https://nym.npub.pro/ https://nym.npub.pro/rss/ episodic Wed, 29 Jan 2025 03:29:35 GMT Wed, 29 Jan 2025 03:29:35 GMT https://nym.npub.pro/ https://cdn.nostr.build/i/46df552178b0120c61057155c776a413f6a85e0e8946f135b2f780e8489a740d.png Wed, 29 Jan 2025 03:29:35 GMT https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1h43eqx9n697a492qu4dvr4yche3xysnud048ahswn6w78t78nphsx0ngll/ https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1h43eqx9n697a492qu4dvr4yche3xysnud048ahswn6w78t78nphsx0ngll/ note1h43eqx9n697a492qu4dvr4yche3xysnud048ahswn6w78t78nphsx0ngll note1h43eqx9n697a492qu4dvr4yche3xysnud048ahswn6w78t78nphsx0ngll npub1hn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysawhtl5 How I became car-free
https://toska.bearblog.dev/how-i-became-car-free/

You can't do public transportation for the rest of your life, my mom texted me only six months before I cut contact with her.

Mind you, at this point about a year had already passed since I was "surviving" without a car in a new-to-me city with less than ideal public transit. Though functional, it leaves much to be desired and has tested me at times. Yet, I've somehow made it work: I learned to memorize the train schedules so that I wouldn't have to wait 20–30 minutes for the next one, and on an occasional weekend I would even sacrifice a few hours to take a bus out to Costco where I would haul enough groceries in my large Osprey backpack — all for my large family of one. I just didn't want to get a car.

In a weird way, she turned out to be right: Since I fell in love with cycling last year, my bike has become my primary mode of transport.

But I know that that would just be semantics to her. We are extremely different people, and for whatever reason she could not tolerate my car-free lifestyle.

In hindsight, I was quite the unlikely candidate for becoming car-free. As a teenager, I took driver's ed and got my license as soon as possible, just like everyone else in our sprawling Midwestern suburb littered with seemingly endless strip malls. Because my grandma previously worked for Volkswagen, our family enjoyed steep discounts on vehicle leases. So, I had the privilege of driving a VW when I was in high school. Finally, I thought. I no longer had to ask my parents to drop me off to linger around the local mall with my friends.

Back then, my friends and I drove everywhere. After all, we didn't have a choice. Anyway, I was not raised to believe that public transportation would positively affect my life, even if it had been available to me.

One time my parents let me drive over an hour one way to spend the day with a friend I had met on Tumblr. This also happened to be the day I rode public transportation for the first time, as she and I took a bus to spend the day in the downtown area of her city. Of course, I had ridden a school bus countless times in my life. But until then, a public bus or train was an entirely foreign concept to me as an eighteen-year-old.

Then I moved out of state for college. To a large city. Far away from my parents. Almost no one on campus had a car; owning one was more of a hassle than a help, even among graduate students. Suddenly my world flipped upside down: I was walking to places, and I was befriending people who had grown up in very different parts of the country and were entirely used to a Bus or a Train.

Within weeks of moving in, I boarded a train for the first time, accompanied by a boyfriend who grew up near one of the biggest cities in the US. I remember it being so casual for him. Despite the distance of our journey, it didn't even cross his mind to take an Uber to the restaurant we were visiting.

It surprised me how quickly I became accustomed to and fell in love with public transportation. By the end of my four years of college, I had explored almost every nook and cranny of the city with the help of buses, trains, and my own legs. I learned the neighborhoods like the back of my hand.

I also enjoyed people-watching, an experience largely robbed from me when I drove everywhere in high school. I never knew what diversity looked like when I was behind the wheel.

Public transit took me to places in the city I never would have explored otherwise, though not really because they were dangerous. Driving a car in a big city can be nerve-wracking and expensive.

Thanks to public transit, my newfound freedom inspired me to embark on mini photography excursions on the weekends, sometimes with my friends, sometimes by myself. There was always something new to see. It was addicting. I hated imagining not living there anymore, not having another weekend of adventures right in my own backyard. It even compelled me to get a couple of transit-related tattoos.

This also instilled in me a sense of civic pride, something I never experienced even once while growing up. I was proud of all the things to be discovered in that city, all without a car. And this feeling remains to this day: Although my former residence there is now the second smallest fraction of my life, I still consider that city to be my home. I got to know it better than anywhere else, maybe even better than myself.

And then I moved.

Unlike my narcissistic mother, most people are simultaneously shocked and impressed when I tell them that I live in this city without a car.



