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out_of_protocolon Download responsibly

This is a feature, not a bug. Torrent file/magnet link contains hash of a data which is immutable. Just publish new link (you should anyway, even with http)

out_of_protocolon Download responsibly

> It requires slightly more complex firewall rules, and asking the network admin to put them in place might raise some eyebrow for reason 1

Well, in many such situations data is provided for free, putting huge burden on the other side. Even it it's a little bit less convenient it makes service a lot more sustainable. I imagine torrent for free tier and direct download as a premium option would work perfectly

out_of_protocolon EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy

Nuclear produces constant amount of energy (while consumption is not stable), Solar and Wind are highly unstable, with peaks not matching consumption. Adding gas (which is fast to adjust/turn on/turn off) for maneuvers makes whole system cheaper and more stable

out_of_protocolon Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum

Samsung Folds 1-6 are kinda bad, much worse than competitors. Samsung Fold 7 is really good, so are Honor phones (V3, V5). Honor folds are sold on Amazon in Europe. Currently own V3 one, 1 year in, so far so good, feels really sturdy.

out_of_protocolon Use singular nouns for database table names

> than inconsistent but correct.

than inconsistent but sometimes correct.

out_of_protocolon Uncomfortable Questions About Android Developer Verification

It's their security and not your security, don't mix up

out_of_protocolon I Bought an N100 Mini PC, Then Another

I see Ryzen 5 3550H + 16GB + 512GB + EUT VAT + free shipping at 152EUR (random Aliexpress deal, says "Ninkear G3 Pro") - not much considering bundled up RAM and Disk, N100 costs a little bit less.

Braindead YouTube-solution would be to buy this device, connect to TV, wireless mouse and install Windows 10/11 LTSC, install firefox + favorite addons. N100 is barely enough for 4k@60, and Ryzen gets a bit more juice to live comfortably

out_of_protocolon I Bought an N100 Mini PC, Then Another

N100 and friends is a good NAS+youtube machine. Some mini PCs allow multiple NVMe drives. For a few more bucks you can get entry-level (but much more powerful) Ryzen CPU in a similar small box

out_of_protocolon Ask HN: Why hasn't x86 caught up with Apple M series?

On efficiency side, there's big difference on OS department. Recently released handheld Lenovo Go S has both SteamOS (which is Arch btw) and Windows11 versions, allowing to directly compare efficiency of a AMD's Z1E chip under load with limited TDP. And the difference is huge, with SteamOS fps is significantly higher and and the same time battery lasts a lot more.

Windows does a lot of useless crap in the background that kills battery and slows down user-launched software

out_of_protocolon Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android

Can't access banks, ticket systems etc. unfortunately we are in the era of tightened screws, the freedom is running out :(

out_of_protocolon Go is still not good

My vote is for Elixir as well, but it's not a competitor for multiple important reasons. There are some languages in that niche, although too small and immature, like Crystal, Nim. Still waiting for something better.

P.S. Swift, anyone?

out_of_protocolon End well, this won't: UK commissioner suggests govt stops kids from using VPNs

> Did you miss the part where every VPN port is blocked

Many protocols can use https ports and packet envelope. Also, there's special censorship resistant VPN protocols, which work even in China despite its nigh-infinity money to block it via DPI

out_of_protocolon I prefer human-readable file formats

1) replacing gzip compression with zstd will speed things up by a lot while also reducing disk size

2) Plain old sqlite seems like a good idea, for a format (and also widely supported). Fast indexes included

