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cocodill··on What happened to the Snowden archive
If you leak it, leak it everywhere!
cocodill··on Nobody pays for FOSS, we can force them to
Sorry, I phrased it badly. I meant that in practice free-as-in-speech implies free-as-in-beer for copies: once anyone can redistribute the code.
cocodill··on Nobody pays for FOSS, we can force them to
> "Free as in speech, not free as in beer."

As I understand it, if you have the first, the second follows from it. So it's effectively the same.

cocodill··on Nobody pays for FOSS, we can force them to
I think I'm starting to forget, but could someone maybe tell me what the F in FOSS stands for?
cocodill··on Nebula Sans
it's inverted asterisk. https://jmgbb.com/i/i4kTG25WrF
cocodill··on Python string literals are kinda funny
do not get the funny part of the pythons string.
cocodill··on Mario Meets Pareto
Finally, this page has some information that's actually useful in real life.
cocodill··on KisakCOD – Open-source reimplementation of Call of Duty 4 Multiplayer
Hmm, that's pretty strange how it came with gpl license.
cocodill··on Dht-spy – BitTorrent DHT telemetry
without the full info hash it's practically useless
cocodill··on How to Train a Gen AI Kick Drum Model on Your Old Linux Desktop with 6GB VRAM
someone needs to take care of the snares
cocodill··on Otary – Image and Geometry Python Library Now Has Tutorials
So you came up with a pretty niche example where the LLM sucks, but otary solves it in just a few lines, and that’s the library’s whole selling point? Nice.
cocodill··on Unified Memory, Explained: Why Mini PCs Can Run 70B Models a Big GPU Can't
For some reason, this reminds me of my last shared memory system. It was an Athlon XP 1800+ with VIA ProSavage back around 2002. It was just barely able to run CS 1.6.
cocodill··on Does average person understand that all disc media dies too?
Better question is does average person have a disk drive to use a disk?
cocodill··on DisplayMate
I had completely forgotten how beautiful antique designs are
cocodill··on Migrating from GNU Stow to Chezmoi
Someone needs to tell this dude about the git branches.
cocodill··on Ask HN: What is the meaning of life? Why are we here?
work. sleep. reproduce.
cocodill··on Making espresso with ultrasound
It immediately brings to mind that YouTube video where a guy was making whiskey out of vodka and oak chips in an ultrasonic bath.
cocodill··on Asciline – real-time ASCII video rendering engine
Why the heck you want put video into a html canvas as text?
cocodill··on Applying Brevity and Language Efficiency in Prompt Engineering
Well a model is not your buddy, there is no need to chat with it.
cocodill··on Discovery of Cold War-era rare Eastern Bloc computers in a German hangar
There is HNF in about 250 km from Aachen. Transportation there would probably be cheaper.
cocodill··on The DIY trap: I see founders spending $6k to save $240/year. Can we talk?
let them cook.
cocodill··on Gdf: Git Diff Merge
nice. works faster than meld.
cocodill··on Lossless URL Compressor – Piss.zip
Best naming.
cocodill··on I Gave an AI Agent $0 and Told It to Make $10k
Well, will it prostitute itself and sell its virtual ass?
cocodill··on The One Terminal you will need
but emacs has been around for over 40 years
cocodill··on IBM Confidential: System/360 File Organization [video]
Hairstyles used to be better than they are today.
cocodill··on A few interesting modern pixel fonts
Quite impressive [1]. Did you base it on a specific font, or did you just draw it however you felt like?

[1] https://imgur.com/a/0jcNGHv

cocodill··on Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web
It feels like cool edit pro 2 before it was turned to shit by adobe. Your app has a pretty good and intuitive UX. And that's the most important thing in an audio editor.
cocodill··on Mounting git commits as folders with NFS (2023)
and with fuse and webdav you have the power and a possibility to implement your own handler for deleting and renaming, that could do all the tricky git related parts.
cocodill··on An orthodox file manager for macOS. Built for those who still prefer keyboards
Wow, a norton commander for 20 bucks.
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