I don't take their reactions too personally. Given how spread out it is here in addition to the lackluster public transit offerings, it is no wonder that many choose to rely on their metal box to get everywhere. And I'll admit that I can't blame all of them. A former colleague of mine told me how much he would like to take public transit or get a bike to cut down on driving, but it wasn't as feasible for him given where he lived. Others have health-related issues that require a car to play some sort of consistent role in their lives. There are those who are adamant about owning a car or even geeking out over cars, and there are others who, like me, wish things could be different in the US. I'm fortunate enough to be in the position to make some sacrifices.

I have no regrets. I don't love where I currently live, but I am grateful on more days than not that I can still live car-free. I can save more of my graduate student stipend for things more important than gas or car insurance. I love being able to spend more time outside than in a metal box, regardless of (most) weather conditions. I love being able to feel the distance between places.

I can't lie: I always feel some mix of jealousy, nostalgia, and something akin to culture shock whenever I visit a place with better public transit. Especially when I travel abroad.

Of course, it hasn't been all positive. I've had negative experiences on various metro systems, including one where a man followed me on several transfers when barely any other riders were around. But these are just a blip on the radar. Bad things can happen anywhere, especially when cars are involved.

I was spoiled back in college. Those four years made me realize how unhappy I was when I had to drive everywhere. I still drive a car maybe once or twice per year if I need to rent one somewhere, but it is never something I look forward to. The destination has to be really worth it for me to do so.

Anyway, I hope to never have to rely on a car to live ever again. Moving later this year to a city with better public transit and cycling infrastructure is among my biggest priorities, and not just out of spite for what my mom said to me years ago.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/868366

]]> How I became car-free
https://toska.bearblog.dev/how-i-became-car-free/

You can't do public transportation for the rest of your life, my mom texted me only six months before I cut contact with her.

Mind you, at this point about a year had already passed since I was "surviving" without a car in a new-to-me city with less than ideal public transit. Though functional, it leaves much to be desired and has tested me at times. Yet, I've somehow made it work: I learned to memorize the train schedules so that I wouldn't have to wait 20–30 minutes for the next one, and on an occasional weekend I would even sacrifice a few hours to take a bus out to Costco where I would haul enough groceries in my large Osprey backpack — all for my large family of one. I just didn't want to get a car.

In a weird way, she turned out to be right: Since I fell in love with cycling last year, my bike has become my primary mode of transport.

But I know that that would just be semantics to her. We are extremely different people, and for whatever reason she could not tolerate my car-free lifestyle.

In hindsight, I was quite the unlikely candidate for becoming car-free. As a teenager, I took driver's ed and got my license as soon as possible, just like everyone else in our sprawling Midwestern suburb littered with seemingly endless strip malls. Because my grandma previously worked for Volkswagen, our family enjoyed steep discounts on vehicle leases. So, I had the privilege of driving a VW when I was in high school. Finally, I thought. I no longer had to ask my parents to drop me off to linger around the local mall with my friends.

Back then, my friends and I drove everywhere. After all, we didn't have a choice. Anyway, I was not raised to believe that public transportation would positively affect my life, even if it had been available to me.

One time my parents let me drive over an hour one way to spend the day with a friend I had met on Tumblr. This also happened to be the day I rode public transportation for the first time, as she and I took a bus to spend the day in the downtown area of her city. Of course, I had ridden a school bus countless times in my life. But until then, a public bus or train was an entirely foreign concept to me as an eighteen-year-old.

Then I moved out of state for college. To a large city. Far away from my parents. Almost no one on campus had a car; owning one was more of a hassle than a help, even among graduate students. Suddenly my world flipped upside down: I was walking to places, and I was befriending people who had grown up in very different parts of the country and were entirely used to a Bus or a Train.

Within weeks of moving in, I boarded a train for the first time, accompanied by a boyfriend who grew up near one of the biggest cities in the US. I remember it being so casual for him. Despite the distance of our journey, it didn't even cross his mind to take an Uber to the restaurant we were visiting.

It surprised me how quickly I became accustomed to and fell in love with public transportation. By the end of my four years of college, I had explored almost every nook and cranny of the city with the help of buses, trains, and my own legs. I learned the neighborhoods like the back of my hand.

I also enjoyed people-watching, an experience largely robbed from me when I drove everywhere in high school. I never knew what diversity looked like when I was behind the wheel.

Public transit took me to places in the city I never would have explored otherwise, though not really because they were dangerous. Driving a car in a big city can be nerve-wracking and expensive.

Thanks to public transit, my newfound freedom inspired me to embark on mini photography excursions on the weekends, sometimes with my friends, sometimes by myself. There was always something new to see. It was addicting. I hated imagining not living there anymore, not having another weekend of adventures right in my own backyard. It even compelled me to get a couple of transit-related tattoos.

