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jhoho··on CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps
Same. Apparently there's ongoing work to integrate live traffic: https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/projects/21877
jhoho··on Wi is Fi: Understanding Wi-Fi 4/5/6/6E/7/8 (802.11 n/AC/ax/be/bn)
I struggle to find good resources on this topic. The few I found indeed attribute the lower latency of more recent Wi-Fi generations to techniques like MLA and OFDMA, not necessarily the frequency (which makes sense, of course). The cudy link makes it look like channel congestion is a factor, too. https://www.rtings.com/router/learn/research/wireless-latenc... https://www.zbtwifi.com/blogs/frontier-technology-news/wi-fi... https://www.cudy.com/en-benelux/blogs/news/6-ghz-vs-5-ghz-th...
jhoho··on Wi is Fi: Understanding Wi-Fi 4/5/6/6E/7/8 (802.11 n/AC/ax/be/bn)
While it already is a very deep discussion, like most it does not discuss the latency improvement that 6 GHz Wi-Fi brings. Afaik Wi-Fi 6E 6 GHz has a latency of 5 ms and less, while Wi-Fi 6 comes with about 10 ms at 5 GHz.
jhoho··on Wired headphone sales are exploding
As usual, the Apple design is a great baseline: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/r...

It doesn't provide full volume output under Android, though.

Otherwise, the CS43131 DAC powers some great designs. I can't comment on their durability, though. https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/j...

jhoho··on Philosoph Jürgen Habermas Gestorben
He regularly wrote essays for "Süddeutsche Zeitung", commenting on the world's political situation. The last one I read was published in November 2025. Sharp as a knive, as always. I'll miss them.

What an accomplished life.

jhoho··on I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine
I would guess so, as the BC-250 is basically a PS5 with 24 instead of 36 CUs. For the curious: https://github.com/mothenjoyer69/bc250-documentation I would guess that he could leverage the APU support that was merged with Mesa 25.1.
jhoho··on Why I Joined OpenAI
You might want to read about the rebound effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebound_effect_(conservation)
jhoho··on Radboud University selects Fairphone as standard smartphone for employees
I second this, although since the Pixel 8(a) they all come with USB-C 3.2 and DisplayPort support. You have to buy a cable that supports it, though.
jhoho··on Radboud University selects Fairphone as standard smartphone for employees
I'm on board as soon as they include a zoom camera.

But for now it seems like I'll remain with a Pixel and GrapheneOS.

jhoho··on Brave overhauled its Rust adblock engine with FlatBuffers, cutting memory 75%
Can you elaborate?
jhoho··on Jolla Phone Pre-Order
Their last announcement is from November 2024: https://jolla.com/press

I guess they'll start PR once the phone is funded.

jhoho··on Jolla Phone Pre-Order
That threw me off, too. They probably chose it to keep the costs low. I wonder about the overall impact, though.
jhoho··on Germany must stand firmly against client-side scanning in Chat Control [pdf]
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
jhoho··on We bought the whole GPU, so we're damn well going to use the whole GPU
It seems like this is indeed possible using video codecs: https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.00467v1
jhoho··on The Danish Ministry of Digitalization Is Switching to Linux and LibreOffice
It's really beautiful but I stopped using it because of its opaque ties with Russia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnlyOffice#Organization
jhoho··on Show HN: Real-time AI Voice Chat at ~500ms Latency
Let me introduce you to the beautiful world of virtual environments. They save you the headache of getting a full installation to run, especially when using Windows.

I prefer miniconda, but venv also does the job.

jhoho··on AMD's game-changing Strix Halo, formerly Ryzen AI Max, poses for new die shots
While true, the benchmarks are not run on the Ryzen's NPU but the much stronger GPU.
jhoho··on AMD's game-changing Strix Halo, formerly Ryzen AI Max, poses for new die shots
It's because of the bigger VRAM - 70B parameters don't fit into the 4090's 24GB.
jhoho··on AMD CPU, Apple M4 Pro Performance – Ryzen AI Max Review [video]
LLM benchmarks at 13:20 https://youtu.be/v7HUud7IvAo?feature=shared&t=800
jhoho··on Taking my diabetes treatment into my own hands
There are several more studies and dietary recommendations regarding oat, just search Google Scholar and similar.
jhoho··on Taking my diabetes treatment into my own hands
Not sure how widely known this is, but recent studies have shown great, sustained results for type 2 through dietary interventions using wholegrain oat (as it contains beta-glucan): https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/html/10.10... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221479931...
jhoho··on Why do tree-based models still outperform deep learning on tabular data? (2022)
Can you recommend a resource on this for the curious learner?
jhoho··on FOSDEM 2024: PineTime Talk
That pretty much sums up their early adopter experience.

The PineTime ecosystem is pretty neat nowadays, just try out InfiniTime: https://github.com/InfiniTimeOrg/InfiniTime

jhoho··on AMD Reveals Next-Gen Desktop Processors for Extreme PC Gaming
The ASRock DeskMini X600 was presented one week ago. ASRock blamed AMD for the lack of affordable mainboards delaying it. https://www.asrock.com/news/index.asp?iD=5353
jhoho··on The curse of the goitre in Switzerland
The soil in the Austrian Country of Styria has notoriously low iodine levels. When visiting Styria in 1748, David Hume wrote:

'But as much as the country is agreeable in its wildness, as much are the inhabitants savage, and deformed, and monstrous in their appearance. Very many of them have ugly swelled throats; idiots and deaf people swarm in every village; and the general aspect of the people is the most shocking I ever saw.' [1]

That's why some traditional costumes in that region include a so called "Kropfband" (goitre bound). [2]

It's fascinating how much one's place of birth used to influence a life and medical biography and in many countries still does.

[1] https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42843/42843-h/42843-h.htm

[2] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kropfband

jhoho··on Zero-k: A libre sci-fi RTS game, with an economy based on metal and energy
You'll love what the community did with Supreme Commander, Chris Taylor's spiritual successor to Total Annihilation: https://www.faforever.com/

They even created a Coop-Campaign and a completely new faction.

jhoho··on Ask HN: How to maintain an identical "hot standby" Android phone
LineageOS, CalyxOS and GrapheneOS all come with Seedvault which allows nightly remote backups. They're anything but complete, though. For folders, Syncthing might be interesting. I don't think it's possible without rooting your phone. Then, NeoBackup could do it.
jhoho··on F-Droid: Android FOSS app store
There's also F-Droid Basic which targets Android 13 and therefore allows unattended updates without root: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fdroid.basic
jhoho··on Linux on the Arm-Based ThinkPad X13S: Getting There
With 7 Watts, the Snapdragon has less than half the Intel's and Apple's TDP, though. Also, the i7-1355U only became available in 2023.

The confirmed upgrades to 8 performance cores (from 4), ARMv9, PCIe 4, DDR5 RAM and possibly a higher TDP will bring significant performance gains with Gen 4.

But in principle I agree to you, I wouldn't use it yet.

Edit: Also, why leave AMD out :) https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/4774vs4104vs4794vs4102/...

jhoho··on Towards a Reproducible F-Droid
Android offers seamless updates for apps from third party stores targeting API 29 since Android 12 via the REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES permission: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ... https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/P... There are issues on GitLab covering this: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/1836
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