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m01··on Raspberry Pi 5
yes, according to [1]

> A newer, better Raspberry Pi OS

> [...] This is based on the most recent release of Debian (and its derivative Raspbian), codenamed “Bookworm”, and incorporates numerous enhancements, notably the transition from X11 to the Wayfire Wayland compositor on Raspberry Pi 4 and 5.

[1] https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/

m01··on BMW drops controversial heated seats subscription
Regarding the last question - yes. If you sell the car the add-on stays there for the next buyer. If the car lasts longer than 10 years you pay less overall. If some online validation thing stops working you don't lose access to the feature. Prices can't and don't need to be changed afterwards, not even if e.g. taxes, card fees or similar change. Etc.

Opinions my own. EDIT: typo.

m01··on VanMoof acquired by e-mobility company Lavoie
I wonder if your opinion would be any different if you lived further away from a brand store, maybe because you moved, or because the store moved/closed.
m01··on SUSE to go private
I think the TFA is the interesting bit.

> SUSE has committed to declare and pay an interim dividend to all shareholders [...] will be funded by SUSE through a combination of existing cash and additional borrowing [...] in the form of loans [...] to a maximum of EUR 500 million.

So EQT is asking SUSE to take its cash, borrow up to 500M EUR, pay a dividend (of which 79% goes to the PE fund). Then EQT will use (some of? All of?) that money to buy more shares. It doesn't sound like EQT is investing any new money into SUSE here.

Sounds like EQT will do well regardless of whether SUSE ends up going private. SUSE meanwhile will get another (up to) 500M of debt and lose a chunk of its cash from its balance sheet.

Hmmm... (opinions my own)

m01··on Reversing UK mobile rail tickets
>=11 year olds need to for example pay for the tube: https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/free-and-discounted-travel.
m01··on New Sony Walkman music player
I've not tried it myself, but is this of any use?

https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/DataBase#Examples

All of the database examples talk about podcasts. Especially the last one that uses play counts to split podcasts into old and new "folders" seems useful.

(Opinions my own)

m01··on Ask HN: What's on your home server?
IIRC the approved resellers do not sell them over RRP, which you can find via the official website - when they have them in stock.

Opinions my own.

m01··on Ask HN: What are your thoughts on tracking time at work?
Does your company bill clients based on time spent on projects?
m01··on Emacs 29 is nigh
3. Can't you launch your compilation (or similar) and then M-x rename-buffer?

EDIT: try `g` for "refresh"/recompile.

Maybe that's just me though, not sure this is an official method.

m01··on Inky Impression 5.7“ – Colour e-ink display for Raspberry Pi
> battery + esp32 + readily-available display

Here you go (out of stock though): https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/inky-frame-5-7?variant=40...

It uses the raspberry pi pico w instead of an esp32 but close enough?

Opinions my own.

m01··on The world’s biggest offshore wind farm, Hornsea 2, generates first power
> There is no need to 'rip it out and replace the whole system' to use a heat pump; an air to air heat pump as used in many Scandinavian homes can be fitted at much lower cost without disturbing the existing central heating at all.

I understood that heat pumps work more efficiently in homes that are a) well insulated, and b) where the heating system is designed to work at lower temperatures (bigger radiators/underfloor heating and appropriate pipes). Whether or not a & b are must-haves or nice to have I'm not 100% sure about - I guess it depends.

(see e.g. https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/advice/in-depth-guide-to-he... - Designing and operating your heat pump system)

m01··on Scala at scale at Databricks
What did you think of the organisation described in this HN post?
m01··on The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader
Looks interesting. It also looks like they're planning on opening it up a bit, but people are still waiting for ssh access etc [1].

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Supernote/comments/nhfexf/is_root_a...

m01··on From macOS to Arch Linux
I don't think Debian's automatic updates do major release upgrades automatically, do they? Those IIRC do require manual intervention - if nothing else you need to run the installer & possibly respond to prompts, but possibly more depending on your system.
m01··on How I re–over-engineered my home network for privacy and security
I don't know if they specifically fit your bill, but the Turris devices are worth checking out [1]. They come out of the box with TurrisOS, which is an OpenWRT fork with some extra features (e.g. automatic updates, config snapshots) and some changes (e.g. knot resolver for dns). Turris are a bit opinionated about using DNSSEC, and I think historically it was a bit tricky to configure a custom DNS resolver, but it looks like that's now possible through their new UI [2]. By the way, they offer 3 UIs: Foris, reForis and OpenWRT's LuCI, and of course ssh is also available.

If you don't like the fork, at least with the Turris Omnia it looks like you can put on vanilla OpenWRT [3], but as always check the OpenWRT table of hardware for details before buying.

I think the PSU of the Turris Omnia is rated at 40W max, but I don't know what sort of real-world power draw you'd get with your specific use-case. I guess it depends on whether you use WiFi, the SFP port etc.

