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Re:ZFSin: A Windows kernel-mode ZFS driver on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @04:16PM (#15553763)
I bought an install disc for Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) back when that was the current version.

Seems they have it in the offical online store still actually: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-sno...

However when I inquired at an authorized store about a later version after it came out they said that it was not available on disc and you had to buy it via the Mac App Store which means you need to have OS X in the first place but I'm not sure if they were talking about their own store or in general.

I'm on mobile right now so not going to bother finding out what other versions can be bought on disc media from the official online store but if someone else would like to chime in with more links that'd be welcome.

Re:SSH Escape Sequences on Monday October 23, 2017 @10:35PM (#15538782)
I come across these once a year or so on the net but when I need them I never can remember them because it's not so often that I need them
Re:Object oriented programming in C (2007) on Sunday October 22, 2017 @12:25PM (#15527526)
Re:C++ Tips of the Week on Sunday October 22, 2017 @09:21AM (#15526693)
Seems that only four of the tips are available?
Re:I Microdosed Before It Was Cool on Sunday October 22, 2017 @08:42AM (#15526548)
Re:PC-MOS released under GPL on Sunday October 22, 2017 @08:15AM (#15526466)
Maybe but the OP link has links to both of those and summarizes quite neatly what this is IMO.
Re:Linux ransomware in the wild on Saturday October 21, 2017 @05:54PM (#15523820)
Out of the box it'll probably tell you "Client is not authorized to connect to server" if you try to run anything X11 as another user.

However it should be possible to configure your system such that it doesn't like such: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xorg#X_clients_started_...

Re:Show HN: Pg_blkchain – Postgres blockchain extension on Saturday October 21, 2017 @04:21PM (#15523436)
Readme has instructions for building on Linux so it's not limited to OS X.
Re:The First PS4 Kernel Exploit: Adieu on Friday October 20, 2017 @11:22AM (#15516475)
On Reddit they call it Beetlejuicing.

/r/beetlejuicing

Re:HolyJit: A New Hope on Friday October 20, 2017 @11:18AM (#15516450)
I saw a couple of dead comments from him here on HN earlier today or yesterday evening actually. First time in a long while I'd come across his comment so that was kind of random.

Edit: The comments were posted 6 hours ago, check his user page https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=TempleOS

Re:HolyJit: A New Hope on Friday October 20, 2017 @11:15AM (#15516430)
When I first saw the name "HolyJit" On Reddit I thought it was going to be something new from the TempleOS guy.
Re:MNT Reform: DIY portable computer on Friday October 20, 2017 @04:45AM (#15514379)
Someone in the comments linked a cheaper alternative: http://abusemark.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&...

Seems that the firmware for this cheaper alternative is not open source but from what I gather it doesn't need any proprietary drivers on Linux. Since it interfaces over Display Port and USB I don't think it should be able to do anything nasty so the closed firmware doesn't matter much IMO.

It's not clear to me whether either of the one you linked and the one I linked has touch support.

Re:MNT Reform: DIY portable computer on Friday October 20, 2017 @04:32AM (#15514330)
That link has an interesting write-up which includes a story about a computer he made himself using a micro-controller and then it goes on to talk about making the OS for the Raspberry Pi and also has some criticism of the Raspberry Pi. Would recommend reading.
Re:Vim after 15 Years on Thursday October 19, 2017 @03:43AM (#15506125)
Clickable link for [1]

[1]: https://github.com/mbbill/undotree

Re:Choosing between names and identifiers in URLs on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @06:22PM (#15495474)
One thing I find useful about slugs in URLs is it lets me see that I used the intended link when I paste it
Re:ChrysaLisp – A 64-bit Lisp OS with GUI on Friday October 13, 2017 @05:47PM (#15469440)
> rumor that Brendan Eich initially intended to use Scheme instead of JS, although this never happened

I wonder what'd have happened had he done so. Would it have grown to the size that JavaScript is at today, or would it have lost to something similar to JavaScript that some other browser would have implemented?

Re:The /bin/true Command and Copyright (1990) on Thursday October 12, 2017 @05:10PM (#15461350)
> Gnu coreutils wants all the command line utilities to respond to --true and --version. The version number is that of the coreutils package,

You meant to say --help and --version.

I don't think most people in Scandinavia has any problem accepting this. Pretty much everyone in the world who knows about Vikings know that raping and plundering is what they did for the most part when they set sail to distant shores.
Then make the bird sing the complete soundtrack of Doom.
youtube-dl link to tweet from your terminal
You know that we know that you know that you can link to others without asking for permission, right? If you want to promote your site fine whatever, but please don't pretend like that is not what you are doing.
Re:A Little Story About the `yes` Unix Command on Thursday October 12, 2017 @05:32AM (#15456732)
Someone else ITT pointed out a good reason:

> yes can be used to generate arbitrary repeated data for testing or whatever, so it is useful to be fast

Re:150 days of living and coding in a van on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @07:02AM (#15440812)
Nice to see the prices of most of the things. How much has the car itself and all of the additions cost you total up until now, and how far into the two year period are you?
Re:Ask HN: Learning NoSQL, papers and books on Sunday October 08, 2017 @06:13PM (#15430294)
I found the book CouchDB: The Definitive Guide to be a good introduction when I first read it some years ago. I bought the dead tree edition but they have an online version that I think may have been updated.

http://guide.couchdb.org/

Re:Redesigning the smartphone dial pad on Saturday October 07, 2017 @05:59AM (#15423118)
I downloaded the app because I wanted to be of service, but I promptly uninstalled it when It wouldn't let me continue unless I typed exactly 10 digits. In my country phone numbers are 8 digits. In some countries they might have more than 10. Requiring exactly 10 digits is beyond ridiculous. Hopefully it's just an oversight on the part of the person that made it. Uninstalled, but willing to try it again if this issue is amended.
Re:Strategies for offline PGP key storage on Friday October 06, 2017 @01:05AM (#15414557)
Speaking of plotters, consider engraving the QR code in aluminum instead of having it on paper. If there's any hacker space nearby where you live they might have CNC equipment that they will let you borrow and instruct you how to use.
Re:Ponzi Schemes Using Virtual Currencies (2014) [pdf] on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @05:15PM (#15396275)
How many of the Howey test questions must be "yes"? All? Any? More than x number of them?
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2017) on Monday October 02, 2017 @05:58PM (#15388318)
Is number two on that list about migrating something to Rust or from Rust?

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