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farmerbb··on Show HN: Bvckup 2 – Fast File Replicator for Windows
Was just wishing I had a tool like this tonight. Thanks for sharing.
farmerbb··on Pacman in 512 bytes of x86 boot sector machine code
Interesting that, when you compare the MBR and COM versions side-by-side in a hex editor, the only changes (apart from the required few bytes at the end of the MBR version) are in what I assume are memory addresses: a 7D byte in the MBR version ends up being 02 in the COM version. One higher than 7C and 01 in the respective starting addresses.
farmerbb··on Pacman in 512 bytes of x86 boot sector machine code
Reminds me of CRAM dots on the Sega Genesis: https://segaretro.org/Sega_Mega_Drive/Palettes_and_CRAM#CRAM...
farmerbb··on FreeDOS's Linux Roots
I've tried booting FreeDOS on my Chromebook with SeaBIOS installed, and it just does not handle it well. The system will completely lock up when running most programs or even just by hitting the Tab key. FreeDOS doesn't even boot unless I have it skip loading AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS on startup.
farmerbb··on Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?
That's correct. The one I use is duckdns.org - it comes with a script that you can add as a cron job that updates the DNS record every few minutes with whatever your current IP address is.
farmerbb··on Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?
I use my Raspberry Pi 3B+ as an AdGuard Home server, as an OpenVPN server, to wake my PC via WoL, plus as just a basic Linux box that's on my home network that I can remote into from anywhere.
farmerbb··on Google will no longer make its own tablet devices
Google also released the Pixel C tablet in late 2015, which was a massive improvement over the Nexus 9.
farmerbb··on Radiohead sells recordings to public after hacker threatens to leak them
If you're referring to the first song on the first disc, it's a combination of Exit Music and Life in a Glasshouse.
farmerbb··on Android updates are getting slower and slower, despite Google's best efforts
The support library is something that is statically compiled inside of Android apps. That's the reason why it exists - to circumvent the usual Android OS update process to bring new APIs to developers faster.
farmerbb··on Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 Fan Port Hit with DMCA
This is true. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKtaFU2ky9E
farmerbb··on Wine 4.0 released
There's ExaGear, which is basically Wine with an x86-to-ARM translation layer running underneath. Note that the app is quite pricey at $30.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eltechs.ed

farmerbb··on Windows 98 Icons are Great (2015)
I use this XFCE theme on my Raspberry Pi: https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95

It takes a bit of work to set up but once you do, it genuinely feels like you're using Windows 95 but with modern Linux apps.

farmerbb··on Hexyl: A command-line hex viewer
I've personally found vbindiff excellent for viewing files as hex: https://www.cjmweb.net/vbindiff/
farmerbb··on Doom 3 in WebAssembly
The real question is: can your browser run Crysis?
farmerbb··on Flutter Desktop Embedding
Not going to happen, considering Google's commitment to supporting Kotlin for Android development over the past couple of years.
farmerbb··on Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website
I seriously just started using this extension a few days ago, after getting tired of toggling my Chromebook's invert colors setting on and off several times a night.

Thanks for building a great extension! I plan on keeping this installed for a long time :)

farmerbb··on Android 8.1 Oreo
The Nexus 9 shipped with f2fs out of the box.
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