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s800··on Iran is likely jamming Starlink
Iranian address space is no longer in the public routing table.
s800··on Why the original Macintosh had a screen resolution of 512×324
Not sure we're thinking the same way, but the C64 and Atari had bitmap modes, not just tile or character modes.
s800··on Apple M5 could ditch unified memory architecture for split CPU and GPU designs
CHIP memory
s800··on Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea disrupted
yes, OTDR
s800··on Emulating the Early Macintosh Floppy Drive
The Amiga is fixed RPM or CAV, not CLV like the og Mac. With one exception- later models could halve the RPM to read/write HD floppies (1.44MB PC or 1.76MB Amiga).
s800··on Don't use 7-segment displays (2011) [pdf]
They also wear out quite quickly.
s800··on A minimal-part-count way to connect an SD card to a 68K
that is pretty ingenious
s800··on 7 watts idle – building a low powered server/NAS on Intel 12th/13th gen
I'm running a home server on an N100 (ITX model) with a 32GB DIMM, works well.
s800··on Darktable: Crashing into the wall in slow-motion
Had me until he used middle-aged as a pejorative.
s800··on Toyota recalls nearly 1.9M RAV4s to fix batteries that can cause a fire
That's ABS.
s800··on The colorful charm of Amiga utility disks
Some of the early code was actually BCPL.
s800··on The Inverse Jim Cramer ETF
Call me when there's an inverse A16z
s800··on Top-Left Magic Corner Desktop Paradigm
Always found it strange that macOS didn't follow their OG NeXTstep design for the dock and menus.
s800··on I almost bought a scanner
I have an Epson V800 and a Flextight, the output is much better on the flex tight. There's more to it than just the manufacturer's DPI flex.
s800··on Commodore 128D Computer (2001)
No, quite a bit different.
s800··on Newsom just signed California pay transparency bill
It's not idealism, it's shifting power to labor / the individual.
s800··on The lost ways of programming: Commodore 64 BASIC (2020)
Just tried that on VICE and got some at signs and a crash. What does it do on real h/w?

For some reason I still remember 646, 53280, 53281 (pokes), 30120, and yes 64738.

s800··on FAA approves unleaded fuel for piston fleet
Rotary or radial?
s800··on Investors bought a quarter of US homes sold last year
Should be illegal.
s800··on First Image from JWST
these are the light diffracting off the mirror edges and struts.
s800··on Ask HN: Which book would you pick to re-read for the rest of your life?
Rendezvous with Rama
s800··on NASA/APL Interstellar Probe Mission Architecture
peak speed: 7 au/year, so time to half way to P. Centauri is ~19k-years

(I realize this proposed probe has a much shorter lifetime, but was curious)

s800··on Ford is telling dealers to stop selling the Mustang Mach-E over safety concerns
Anyone have more insight into this? An overheating contactor doesn't sound like something that can be fixed with software (except to ignore it).
s800··on Have an old iPad lying around? You might be able to make it run Linux soon
You could use a squid proxy elsewhere to uplift the crypto/cipher/PKI, which would get you browsing the full web again- however, you'd potentially fall victim to an unpatched Safari based exploit.

http://www.squid-cache.org

s800··on I fixed my broken monitor with a hair dryer
My experience is that this practice brings things back into spec while still cold.
s800··on Why Apple’s new M1 chips are essential for rapid iOS development
Does the toolchain on x86 still build an x86 and ARM executable(s)? Perhaps that contributes to the 2x build time?
s800··on A look inside the chips that powered the landmark Polaroid SX-70 instant camera
So the integrator circuit implies it determines the exposure time during the exposure? Meaning, the metering is ongoing during the shutter opening?
s800··on Ask HN: How do carriers throttle streaming to 480p resolution?
I don't think this can be the case across the board. I control the reverse DNS for my cable modem IPs and still see the downgrades during peak-neighborhood hours.
s800··on What’s the jankiest piece of tech you’ve seen a company depend on?
a rollup (unrolled) map over the server racks because of a leaky drain pipe from the floor above.
s800··on Bouncing a LoRa message off the moon
Correct.
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