This also instilled in me a sense of civic pride, something I never experienced even once while growing up. I was proud of all the things to be discovered in that city, all without a car. And this feeling remains to this day: Although my former residence there is now the second smallest fraction of my life, I still consider that city to be my home. I got to know it better than anywhere else, maybe even better than myself.

And then I moved.

Unlike my narcissistic mother, most people are simultaneously shocked and impressed when I tell them that I live in this city without a car.



I don't take their reactions too personally. Given how spread out it is here in addition to the lackluster public transit offerings, it is no wonder that many choose to rely on their metal box to get everywhere. And I'll admit that I can't blame all of them. A former colleague of mine told me how much he would like to take public transit or get a bike to cut down on driving, but it wasn't as feasible for him given where he lived. Others have health-related issues that require a car to play some sort of consistent role in their lives. There are those who are adamant about owning a car or even geeking out over cars, and there are others who, like me, wish things could be different in the US. I'm fortunate enough to be in the position to make some sacrifices.

I have no regrets. I don't love where I currently live, but I am grateful on more days than not that I can still live car-free. I can save more of my graduate student stipend for things more important than gas or car insurance. I love being able to spend more time outside than in a metal box, regardless of (most) weather conditions. I love being able to feel the distance between places.

I can't lie: I always feel some mix of jealousy, nostalgia, and something akin to culture shock whenever I visit a place with better public transit. Especially when I travel abroad.

Of course, it hasn't been all positive. I've had negative experiences on various metro systems, including one where a man followed me on several transfers when barely any other riders were around. But these are just a blip on the radar. Bad things can happen anywhere, especially when cars are involved.

I was spoiled back in college. Those four years made me realize how unhappy I was when I had to drive everywhere. I still drive a car maybe once or twice per year if I need to rent one somewhere, but it is never something I look forward to. The destination has to be really worth it for me to do so.

Anyway, I hope to never have to rely on a car to live ever again. Moving later this year to a city with better public transit and cycling infrastructure is among my biggest priorities, and not just out of spite for what my mom said to me years ago.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/868366

]]> Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:14:35 GMT https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1jf0mafutzfd0a5hmla8hvax5emta08m37x07qtfzu576zmk0833q4kx84k/ https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1jf0mafutzfd0a5hmla8hvax5emta08m37x07qtfzu576zmk0833q4kx84k/ note1jf0mafutzfd0a5hmla8hvax5emta08m37x07qtfzu576zmk0833q4kx84k note1jf0mafutzfd0a5hmla8hvax5emta08m37x07qtfzu576zmk0833q4kx84k npub1hn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysawhtl5 Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the world
https://river-runner-global.samlearner.com/

Uses USGS/MERIT Basin data to visualize the path of a rain droplet to its endpoint.

https://github.com/sdl60660/river-runner/tree/global



originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/868256

]]> Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the world
https://river-runner-global.samlearner.com/

Uses USGS/MERIT Basin data to visualize the path of a rain droplet to its endpoint.

https://github.com/sdl60660/river-runner/tree/global



originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/868256

]]> Tue, 28 Jan 2025 18:39:50 GMT https://nym.npub.pro/post/note190v3pd4jnt5wtdwyy7jrtpqf4ws66qhqf8x8gt4rzvyx2a33qjwsd5h5yc/ https://nym.npub.pro/post/note190v3pd4jnt5wtdwyy7jrtpqf4ws66qhqf8x8gt4rzvyx2a33qjwsd5h5yc/ note190v3pd4jnt5wtdwyy7jrtpqf4ws66qhqf8x8gt4rzvyx2a33qjwsd5h5yc note190v3pd4jnt5wtdwyy7jrtpqf4ws66qhqf8x8gt4rzvyx2a33qjwsd5h5yc npub1hn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysawhtl5 The Human Brain

]]> The Human Brain

]]> Tue, 28 Jan 2025 18:23:47 GMT https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1rrt863st5qa9ez8t9js5d0p20e4uxznxw003jqup8k37s3f4m2sskeq6tp/ https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1rrt863st5qa9ez8t9js5d0p20e4uxznxw003jqup8k37s3f4m2sskeq6tp/ note1rrt863st5qa9ez8t9js5d0p20e4uxznxw003jqup8k37s3f4m2sskeq6tp note1rrt863st5qa9ez8t9js5d0p20e4uxznxw003jqup8k37s3f4m2sskeq6tp npub1hn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysawhtl5 Trump Is Going to Pump Our Bags to Kingdom Come
https://archive.ph/kQYMY

A guy, stool-bound inside the front door of PubKey, a Bitcoin-themed bar in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, motioned for my ID. I reached for my wallet. But wait—turns out he wasn’t actually working the door. “We’re just trying to get people,” he told me, chortling. Epic prank, sir!