[1] https://www.turris.com/en

[2] https://docs.turris.cz/basics/reforis/dns/reforis-dns/

[3] https://openwrt.org/toh/turris/turris_omnia

m01··on Live the Dream, Make the Change, Move to Pitcairn Island (2018)
Do you happen to know why the wind turbine project didn't work out? It seems electricity currently comes from diesel generators, and there was a plan to get a wind turbine installed, but somehow it wasn't delivered?
m01··on Typed Programs Don't Leak Data
> I don't see the use case in having levels of privacy.

The GDPR for example has different requirements for "special categories of personal data" (see Article 9 of the GDPR). If you handle that kind of personal data as well as other personal data, you may find it useful and/or necessary to distinguish between the two.

m01··on Building a personal website in 2021
I was glad to see the author start with the context & requirements, rather than with the tech stack.
m01··on Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft
They use(d) Elixir (based on Erlang VM) [1]. WhatsApp apparently considered Erlang to be one of the reasons why they could serve such a massive userbase with a tiny team [2], which I guess is a tech advantage.

In any case, I enjoyed reading Discord's tech blogs on Elixir.

[1] https://blog.discord.com/tagged/erlang

[2] https://www.wired.com/2015/09/whatsapp-serves-900-million-us...

EDIT: added reference and clarified that I don't know if they still use Elixir.

m01··on Why most non-fiction authors don't make any money
I enjoyed reading the article. However, I think the author is over-generalising a bit with targeting this at "non-fiction" authors. #1 & #2 are perhaps broadly aplicable, but #3 & #4 seem more geared towards self-help books, books about management and the like. I suspect people who read a memoir, an auto-biography, an eulogy or about true crime may well be interested in reading about a topic rather than looking for actionable advice?
m01··on FreeBSD/arm64 becoming Tier 1 in FreeBSD 13
It'd be nice if this was a stepping stone towards (the BSD-based) TrueNAS (formerly known as FreeNAS) coming to arm64/AArch64.
m01··on I love my not-smart TV
For those looking for the model, the author posted it here: https://twitter.com/ericwbailey/status/1379980899090071554
m01··on Cycling is more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Cycling safety is definitely something to think about.

However, I also feel that one should think about the safety of other road users when choosing one's transport method.

Your first reference notes that "over half of the deaths in car crashes were to road users other than the drivers themselves". Looking at Fig 1., fatal cycling accidents that didn't involve cars were almost all (~92%) fatal to the cyclist rather than to other road users.

EDIT: And then there's the contribution to air pollution-related deaths to think about as well, see e.g. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nearly-9-500... (2015), and I guess more broadly the contribution to climate-change related fatalities. I appreciate these are difficult to measure.

m01··on Cycling is more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Combining cycling with other forms of public transport (e.g. trains) enables much longer-distance commutes, and effectively increases the "catchment area" of (e.g.) train stations. Other sibling comments have addressed the other points.
m01··on Screw it, I’ll host it myself
Some people want to write. Some people want to be read.
m01··on Linux Networking – eBPF, XDP, DPDK, VPP – What does all that mean? [video]
Disclaimer: I used to work at Cisco, where the now open-source VPP/fd.io originated, but I wasn't involved in that effort.
m01··on SolidRun 1U 2 node Arm Server
Apparently they emailed customers, see here: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/g11uuj/scaleway...
m01··on 0 A.D. Alpha 24: Xšayāršā
Spellforce 3 (and likely others from the series) has carts that move resources between outposts. These can be attacked. It's not exactly what you're after, but more than most other RTS games where resources can be deposited anywhere and picked up anywhere.
m01··on Dependency Confusion: How I Hacked Into Apple, Microsoft and Other Companies
It might be ingrained these days, but this StackOverflow question asking for a package manager for C++ and not really getting any "obvious" answers is just under 10 years old: https://stackoverflow.com/q/7266097/1298153. Conan.io's first commit was in 2015.

You could also treat supply chain attacks on software dependencies like another IT security risk your company is exposed to (just like virus infection, ransomware attacks, phishing, etc) and go through the same thinking (and if appropriate other) processes to manage them. The company can then make a conscious decision on whether it's worth investing in mitigating, eliminating or accepting the risk.

There's lots of information out there on dealing with cyber security risks, e.g. https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/risk-management-collectio....

(Apologies if this is all obvious, I'm just trying to highlight an alternative approach which might help you deal with the dilemma and not have to "solve" it all by yourself)

m01··on Raspberry Pi Pico and RP2040 Microcontroller
They don't directly, but Arduino are apparently making an RP2040 board with Bluetooth and WiFi. The accompanying blog post [1] mentions the Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect [2], which includes "a highly efficient power section, a powerful WiFi/Bluetooth module, and the ECC608 crypto chip, enabling anybody to create secure IoT applications with this new microcontroller".

[1] https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-silicon-pico-n...

[2] https://blog.arduino.cc/2021/01/20/welcome-raspberry-pi-to-t...

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