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meifun··on In Memory of My Wife, Elise Cawley, with Thanks for 36 Wonderful Years
I am sorry for your loss, friend. Be well.
meifun··on In Memory of My Wife, Elise Cawley, with Thanks for 36 Wonderful Years
> And please, God, let me die with my wife like John Nash did in that > NJ Turnpike taxi crash.

I feel you. My worst fear in life is surviving my wife of so far 20 years. I hope that we both reach 80 years old and sit next to each other in rocking chairs and let the days pass by.

meifun··on Ask HN: How does one get involved in FPGA development?
Many thanks
meifun··on Ask HN: How does one get involved in FPGA development?
He said because it allows for parallel processing, faster execution for realtime processing.
meifun··on Ask HN: How does one get involved in FPGA development?
Thank you for the links
meifun··on Ask HN: How does one get involved in FPGA development?
Thanks. The idea of another degree could be interesting.
meifun··on Ask HN: I haven't had to buy a Windows computer in 20 years
Thank you for the link to this tool. That should help! :-)
meifun··on Ask HN: I haven't had to buy a Windows computer in 20 years
14 inches is fine for me the smaller the better. Thanks you for a detailed reply and the link. This laptop looks like it could be good for me.

I think I found it on Costco.com for cheaper: https://www.costco.com/p/-/acer-aspire-14-ai-copilot-pc-touc...

meifun··on Ask HN: I haven't had to buy a Windows computer in 20 years
The software is Case Catalyst by Stenograph, Inc. I can try. I don't have much experience with WINE working well enough in the past with other niche apps. Thank You.
meifun··on Hacking on the ReMarkable 2
I owned a Remarkable 2 and sold it when the Remarkable Paper Pro came out. I now own a Remarkable Paper Pro and a Remarkable Paper Pro Move. I use them for deep work and it really helps me with distractions. I leave the Paper Pro at home and I carry the Paper Pro Move as part of my every day carry.

The one feature I miss is being able to have a split screen so that I could have a document open and be writing in another document. Something like note taking from a book. To overcome this now I have documents open on my laptop to reference as I am writing on the Remarkable.

meifun··on ReMarkable Paper Pro Move
You can't do that yet. I have been asking for the feature for years and it has yet to be implemented.
meifun··on ReMarkable Paper Pro Move
I had am RM2 for years before upgrading to the Paper Pro. I love the Paper Pro. It provides me with an environment of deep thinking. It feels too big to carry all day long and I always felt even with the Type Folio I didn't want to damage the screen. I just ordered a Paper Pro Move to carry with me.

The one feature I miss is the ability to split the screen and have two items open at the same time. Like a PDF journal in one and taking notes on it in the other.

meifun··on Sneakers (1992) – 4K makeover sourced from the original camera negative
I can totally relate.

We had a Corvus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvus_Systems) and I managed to call them and pretended to have trouble with out system and they asked no questions. Ended up sending a manual to the school and I just watched out for it in the Librarians mail slot.

Then I formatted the Corvus after copying the various software packages I wanted to use on my Apple IIe.

meifun··on Sneakers (1992) – 4K makeover sourced from the original camera negative
another good movie!
meifun··on Sneakers (1992) – 4K makeover sourced from the original camera negative
Yes. And the part where he knew where the cryptography device was on the desk.

Don’t look, listen.

Then he taps two tuning forks together.

meifun··on Sneakers (1992) – 4K makeover sourced from the original camera negative
Agreed. I talked my way into the server room several times by different night janitors at my old high school back in 1996. I told them I was there to do maintenance and it wasn't entirely untrue but I was there for running wires and setting up new Macs as part of my class load.
meifun··on Show HN: I built an app so I could read the 3 Body-Problem in Chinese
Thank you!
meifun··on Sneakers (1992) – 4K makeover sourced from the original camera negative
This movie helped me:

1. Relate to a blind student in our school when they could hear things differently than the rest of us.

2. Realize that social engineering is thing and I tried to practice it in high school to gain access to computer rooms where the "fancy" computers were.

3. Realize that a government can steal or in general can be sneaky/secretive.

meifun··on Show HN: I built an app so I could read the 3 Body-Problem in Chinese
As someone who is on HSK 6, this looks really helpful. Thank you for spending time with the Chinese language. It is really fun to learn.
meifun··on Compute's Gazette Magazine Returns After 35 Yrs, Will Focus on Retro Computing
My dad used to bring me home the Gazette with a box of powdered doughnuts and chocolate milk.

I was 10.

I’d spend the whole weekend typing in all the code and trying to get it to run on our Commodore 64. If it was dinner time, he would bring me a plate and leave me be. I’d be so excited when everything worked and I could show it off to him.

It is the best memory I have of my father.

Thank you dad.

meifun··on Undergraduate Disproves 40-Year-Old Conjecture, Invents New Kind of Hash Table
This intrigues me, can you share more about this?
meifun··on Is Ketamine Neurotoxic?
are everyday people even prescribed Ketamine in the USA?

Or is it just people that can afford to buy it outright from a non=pharmacy source?

meifun··on Snowdrop OS – a homebrew operating system from scratch, in assembly language
Amazing, if you would at all be interested in sharing any I am all ears.
meifun··on Snowdrop OS – a homebrew operating system from scratch, in assembly language
I was coming to the comments to write this reminds me of Terry Davis, may be rest in peace. It might sound strange but Terry provided me with inspiration and a reminder that anything can be created or “Willed into existence”.
meifun··on Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things
"The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan" By: Robert Kanigel

A biography of one of the most innovative mathematicians of all time traces the rise of Srinivasa Ramanujan from his days as a clerk to his collaboration with one of England's greatest mathematicians

There is also a movie with this same name. It was good, IMHO.

meifun··on Lynn Conway has died
Thank you friend!
meifun··on Lynn Conway has died
I'd agree here. As a trans parent I have worried about what living an often non-socially acceptable lifestyle would do to them. But then I see the acceptance as my daughter proudly introduces me as her "mama" to her whole class. I'm a better parent alive living my truth than I am an "unalived" parent leaving a gap for those that loved me for me.
meifun··on Lynn Conway has died
Thank you for the inspiration as I continue my gender transition. I appreciate your struggles and dedication to living a life that was "for you" and not for anyone else. RIP.
meifun··on Lynn Conway has died
Thank you for sharing!! Fascinating and really helpful to those of us who are undergoing our own gender transitions!
meifun··on Cosmopolitan Third Edition
Amazing work. So many useful projects.

Another Fabrice Bellard.

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