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fros1y··on Usenet rewind archive search engine
Logistically, these collections usually exclude alt.binaries traffic entirely. I often wonder if there are enough obsessive collectors out there to piece together an archive from ancient tapes and hard drives.
fros1y··on David Beazley – Programming Courses
I had Prof. Beazley as a CS undergrad at University of Chicago. He was an amazing professor and much loved. Seeing how little the university valued his contributions is a big reason I chose not to pursue an academic path.
fros1y··on Pbf2sqlite: Reading OpenStreetMap into a SQLite Database
Check out Spatialite. https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/libspatialite/index
fros1y··on I Built a 4 Axis 3D Printer Unlike Anything You've Seen [video]
There is another important point, which is that FDM 3D prints are typically much weaker between layers than within a layer (anistropic due to the bonding). Having more control over the plane of the layers could open up some interesting design choices for functional parts.
fros1y··on Llama-OCR: Document to Markdown
Are there any OCR engines out there that actually recognizes underlines properly? Even the LLMs seem to struggle to model the underline (though they get the text fine).
fros1y··on The Solid-State Register Allocator
Wait,

Are you demanding that independent implementations of an idea you explicitly dedicated to the public domain must then describe the various ways your version is “superior”?

Who hurt you?

fros1y··on Show HN: Make 3D art in your browser using Lisp and math
You should check out libfive! https://libfive.com/studio/. Previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26930822. It is the child of Ao, previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12319406.
fros1y··on Ask HN: How to donate $1k to open source?
Tidelift
fros1y··on Ask HN: Anyone else in constant anxiety and how do you cope?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (or other treatment modalities) and, maybe, medication! This sounds like the desperation of anxiety and depression. But there is hope! Untreated, it can be a killer, so remember 1-800-273-TALK for moments of crisis.
fros1y··on Amazon Textract – Now Generally Available
N.B., the service limits are quite low for many types of SaaS applications and customer support has no ETA on increasing them: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws_service_li...
fros1y··on Curv: A language for making art using mathematics
Interesting. Seems a lot like https://libfive.com/studio/, which lets you implement the shapes in Guile Scheme.
fros1y··on How broken is the USPTO: How is this a patent
“Final” rejections are poorly named. All they really indicate is that you will probably have to submit a request for continued examination—-and pay a hefty fee—-to continue. Ironically, a lengthy and contentious application process can make the patent more difficult to challenge later, in a more sophisticated setting, because the presumption that the patent is valid is the strongest with prior art that the examiner “considered.” (IAALBNYL)