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Comment · 1 year ago
This is missing one of the finer points of redundancy: With 4 disks, losing two of them could take out a RAID-10 (both halves of a stripe component), but losing two cannot take out a RAID-6.

The fact that btrfs isn't stable after 15+ years for parity setups is, IMO, unreasonable.

Comment · 1 year ago
earlyoom is what we use to address this. We can't tolerate any kind of swapping at all in our workloads, where it is better for the system to kill one process to save the others, than for the system to slow down or lock up.
Comment · 1 year ago
But I'm allergic to Retinox.
Comment · 1 year ago
Would MobyGames be a better source for this information? The information is curated, and an API is available.
Comment · 1 year ago
It can also mean that on the way down. At a private unix software company in 1994, the rise of Linux destroying our business led to firing nearly everyone in support except the cheapest person (me). As I was the only person left in tech support, I became Director of Tech Support by default.
Comment · 1 year ago
I have posterior tibial tendonitis, and will never run (or walk without pain for more than 10 minutes) again. I am happy for you, in a bittersweet way.
Comment · 1 year ago
Just because you can't find a useful purpose for an old computer doesn't mean they don't have any. For example, any computer, regardless of age, can be used to write a novel.
Comment · 1 year ago
Lots of prior art for this concept. For example, this is almost exactly the plot of The Outer Limits (1995), Season 4 Episode 3 "Hearts and Minds".
Comment · 1 year ago
While the picture isn't technically incorrect for an MPC level one (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_PC) system, it borders on anachronistic because, as you note, many hoops would have to be jumped through. Any 386dx-33 or 486 clone would be much more period-correct.
Comment · 1 year ago
Most Tandys with 8-bit ISA slots could not take a VGA card because the internal graphics chip could not be disabled. It was only the later series where that became an option.
Comment · 1 year ago
It is my guess that everyone in the thread with "Hey, I don't type normally either and my speed is just fine" comments are likely staring at the keyboard when they type. All two-finger typists I've personally witnessed, even the extremely prolific Roger Ebert, couldn't effectively transcribe a printed document with their learned typing style.

If you never have to type something you're reading, I'm sure unique typing styles are just fine.

Comment · 1 year ago
Worse, the formatting failed. Lines are breaking before the sentence is over, leading to two words in the next line, then a new line. (Linux, Chrome)
Comment · 1 year ago
I used to, until entire notable topics within a certain culture were deleted as "not notable" by editors unfamiliar with the topics.

"not notable" is the cancer within wikipedia. You can't claim to be the sum of human knowledge but also arbitrarily remove articles to meet some imaginary criteria.

Comment · 1 year ago
They look generated, which is off-putting. Maybe use three real photos instead?

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