tony_goobret

Re:What the interns have wrought, 2020 edition on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @12:06PM (#24272764)

What do the math or CS PhDs do at Jane Street? I don't know much about trading so I am curious.

Re:Ask HN: What's the nicest desktop virtualisation software for macOS? on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @06:15PM (#23252610)

Cool, thank you!! I've not heard of this before and it looks pretty interesting (also because it doesn't require kernel extensions)

Ask HN: What's the nicest desktop virtualisation software for macOS?

Posted by tony_goobret on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @05:47PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I run a lot of Linux software (e.g. emacs) on macOS by ssh-ing into a Linux virtual machine. I share a folder with the virtual machine to make everything more seamless.I'm currently using Parallels to achieve this and it works pretty well. Does anyone have a preference for some other virtualisation software (e.g. VMWare Fusion) over this? I am using a macOS laptop so battery life is something I...

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Re:X11 screen locking: a secure and modular approach on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @08:34AM (#22736874)

This is one of the reasons I had to stop carrying around a Linux laptop. Had a few times where I'd open up the laptop to find the screen locker randomly bypassed