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nabarajon Build an 8-bit computer from scratch

I tried something similar when in college. Built a 8bit GPU on a breadboard, i don't remember all the details now, but it was such a fun project.[1]

[1] https://nabraj.com/blog/8-bit-gpu/

nabarajon In 2024, please switch to Firefox

My family uses Apple's keypass for everything password. Is there an easy way to get passwords working like Safari?

I currently do Search Passwords, Search website, Copy password, Paste in Firefox manually.

nabarajon Facebook buying ads for Messenger to be top result when you search for 'Signal'

It is true people have migrated away from facebook but it is also true they have migrated to instagram which is owned by facebook.

nabarajon Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atmosphere?

I was talking to someone about tech culture in Germany earlier. How easy is it to get a tech job out there?

nabarajon Gwynne Shotwell Is Steadying Force at SpaceX

https://outline.com/RAr4c6

nabarajon Microsoft is embracing Android as the mobile version of Windows

Google could simply block services like Gmail and YouTube. Microsoft tried it with Windows Phone.

nabarajon Facebook just announced a YouTube competitor called Watch

Requires Facebook account.

nabarajon Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of beta

I am sorry I prefer an ugly device which is more powerful and provides more value for the money for less than half of the price of its competitor.

nabarajon .NET and Node.JS – Performance Comparison

Comparing 'Subject A with one thing that is good at' with 'Subject B with one thing that is bad at'.

Interesting!

nabarajon Facebook smartphone with HTC launching soon

I think facebook already has what it needs for a smartphone.

Voice and Video: Facebook Video Calling

Messaging: Facebook Messenger

Photos: Facebook instagram

Contacts: Facebook friends

Games: Facebook's online games

nabarajon A lot of free ebooks

DOM Enlightenment sounds like a treasure. Cheers

nabarajon Issue 224182 - chromium - Chrome wakes me up in the middle of the night

I donot really understand why Chrome needs to be on startup. Can we not click a taskbar icon and start it whenever we want?

nabarajon The Highest Form of Flattery

Yes the design looks similar but it looks like just a UI copy. The styling, scripts are pretty much different.

Fun fact:

keen.ico (OP) : banner_icons_light.png 800 x 454

recom.io(Alleged copier) : banner_icons_light.png 3928 x 2228

nabarajon He Has Millions and a New Job at Yahoo. Soon, He’ll Be 18

I remember watching his interview on Techcrunch back in the days. He is a great guy and is really talented. Congratulations to him.

nabarajon Delivering fast boot times in Windows 8

Are you kidding me? Hibernating kernel is like saving all the malicious script to save so it can re-run again on next startup.

nabarajon Who Does Facebook Think You Are Searching For?

Time to run this script on my crush's profile to see if I am on her top of list or not.

nabarajon Hacker News Search

How about adding the search box in the top?

nabarajon Previewing Windows 8 (Video)

looks killer for a tablet not so interesting for PC!

nabarajon Poll: Should HN display comment scores?

YES

nabarajon Linux: The Source of All Desktop Innovation

Nothing is innovating. Windows, Mac and Linux are just adding colours to Panel, Dock and Taskbar. Thats it!

nabarajon Ask HN: What have you done with your Cr 48 since it's come out?

I got one from a sweepstake thing last month. I use for like an hour after I wake up every dat. Its wonderful and amazing but sooner or later you will realize you need Windows.

nabarajon Programming error invalidates US Diversity Visa lottery results

They should have gave to those who were selected despite of non-random. Cmon they must be freaking depressed now!

nabarajon The HTML5 test

130 by IE9 and 288 by Chrome. Impressive!

nabarajon Microsoft confirms IE10 won't run on Vista, millions of IE9 users shrug

So Microsoft wants to support only Windows 7 and IE10. I downloaded the beta and didnot see any difference with IE9.

nabarajon Why Facebook open-sourced its datacenters

They open sourced datacentres so they can sell their used servers and craps later on.