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boddhi

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Dude who loves tech.
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boddhi··on Ask HN: How do you discover new music?
Same. I’ve been into Vaporwave recently. Started listening to some Vaporwave playlist and Youtube algorithm will suggest some artists. Then I go over to Spotify to see if their music is available there. Add it to my Spotify playlist for commuting and road trips.
boddhi··on Ask HN: Which book would you pick to re-read for the rest of your life?
Brave New World
boddhi··on Early Access to Chrome OS Flex: The Upgrade PCs and Macs
Here are the certified models list: https://support.google.com/chromeosflex/answer/11513094

Google collects hardware data from users when they install Chrome OS Flex. You can opt out of it, but Google will continue to collect data anyways as stated in the agreement.

boddhi··on Early Access to Chrome OS Flex: The Upgrade PCs and Macs
What's also great is you can install apps through Flatpak and Chrome OS Flex will recognize it and you can pin it to your shelf. There's a fork of VSCode called VSCodium through Flatpak, which doesn't send telemetry to Microsoft. I've also installed Steam, Discord, Libreoffice in Flatpak without any issues.
boddhi··on Early Access to Chrome OS Flex: The Upgrade PCs and Macs
I suspect Google will eventually use Chrome OS Flex as a subscription service to provide extended Hardware/Software support for Education and Enterprise. They came up with Chrome OS Flex after buying Neverware in 2020, which already provided Chrome OS support for Education and Enterprise.
boddhi··on Early Access to Chrome OS Flex: The Upgrade PCs and Macs
ChromeOS has their own terminal app. It installs BASH by default and the linux distro is Debian.
boddhi··on Car manufacturing hit by global semiconductor shortage
When car manufacturers open up after Covid shutdown, they started seeing massive demands. We couldn't keep up with their demands since July. They learned their lesson from Covid and not taking any chances this year.
boddhi··on Car manufacturing hit by global semiconductor shortage
Well there's a lot of safety features that require semiconductor components. Back up cameras, collision warning, lane assist, brake assist, tire pressure warning, etc. Humans are bad drivers.
boddhi··on Car manufacturing hit by global semiconductor shortage
I work for a Semiconductor distributor. Seeing huge orders from car manufacturers since December. I guess they are stockpiling.