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genpfault··on Epic-Kitchens Dataset

> We hired freelance annotators via Upwork.

> Freelance annotators who did this were paid hourly, and self-reported their hours via the Upwork platform. Hourly rate varied by experience and submitted proposal from $6-$9/hour, with the higher rate reserved for most experienced annotators who were also in charge of QA checks.

genpfault··on Hacking anything with GNU Guix

...except KDE[1]:

> GNOME, Xfce, LXDE, and Enlightenment are available (see Desktop Services), as well as a number of X11 window managers. However, KDE is currently missing.

[1]: https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Limitations.html

genpfault··on Notes: Fast note-taking app, open-source, without Electron, built in Qt C++

Pros/cons vs. QOwnNotes[1]?

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

genpfault··on The double-arm barn door tracker

> A barn door tracker, also known as a Haig or Scotch mount, is a device used to cancel out the diurnal motion of the Earth for the observation or photography of astronomical objects. It is a simple alternative to attaching a camera to a motorized equatorial mount.[1]

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

genpfault··on Volksforth – A Forth for Retro Computers

> Brave warriors use Forth.

Floegel'd[1]!

[1]: https://old.reddit.com/r/forthsub/comments/bh4tpt/forth_on_t...

genpfault··on Intel shares 48 benchmarks to show its Arc A750 can compete with an RTX 3060

As always, Newegg link or it doesn't exist :)

genpfault··on Vector graphics on GPU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVG

Mesa removed support in 2015:

https://docs.mesa3d.org/relnotes/10.6.0.html

> Removed OpenVG support.

genpfault··on XUiDesigner: Wysiwyg LV2 X11UI GUI/plugin creator tool

What is "LV2"?

genpfault··on Godot 4.0 development enters feature freeze ahead of the first beta

Is that just for 4.0? Since the features page[1] lists a number of deploy targets for 3.X:

* Export to desktop platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux, UWP, and BSD.

* Export to mobile platforms: iOS and Android.

* Consoles: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One via third-party providers

[1]: https://godotengine.org/features

genpfault··on SDL2 Tutorial

https://lodev.org/cgtutor/

genpfault··on Ask HN: What do you use to make headcount planning less painful?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlang_(unit)#Erlang_C_formula

genpfault··on Build Your Own X

Xplain[1]?

[1]: https://magcius.github.io/xplain/article/

genpfault··on Ancient Nautilus, Uncertain Future

> Nautilus

I thought it was GNOME Files[1] nowadays?

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

genpfault··on Data Alignment and Caches

(2014)

genpfault··on 7-zip 22.00 – APFS, Posix TAR, high precision timestamps

RAR-style embedded forward error correction[1] ("Recovery records"[2])?

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_correction_code#Forward_...

[2]: https://www.win-rar.com/recovery-record.html?&L=0

genpfault··on Insufficient Data

(2010)

genpfault··on Ask HN: I miss Usenet. Are there any modern equivalents?

Isn't that what parchive[1] and/or RAR recovery volumes were for?

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

genpfault··on James Webb Space Telescope hit by a tiny meteorite

> I don’t think I’ve ever read one that uses any technology we currently have.

Is 'ice'[1] a technology? :)

[1]: https://revelationspace.fandom.com/wiki/Lighthugger

genpfault··on Tachyum's Monster 128 Core 5.7GHz 'Universal Processor' 4x faster than Intel

As always: Newegg link or it didn't happen :)

genpfault··on Magic-trace – High-resolution traces of what a process is doing

If you aren't adverse to manual instrumentation there's also Tracy[1].

[1]: https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy

genpfault··on MacBook charger teardown: The surprising complexity inside Apple's power adapter

(2015)

genpfault··on Cracking the Neural Code in Humans

https://web.archive.org/web/20220331091824/https://www.simon...

genpfault··on Roundabouts reduced accidents and are environmentally friendly

> intersections where the traffic crosses over to the other side and left turns are uncontested(?).

Diverging diamond interchange[1]?

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

genpfault··on Minimum Viable Declarative GUI in C++

Aw, C++20 only[1] :(

[1]: https://github.com/celtera/avendish#dependencies

genpfault··on F-Droid – alternative to Google Play store

Seems to restrict folder access to "Phonograph Pro".

genpfault··on Libinput’s Lack of Config Options

(2016)

genpfault··on Tinc Is Not Catan

Tinc isn't Tinc[1] either.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinc_(protocol)

genpfault··on Raid-Z Expansion Feature for ZFS Goes Live

So is this feature FreeBSD-only? Or will it be integrated into OpenZFS at some point?

genpfault··on Raspberry Pi OS 32-bit vs. 64-bit Performance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit_computing#64-bit_data_m...

genpfault··on Recovering Nintendo’s Lost SimCity for the NES

(2018)

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