Hence got, I made my way to the bar’s backroom for a panel called “Coin Based: Concepts of a Plan for Nation-State Bitcoin Adoption.” “My how things have changed,” read the online event page. “Ideas that only a few weeks ago were laughed at by pundits and commentators are now on the table.”

It was time to decide what exactly the crypto community desires from the Trump administration on a policy level, and a few dozen guys had gathered to listen to a four-guy panel debate potential legislative achievements that could define Trump 2.0. It was off to an annoying start, as expected, but money buys you that right, even digital money.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/867859

]]> Trump Is Going to Pump Our Bags to Kingdom Come
https://archive.ph/kQYMY

A guy, stool-bound inside the front door of PubKey, a Bitcoin-themed bar in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, motioned for my ID. I reached for my wallet. But wait—turns out he wasn’t actually working the door. “We’re just trying to get people,” he told me, chortling. Epic prank, sir!

Hence got, I made my way to the bar’s backroom for a panel called “Coin Based: Concepts of a Plan for Nation-State Bitcoin Adoption.” “My how things have changed,” read the online event page. “Ideas that only a few weeks ago were laughed at by pundits and commentators are now on the table.”

It was time to decide what exactly the crypto community desires from the Trump administration on a policy level, and a few dozen guys had gathered to listen to a four-guy panel debate potential legislative achievements that could define Trump 2.0. It was off to an annoying start, as expected, but money buys you that right, even digital money.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/867859

]]> Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:43:13 GMT https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1fttmn8r37e5k7ax77rlexl6e7wtx42dymga50xgva2m4wjwzld8qnecj0q/ https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1fttmn8r37e5k7ax77rlexl6e7wtx42dymga50xgva2m4wjwzld8qnecj0q/ note1fttmn8r37e5k7ax77rlexl6e7wtx42dymga50xgva2m4wjwzld8qnecj0q note1fttmn8r37e5k7ax77rlexl6e7wtx42dymga50xgva2m4wjwzld8qnecj0q npub1hn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysawhtl5 Is NixOS truly reproducible?
https://luj.fr/blog/is-nixos-truly-reproducible.html

Build reproducibility is often considered as a de facto feature provided by functional package managers like Nix. Although the functional package manager model has important assets in the quest for build reproducibility (like reproducibility of build environments for example1), it is clear among practitioners that Nix does not guarantee that all its builds achieve bitwise reproducibility. In fact, it is not complicated to write a Nix package that builds an artifact non-deterministically.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/867193

]]> Is NixOS truly reproducible?
https://luj.fr/blog/is-nixos-truly-reproducible.html

Build reproducibility is often considered as a de facto feature provided by functional package managers like Nix. Although the functional package manager model has important assets in the quest for build reproducibility (like reproducibility of build environments for example1), it is clear among practitioners that Nix does not guarantee that all its builds achieve bitwise reproducibility. In fact, it is not complicated to write a Nix package that builds an artifact non-deterministically.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/867193

]]> Mon, 27 Jan 2025 02:57:52 GMT https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1ehttna6sx7046rgzxr87txexcaa4lwurh379casac9stk5x909rs8nwt5q/ https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1ehttna6sx7046rgzxr87txexcaa4lwurh379casac9stk5x909rs8nwt5q/ note1ehttna6sx7046rgzxr87txexcaa4lwurh379casac9stk5x909rs8nwt5q note1ehttna6sx7046rgzxr87txexcaa4lwurh379casac9stk5x909rs8nwt5q npub1hn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysawhtl5 Marginalia – A search engine that prioritizes non-commercial content
https://marginalia-search.com/

Marginalia Search is an independent open source Internet search engine operating out of Sweden. It is principally developed and operated by Viktor Lofgren .

Philosophy

The need for discovery

Nothing you do to try to make the web a better place matters if nobody can find what you did. There are a lot of precious websites out there that deserve an audience, but instead are languishing in obscurity.

This makes alternative discovery mechanisms an urgent priority of the free and independent web, both document search as well as blog and RSS-feed discovery.
It's time to build

None of this is new. How long have been talking about the decrepit state of the web? How many pages of essays have been written, how long have we waited for the planets to align and the web somehow to fix itself? Seems very clear talking and writing isn’t going to fix the web. Rallies or pleas to the government isn’t going to fix the web either. Not even AI or Elon Musk is going to fix the web.
New search and discovery mechanisms stubbornly refuse to manifest almost no matter what we do, until we actually go build the things. You do not need VC funding, or a San Fransisco address, or even someone’s permission.

