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This reminded me of Spud, the potato powered server.

https://totl.net/Spud/

You may not be looking for discipline but persistence. One doesn't necessarily depend on the other.

Irix and SGI computers 90s era design in general.

Search for "IBM Z DevOps" they're trying to revitalise the platform with modern development practices.

Also banks are large users of Cobol so that ecosystem wpuld be good to keep an eye on.

I think that what you're experiencing is pretty common. Internet itself has changed but perhaps more crucially people with whom you've interacted with changed their habits or simply lack the time they used to have (their age groups are different so there's insufficient critical mass to maintain the old community).

There's an added problem of general noise on the Internet which limits the 90s early 00s type of 'signal'. Another aspect is that services used to be quite often hosted by or aimed at the technical/enthusiastic audience, nowadays it is predominantly aimed towards commercial general public.

The internet suffers from centralisation which for the early(ish) adopters creates overall noise.

I'd also like to add that abundance of bandwidth and endless content easily take the aim and focus on doing the cherry picked and well curated things that you used to do. Bandwith has also contributed to ease of bloat, for example today I can't imagine surfing the net without an adblocker, back then ads were fine and served their purpose without impacting the client side.

More generally I believe that larger populations, whether they be large cities or large online communities, will paradoxically make it harder to find others with very specific non-majority interests.

From the mobile marketplace ecosystem point of view this isn't good for the consumer. That being said the entry barrier is quite high for anyone, even essential...

Since Google Reader retired, I've moved to www.netvibes.com

It is time for green web design and green application design (eg. lite versions of applications which are otherwise bloated like Skype with large emoticon animations).

So far I've used Chrome extension "HN current page search" which finds both HN and Reddit discussions regarding the page you happen to be on (only if you click the extension does it check).

On the other hand once Delicious closed down I've settled in for https://raindrop.io/

One of my desktops keeps failing to update Windows 10 for 2 years now, the recent v1803 doesn't fix it either. Too ineffective to do a fresh install and just about tried everything out there to fix it. Complete waste of time.

On the other hand the desktop which always worked flawlessly now cannot even get past the initial installation boot screen from a freshly made v1803 DVD/USB (within 5sec of booting) likewise the update from inside Windows itself fails. Waiting to see if MS address this issue before I waste any more time trying to fix it myself.

It is interesting to note that DDR and DDR2 are more immune to this kind of attack. Older computers with decently patches OS/browser would be safer to use for those who want to avoid Row hammer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row_hammer

Thanks, I've always wondered under which conditions BSD networking performs better compared to Linux. It's the number of simultaneous streams as opposed to raw bandwidth for fewer streams.

From the same company that has also created arguably the best and most accurate weather app for Australia.

They say that a photo is worth a thousand words. This is certainly the case with the the last few photos of the landscape how it looked before and after.

Likewise Black Adder series concluded with a similar visual contrast: https://youtu.be/vH3-Gt7mgyM?t=176

Some of you might want to see this as well:

https://mashable.com/2018/04/22/google-gmail-spam-telus/

A big Max Payne 1 & 2 video game fan here and I completely disliked the movie. For me it's a prime example of what the article debates.

I wonder how those pictures would compare if they were taken by the same camera technology.

MyPhoneExplorer and Samsung SideSync on Windows/macOS had this for a few years now. Glad to see an application for Linux now.

Here's the press release from the Reserve Bank of Australia:

https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2018/mr-18-02.html

A bit similar to Opera Unite circa 2009:

http://www.operasoftware.com/press/releases/general/opera-un...

For small local business, a Facebook page can serve the purpose of a business website quite well. It provides convenient means to contact the business (via messenger or listed phone number) and from what i know costs nothing to setup and maintain.

Has Justin Frankel ever commented on this project?

This seems to be reversable, nuclear reactions causing lightings.

http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2012/11/15/how-to-make-an-ato...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_nuclear_explosio...

With the sheer number of outdated devices still in use, one wonders what the real world rates of hacks look like.

I don't think that the two are linearly proportional at all unless individuals or groups are being specifically targeted.

Just like in the 1990s PowerPC laptop was even mentioned in the movie Hackers not to mention Apple's own devices.

FireWire used to be a similar basket case. Don't think the firmware/drivers got fixed, instead it became an obsolete hardware port and replaced by TB/USB/etc...

Makes me wonder what Tanenbaum thinks of the arguably most common MINIX deployment. Considering that their conference has been cancelled [0] it would seem that this OS is largely unexplored and by extension not thoroughly audited.

[0] http://www.minix3.org/

It is interesting to observe that this teardown has been carried out down under (in Australia). Maybe it had something to do with the timezones and release date.

You won't notice any performance loss as long as you choose DNS servers which are relatively close to you (low latency). For example your own ISP's servers should do fine.

Interesting photo of the burned down buildings considering the trees/bush plants immediately surrounding the two buildings are completely intact.