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otterzon Poland is now among the 20 largest economies. How it happened

Buffer implies it's void of meaningful content. An unfair word to describe an industrialized nation and member of the top 20 largest economies.

otterzon The HackberryPi CM5 handheld computer

Here [0] is one I took a while ago. One of the reasons for building this toy was to have an Emacs device with a physical keyboard to use while commuting.

[0] - https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/111/119/5...

otterzon The HackberryPi CM5 handheld computer

I love custom handheld computer projects like this.

Few years ago I wanted to build one as a hobby/toy project with parts that are more or less easily available. So I did [0]. Instead of using a pre-made keyboard I used simple push buttons and instead of specialized keyboard controller I used an Atmega328P. Most of the components are through-hole and easy to solder. Anyway, the couple of the handhelds I built are sitting in a drawer at home, but it was fun building it nevertheless.

[0] https://github.com/jovan3/rpi-ibex-hyperpixel

otterzon Open Source projects could sell SBoM fragments

In GNU Guix declaring the license(s) of a package is mandatory so it kinda automates the process of creating SBoM.

otterzon MTR: 'traceroute' and 'ping' in a single tool

Care to elaborate?

otterzon Was the Stone Age the Wood Age?

Depends where in Europe. I'd say in Northern Europe, especially in Scandinavia wood is more frequently used when building homes.

In other places the roof structure is often made of wood. And although technically it's not part of the building, concrete forms used for foundation/walls are mostly made of OSB/plywood.

otterzon Redis adopts dual source-available licensing

Why should that matter? I'm sure the percentage would be way smaller if this was the license used initially.

otterzon Hungarian Railways' Live Countrywide Map

Here's a similar site for Bulgaria: https://radar.bdz.bg/en

otterzon Ask HN: Where should I incoporate my business

Also Bulgaria, Romania for the same reasons: low corporate tax rates, not that far away from Israel.

otterzon Use multiple Git SSH identities on a single computer

Neat! Guix Home has a similar feature: https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Secure-Shell....

otterzon Exa - A Modern Replacement for ls

It's always nice to have more alternatives to traditional unix tools/commands, especially these new tools written in Rust that are popping up.

The website claims exa is a "modern replacement for ls", but unlike ls it doesn't seem to follow the "do one thing" unix concept - the git integration is one reason why. I'm not sure the git integration is a good idea.

otterzon JuNest – The lightweight Arch based distro that runs upon any Linux distribution

GNU Guix can do that. You can describe [1] the system in Guile Scheme and you can install a system or create a virtual machine image from that configuration.

[1] - https://guix.gnu.org/en/manual/en/html_node/Using-the-Config...