This is how it’s always been. Things exist on the web because someone built them. As a consequence, if you want something to exist on the web, you go build it.
Traditional information retrieval

A search engine’s ability to answer natural language queries comes at the cost of its ability to discover websites. The more human the answers become, the less human the results become. This has lead to a web that feels both small and lonely.

Natural language search is likely a dead end that will be consumed by GPT-style interfaces. Traditional Information Retrieval approaches still offer capabilities that have largely become lost in the rush toward natural language search by major search engines.

The need for multiple search engines

In practice, most alternative search engines are backed by Google or Bing, or authoritarian states such as Russia and China. The lack of diversity in search engines makes it terrifyingly easy to censor information on the web, even if this is not intentional, having every major search engine be based in United States imposes a significant cultural bias on the rest of the world using these services.
Marginalia isn’t seeking to replace Bing or Google, but to complement them, to provide a minority report that keeps them honest.

Business model

Web search has traditionally been difficult to monetize, which has pushed many search engines to go the route of advertisement, to the detriment of the search results.

The project is independent in that it has no loans, no investors looking for a payday, no strings attached anywhere to pressure it into doing anything than providing as much and as good internet search as it is capable of.

The marginalia search engine is designed to be very cheap to run and operate, and the goal is to provide outsized value, and thus be able to scrape by on donations, grants and commercial API-deals with other search engines.

The project currently has bills in the ballpark of $200/month, meaning it can keep operating even if funding runs completely dry, although this would cause development to stall almost completely.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/865190

]]> Marginalia – A search engine that prioritizes non-commercial content
https://marginalia-search.com/

Marginalia Search is an independent open source Internet search engine operating out of Sweden. It is principally developed and operated by Viktor Lofgren .

Philosophy

The need for discovery

Nothing you do to try to make the web a better place matters if nobody can find what you did. There are a lot of precious websites out there that deserve an audience, but instead are languishing in obscurity.

This makes alternative discovery mechanisms an urgent priority of the free and independent web, both document search as well as blog and RSS-feed discovery.
It's time to build

None of this is new. How long have been talking about the decrepit state of the web? How many pages of essays have been written, how long have we waited for the planets to align and the web somehow to fix itself? Seems very clear talking and writing isn’t going to fix the web. Rallies or pleas to the government isn’t going to fix the web either. Not even AI or Elon Musk is going to fix the web.
New search and discovery mechanisms stubbornly refuse to manifest almost no matter what we do, until we actually go build the things. You do not need VC funding, or a San Fransisco address, or even someone’s permission.

This is how it’s always been. Things exist on the web because someone built them. As a consequence, if you want something to exist on the web, you go build it.
Traditional information retrieval

A search engine’s ability to answer natural language queries comes at the cost of its ability to discover websites. The more human the answers become, the less human the results become. This has lead to a web that feels both small and lonely.

Natural language search is likely a dead end that will be consumed by GPT-style interfaces. Traditional Information Retrieval approaches still offer capabilities that have largely become lost in the rush toward natural language search by major search engines.

The need for multiple search engines

In practice, most alternative search engines are backed by Google or Bing, or authoritarian states such as Russia and China. The lack of diversity in search engines makes it terrifyingly easy to censor information on the web, even if this is not intentional, having every major search engine be based in United States imposes a significant cultural bias on the rest of the world using these services.
Marginalia isn’t seeking to replace Bing or Google, but to complement them, to provide a minority report that keeps them honest.

Business model

Web search has traditionally been difficult to monetize, which has pushed many search engines to go the route of advertisement, to the detriment of the search results.

The project is independent in that it has no loans, no investors looking for a payday, no strings attached anywhere to pressure it into doing anything than providing as much and as good internet search as it is capable of.

The marginalia search engine is designed to be very cheap to run and operate, and the goal is to provide outsized value, and thus be able to scrape by on donations, grants and commercial API-deals with other search engines.

The project currently has bills in the ballpark of $200/month, meaning it can keep operating even if funding runs completely dry, although this would cause development to stall almost completely.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/865190

]]> Sun, 26 Jan 2025 22:31:10 GMT https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1a2837k0ac9hpllkke7f52clxj28ajhm6wu560kqgzvvupyvg50xsd39ett/ https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1a2837k0ac9hpllkke7f52clxj28ajhm6wu560kqgzvvupyvg50xsd39ett/ note1a2837k0ac9hpllkke7f52clxj28ajhm6wu560kqgzvvupyvg50xsd39ett GOMA note1a2837k0ac9hpllkke7f52clxj28ajhm6wu560kqgzvvupyvg50xsd39ett npub1hn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysawhtl5 #GOMA

