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UN approves world map reflecting true size of Africa

6581 — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 10:56:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.dw.com/en/un-approves-world-map-reflecting-true-size-of-africa/a-79040629

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49575298

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by 6581 in "The Silo · interactive 3D cutaway"

6581 — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:09:52 +0000

Displaying spoilers at the bottom of the window is a weird choice.

New comment by 6581 in "Nebula Sans"

6581 — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:37:07 +0000

> The result looks quite bad on Windows and Linux.

GTK4 doesn't even support subpixel rendering any more, and with OLED market share increasing I'd anticipate Windows moving away from it at some point too.

New comment by 6581 in "Show HN: Automatically detect and patch walking-dead states in Sierra games"

6581 — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:08:08 +0000

> it is crazy that they were fine with shipping games with these broken states

It was an intentional part of their game design.

Bootstrappable Builds: How and Why

6581 — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:47:27 +0000

Article URL: https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1088279/ada6cd53d01cdafa/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49343778

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by 6581 in "Teaching Kids Forth"

6581 — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:59:43 +0000

From personal experience, I strongly disagree with the negative comments saying Forth isn't suitable for teaching children.

"Starting Forth" by Leo Brodie was the first programming book I ever read when I was about 6 or 7 years old, after my dad brought it home from work (where they used Forth). To me, the language felt very intuitive and easy to grasp. And Brodie's illustrations helped a lot with visualizing how it all worked.

The Fedora 45 Sausage Factory

6581 — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:04:57 +0000

Article URL: https://supakeen.com/weblog/the-fedora-45-sausage-factory/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49046525

Points: 158

# Comments: 42

New comment by 6581 in "How to Build a Minimal ZFS NAS Without Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS (2024)"

6581 — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:12:23 +0000

> Not sure why I'm being downvoted for being factually correct

Maybe because your statement about SSDs is incorrect. Consumer SSDs have spare blocks too, and wear leveling prevents the scenario you're describing.

New comment by 6581 in "How to Build a Minimal ZFS NAS Without Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS (2024)"

6581 — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:06:49 +0000

> usb adapter kept getting io problems there too with zfs, drive gets disconnected during scrub or high load

That's usually caused by the adapter chipset overheating. Don't use USB adapters for important data.

New comment by 6581 in "How to Build a Minimal ZFS NAS Without Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS (2024)"

6581 — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:42:24 +0000

USB/SATA adapters are incredibly flaky. Some don't support TRIM, some have major firmware bugs, many overheat during long data transfers and disconnect from the host. I'd strongly advise against using them for any important data.