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natas··on Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the business depends on it?
I wish there was some picts.
natas··on California is chasing wealth that has feet
The billionaire tax is an experiment, they did put the bar pretty high to measure how many families will relocate (that's super easy to track); once that's measured, it's easy to build a model to adjust this threshold to whatever is advantageous for the state and keep things in balance this way, where the outflow is carefully measured and weighted against the tax threshold. The "hard part" was just getting this to pass the vote; then they can adjust this threshold anytime as voters have already approved it. What isn't measured is that billionaires create jobs "around them"; and, implicitly, jobs will be created somewhere else; unfortunately this model will not measure that.
natas··on OpenBSD Stories: Strange Medieval Devices
I really like to see those old dmesgs, quite amazing work supporting this in OpenBSD (at the time)
natas··on France reaches 94.9% fiber coverage in 2026
As always with the french government: don't trust the numbers they give you.
natas··on Godox Transparent Viewfinder Camera C100
pretty much the worst of both worlds: a non-working viewfinder and a terrible camera.
natas··on Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise
you should never discuss your personal life at work or with your coworkers.
natas··on JetZero
Flying OceanGate.
natas··on Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects
This is a slippery slope, and I will stay away from Codeberg, because who knows what they'll ban next.
natas··on Shinjuku Station in 3D
looks like a doom level
natas··on A new Intel Itanium (IA-64) emulator that boots Windows
For sure, I'm glad we have those emulators, real hardware is hard to find or expensive or faulty. Having emulators helps a lot.
natas··on A new Intel Itanium (IA-64) emulator that boots Windows
don't they still give some hobbyist licenses?
natas··on A new Intel Itanium (IA-64) emulator that boots Windows
Would be amazing to implement a JIT in hercules (would make it 10x faster potentially as fast as z/PDT which implements a JIT); good timing as IBM is retiring z/PDT!
natas··on A new Intel Itanium (IA-64) emulator that boots Windows
I wish this could make it to qemu's main branch; always fun to preserve new systems. I wonder if it runs openvms/ia64 too!
natas··on SpaceX stock erases all its gains and slides below IPO price in intraday trading
shocking, who could have predicted that?
natas··on Windows 0-day drops the same day Microsoft releases record number of patches
Windows source has leaked (so many times) and someone ran claude code on it to find vulns, as expected; few million more patches coming; those exploits sell well $$$

Hence, there is a huge monetary incentive to leak window's source; especially if your RSUs are not really bringing money home.

natas··on 45% of enthusiasts 'seriously considering' leaving Sony for PC
I won't make the mistake to buy any other sony product.
natas··on Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made
I bought it yesterday, not too hard to get running on linux, and played for an hour, it's immense fun.
natas··on Windows Drops Under 60% in Global Desktop OS Share for the First Time in Years
it's a bit skewed, I suspect 25% are bots and the like that don't present an identifiable user-agent. Also, a lot of bots probably identify themselves as windows to "blend-in".
natas··on Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera
fortunately I'm old, I drive a 2007 car, and won't live in this new world for much much longer!
natas··on Sony Deletes 551 Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For
I'm done with sony, forever. Cameras, consoles, whatever, I'm just done. Goodbye!
natas··on AI Data Centers Use More Water Than Most Tech Giants Report
I feel like we've already had this discussion with respect to Crypto; crypto used more energy than banks (which proved to be false, but whatever); and water. Now AI uses magnitude more energy than crypto (or humans) and somehow they're now saying it's okay?
natas··on OpenAI Losses Increased Nearly 8X in 2025, with Spending Hitting $34B
Napkin maths.

Alphabet: ~$4.5T value / ~$403B revenue ≈ 11× revenue

Microsoft: ~$2.9T value / ~$282B revenue ≈ 10× revenue

OpenAI: ~$850B value / ~$13B revenue ≈ 65× revenue

Can someone explains that logic?

natas··on Ntsc-rs – open-source video emulation of analog TV and VHS artifacts
pretty cool!
natas··on Accidentally deleted subscriptions for chat integrations (Slack and MS Teams)
How long before github deletes all repos? or make private repos public? and such and such?
natas··on I was recently diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
I wish you a fast and full recovery.
natas··on Coreutils for Windows
100% vibe coded.
natas··on Intelligent Terminal 0.1
100% vibe coded
natas··on Intelligent Terminal 0.1
lipstick on a pig
natas··on Coreutils for Windows
No thanks, I'd rather use linux.
natas··on Minnesota becomes first state to ban prediction markets
Stocks aren't prediction markets, but options and futures are.
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