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]]> #GOMA

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]]> Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:19:53 GMT https://nym.npub.pro/post/note136duqd8mwqugkwhf5sc0967kh2fw76ee4tzntzsx7y0h8vs7ejeqp8f42h/ https://nym.npub.pro/post/note136duqd8mwqugkwhf5sc0967kh2fw76ee4tzntzsx7y0h8vs7ejeqp8f42h/ note136duqd8mwqugkwhf5sc0967kh2fw76ee4tzntzsx7y0h8vs7ejeqp8f42h note136duqd8mwqugkwhf5sc0967kh2fw76ee4tzntzsx7y0h8vs7ejeqp8f42h npub1hn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysawhtl5 That would be cool!

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]]> That would be cool!

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]]> Sun, 26 Jan 2025 16:24:25 GMT https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1v6xq67u6pc4g5qyxgxxps6x83lpjvwwuk3429lsa4plfgan05uzsljk2vj/ https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1v6xq67u6pc4g5qyxgxxps6x83lpjvwwuk3429lsa4plfgan05uzsljk2vj/ note1v6xq67u6pc4g5qyxgxxps6x83lpjvwwuk3429lsa4plfgan05uzsljk2vj note1v6xq67u6pc4g5qyxgxxps6x83lpjvwwuk3429lsa4plfgan05uzsljk2vj npub1hn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysawhtl5 Chimera Linux works toward a simplified desktop [LWN.net]
https://lwn.net/Articles/1004324/

Chimera Linux is a new distribution designed to be "simple, transparent, and easy to pick up". The distribution is built from scratch, and recently announced its first beta release. While the documentation and installation process are both a bit rough, the project already provides a usable desktop with plenty of useful software — one built primarily on tools adopted from BSD.

Chimera Linux was started by "q66" (who previously worked on Void Linux) in 2021 with the goal of creating a modern distribution that could "eliminate legacy cruft where possible" to provide a simple, practical desktop. In service of that goal, the project is based on BSD tools. Chimera's frequently asked questions page explains that unlike other projects that use those tools for licensing reasons, project picked BSD tools for their smaller code size and reduced complexity. Bootstrapping a modern Linux distribution is quite complex, with many packages that depend on other packages; using BSD tools allowed the project to avoid a lot of that complexity. For example, Chimera uses musl as its C library, which cuts out a lot of dependencies from the GNU C library.



originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/864527

]]> Chimera Linux works toward a simplified desktop [LWN.net]
https://lwn.net/Articles/1004324/

Chimera Linux is a new distribution designed to be "simple, transparent, and easy to pick up". The distribution is built from scratch, and recently announced its first beta release. While the documentation and installation process are both a bit rough, the project already provides a usable desktop with plenty of useful software — one built primarily on tools adopted from BSD.

Chimera Linux was started by "q66" (who previously worked on Void Linux) in 2021 with the goal of creating a modern distribution that could "eliminate legacy cruft where possible" to provide a simple, practical desktop. In service of that goal, the project is based on BSD tools. Chimera's frequently asked questions page explains that unlike other projects that use those tools for licensing reasons, project picked BSD tools for their smaller code size and reduced complexity. Bootstrapping a modern Linux distribution is quite complex, with many packages that depend on other packages; using BSD tools allowed the project to avoid a lot of that complexity. For example, Chimera uses musl as its C library, which cuts out a lot of dependencies from the GNU C library.



originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/864527

]]> Sat, 25 Jan 2025 20:31:13 GMT https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1qyyvgu9yae0xhntjmfzum6l448xw9r2cwrw095t8dnymz4e89d9ssftu8a/ https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1qyyvgu9yae0xhntjmfzum6l448xw9r2cwrw095t8dnymz4e89d9ssftu8a/ note1qyyvgu9yae0xhntjmfzum6l448xw9r2cwrw095t8dnymz4e89d9ssftu8a note1qyyvgu9yae0xhntjmfzum6l448xw9r2cwrw095t8dnymz4e89d9ssftu8a npub1hn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysawhtl5 ]]> ]]> Sat, 25 Jan 2025 18:38:44 GMT https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1hftzj5cgfr0yy3gzxdr32jfvsa8ma6vkuvdjx9ejn4gj7xvu0kvq6svq8t/ https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1hftzj5cgfr0yy3gzxdr32jfvsa8ma6vkuvdjx9ejn4gj7xvu0kvq6svq8t/ note1hftzj5cgfr0yy3gzxdr32jfvsa8ma6vkuvdjx9ejn4gj7xvu0kvq6svq8t note1hftzj5cgfr0yy3gzxdr32jfvsa8ma6vkuvdjx9ejn4gj7xvu0kvq6svq8t npub1hn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysawhtl5 Open Heart Protocol
https://openheart.fyi

