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erkkonet··on Java 25 officially released
starting with JDK 16, Stream has .toList() that will save you ten characters for the .collect()
erkkonet··on Triple Density Floppy, Anyone?
In the late nineties I had a laptop that supported SuperDisk¹ floppies that could store up to 120 MB. The disks were pretty expensive and the same laptop even had a CD-RW drive so I never got around to try it.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperDisk

erkkonet··on Tell HN: iPhone mirroring on iOS/macOS breaks screenshot protection on all apps
Couldn't you already do that with a USB-C HDMI cable? Stream the screen and record it.
erkkonet··on Dual-screen laptops make more sense with this spiral notebook-like hinge
Looks pretty impressive. I couldn't find the weight listed anywhere on the page, how much does it weigh? Light enough to lug around every day?
erkkonet··on I'm forking Ladybird and stepping down as SerenityOS BDFL
> And don't worry, there won't be some VC investment or big company buyout.

That reminds me of Torvalds' statement on Linux: "just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu"

erkkonet··on AI Photo Geolocation
Funny enough it was accurate all while citing items that were not in the picture (not even cropped out), like tall buildings and signs in a specific language. I'm sure there will be refined versions that are scarily accurate. Another OSINT tool for better or worse.
erkkonet··on Hetzner changes prices based on IP
At the top of the page there is a VAT selector. If you pick US there you see prices without VAT no matter where you are.
erkkonet··on Apple unveils the new MacBook Pro featuring the M3 family of chips
You can get up to 24GB RAM on the Air.
erkkonet··on Doom for 16-bit DOS computers
For those that wonder how it looks, I found a video:

https://twitter.com/FOmmetje/status/1696266683756003451

or if you prefer:

https://nitter.net/FOmmetje/status/1696266683756003451

erkkonet··on EurKEY: The European Keyboard Layout – For Europeans, Coders and Translators
I use US layout with Caps Lock mapped to toggle to my "native" layout. This way I can easily code without RSI-inducing combinations to get the frequently used {}[]\, and just tap caps when I'm writing emails without needing to retrain my muscle memory of where åäö are located.

On Windows there's also a setting to get each app to remember the selected keyboard layout (Set-WinLanguageBarOption -UseLegacySwitchMode) so I don't even need to switch most times.

erkkonet··on RePalm
Great writeup. For those interested in the subject there is also PumpkinOS (https://github.com/migueletto/PumpkinOS) with accompanying blog posts going in to details.
erkkonet··on Ex-Caldera dev describes lost “WinBolt” Win9x-capable version of DR-DOS (2007)
I seem to remember successfully upgrading a machine with IBM PC DOS 7 and Windows 3.1 to Windows 95. There were issues with a few DOS commands later as some had been upgraded and others remained the IBM version.
erkkonet··on HTML over DNS: Serving Blog Content over DNS
All sites on the .tel domain used to be rendered from DNS. It seems to have changed in 2017 but Wikipedia still says[1]:

"In contrast to other top-level domains, .tel information is stored directly within the Domain Name System (DNS) [...] as opposed to the DNS simply returning details (such as IP addresses)"

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.tel

erkkonet··on Why Evernote failed to realize its potential
I like the concept - do you have any plans for a mobile client and how the UX would translate to smaller displays? In terms of essentials, version history would be on my list, perhaps using git as a backend so that you can access the notes with other tools as well.
erkkonet··on Ask HN: Best textbooks for learning operating systems
As far as textbooks go "The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System" by McKusick is a good resource on the UNIX side of things.
erkkonet··on Ask HN: A company used my source code for their product. What can I do?
You say shamelessly but it could also be "cluelessly" (which doesn't excuse the company in any way). When I interview candidates, one of the questions I ask is if they know anything about licenses and if they can describe differences between for instance MIT and GPL. In my experience a surprisingly large number have no clue of the implications on a product and use code/libraries without considering the license. Either way, it's prudent to have someone review projects for this kind of liabilities before shipping anything.