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hwc··on 80386DX ISA single board microcomputer
Could one make a system on a chip 386?
hwc··on Anatomy of a Terminal Emulator
Would a `<details>` block also work?
hwc··on SpaceX cleared for historic civilian launch next week
I have two robots in my house that sweep & mop the floor.
hwc··on Floating wind turbines could rise to great heights
I considered an _Economist_ subscription twenty years ago, but I was put off by their endorsement of George W Bush in 2000. I now notice that they have not endorsed a single Republican for US president since then, so maybe I should give them a chance now.
hwc··on USB-C is about to go from 100W to 240W, enough to power beefier laptops
No. Laptops should all become more energy efficient.
hwc··on Perfect Motherfucking Website
it's a max-width. and the viewport is set sensibly, so it looks great on a phone.
hwc··on Perfect Motherfucking Website
All of those changes *should* be the *default*!

i.e.:

- dark mode should change default colors to white on black.

- viewport default should be "width=device-width, initial-scale=1"

- HTML's only supported charset should be UTF-8.

- Default CSS for body should be something like:

        body{
          max-width:40em;
          margin:0 auto;
          padding:1em;
        }
hwc··on All C++20 core language features with examples
Um, dumb question here, but how do I use c++20 modules with makefiles in such a way that dependencies are handled correctly?
hwc··on CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet
I miss my nexus 7.
hwc··on CutiePi – A Raspberry Pi 4 tablet
MicroSD, I think. Those can be a TB, if you want to pay for it.

Would be nice to load up on movies copied from DVDs I own for the kids to watch on road trips.

hwc··on SpaceX delivers 3rd batch of Starlink satellites in two weeks
Maybe SpaceX should make it up to the scientific community by promising to (at no charge) put 100T of satellite telescopes in a high orbit every year once Starship is functional.
hwc··on Total Cookie Protection
What they describe is how I thought cookies worked already.
hwc··on After a decade, NASA’s big rocket fails its first real test
An "orbital Starship" plus a successful orbital refueling is the real game changer. Goes from 150T to LEO TO 150T anywhere in the solar system. SLS block 2, which is another decade (?) away, can only send 45T to Earth escape velocity.

And orbital refueling only costs six (?) times as much as a LEO flight.

hwc··on Minimal safe Bash script template
Python is nice in that it works fairly well in Windows too.
hwc··on Raspberry Pi 4 V3DV graphics driver achieves Vulkan 1.0 conformance
That's great!

Is the driver also performant?

hwc··on New binary artifact management tool
I wrote something dumb that downloads large files. The idea was to check the index file into a git repository.

https://gist.github.com/HalCanary/9abb045bf047da118c2467266b...

hwc··on SLS vs. Starship
> I have significant doubts that we will see it launch at that price-point within the next 10 years.

But what if it is only half as expensive per ton to low-Earth orbit as Falcon-9/Heavy? And if it can only deliver 100 tons at a time, not 150?

That's still going to dominate the launch market for some time.

If they eventually prove it to be safe for human passengers and can demonstrate in-orbit refueling? It then replaces SLS, and is still a fraction of the cost.

hwc··on SLS vs. Starship
From May, 2020. Seems like 50 years ago.
hwc··on The misuse of colour in science communication
See also ”Rainbow Color Map (Still) Considered Harmful” from 2007.
hwc··on Ultra Safe Nuclear
I really hope *all" natural gas plants emit less CO2 than coal. Joule for Joule, burning C produces more CO2 than burning CH4.
hwc··on An Introduction to Godel's Theorems (Second Edition) [pdf]
Why does the author use "sound" instead of "consistent"?
hwc··on A ride that takes 10^20k years to complete in Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 [video]
This is why I always design 3-dimensional mazes.
hwc··on 11 Foot 8 – The Can-opener Bridge
They have flashing lights that go off if your vehicle is too tall.
hwc··on Pine64 launches the cheapest Linux Tablet ever priced at just $99.99
Technically, all android devices run the Linux kernel.
hwc··on Tiny websites are great
Yeah, I've been using github pages for my personal site. It even supports HTTPS these days. I only pay for the domain.
hwc··on Over 275 days since Equifax’s data breach settlement and no one has been paid
I want to sue the credit agencies for stalking me.
hwc··on Show HN: FalsiScan – Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned
I just printed the pages I needed to sign, signed them, scanned them, and then stitched them into the original PDF.
hwc··on Hardware Microphone Disconnect in Mac and iPad
I'd rather have a manual switch for both the microphone and the camera.
hwc··on Math Symbols Explained with Python
math.sqrt(x[0]2 + x[1]2 + x[2]2)

can be simplified to:

math.sqrt(sum(v2 for v in x))

hwc··on Bankers Go Home, Tellers Stay: Virus Exposes Office Inequalities
Nine out of ten things I need a teller for a bigger ATM could handle. Like an ATM that will dispense any denomination of coins or bills or cashier's checks. I've seen ATMs that take checks, too.
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