The Open Heart protocol lets an anonymous user sends an emoji reaction to a URL.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/863733

]]> Open Heart Protocol
https://openheart.fyi

The Open Heart protocol lets an anonymous user sends an emoji reaction to a URL.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/863733

]]> Sat, 25 Jan 2025 17:38:28 GMT https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1n625z38707g5ewv8f5a2rpqzfd37t5je3ctjjq90v2a3znu34vrsywrx0a/ https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1n625z38707g5ewv8f5a2rpqzfd37t5je3ctjjq90v2a3znu34vrsywrx0a/ note1n625z38707g5ewv8f5a2rpqzfd37t5je3ctjjq90v2a3znu34vrsywrx0a note1n625z38707g5ewv8f5a2rpqzfd37t5je3ctjjq90v2a3znu34vrsywrx0a npub1hn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysawhtl5 Oracle Linux is the best local VM for MacBooks
https://xeiaso.net/notes/2025/k8s-dev-mac-oracle-linux/

> Part of working on Anubis means that I need a local Linux environment on my MacBook. Ideally, I want Kubernetes so that I have a somewhat cromulent setup. Most of my experience using a local Kubernetes cluster on a MacBook is with Docker Desktop. I have a love/hate relationship with Docker Desktop. Historically it's been a battery hog and caused some really weird issues.

> I tried to use Docker Desktop on my MacBook again and not only was it a battery hog like I remembered; whenever the Kubernetes cluster is running the machine fails to go to sleep when I close it. I haven't been able to diagnose this despite help from mac expert friends in an infosec shitposting slack. I've resigned myself to just shutting down the Docker Desktop app when I don't immediately need Docker.

> I have found a solution thanks to a very unlikely Linux distribution: Oracle Linux. Oracle Linux is downstream of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and more importantly they ship a "no thinking required" template for UTM. Just download the aarch64 UTM image from their cloud images page, extract it somewhere, rename the .utm file to the name of your VM, double click, copy the password, log in, change your password on first login, and bam. You get a Linux environment.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/863703

]]> Oracle Linux is the best local VM for MacBooks
https://xeiaso.net/notes/2025/k8s-dev-mac-oracle-linux/

> Part of working on Anubis means that I need a local Linux environment on my MacBook. Ideally, I want Kubernetes so that I have a somewhat cromulent setup. Most of my experience using a local Kubernetes cluster on a MacBook is with Docker Desktop. I have a love/hate relationship with Docker Desktop. Historically it's been a battery hog and caused some really weird issues.

> I tried to use Docker Desktop on my MacBook again and not only was it a battery hog like I remembered; whenever the Kubernetes cluster is running the machine fails to go to sleep when I close it. I haven't been able to diagnose this despite help from mac expert friends in an infosec shitposting slack. I've resigned myself to just shutting down the Docker Desktop app when I don't immediately need Docker.

> I have found a solution thanks to a very unlikely Linux distribution: Oracle Linux. Oracle Linux is downstream of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and more importantly they ship a "no thinking required" template for UTM. Just download the aarch64 UTM image from their cloud images page, extract it somewhere, rename the .utm file to the name of your VM, double click, copy the password, log in, change your password on first login, and bam. You get a Linux environment.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/863703

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]]> Sat, 25 Jan 2025 06:04:05 GMT https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1r8uxstuw2g3p3mrq8hp9avwh4r26wcuwm0wcpkwx3mcn2t7prnlsqpm3zm/ https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1r8uxstuw2g3p3mrq8hp9avwh4r26wcuwm0wcpkwx3mcn2t7prnlsqpm3zm/ note1r8uxstuw2g3p3mrq8hp9avwh4r26wcuwm0wcpkwx3mcn2t7prnlsqpm3zm note1r8uxstuw2g3p3mrq8hp9avwh4r26wcuwm0wcpkwx3mcn2t7prnlsqpm3zm npub1hn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysawhtl5 Goodnight Nostr, catch you on the flip side.

]]> Goodnight Nostr, catch you on the flip side.

