Lutzb

Some more details at https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/30/furygpu_xilinx_fpga_g...

Got a good chuckle out of https://git-man-page-generator.lokaltog.ne .

Even after using git for years now (and having been forced to use CVS in the 2000s) , I feel that git is an evolutionary plateau. A really good one. However, I wish some features of the tightly integrated IDEs from e.g. Rational could see a revival.

The Googles parental controls leave so much to be desired. There is a long running requests for disabling the Play Store app. Still this is not possible without using adb (which is not a good solution, it leads to other problems).

It feels like no real kids are testing the parental controls: For a long time it was trivially easy to circumvent a set YouTube time limit restriction by just opening Play Store, browsing to an app with a video in the screenshot list and head over to YouTube from there. My son actually showed me this when he discovered it.

> But in the 1980s the game came under an extraordinary sustained assault from fundamentalist religious groups who feared its power over young minds.

> ...

> Pulling described D&D as "a fantasy role-playing game which uses demonology, witchcraft, voodoo, murder, rape, blasphemy, suicide, assassination, insanity, sex perversion, homosexuality, prostitution, satanic type rituals, gambling, barbarism, cannibalism, sadism, desecration, demon summoning, necromantics, divination and other teachings".

It could be said that the source material for the religious groups contains far worse stories. I wonder if the irony was lost on the people back then.

My first DOS PC had XTG pre-installed (courtesy of my cousin). I was so fast using XTG, will check out ZTree now.

There is also the 8BitDo Mod Kit for SNES/SFC Classic Edition Controller which allows to convert original SNES controllers to bluetooth. https://shop.8bitdo.com/products/8bitdo-mod-kit-for-snes-sfc...

I never understood how speech fees could be seen as anything else than direct bribes.

Talking about the civilian market. What is the current top of the line hardware that is available to non-gov individuals?

Yes, I meant to do that. I posted the link and wanted to give some context on what to expect on the site. (HN does that automatically when you add a description to a link)

Definitely: Some manufacturers do this for other onboard systems (e.g. exhaust gas treatment). Tesla should use the break pads occasionally instead of relying on recuperation.

There is something weird in this chart. Clicking on the individual statistics ("Tesla Model 3") shows that it has excellent stats.

https://www.adac.de/rund-ums-fahrzeug/autokatalog/marken-mod...

Ah, okay confusing. The original link is about quality issues. The individual statistics are about breakdown statistics.

So quality wise, checked by the TÜV (prerequisite for operating a vehicle in Germany) - not good.

Breakdown statistics, tracked by the ADAC (largest automotive club in Germany) - excellent.

Starring the Computer is a website dedicated to the use of computers in film and television. Each appearance is catalogued and rated on its importance (ie. how important it is to the plot), realism (how close its appearance and capabilities are to the real thing) and visibility (how good a look does one get of it). Fictional computers don't count (unless they are built out of bits of real computer), so no HAL9000 - sorry.

The keyboard focus. I thought my keyboard went bad or something was stealing my keyboard inputs when switching apps. Has there been any explanation why this is happening? Could you please link the Ars article?

So old youtube channels will also be affected by this?

> In this case, the Court established that CDN services can be liable but drew the line at DNS resolvers.

Imho this a misunderstanding of paragraph 9.1 of the Telemediengesetz. The paragraph only forces caching providers to remove or block content once the original content has been blocked or removed.

I miss delicious. The amount of discoverable content that was staggering. Collaborative bookmarking needs to make a comeback.

I remember reading the prices in InQuest back in 1995 and thinking $200 is kinda steep for a beta Black Lotus.

Which strips do you use? The ones that go on the nose or the strips that go inside?

There is also a wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_ball_clock

My dentist had one on the reception counter a long time ago. Always fascinated me as kid.

Trabant jokes were also quite popular after reunification, when the first trabants showed up in West Germany. Every kid in school knew at least some jokes. Most were centered around the atrocious build quality.

How many people does it take to build a Trabant?

Two: One folds, one glues.

Stumbled across this while reading about Caspar David Friedrichs change in the color composition. The event also lead to Mary Shelley to write "Frankenstein"

The depreciation between Pixels and iPhones is staggering.

Trade-in in Germany on Google Store page:

- Pixel 6 Pro 256gb ($999 on release) - 235€

- iPhone 13 Pro 256gb ($1099 on release) - 730€

While I am partial to Googles line of phones (had pretty much every Google phone since the nexus one), the loss of value is something I cannot really ignore any more when deciding to buy a phone.

I still remember two person offices. Real doors, large desks, large whiteboards.

For individual users there is the No-cost Red Hat Enterprise Linux Individual Developer Subscription.

https://developers.redhat.com/articles/faqs-no-cost-red-hat-...

The reverse happened to me in a hotel room lately. Everything was touch controlled from two panels panel next to the bed: lights in the bathroom, floor, bar, bedroom, kitchenette, indirect (colored) mood lighting, the tv, the blinds, everything but the AC.

Except, I could not figure out how to turn on the reading lamp on the bed-stand. What followed was a reverse UX drill-down. I tried every element and combination on the bed panel and the touch switches next to the door. (confusing everyone looking at my hotel window from the outside). Following the wires to a standard AC plug, I concluded it might not be operated by the touch panels. Just to be sure I unplugged it and plugged it in on the desk outlets. Nothing. So maybe some kind of touch activation in the base? Nothing. Do I need to touch it longer? Nope. Maybe touching the lamp shade? No, nothing again. Some kind of ring element to twist on the lamp arm? No, that's really just a nut to fasten the lamp arm. Maybe there was a pull wire that got ripped off? No. Sigh. I give up, maybe its just broken.

Next day I figured out it was a unmarked black flip switch, flush on the opposite side of the black metal base.

RMS is a complex character. However, I tend to side with Bradley M. Kuhn's view.

http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2019/10/15/fsf-rms.html

Just to make sure, you are talking about RH resignation from the FSF?

https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-statement-about-richa...

IBMer here, opinions are my own.

You are totally free to not like IBM and I won't try to change your mind, but please read up on IBMs involvement in linux, open source, open source stewardship, apache, linux foundation SCO vs IBM, IBMs no attack pledge against Linux (2004), Linux S390, 1000s of developers getting paid to contribute to open source, istio to just name a few.

The reality is not as black and white as you make it out to be.

Back when Oracle came out with that blog article I tried to recreate the results showing that they were indeed the top contributor. I have no idea what metric they use, but it must be something very specific.

Anyway, the discussion in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32150138 is interesting.