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cwaffles··on Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome
Yes, you can. See the landmark United States vs Microsoft 2001 antitrust case.
cwaffles··on Perry: A native TypeScript compiler written in Rust
https://www.perryts.com/
cwaffles··on A Faster Alternative to Jq
Less OOMs, less timeouts, less noisy neighbors problems affecting other apps
cwaffles··on Donald Trump's fantasy of home-grown chipmaking
I agree that the cultural difference is the biggest differentiator. Asians put more emphasis on education and trading off work life balance.
cwaffles··on iPhone 16 is much easier to repair
Switching from torx screws to pentalobe on iPhones is completely inexcusable. More expensive, less available tooling, no torque advantage. [0]

[0]: https://www.ifixit.com/News/14279/apples-diabolical-plan-to-...

cwaffles··on Show HN: A WireGuard Powered Remote Shell
Wireguard is written by Jason Donenfield, a renowned developer with deep crypto knowledge. You can search him up and see for yourself. https://www.zx2c4.com/
cwaffles··on AI is not your friend
I think its a fair article. How can you tell that AI has been manipulated to make outputs more appealing to make you do certain actions. You could argue that money <-> favor has been long exchanged, but in this case, we don't have someone to name and shame.
cwaffles··on Deleting and destroying finished movies
Can you provide 3 obvious problems of how the parent post is incorrect? I am curious of your thoughts.
cwaffles··on Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy
Why is this a poor look? I was not aware of Brendan's involvement with Rust, nor the effect of the firings on the Rust team.
cwaffles··on I quit my job to work full time on my open source project
Atuin: https://atuin.sh/

Note: I am a user, and not the author (Ellie Huxtable)

cwaffles··on M3 CPU cores have become more versatile
I see nothing wrong with the CX750M PSU [0]. What do you consider good guts? Compared to the macbook charger, which gets fairly hot under load, I see it as more capable.

2. Cooler cost has very little to do with performance. Thermalright units compete with liquid coolers for a fraction of the cost[1].

3. What does a macbook case offer? Holes for ports and the keyboard, hinge for the LCD. The components themselves do the work. What does a ~$50 case [2] not do? Plenty of cooling, mounts all your components.

4. For llama.cpp text generation, an M3 pro does ~31 tokens per sec with the Q4_0 profile[3]. A 3070 does ~34 tokens per second [4].

WRT the motherboard, I'm not sure what did I suggest upgrading? I recommended cheaper parts than the original post.

[0] https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-cx750m-2021-pow... [1] https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermalright-peerless-a... [2] https://www.amazon.com/Zalman-Computer-Workstation-Preinstal... [3] https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/discussions/4167 [4] https://kubito.dev/posts/llama-nvidia-3070-ti-benchmarks/#pe...

cwaffles··on M3 CPU cores have become more versatile
I think this is not a fair comparison.

1. a 750w Corsair PSU is ~$100

2. CPU cooler should be $30. A Thermalright cooler is way more than enough to keep at full boost speeds.

3. case is ~$50, its just a box

4. Windows is not the platform of choice for GPU/LLM work

Easy $400 savings. I would also also buy a B660 motherboard as X series motherboards only really offer overclocking options, and modern CPUs do not overclock anymore. $190 at newegg: https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-b650-gaming-x-ax/p/N82E16813...

cwaffles··on Remembering Why Americans Loathe Dick Cheney (2011)
Unpaywalled: https://archive.is/1PnPs
cwaffles··on Who makes the most reliable new cars?
I believe motorcycles are in a different category than cars for a few reasons:

1. If you are too fast to squeeze the brake lever, the tire carcass will not deform properly, giving you the the maximum braking potential. There's a large difference in braking performance just grabbing vs. applying in a controlled manner. You can look up motorcycling racing brake application for more info on this.

2. Breaking too hard can cause a stoppie (a wheelie using your front wheel). Done improperly, that creates a lot of fear in the rider.