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]]> Sat, 25 Jan 2025 05:54:09 GMT https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1ns76w6mew03fcgy9q6w72fpehzzu4ga8tku88kgp8czkllfj3yjs8t3muu/ https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1ns76w6mew03fcgy9q6w72fpehzzu4ga8tku88kgp8czkllfj3yjs8t3muu/ note1ns76w6mew03fcgy9q6w72fpehzzu4ga8tku88kgp8czkllfj3yjs8t3muu Nostr note1ns76w6mew03fcgy9q6w72fpehzzu4ga8tku88kgp8czkllfj3yjs8t3muu npub1hn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysawhtl5 #Nostr

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]]> Sat, 25 Jan 2025 04:05:22 GMT https://nym.npub.pro/post/note127trrapn4cxayde5jrs4dz5msutglpzyg57s94ff3v2lz5zs5avs2nemxm/ https://nym.npub.pro/post/note127trrapn4cxayde5jrs4dz5msutglpzyg57s94ff3v2lz5zs5avs2nemxm/ note127trrapn4cxayde5jrs4dz5msutglpzyg57s94ff3v2lz5zs5avs2nemxm note127trrapn4cxayde5jrs4dz5msutglpzyg57s94ff3v2lz5zs5avs2nemxm npub1hn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysawhtl5 RHR!

https://fountain.fm/episode/EgH548um2uRBCxqsCEzb

]]> RHR!

https://fountain.fm/episode/EgH548um2uRBCxqsCEzb

]]> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:21:05 GMT https://nym.npub.pro/post/862840/ https://nym.npub.pro/post/862840/ naddr1qqrrsd3j8q6rqq3qhn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysxpqqqp65wcxxfej naddr1qqrrsd3j8q6rqq3qhn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysxpqqqp65wcxxfej npub1hn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysawhtl5 originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/862840

]]> originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/862840

]]> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:57:55 GMT https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1ec6kc9q4d0j5x7r4q6826u8zd206lzhmqe2rf6qsc0twcrgcvufszg8cgu/ https://nym.npub.pro/post/note1ec6kc9q4d0j5x7r4q6826u8zd206lzhmqe2rf6qsc0twcrgcvufszg8cgu/ note1ec6kc9q4d0j5x7r4q6826u8zd206lzhmqe2rf6qsc0twcrgcvufszg8cgu note1ec6kc9q4d0j5x7r4q6826u8zd206lzhmqe2rf6qsc0twcrgcvufszg8cgu npub1hn4zhxzsd5w4m5kvq326gqnsrc6zcakhparw8pee4tw7wlxw70ysawhtl5 Snowdrop OS - my operating system from scratch, in assembly language
http://sebastianmihai.com/snowdrop/

Snowdrop OS was born of my childhood curiosity around what happens when a PC is turned on, the mysteries of bootable disks, and the hidden aspects of operating systems. It is a 16-bit real mode operating system for the IBM PC architecture. I designed and developed this homebrew OS from scratch, using only x86 assembly language.

I have created and included a number of utilities, including a file manager, text editor, graphical applications, BASIC interpreter, x86 assembler and debugger. I also ported one of my DOS games to it. After all, what kind of an operating system doesn't have games?

The Snowdrop OS and the apps are distributed as both a floppy disk (1.44Mb) image, as well as a CD-ROM image. The images contain the following, all programmed from scratch:

- a boot loader which loads the kernel into memory
- a kernel which sets up interrupt vectors to be used by user apps, and then loads the startup app
- user apps, including a shell (command line interface), utilities, test apps, and aSMtris, my Tetris clone

Snowdrop OS can also be installed to a hard disk - prompting the user to do so during boot - if it detects one.

I hope that Snowdrop can serve other programmers who are looking to get a basic understanding of operating system functions. Like my other projects, the source code is fully available, without any restrictions on its usage and modification.





originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/862821

]]> Snowdrop OS - my operating system from scratch, in assembly language
http://sebastianmihai.com/snowdrop/

Snowdrop OS was born of my childhood curiosity around what happens when a PC is turned on, the mysteries of bootable disks, and the hidden aspects of operating systems. It is a 16-bit real mode operating system for the IBM PC architecture. I designed and developed this homebrew OS from scratch, using only x86 assembly language.

I have created and included a number of utilities, including a file manager, text editor, graphical applications, BASIC interpreter, x86 assembler and debugger. I also ported one of my DOS games to it. After all, what kind of an operating system doesn't have games?

The Snowdrop OS and the apps are distributed as both a floppy disk (1.44Mb) image, as well as a CD-ROM image. The images contain the following, all programmed from scratch:

- a boot loader which loads the kernel into memory
- a kernel which sets up interrupt vectors to be used by user apps, and then loads the startup app
- user apps, including a shell (command line interface), utilities, test apps, and aSMtris, my Tetris clone

Snowdrop OS can also be installed to a hard disk - prompting the user to do so during boot - if it detects one.

I hope that Snowdrop can serve other programmers who are looking to get a basic understanding of operating system functions. Like my other projects, the source code is fully available, without any restrictions on its usage and modification.





originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/862821

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