3) combining (1) and (2) is probably a good idea as well

4) there's also Parquet

out_of_protocolon Cursed Knowledge

> So 11/27/2025 starts with the most useful information

Most useful information would be to not confuse it. E.g. you see a event date 9/8/2025 and it's either tomorrow or a month from now. Perfect 50/50% chance to miss it or make a useless trip

out_of_protocolon Consider using Zstandard and/or LZ4 instead of Deflate

Is webp really losses here? As far as i remember its capped at 4:2:0 and can't do 4:4:4 files without loosing some of the color data

out_of_protocolon Raspberry Pi 5 Gets a MicroSD Express Hat

MicroSD Express is basically NVMe, protocol-wise (which is almost directly PCIe), with extra bells like old microSD support, packed into very small package with worse thermals and for extra price. Don't see a reason to use it if you can stick to M.2 NVMe

out_of_protocolon Bitchat – A decentralized messaging app that works over Bluetooth mesh networks

> Relaying devices earn a micro-payment

The thing is, it's almost impossible to guarantee payments work as expected in decentralized system, see "double spend attack". Bitcoin was designed to prevent it but does it by having common ledger which is a bit too much for a chat

out_of_protocolon Bitchat – A decentralized messaging app that works over Bluetooth mesh networks

Internet don't work well in huge crowds - stadiums or mass protests. In second case govmt tend to block internet as well

out_of_protocolon Why JPEGs still rule the web (2024)

https://cloudinary.com/blog/jpeg-xl-and-the-pareto-front

See various charts. For example, this table:

https://res.cloudinary.com/cloudinary-marketing/images/f_aut...

For decoding,

Webp - ~70Mpx/s,

jpeg - 100 to 300 Mpx/s

Jpeg xl - 115 to 163

Avif (single thread) - 32 to 37

Avif (multithread) - 90 to 110

out_of_protocolon Why JPEGs still rule the web (2024)

.. or you can go directly to avif - https://caniuse.com/avif (93%) instead of webp (95% support).

out_of_protocolon Apple warns Australia against joining EU in mandating iPhone app sideloading

Ever heard of the term "Banana republic" ? That's what happens than company have a lot more money than a country. Overthrowing governments, coups, astronomical bribes - anything goes.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic

out_of_protocolon I just don't care about the Steam Deck 2 anymore

Article don't even mention SteamDeck's amazing touchpads, which no one replicated yet. These small squares enable a lot of old-ish games and whole genres what don't work with gamepads well

out_of_protocolon Apple warns Australia against joining EU in mandating iPhone app sideloading

It also doesn't help that Apple has more free money than great many of the world countries

out_of_protocolon GPS Needs to Toughen Up, or Get Trampled Down

mile and nautical mile are not the same so it still doesn't make any sense

out_of_protocolon Ditching Obsidian and building my own

Also, Trilium don't have mobile app which is very important for having notes available 24/7. Browser version don't allow offline access and not as convenient as an app

out_of_protocolon How much information is in DNA?

Evolution also uses dirty tricks all the time, for no reason. E.g. the same region gets reused for totally unrelated use-cases.

> An obvious example of this would be incorporating a texture

Some random range of storage data is now the texture. It was used to process formatting logic but now also a texture

out_of_protocolon How much information is in DNA?

> There's less than 80 minutes worth of music's worth of information

Or awful lot of text information (state of art compressors can do up to 1:10 ratio for plain text, decoder itself is rather small, 750MB compressed could potentially contain like 7GB of text data).

Also, look at demoscene. 4k (4 kB is the size of executable) can do crazy things, and 64kB can fit a lot of nice 3D objects, music, text, complex effects etc. weight less than any screenshot of any moment of running demo. In 95kB you can have full game (google kkringer)

P.S. better example: full snake game in 56 BYTES https://github.com/donno2048/snake

For comparation the link above is 34 bytes, whole sentence is 83 bytes. It's possible to do a lot if we're talking about code

out_of_protocolon How much information is in DNA?

DNA self-desintegrate very fast. It only works in living cells because it is being repaired non-stop

out_of_protocolon Why it is (nearly) impossible that we live in a simulation

Or it could be Half-Life 10⁹⁹, with stylized graphics and simplified rules (main action goes within another galaxy and we are a background noise). We're talking unknown unknowns here