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fcecconon How to Build a Minimal ZFS NAS Without Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS (2024)

I'm also using NixOS for my NAS, you should look into quadlets (docker containers managed by systemd) to manage containers with nix.

fcecconon India bans 59 Chinese apps including TikTok and Helo

They have around 120 million monthly active users in India.

fcecconon Microsoft says antitrust bodies need to review Apple App Store

Android phones sold in China don't have access to the Google Play Store so every phone manufacturer has their own store. Some apps (like Feiliao, ByteDance alternative to wechat) are distributed as .apk directly from the app website.

fcecconon GitHub issue calling for retraction of Imperial College study for codebase flaws

The timelime doesn't match tho. The article is dated 19/03 and mentions a study released the previous week (so 12/03 or late). The italian lockdown started on the 22/02 [0] for a few towns, and a couple of weeks later was extended to the entire peninsula.

[0] https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/25/towns-italy-lockdown-coronavi...

fcecconon Mobius – .NET runtime running on .NET Core

If you want to use F# to build GUIs, you should definitely check out Fabolous [1]. It uses Xamarin.Forms to render the widgets, and you get to write the application logic using the Elm architecture.

[1] https://github.com/fsprojects/Fabulous

fcecconon Just Enough Piracy Can Be a Good Thing

Employees can take source code with them when leaving a company and share it with others.

fcecconon Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2

Yes, that's standard and it's called overrounding. If the odds were to sum to 100% then the bookmaker would make no profit. Betting exchanges such Betfair have books closer to 100%.

fcecconon Languages for online betting: an investigation of Go, Erlang, and Elixir

Did you use TCL?

fcecconon C++, it's time to go

I think he refers to this http://clang.llvm.org/docs/Modules.html See also http://isocpp.org/blog/2012/11/modules-update-on-work-in-pro...

fcecconon MariaMole, an Arduino IDE for advanced developers (and beginners too)

Can you write in which language/toolkit is MariaMole written? I think it's a fundamental information when asking people for help with the code.

fcecconon GCC 4.8 Has Automatic Return Type Deduction

As a beginner programmer (a.k.a. CS student) I was able to pickup the basic of the language in the last 2 months and work on a real world (not a school project, it's a library that other universities use) cuda c++ project. I read a book so I have an idea of what can and can't be done, but when I need to implement something unusual (ie function object) I need to lookup it in the book or ask for help to my mentor. I still need help to understand gcc errors, cuda uses an "old" version (3.4 I think) so we don't get the improvements of the new versions.

fcecconon The Crack Programming Language

I'm Italian and nearly everyone I know (who's a programmer) uses an US layout.

fcecconon A list of systems, applications, and libraries that are written in C++

After researching a bit on the net I chose C++ Primer 5/e (not C++ Primer Plus). The author uses some of the new features of C++11 in the examples (like constexpr, auto, list initializer etc.) so you get used to a modern C++ style, but for every new feature it tell you what it replaces so you can still maintain "old" code. The book in subdivided in 4 parts, the first part is about the language, the secondo part about the STL, the third part about advanced OOP and the fourth part about advanced stuff.

Also the Kindle edition is really well done.

fcecconon 21st Century C (new book)

I'm reading C++ Primer 5/e at the moment and I'm enjoying it so far. I like how it starts using the hight level containers before introducing other more low-level structs. The second part is a nice overview of the C++ Library so you won't end reinventing the wheel when writing your first programs.

Also the Kindle edition is really well done. The biggest flaw of this book is that's huge.

fcecconon Magic keywords on Google and the consequences of tailoring results

> ddg in not personalising at all

I think DDG has some personalization based on your location, for example if I search "weather" it shows me the weather near me.

fcecconon YouTube.app

Your app looks good, on Twitter you say it will be free, please don't. I prefer paying €3-€4 now and have it stick around than having it for free and abandoned in a year.

fcecconon The Cheapest Generation

What else do I need?

I think the parent says the cheaper sunglasses lacks UV protection.

fcecconon Plagiarism of my open source app ChatSecure

    And I can't see the third clause being triggered, because neither the name you gave it, or your name are being used.

They're using the ChatSecure logo and name on the page[1] header, so I think the third clause is triggered.

[1] http://www.chupamobile.com/products/details/600/Secured+Chat...

fcecconon Talent Acquisitions

Instapaper also offers a subscription plan http://www.instapaper.com/faq

If I remember correctly it adds search and the ability to use the full API by 3rd party clients.

fcecconon Sparrow acquired by Google

Sadly it only work on OS X and Windows.

Anyone knows a good email client for Gnome? Something that does only email.

fcecconon Keyboard Hack

> I'd love to learn Dvorak but the problem is not all computers are easily configured to Dvorak.

Changing layout on OS X and Gnome (I'm not sure about Win) is quite fast, usually if I need to type on someone else computer for more than 10 minutes I tell them and change it.

Also even if I've switched to Dvorak a year ago I can still type at a good speed on qwerty.

fcecconon Steam'd Penguins

Same here, I installed Windows 7 on a PC with a fairly recent Asus MB and I had to install the drivers from the CD.

fcecconon Pay Too Much for everything

> The Wrangler jeans I'm wearing right now (wonderful pair of regular jeans) cost me $20

Wow, in Italy Wrangler costs around €70, some models are over €100. I don't buy them anymore because I noticed they deteriorate faster than other slightly more expensive trousers, but for $20 they are really good!

fcecconon Android 4.1 in AOSP

Some older computer, like my 2009 MBP for example, can't be upgraded to more than 8gb of memory.

edit: I imagine that people interested in hacking on Android have better machines, so it's not a problem. I was pointing out that you can't just buy 16gb to meet the requirements on all machines.

fcecconon Ask HN: Time to give up on Qt?

Provided enough resources I think the best approach is writing a library in C/C++ for the core and then using the native toolkit for the GUI.

Transmission does this and it's beautiful both on OS X and Gnome. Adium does something similar and it's a good mac app.

fcecconon Aalto Talk with Linus Torvalds

Yes they provide drivers for FreeBSD and Solaris, unfortunately what they don't provide is CUDA for this 2 platforms.

fcecconon Fish: Finally, a command line shell for the 90s

    ~/.config/fish/config.fish

http://ridiculousfish.com/shell/user_doc/html/index.html#ini...

fcecconon Fish: Finally, a command line shell for the 90s

Under missing features[1] you can find "Complete vi-mode key bindings", so I think it doesn't have it yet.

[1] http://ridiculousfish.com/shell/user_doc/html/index.html#tod...

fcecconon Firefox 13 Released - Homepage + Speed Improvements

I recently started using Firefox Aurora after years with Chrome, so I'm not a loyal FF user :) What made me switch is vimperator, I really like being able to navigate with the keyboard when my MBP is docked and issuing commands by their name(e.g., I can add a page to pinboard with `:pin`), also it saves some screen space by removing the navigation toolbar. Another nice feature is macro-recording, if you are doing a very repetitive task you can record a macro and run it when needed.

Obviously FF is far from the perfect browser, I hate that it doesn't use native ui elements on web pages(e.g., the `select` html element) and I think it's a bit more resource-hungry than Chrome.