I still remember 646, 53280, 53281 (pokes), 30120, and yes 64738.
Re:FAA approves unleaded fuel for piston fleet
on Thursday September 01, 2022 @07:40PM (#32684817)
Rotary or radial?
Re:Investors bought a quarter of US homes sold last year
on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @03:07PM (#32569738)
Should be illegal.
Re:First Image from JWST
on Monday July 11, 2022 @08:15PM (#32063957)
these are the light diffracting off the mirror edges and struts.
Re:Ask HN: Which book would you pick to re-read for the rest of your l...
on Sunday July 03, 2022 @12:19PM (#31968812)
Rendezvous with Rama
Re:NASA/APL Interstellar Probe Mission Architecture
on Sunday June 19, 2022 @08:43PM (#31805023)
peak speed: 7 au/year, so time to half way to P. Centauri is ~19k-years
(I realize this proposed probe has a much shorter lifetime, but was curious)
Re:Ford is telling dealers to stop selling the Mustang Mach-E over saf...
on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @01:12PM (#31742589)
Anyone have more insight into this? An overheating contactor doesn't sound like something that can be fixed with software (except to ignore it).
Re:Have an old iPad lying around? You might be able to make it run Lin...
on Sunday June 05, 2022 @03:01PM (#31633855)
You could use a squid proxy elsewhere to uplift the crypto/cipher/PKI, which would get you browsing the full web again- however, you'd potentially fall victim to an unpatched Safari based exploit.
Re:I fixed my broken monitor with a hair dryer
on Friday May 13, 2022 @08:50PM (#31374076)
My experience is that this practice brings things back into spec while still cold.
Re:Why Apple’s new M1 chips are essential for rapid iOS development
on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @05:56PM (#30521193)
Does the toolchain on x86 still build an x86 and ARM executable(s)? Perhaps that contributes to the 2x build time?
Re:A look inside the chips that powered the landmark Polaroid SX-70 in...
on Thursday February 10, 2022 @01:19PM (#30290306)
So the integrator circuit implies it determines the exposure time during the exposure? Meaning, the metering is ongoing during the shutter opening?
Re:Ask HN: How do carriers throttle streaming to 480p resolution?
on Thursday February 03, 2022 @04:25PM (#30199128)
I don't think this can be the case across the board. I control the reverse DNS for my cable modem IPs and still see the downgrades during peak-neighborhood hours.
Re:What’s the jankiest piece of tech you’ve seen a company depend on?
on Thursday December 16, 2021 @03:45PM (#29583663)
a rollup (unrolled) map over the server racks because of a leaky drain pipe from the floor above.
Re:Bouncing a LoRa message off the moon
on Monday December 06, 2021 @06:42PM (#29467292)
Correct.