3.If you lock the brakes and steer, you are likely to have the front end of the motorcycle dip, causing it to lowside.

ABS helps mitigate all 3 of these issues.

cwaffles··on PostgresJs: PostgreSQL client for Node.js and Deno
Clarification: it is measured against these clients (not C/C++/etc)

```

        EdgeDB (Python)
        PostgreSQL (Pyhton, psycopg2)
        PostgreSQL (Python, asyncpg)
        PostgreSQL (Node.js, postgres)
        PostgreSQL (Node.js, pg)
        PostgreSQL (Go, pgx)
```
cwaffles··on ECC RAM on AMD Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs
Probability of a bit error increases as memory increases. Opens a large can of worms if control flow breaks.
cwaffles··on Fx – Terminal JSON Viewer
I find `gron` to be very helpful for generating jq query strings

https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

cwaffles··on Video Chess disassembled and commented
Smallest chess engine in 288 bytes: https://leanchess.github.io/
cwaffles··on What motorcycles teach about maintenance
I think that on average, car drivers are less passionate, as most are using it for utility. On the Enthusiast side, I think the averages are similar, but still lean towards motorcyclists being more passionate, with the main example being the % of motorcyclists having custom exhausts and levers. I'd estimate at least 25% of motorcycles have those features. For cars, I'd estimate 5-10% would have custom exhaust or steering wheels.
cwaffles··on What motorcycles teach about maintenance
I agree with both points, fair statement!
cwaffles··on What motorcycles teach about maintenance
The are optimizing for minimizing NOx, CO, unburnt hydrocarbons, and particulate matter. The timing of engines cannot be advanced so much to have high temperature burns which allows for NOx creation. See page 13 of https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi/91010CTV.PDF?Dockey=9101...
cwaffles··on What motorcycles teach about maintenance
To me, operating a motorcycle requires 3x the effort of a car. In the case of a sport bike, multiply again by 2, and triple if you have a passenger. Along with motorcycles being more weather dependent, I would not travel as many kilometers. Having driven a car for 10 years, then motorcycle exclusively for the past 3, I much prefer a motorcycle over a car.
cwaffles··on Linux Kernel Memory Barriers
This is a bit easier to consume version from OpenSUSE: https://elinux.org/images/a/ab/Bueso.pdf
cwaffles··on Dutch Cabinet wants minimum 15% corporate tax to cut down tax avoidance
If this reduces the marginal spend on tax avoidance schemes, then it is a net win for the greater society IMO
cwaffles··on PSVR2 hardware authentication has been cracked on PC
Above link is broken, use: https://www.symmetryelectronics.com/blog/what-are-the-licens...
cwaffles··on Urban Density and Home Prices
An articulated bus can officially carry 120 passengers[0]. With regards to road space used, 3 SUVs with normal following distance would be approximately the length of the bus, or longer. An articulated bus is about 19m, while an SUV is about 4.5m.[1]

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_B-Line#:~:text=It%20is%20....

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Bus_LFS

cwaffles··on The Rust Performance Book (2020)
There's a good discussion on minimizing heap allocations: https://nnethercote.github.io/perf-book/heap-allocations.htm...
cwaffles··on Super-rich abandoning Norway at record rate as wealth tax rises slightly
Other follow up, you can always buy government treasuries for yield to offset the tax, which requires very minimal work. At billionaire wealth level, you most certainly have someone managing the funds for you.
cwaffles··on Super-rich abandoning Norway at record rate as wealth tax rises slightly
I think it should be 0.99^10, since you lose 1% every year, just like interest.

Example showing final balance at end of each year:

Year 0: Start with $1000

Year 1: $990 (1% is $10)

Year 2: $980.1 (1% is $9.9)

...

Year 10: $904.38

cwaffles··on Liberating the MacBook Air 2013 with Linux
I find the server 2003 theme to be much more eye pleasing, mainly because it is designed to use more than 256 colors. https://github.com/B00merang-Project/Windows-Classic
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