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0byteson New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6

Not Linux, the X Window System. The first implementation in a window manager predates Linux by a couple of years. And to no surprise Xerox had them first

0byteson Celebrating 70 Years of Fortran

It’s not Fortran style, but the code of the original Bourne shell is a remarkable piece. “How to write Algol in C”

0byteson Show HN: Honorfit – a pushup app blocker for your phone

It is absolutely my thing! If you are interested, have a look at https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/s/EVW8u8yx9w It links to a video that for my personal taste does the whole movement too quick. I stay longer in both end positions and do a slower ascent and descent. Anyways, great idea, and I hope you stay healthy and uninjured!

0byteson Show HN: Honorfit – a pushup app blocker for your phone

I do appreciate the fun aspect! But… pushups aren’t meant to be done in bulk. This almost certainly leads to wrong technique and that can seriously harm your shoulders.

0byteson You can run Git on object storage if you re-make packfiles

4th submission in 3 days. Is this a marketing spam campaign?

0byteson Writing a better reality: The case for optimistic sci-fi (2022)

Adrian Tchaikovsky’s “Children of Time” is net optimistic.

0byteson Alzheimer's treatment is advancing rapidly

https://archive.is/LFv9p

0byteson Upcoming election could produce modern Germany's first far-right state governor

They will blame it on somebody else, federal government, the “old parties”, the “lying press”, immigrants, the “eco fascists”, the EU, … They found their niche being the victims

0byteson Germany's far-right AfD projected to win

I fully agree, but I think you forgot social media as a catalyst. People being trapped in echo chambers. AfD (and all the associated conspiracy theorists) are classical con men.

0byteson Germany's far-right AfD projected to win

Merz is von Papen 2.0. The same arrogance and overestimation of himself, a textbook old white man.

0byteson Germany's far-right AfD projected to win

Calling it a cult fits quite well. Like Trump supporters, AfD can do anything. They do a different style of politics? Sure, they aren’t like the “old parties”, their budget is projected to have a 2 billion deficit? But the “old parties” are increasing the debt as well. Arguments are bent beyond recognition. Facts don’t matter. The term “pigeon chess” was coined for taking with AfD: while you comply to the strict rules of the game, the pigeon just randomly moves pieces, throwing some off, and shits on the board.

0byteson Burnt out on a three-day week

Not hard data: ChatGPT and Gemini both say that the article sounds like written by a human most likely with AI assistance.

Doesn’t mean it’s not an ad for coaching. I share your sentiment. (So do ChatGPT and Gemini, they also agree that the article sounds like an ad)

0byteson Forgotten History of Small Nuclear Reactors (2015)

The power plant is in a very rural area with estimations of 100 people per square kilometer. Tokai Daini is in an area with approx 10 times the people compared to Fukushima. It’s only 8 meters above sea level and it’s also in risk of a tsunami in general. From my point of view that’s not an argument for the safety of nuclear power but more a “it didn’t happen this time”

0byteson Forgotten History of Small Nuclear Reactors (2015)

And the waste, and the environmental impact on fuel mining, and the deconstruction, and the inherent risks, but otherwise yes, it’s great!

0byteson Forgotten History of Small Nuclear Reactors (2015)

And yet there are still occasional accidents. 51 in 2025. Which end tragic in aviation but are so much more severe for nuclear power plants.

0byteson Forgotten History of Small Nuclear Reactors (2015)

How much wiser do we need to be to build a large number of nuclear reactors? How much safer is each one compared to a larger one to justify the risk of building more items that can end in a disaster? And aren’t large reactors quite uneconomical already? How much worse do small ones operate, given the economy of scale. Nuclear power just didn’t deliver what it promised.

The uranium mines of the GDR resulted in 311 million cubic meters of mine waste. In 2005 for the the remediation 13.75 million liters of Diesel fuel were used. The costs so far have been 7.4 billion €. About 20 Billion € were invested in nuclear plants that never produced any power (or in one case was shut down after 100 days) in Germany. Add the costs of deconstruction of the existing plants. The whole narrative of cheap power is nothing but a house of cards.

0byteson Saab has unveiled its A3 collaborative combat aircraft concept

You could argue that the “Swedish Airplane Inc.” (Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, SAAB) also does cars.

0byteson Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertification is a growing threat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_meridional_overturnin...

See “stability” section

0byteson Two German airport workers die of malaria after 'mosquito arrives on plane'

If you go to a Malaria zone, talk to your doctor to get Malarone and use it prophylactic (depending on the region)

0byteson A single underscore led to an innocent Halifax man's conviction

They caught Archibald Buttle

0byteson The curious case of the disappearing Polish S (2015)

“Polish uses the English/Latin alphabet” - was it developed back when the US and Italy were allies in ancient Roman times?

0byteson Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?

The Newton team might disagree.

0byteson Trump's Endgame Is Surrender

Distraction from the Epstein files Which supposedly were a distraction for high inflation and the tariff disaster.

0byteson The main thing about P2P meth is that there's so much of it (2021)

It can also mean anesthetics, which coincidentally would include cocaine as a strong local anesthetic, but not a narcotic in the pharmacological sense.