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Re:Temporary Flight Restriction over SpaceX's McGregor, Texas, Test Fa...
on Monday September 21, 2026 @03:16PM (#49791971)
Potentially https://x.com/Tesla/status/2098843535730725124 ?
Re:Delphi 13 Community Edition Is Now Available
on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @08:22AM (#49271268)
I'm an outsider, although I've heard cool things about Delphi. So, trying to find examples of what this looks like, I was naturally interested in the "Cool Apps" section. But my biggest surprise was that Beyond Compare was listed in there. I see that thing in a lot of Windows .NET shops, I always figured it was .NET-based (I guess I confused association with dependency?)
As/400 systems security vulnerabilities
Re:Arch Linux disables AUR package adoption
on Friday July 31, 2026 @01:14PM (#49125960)
WRT package vulns, I'm surprised there's not more technical theory out there. We have plenty of theory around algorithm design, but so far I haven't heard much about inspecting and improving control of dependencies in source - apart from conflict and version management.
Seems like instead of big-O notation, we could have a "reach index" - how far does the top-level code need to reach, to be effective? Top-level -> Userland lib 1 -> Userland lib 2 -> Kernel, would be a reach level "4" - not the simplest, but much simpler to inspect and securely build than reach level "20".
Re:Arch Linux disables AUR package adoption
on Friday July 31, 2026 @01:09PM (#49125894)
From the actual announcement:
> ...package adoption is currently disabled while we are handling the situation.
Sounds much more like the temporary pause, than the much less temporary-sounding "has been disabled" from the OP.
Neural Processing Unit in the most powerful STM32 (2024)
Ukraine Lands Armed Robot Ashore in Russian-Held Territory via Drone Boat
Re:Ukraine Lands Armed Robot Ashore in Russian-Held Territory via Dron...
on Monday July 13, 2026 @01:53PM (#48896284)
"Described as a first of its kind, the mission could be a glimpse of what’s to come for amphibious operations."
Re:OpenBSD has a use-after-free allowing local privilege escalation to...
on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @11:00AM (#48832877)
> Only two remote holes in the default install, in a heck of a long time!
Re:Red Programming Language: Static linking support
on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @10:57AM (#48747920)
https://re-bol.com/short_rebol_examples.r for some examples of the language (from https://redprogramming.com/Home.html)
Space Shuttle Endeavour's 20-story vertical display
Re:MacBook Neo Is So Popular That Apple Doubled Production
on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @03:15PM (#48388518)
sometimes the wizards know best when to fear magic
OpenBSD/zaurus: pocket-sized BSD
Re:OpenBSD/zaurus: pocket-sized BSD
on Monday May 18, 2026 @10:30PM (#48188541)
See also the prequel at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48040465
Re:OpenBSD Stories: The closest thing to cute kittens (OpenBSD/zaurus)
on Monday May 18, 2026 @10:10PM (#48188434)
Whaddya know...
The SGI Buyer's Guide
Graphing Scientific Calculator Based on the ESP32
UAE Building 'Cope Cages' to Protect Energy Facilities from Drone Attack
A highly expandable, portable smart-IoT terminal development device
Re:OpenBSD Stories: The closest thing to cute kittens (OpenBSD/zaurus)
on Thursday May 07, 2026 @01:42PM (#48052361)
> Don't be startled by this odd-looking name, it will make sense when you reach the end of the story.
> This is the story of OpenBSD on the Sharp Zaurus systems. Because of its length, I have decided to split it in two parts.
> OpenBSD/cats: the enabler
> OpenBSD/zaurus (to be published 20260513)
...I will be visiting again in 5 days. Then, I will be searching eBay for a Zaurus...
Re:Boris Cherny: TI-83 Plus Basic Programming Tutorial (2004)
on Thursday May 07, 2026 @09:59AM (#48049562)
Re:Comparing the Z80 and 6502 to Their Relatives
on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @03:43PM (#48027495)
> Less immediately visible to someone working at the assembly language level instead of the machine code one is that relative addressing is much more common on the 6809, meaning that it’s significantly more viable to write position-independent code on it than any of the other chips we’ve looked at here. Only the 8086 comes close, and it achieves it by using its segment registers as a de facto relocation base.
I would love to learn more about this. Does more "position-independent code" mean the linker has much less to do [0], or is there an actual difference in the code base for similar tasks?
Re:Alberta voter list leak is a potential public safety disaster
on Monday May 04, 2026 @12:02PM (#48010420)
In terms of "safety" this leak is a drop in the bucket. The greater concern would be that election systems are involved. If election information is unintentionally readable, it is also therefore potentially alterable.
Re:CJIT: C, Just in Time
on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @12:08PM (#47950378)
> Definitely was not expecting this reference.
Agreed, how HolyC serves as an inspiration could be clarified. Was it an aspect of HolyC? The background/context of the author's life, meaning Terry Davis was inspirational? Impossible to tell. Other resources [0] [1] don't mention this aspect.
[0] https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/16/rusthaters_unite_filc...
[1] https://github.com/pizlonator/fil-c/blob/deluge/README.md
Re:CJIT: C, Just in Time
on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @03:28PM (#47939385)
https://dyne.org/cjit/graphics.html#cjit-for-graphical-appli...
> Be welcome to the exciting world of graphical C applications using SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer). SDL, originally developed by Sam Lantinga in 1998...
That's batteries included.
Re:Spinel: Ruby AOT Native Compiler
on Friday April 24, 2026 @09:45AM (#47890218)
> It's a similar subset to mruby...
This is what I've been wondering after only a cursory glance ("It...generates optimized C code" from the OP). Interesting that mruby itself got a major version update around the same time (in just the past few days) https://github.com/mruby/mruby/blob/master/doc/mruby4.0.md
Re:Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price
on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @02:39PM (#47867542)
> instead of believing in magic of "free market"
It looks like magic because it works like magic. Surprisingly it is also possible to believe in the magic of "government intervention" though it looks less like magic and more like unintended consequences.
Re:Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price
on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @02:37PM (#47867511)
> The farm equipment industry spent 20 years adding complexity and cost. Ursa Ag is wagering that a significant number of farmers never wanted any of it.
Nice tag line but not a complete picture. The "significant number of farmers" in terms of actual market spend driving the equipment industry is not mom-and-pop outfits but rather agri-industrial complexes with machines to match. What they want is (1) availability and (2) ROI. For (1), that is first and foremost subject to legal stipulations like EPA etc, then secondly subject to production availability. For (2), electronics are the name of the game if you are looking to turn a profit with farming because counting every seed, measuring every drop of chem, and tracking every inch of plotted ground leads to better ROI.
Re:Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price
on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @02:26PM (#47867387)
> The air filter was basically a shisha-pipe that bubbled the incoming air through wire wool and engine oil.
What is a shisha-pipe?