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hackerfoo··on OpenRadioss is not open anymore
I found this: https://github.com/QiangF/OpenRadioss_nolfs Here's an older one that fails because it needs LFS: https://github.com/Lucyants/OpenRadioss.git
hackerfoo··on Valve raises Steam Deck prices
I was a RAM hoarder before this all started. I eagerly await a great flood of RAM when it’s all over.
hackerfoo··on Notes from the SF peptide scene
This is pretty much what the startup culture is about. Why work hard on something over a lifetime? It’s better to take a shortcut, then waste the rest of your life goofing off.

But they never realize that the “shortcut” is gambling.

hackerfoo··on RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one
You people are just old and cranky. I’ve loved LEDs ever since I first saw a red one light up in the 80s (we didn’t have blue ones then.)
hackerfoo··on FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled
Maybe one PIN could cause the device to crash. Devices crash all the time. Maybe the storage is corrupted. It might have even been damaged when it was taken.

This could even be a developer feature accidentally left enabled.

hackerfoo··on Intel Arc Pro B50 GPU Launched at $349 for Compact Workstations
I’m interested in putting one of these in a server because of the relatively low power usage and compact size.
hackerfoo··on Blender on iPad Is Finally Happening
I had to choose between putting my home address and phone number in the EU app store, renting a P.O. box, or letting my app be removed from that region because of the Digital Services Act. I haven't made enough from the app to justify that.

I'll probably end up using my personal address and phone number. They're probably easy enough to find, and it'd be cool if someone came to visit anyway.

Unless you're talking about Russia.

hackerfoo··on Blender on iPad Is Finally Happening
Not Blender, but I made a 3D modeling app (https://noumenal.app) for iOS designed from the ground up for a touch interface, simple enough that my kids use it.
hackerfoo··on Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI [pdf]
Unless the donors were already owners.
hackerfoo··on Popr Interpreter
Context:

- Project: https://github.com/HackerFoo/poprc

- Presentation: http://hackerfoo.com/presentations/ttpl_slides.html