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528 karma · joined February 4, 2009

You can find me on http://plaes.org ;)
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plaes··on Building GCC as a Cross Compiler for Raspberry Pi
Why bother?

  apt install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf # Debian / Ubuntu
  dnf install gcc-arm-linux-gnu # Fedora
plaes··on DIY Smart Home Security? Meh
Do they also provide source code for GPL-licensed parts (Linux kernel, u-boot)?
plaes··on Gitea – A painless self-hosted Git service
Um.. On the front page - "Simply run the binary [1] for your platform"

[1] https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/install-from-binary/

plaes··on Show HN: Build a robot with the $9 C.H.I.P. Computer
I'll just put this here: https://github.com/laurivosandi/sumochip
plaes··on Back door found in Allwinner Linux kernels
Allwinner doesn't make mobile phone SoC's.
plaes··on Ocean Mobile Linux Server
Apparently this device seems to be based on Allwinner A20 SoC which nowadays has quite good mainline Linux kernel support.

So I wonder why they are still using vendor-provided 3.x kernel.

plaes··on Ask HN: What are some examples of beautiful software?
You mean Jinja2?

Also, Jinja2 and Werkzeug aren't coupled - you can use practically any Python templating lib with it as Werkzeug is just a WSGI library (+ and of course something else..).

And they happen to share the author.

plaes··on Ask HN: Why is the software ecosystem of single-board computers so ugly?
RasPi is not yet fully supported upstream.

But it's work in progress.

plaes··on Why FPGA manufacturers keep their bitstream formats secret
Lattice iCE40 is documented [1] and it has fully open source development tools [2], [3]

[1] https://github.com/cliffordwolf/icestorm

[2] http://www.clifford.at/yosys/

[3] https://github.com/cseed/arachne-pnr

plaes··on Computer program fixes old code faster than expert engineers
Did they lose original source code?
plaes··on Striped Shark Mitigation Suit to Help Prevent Shark Attacks
Just wondering how long it takes for sharks to adapt.
plaes··on [dead]
Don't do it!

It causes crash in some clients.

plaes··on Allwinner GPL violations
Oh well, http://linux-sunxi.org/GPL_Violations
plaes··on Command-line tools can be faster than your Hadoop cluster
You can actually do without cat:

grep bar foo | chess_extract_scores

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_%28Unix%29#Useless_use_of_c...

plaes··on Router can power your devices wirelessly from 15 feet away
~4.5m for the rest of the world..
plaes··on Belkin Explains Why Its Routers Stopped Working
Hey... has everyone forgotten the Smart TV issues that were unable to connect internet due to the company service went down due to fire.
plaes··on Belkin Explains Why Its Routers Stopped Working
https://openwrt.org/

Though, dd-wrt's website looks a bit more user-friendly. Though, OpenWRT is where the most of the development and porting is happening.

plaes··on Belkin Explains Why Its Routers Stopped Working
Little soldering and serial-uart makes unbricking them quite easy.
plaes··on PowerVR GR6500: Ray tracing is the future and the future is now
Open source drivers is the future.. but it's nowhere now :(
plaes··on Stanford bioengineer develops a 50-cent paper microscope
Anyone know where I could find schematics? I would like to do it with kids in our summer tech camp.
plaes··on SymPy – simplify
It sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.
plaes··on Nginx Patch: SPDY/3.1 protocol implementation
This error seems to be caused -Werror compiler flag.
plaes··on List of Open Source Licences in Mercedes Cars [pdf]
So, do they also provide downloads of source code and the modifications?
plaes··on GNOME and logind+systemd thoughts
Well, mostly because it is basically an "enterprise" requirement. More info here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686840 :)
plaes··on GNOME and logind+systemd thoughts
GNOME also requires kerberos :S

[Edit: I originally wrote openldap, my bad...]

plaes··on Show HN: Transfer files between computers using WebRTC
How about testing the WebRTC availability straight on the frontpage?
plaes··on Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative: an affordable smartphone for Africa
I guess they're just late - http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/10/50-android-smartphones-are-...
plaes··on Hoax article on India-Portugal clash fools Wikipedia for 5 years
One should not forget: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ned_Scott/Upper_Peninsula_...
plaes··on Poll: What's your favorite static site generator?
ouch.. :)
plaes··on Raspberry PI alternative: Cubieboard 1Ghz 1GB RAM
In case you want something hackable, check out Olimex.com.
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