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Aaron2222··on Parallels can run x86 versions of Windows or Linux on Apple Silicon
> Parallels notes that these operating systems currently run "really slow" due to the overhead required for translation. Windows takes between two and seven minutes to boot, depending on the speed of your Mac, and "the responsiveness of the operating system is low." Rather than attempting to multi-task, Parallels says you should close the app you're using before trying to open another one.

I tried to run x86 Windows using UTM a while back (I was trying to test something that was x86-only and used a kernel driver, so couldn't run under ARM Windows). I had to give up on it because it was taking too long to boot (i.e. way longer than 7 minutes). So this sounds like an improvement.

On the other hand, we've had success using UTM for students with Apple Silicon Macs to run our x86 Linux VM that we use in our 2nd year University operating systems course. It's terminal-only (no desktop environment), but we do use VS Code's Remote SSH with it (which runs the VS Code backend in it).

Aaron2222··on Trump's DOT pick wants EV owners to pay to use roads
RUCs existed well before EVs were a thing. They apply to diesel vehicles (as unlike petrol, diesel doesn't have a road tax on it). EVs were temporarily exempted from RUCs (partly as an incentive, and partly because RUCs on light vehicles are a lot higher than what an equivalent fuel-efficient vehicle will pay in road tax through petrol usage). The current government removed this exemption (without adjusting the RUC rates to a sensible level for EVs), causing BEVs to pay significantly more road tax than an equivalent fuel-efficient non-EV does and removing their advantage of lower running costs (which has massively hurt the EV market). They "justified" this with their vague plans to move petrol vehicles to RUCs at some point in the future.
Aaron2222··on Apple starts pushing AirPods owners into Transparency mode, with no easy opt out
Yep. Good chance it's clogged up with earwax or something. I have similar issues with mine (a high-pitched whine on when in any of the ANC modes on my current AirPods Pro 2's right AirPod, and a lower-pitched rumbling in my old AirPods Pro 1's as well).
Aaron2222··on A feature-rich Hacker News client
Polls are actually a Hacker News feature (albeit a rather hidden one). Example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29755614
Aaron2222··on Hearing a Mysterious Chime from Your AirPods Pro Case? It's a Feature
Well that explains the faint noise I've been hearing at night lately just after putting my AirPods away.

Speaking of the sounds you're meant to hear, I'm familiar with the low battery ones (both the AirPods themselves and the case if you put the AirPods in it when the case is low on charge) as well as the chime the case makes when it's put on charge. But every so often the case plays one when I open the case. Any ideas what that one's meant to be?

Aaron2222··on Bringing SerenityOS to real hardware, one driver at a time
openSUSE does the same to boot on Raspberry Pi as well. Probably a few other distros as well.
Aaron2222··on Show HN: Tetris in a PDF
Doesn't work in Preview unfortunately.
Aaron2222··on I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled
I'm from New Zealand, and this kind of stuff isn't a thing where I went (as far as I'm aware). Course enrolments open at some point (everything all at once), and you just log in and fill it out at some point over the multiple months between it opening and the due date for completing it. Some programs have limited admission (with their associated papers being restricted to those enrolled in that program), but limited space at the paper level (as opposed to the course level) and rushing to submit your paper selection just isn't a thing (as far as I'm aware).
Aaron2222··on Passkey technology is elegant, but it's most definitely not usable security
Looks like on iOS it integrates with the native passkey support (so is usable anywhere native passkeys are supported). 1Password on Android looks to have similar integration, but only for apps at this stage (not websites, due to an Android limitation). So still a little while to go yet for "it just works" across all platforms.
Aaron2222··on Passkey technology is elegant, but it's most definitely not usable security
1Password itself has native passkey support. I don't have experience with it on mobile, but on desktop browsers their extension overrides the build-in passkey support to use/store passkeys from/in 1Password (with a button to fall back to the built-in implementation for its storage, hardware tokens, QR code to use/store a passkey from/on a smartphone, etc).
Aaron2222··on Little Snitch: Network Monitor and Application Firewall for macOS
It only handles inbound connections.
Aaron2222··on YouTuber finds popular browser extension Honey engaging in deceptive practices
As is your comment.
Aaron2222··on Text Editing Hates You Too (2019)
It's also possible the "He" from the second "Hello" is RTL (part of the same RTL block as the rest of the Arabic text).
Aaron2222··on Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230
HP also allows ordering some of their business laptops without webcams.
Aaron2222··on 1M people have joined Bluesky in the last day
What country are you in? I'm seeing mostly nature photos and other non-political content (albeit I'm viewing signed out), but I'm not in the US.
Aaron2222··on Typesetting Engines: A Programmer's Perspective
They did[0] (as per their earlier reply[1]), and now it's fixed.

[0]: https://github.com/Dherse/codly/issues/35

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42103510

Aaron2222··on Typesetting Engines: A Programmer's Perspective
My impressions with Typst have been very positive, though I did notice the same issue with Codly. Typst is still quite a new tool, so my expectation would be that this kind of issue will be fixed at some point.
Aaron2222··on Accelerating the Performance of Rosetta in Linux VMs on Apple Silicon
You might be thinking of the one in the SMC of Intel Macs that macOS uses to check that it's running on an actual Mac?
Aaron2222··on Political bias can subvert your rational thinking [video]
YouTube even provides a feature to automate A/B testing thumbnails now: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/13861714
Aaron2222··on Show HN: I launched a super cheap and simple to use OCR tool for macOS
If it's something you'd have to screenshot to use OCR on (i.e. it doesn't just let you directly select the text), this (and the other options) is a bit faster than having to take a screenshot then select the text from it (you select the region like when taking a screenshot and the text is OCRed and copied to the pasteboard in one go).
Aaron2222··on SSH Remoting
That's how most of these remoting features work, by running the IDE backend on the remote host.

I'm not sure if IntelliJ IDEA has an equivalent, but CLion has an option to just do the build and run/debug on the remote host without running the whole IDE on it.

Aaron2222··on M4 MacBook Pro
You can just turn it off. macOS lets you change the resolution to use just the screen below the notch, and because it's mini-LED, the now unused "flaps" to the sides of the notch are indistinguishable from the rest of the bezel.
Aaron2222··on New iMac with M4
I recall reading that OpenAI was just the initial partner, and that they plan to offer other LLM integrations as well. Don't quote me on that though.
Aaron2222··on New iMac with M4
Because a lot of people find corded mice annoying?

To be fair though, I've seen multiple computer labs with new iMacs and old wired keyboards and mice (because they don't want them "going missing" or switching places).

Aaron2222··on New iMac with M4
This video[0] claims to show such a mod to a MacBook.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3N-z-Y8cuw

Aaron2222··on Official Raspberry Pi NVMe SSD Review
Just to clarify, the M.2 HAT+ does fit in the official case, you just can't put the lid on.
Aaron2222··on Chromium uses web search for .internal TLD instead of opening URL
Adding a trailing / does it as well.
Aaron2222··on Apple's AirPods Pro hearing health features
Hearing aids with Bluetooth are hardly new, they've been around for years at this point.
Aaron2222··on NASA freezes Starliner missions
Launching a prototype rocket with the expectation that it will probably blow up and then having it blow up isn't a failure, especially when the goal is to see what happens.
Aaron2222··on NASA freezes Starliner missions
>> Also, are we all forgetting that within the past year SpaceX launches have had multiple unexpected catastrophic explosive failures?

> Well that's just a straight up lie.

I'm guessing they're confusing the expected, catastrophic explosive "failures" on experimental Starship prototypes with payload-carrying F9/FH flights.

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