Formerly /u/Zagorath on the alien site.

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  • I’ve no comments on RISC-V, but I agree that a move towards ARM in the Windows & Linux worlds would seem sensible. I would guess it hasn’t happened for the same reason IPv6 hasn’t taken over. Too much momentum. Too many developers still working in an x86 world, too many legacy apps that won’t easily run on ARM, too many hardware manufacturers each making the individual choice to keep making the current-popular option. Apple could transition because they’re the single gatekeeper. They make the decision, and everybody else who wants to use a Mac has to follow along. I’m going to guess that the control they have over the hardware and the software also means Rosetta 2 works a hell of a lot better than Microsoft’s Prism. (I can’t say for sure, having never used an ARM-based Windows machine or an ARM-based Mac.)

    In terms of heat, what kind of room do you have it in? Somewhere with good natural airflow, or away in a closet somewhere?





  • I take it ARM still not there package wise

    I think for a lot of use cases it might be there. Unfortunately for me specifically, I think ARM might be the cause of part of my problems with Puppeteer, which is why I’m ruling it out.

    You’re based in Brissy or further north in Qld, right? What kind of thermals does your system have, and what’s the room it lives in like?

    haven’t dealt with USB attached storage before

    I actually have, and if you’re interested I’d say go for it, with a couple of caveats. It worked great for me for years with my MediaWiki, torrents, and a couple of other minor web services hosted on my Raspberry Pi, with data stored on the USB external drive. I think it may have been a Seagate, even. Unfortunately I made the mistake of not backing it up, and when the external drive died I lost my data. That would be the biggest thing I’d consider if you’re looking into a USB external HDD. It’s extra important since the drive is probably not designed to be always on in the way a WD Red or equivalent is.





  • I suppose then, for any child born around 00:10 on 1 January, there might be some pressure to encourage the doctor to write the birth certificate as something more like 23:50 on 31 December? Because of the social prestige with being older?

    Or maybe the opposite, since being physically older than your peers is correlated with better academic and sporting performance?


  • A few years ago, iirc, the Korean government instructed people to stop using the traditional system and to use the international system instead. Has that had much of an effect in practice, or are people largely ignoring it? Or do you think it’s something that younger generations will pick up more over time while older people continue using the traditional system? (This last option being sort of what happened in Australia when we transitioned to metric through the '70s.)

    Also, what happens to someone born on 1 January? Are they born du sal, and thus the youngest of their sal, or born han sal and remain han sal for a whole year?







  • Zagorath@aussie.zonetoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlIs this antisemitism?
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    11 days ago

    On the nation-state

    Then I think it’s really important that you are clear about that, mainly with yourself, but also any time you talk about the issue in public. Conflating Israel with all Jewish people is a deliberate attempt by the Israeli government and its supporters to make it easier for them to brush off criticism of their actions as “antisemitism”, and is itself an antisemitic act.

    It’s also a major factor in increasing genuine antisemitism, because some people see the atrocities the Israel government is committing, see that Israel claims to be acting on behalf of all Jews, and then they turn around and blame all Jews for the actions of Israel. Which only serves to help Israel’s case, which is why it’s so important we be clear about the distinction whenever possible.