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Comment · 1 year ago
I've noticed the same when I tried to replace my ultrawide 34" with a Dell U3225QE for my home office the other day. I really wanted to like the Dell since I love the specs, but my head would hurt from the perceived bulge in the middle of the screen, where the curve used to sit farthest before. Stupid brains, really.
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Comment · 2 years ago
Reminds me of the experimental version of Stanford's CS 140/212, CS 140e, which used Rust to develop a simple operating system kernel for the Raspberry Pi 3B:

- Course web page: https://cs140e.sergio.bz/

- Accompanying material by the instructor: https://github.com/dddrrreee/cs140e-24win

Disclaimer: I've only worked through the course materials when it launched in '18, haven't actually taken the course physically, so YMMV.

Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
I love how it was already clear that it would be Raymond Chen's blog just from the title and domain name. I really enjoy The Old New Thing and his coverage of obscure details that might otherwise be long forgotten.
Comment · 2 years ago
At least in Germany (where I live), it is entirely normal for the pedestrian lights to be synchronized with the road parallel to it, meaning that turning cars will cross the path of walking pedestrians. However, by law pedestrians have the right of way in these situations (since cars are crossing their path), and generally that is being respected. I'd say that's what sets it apart from the US in that regard. We even have right on red in some metro areas, though admittedly that's where things can get quite dangerous at times.
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
Well there went an hour of my life.. Thanks for sharing the link!
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Comment · 4 years ago
You can also use iodine (https://github.com/yarrick/iodine/) to tunnel IPv4 data through DNS (useful e.g. when on a captive portal network that doesn't block DNS requests). Performance isn't great obviously, but the concept is fascinating nonetheless.
Comment · 4 years ago
I love Inkscape, but I really wish it could work with CMYK colors natively (and not simply transform them into RGB internally).
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
I recently wanted to give my current RPi4 home server a GitOps makeover, migrating services (Home Assistant, Nextcloud and others) to k3s in the process.

What has been an obstacle is the availability of officially maintained Docker images for some of the components I've been wanting to use - afaict neither Argo CD nor Rook have official armv7/aarch64 images (though it seems Argo will release one soon).

Until then, I'll hold off on that pet project until I get my hands on a reasonably priced x86 SFF PC (the ThinkCentre M700 Tiny from TFA looks interesting!).

Comment · 4 years ago
Thanks for providing some context! Reading your response makes me realize that my initial assumption was probably way too pessimistic - and that the project serves a nice educational purpose.

On top, sparking interest in tech and ham in kids is always a good thing, a reminder about the possible side effects can always come at a later time :)

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