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New comment by fmajid in "NLAB: The worlds smallest electronics lab"

fmajid — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:29:54 +0000

You’d be much better off getting a Saleae Logic 8 (or one of the many knockoffs).

New comment by fmajid in "Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series"

fmajid — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:27:56 +0000

Yes, the TV show had massive departures from the books, but I was actually referring to the acting skill or lack thereof of most of the cast.

New comment by fmajid in "MAI-Code-1-Flash"

fmajid — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:32:46 +0000

If their model was trained purely on properly licensed data, the reduced legal liability could be a selling point

New comment by fmajid in "Microsoft builds MacBook Pro rival with NVIDIA-powered Surface Laptop Ultra"

fmajid — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:47:18 +0000

For an amusing take on the life of a systems programmer, James Mickens' "The Night Watch":

https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1311_05-08_mickens.pdf

New comment by fmajid in "Microsoft builds MacBook Pro rival with NVIDIA-powered Surface Laptop Ultra"

fmajid — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:26:17 +0000

I ordered a ThinkPad about a year ago, and removing Windows 11 Pro from the configurator saved me a cool £110 ($150). Despite this ridiculous overpricing, the surprising thing is, Windows isn't even in the top 5 businesses at Microsoft any more, even Xbox makes more money.

New comment by fmajid in "Amazon Has Axed Its New Stargate Series"

fmajid — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:33:23 +0000

TBH, it was a train wreck apart from the actresses who played Moiraine and Lanfear.

New comment by fmajid in "HP re-releases classic computer science calculator: The HP-16C"

fmajid — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:22:31 +0000

HP hasn’t manufactured its calculators in decades, thanks to Carly Fiorina.

New comment by fmajid in "HP re-releases classic computer science calculator: The HP-16C"

fmajid — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:16:35 +0000

The originals (I still have my 1987 HP-15C) used silicon-on-sapphire technology, normally used for space, that ensured the amazing battery life. The keyboard domes had a complicated fabrication process to ensure optimum feel. The keycaps were double shot for durability. No modern calculator is going to be made to that standard, it would cost at least $1000.

New comment by fmajid in "The Website Specification"

fmajid — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:50:53 +0000

It probably has the email on form autofill, as opposed to password manager login/email+password autofill, but I use a different email for each site and that doesn't help me. On which.co.uk or AliExpress I have to laboriously type which@example.com or al1express@example.com on page 1. Some form autofill is getting smarter and is scoped to the site.

New comment by fmajid in "Nvidia RTX Spark"

fmajid — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:47:54 +0000

Yes, ConnectX-7 itself is capable of 32x PCIe5 lanes, but the lane limitations of the GB10 SoC/chipset throttle it:

https://www.nvidia.com/content/dam/en-zz/Solutions/networkin....

New comment by fmajid in "Nvidia RTX Spark"

fmajid — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:45:13 +0000

Your lap cooking. They generate enough to noticeably heat a room.

New comment by fmajid in "Nvidia RTX Spark"

fmajid — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:00:12 +0000

My DGX Sparks are the first and only devices I have with 200W USB-C PD. Low power by AI workstation standards, but intolerable in a laptop.

New comment by fmajid in "Nvidia RTX Spark"

fmajid — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:58:12 +0000

The ConnectX 7 2x200 Gbps networking card in the DGX Spark alone is worth $700

New comment by fmajid in "What if remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring?"

fmajid — Sun, 31 May 2026 23:45:45 +0000

There’s some research that suggests WFH is less efficient per hour worked, but people work more hours that they would have otherwise wasted commuting so it’s a wash.

That said, the motivations of managers are seldom aligned with the interests of the business. There is such a thing as ego trips. Also, mediocre or insecure managers will rely more on the crutch of face time.

New comment by fmajid in "The Website Specification"

fmajid — Sun, 31 May 2026 23:30:32 +0000

Some requirements have force of law, e.g. complying with GPC in California or Colorado. So do accessibility features in many jurisdictions. Some are just basic decency, like providing alt txt for images.

The approach of marking items as required/recommended/optional addresses your concern. Too bad this specific checklist is LLM-generated.

New comment by fmajid in "The Website Specification"

fmajid — Sun, 31 May 2026 23:26:13 +0000

Apparently it was LLM-generated, so the agent was pleading for itself :-)

https://github.com/jdevalk/specification.website

New comment by fmajid in "The Website Specification"

fmajid — Sun, 31 May 2026 23:23:37 +0000

Never mind, it’s LLM-generated, not the product of considered thought.

The W3C should really be doing this kind of curation. Or people like those who run caniuse.com.

New comment by fmajid in "'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut"

fmajid — Sun, 31 May 2026 22:38:08 +0000

Chiwetel Ejiofor is a phenomenal actor, that probably helped. This is more of an indictment of Hollywood’s creative bankruptcy than anything, strip-mining Star Wars or Marvel will only take you so far.

New comment by fmajid in "The Website Specification"

fmajid — Sun, 31 May 2026 09:25:01 +0000

I'd love best practices around, say, login forms, e.g.:

- use standard input field names password managers recognize - disable autocompletion and autocapitalization on the login field

- if it's an email, use the correct HTML5 input type

- don't have a form with just a login email and force the user to click to enter the password

- follow NIST SP 800-53, e.g. no SMS 2FA and no arbitrary password rotation and composition rules

Or how many sites that have a form with only one input don't automatically focus on it.

New comment by fmajid in "The Website Specification"

fmajid — Sun, 31 May 2026 09:20:03 +0000

It's a compilation of best practices, and valuable as a one-stop-shop and checklist.