makaronin

469 karma · joined March 28, 2015

makaronin··on Namecheap fucked up everything today

"..apparently goes off without a glitch". Apparently, not.

makaronin··on Ask HN: Will you really move away from Apple hardware?

I won't, because I never purchased any Apple products.

makaronin··on Linux can’t be installed on a recent Lenovo laptop

One guy has done a nice work decompiling the BIOS and found that skipping over the hidden BIOS pages is hard-coded into the firmware. See this https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/Installing-Ubu...

makaronin··on Linux can’t be installed on a recent Lenovo laptop

It does not make a much difference as all new Lenovo ultrabooks are "Signature Edition".

makaronin··on Linux can’t be installed on a recent Lenovo laptop

I named it secret because these laptops have been sold for months and no one was aware of this agreement with MS until today.

makaronin··on Linux can’t be installed on a recent Lenovo laptop

Why was the title changed to "a recent Lenovo laptop" when at least four models are affected: Yoga 900 ISK2, Yoga 900S,Yoga 710S and Ideapad 710S.

makaronin··on Linux can’t be installed on a recent Lenovo laptop

If you read the original reddit thread, you would understand that this is not just a drivers issue. Lenovo intentionally programmed their BIOS so that it reverts any changes to RAID mode making it impossible to install Linux.

makaronin··on Linux can’t be installed on a recent Lenovo laptop

It is much worse because Lenovo programmed the BIOS to lock the system so if you try to toggle it to AHCI mode with an EFI variable from EFIshell, it immediately sets itself back to RAID mode.

makaronin··on WordsEye – Type words and tech creates a picture

New epoch in UGC. Imagine how easily movies can be generated from user scenarios.

makaronin··on WordsEye – Type words and tech creates a picture

Access code: fb-arts-nov15

makaronin··on Show HN: Cointrol – Bitcoin trading bot written in Python

Of course some legacy software is still in use. But i'm in doubt that python can be a good choice for today's startups.

makaronin··on Show HN: Cointrol – Bitcoin trading bot written in Python

The programming languages you mentioned dominate their niches. What is left for Python? Being a former Python programmer (5+ years) i really don't see any reason to use it now.