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New comment by alrs in "What I self-host"

alrs — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:31:31 +0000

My go-to for low power consumption is a Chromebook running some vanilla flavor of Linux. I have some HP units that will run for almost a day on battery with the lid closed. $25<$250.

New comment by alrs in "Show HN: I'm launching a LPFM radio station"

alrs — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 02:16:41 +0000

You wouldn't be "broadcasting" with it, you'd just be using it as backhaul.

AREDN users would probably be pretty happy to have a node at 1500' in the Verdugos.

New comment by alrs in "Show HN: I'm launching a LPFM radio station"

alrs — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:46:18 +0000

Why do you need a studio?

If this is completely non-commercial and you have an amateur license you could probably use AREDN as a backhaul instead of HaLow. We've gotten wifi going from a panel in Elysian up to Wilson on AREDN.

100w from the Verdugos should be pretty substantial. I regularly make 70cm FM contacts on 446.500 from Elysian Park down to San Diego at 5w.

New comment by alrs in "An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – Forensics and More Fallout"

alrs — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:13:35 +0000

One could build up a reputation with a completely anonymous PGP key. That was somewhat the point of USENET ca. 1998.

New comment by alrs in "Why I (Still) Love Linux ?"

alrs — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:21:32 +0000

Traditionally it was btrfs RAID5/6 that really sucked. I've not played with it.

New comment by alrs in "Google boss warns 'no company is going to be immune' if AI bubble bursts"

alrs — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:47:53 +0000

I can think of several taco trucks that are going to do just fine.

New comment by alrs in "A brief look at FreeBSD"

alrs — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 21:35:27 +0000

FreeBSD has had a hard time supporting Intel Thinkpads, and they're making progress at getting better. Supporting Apple arm64 is a much heavier lift than that.

New comment by alrs in "I took all my projects off the cloud, saving thousands of dollars"

alrs — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 06:58:50 +0000

I'm going to go way out on a limb and offer: whatever it is that you are, it isn't "confused."

New comment by alrs in "Walmart U.S. moves to eliminate synthetic dyes across all private brand foods"

alrs — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:50:12 +0000

This is the kind of nerd-snark that makes normal people not trust anything from the mouths of "experts."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovKw6YjqSfM

New comment by alrs in "Show HN: Doom port to pure Go – Gore"

alrs — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 07:04:58 +0000

I feel that it's hard to be mad at Go if you look at it as "python 4.0."

New comment by alrs in "Introduction to Unikernel: Building, deploying lightweight, secure applications"

alrs — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 08:56:24 +0000

Undead, undead, undead.

New comment by alrs in "A dive into open chat protocols"

alrs — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 20:20:36 +0000

I've been running a Prosody server for a month or so. Thus far a positive experience.

Canonical Laid Off the Founder of OpenPrinting

alrs — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 06:48:51 +0000

Article URL: https://ubuntu.social/@till/114932477260801209

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44719904

Points: 1

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New comment by alrs in "ZUSE – The Modern IRC Chat for the Terminal Made in Go/Bubbletea"

alrs — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 02:43:17 +0000

"Modern" is the most passive-aggressive adjective in the history of HN.

New comment by alrs in "Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting"

alrs — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 13:46:18 +0000

No argument from me. I'm not happy that Europe is in this position, I just wish that Europeans were aware of it.

New comment by alrs in "Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting"

alrs — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 21:56:45 +0000

https://old.reddit.com/r/whowouldwin/comments/1aywc5a/europe...

New comment by alrs in "Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting"

alrs — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 21:29:04 +0000

Europe has no say in the matter, short of France using its nukes.

New comment by alrs in "Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting"

alrs — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 20:48:03 +0000

Europe is not allowed to have its own foreign policy, let alone "side with China." All of those US military bases are there for a reason.

New comment by alrs in "Dell will no longer make XPS computers"

alrs — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 21:07:59 +0000

The Taco Bell menu is several permutations of cheese, lettuce, ground beef, sour cream, and guacamole.

The marketing vocabulary includes Pro, Max, Sport, Comp, Light, Elite, XT, GT, Super, and Extra.

SuperMax Pro. Sportmax GT. Sportmax Elite GT. Comp Extra. Etc.

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

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

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

New comment by alrs in "Dell will no longer make XPS computers"

alrs — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 20:55:41 +0000

Marketing things as "pro" is nothing new. I'm sure others could go back farther than this.

1980 Koga Miyata Pro https://www.speedbicycles.ch/velo/193/koga_miyata_pro_racer_...

1978 Centurion Pro Tour https://vintagecenturion.com/models/touring/protour.shtml

1969 Brooks Professional Saddle https://www.brooksengland.com/en_us/standard-professional.ht...

As for "rip-offs," the design language of every aluminum Macbook has basically been Leica rangefinder.

https://www.rustmag.com/gear/2020/12/16/4-reasons-to-buy-a-l...

Which is a double "rip-off," as the IBM Thinkpad goes back a lot farther and it was intentionally made black-with-red-accents to pay homage to Nikon while having the form factor of a bento box.

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/htmls/m...