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henrythewaspon Reviving Papers with Code

Was it "The morning paper" by Adrian Colyer? - https://blog.acolyer.org/

henrythewaspon Ask HN: Do you use a Chromebook or Pixelbook as your primary machine?

I did that on an Acer Chromebook and installed GalliumOS (https://galliumos.org/) which is a lightweight Linux distro for Chromebooks.

henrythewaspon Installing Linux on a slightly dated chromebook advice

I've installed GalliumOS (https://galliumos.org/) on my Acer C720. Previously I'd added Ubuntu via chrouton but disliked the context switching between ChromeOS and Linux.

Eventually I was going to ebay the Chromebook after not finding much benefit in ChromeOS but I read about GalliumOS and decided to try it as last effort. It's been pretty good so far - the battery life is decent (~5 hours) and all the Chromebook bits work (hibernate, camera, sound, mic, usb etc.)

Gallium installs over the ChromeOS, so you'd need to restore your Chromebook if you want to go back.

I've also put a 128MB SSD in, replacing the titchy supplied one.

henrythewaspon Ask HN: What's the best computer science book you've read recently?

Understanding Computation: From Simple Machines to Impossible Programs by Tom Stuart

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Understanding-Computation-Machines-...

Not finished it yet, but it's a joy to read and explains fundamental concepts of things like parsers, interpreters and Lambda Calculus using minimal Ruby syntax.