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New comment by nortonham in "Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking"

nortonham — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:49:50 +0000

>Circulator eggs never made a whole lot of sense,

They make a great deal of sense in professional kitchens. If you're expecting to do hundreds of brunch covers, or a giant breakfast buffet, poaching eggs sous vide ahead of time is a game changer

New comment by nortonham in "Basketball has evolved into a game of calculated decision-making"

nortonham — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:09:29 +0000

>A big conversation I see now days is what’s “wrong” with the modern nba, with too many 3’s being the most common refrain. That’s silly. I will tell you what’s actually wrong about the nba. They’re playing the most amazing basketball the worlds ever seen, but the entertainment ecosystem around them hasn’t changed at all. Literally they just talk about the stupidest stuff, like who’s the GOAT, instead of actually educating their audiences about the incredible level of play that exists now days.

100% agree on this. NBA coverage, especially on ESPN is garbage. Not to mention how expensive it is to (legally) watch the NBA. If they actually had better coverage explaining different facets of the game, and analyzing it, maybe people would appreciate what they're seeing more.

New comment by nortonham in "Mozilla's Firefox browser turns 20. Does it still matter?"

nortonham — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 05:06:58 +0000

It certainly does to me....Firefox and ublock origin makes using the modern web easier. Anytime I use some other combination (at work, or someone else's device) I can't stand most websites.

I know there are problems around Mozilla the org, or the how firefox is funded, but I hope it's not going anywhere.

New comment by nortonham in "Is Tor still safe to use?"

nortonham — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 18:28:00 +0000

http://yashalevine.com/articles/tor-spooks

http://surveillancevalley.com/blog/fact-checking-the-tor-pro...

Google Search app on Android keeps crashing in widespread bug

nortonham — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 05:10:34 +0000

Article URL: https://9to5google.com/2024/09/14/google-search-app-crashing-android/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41545352

Points: 13

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New comment by nortonham in "Apple introduces M4 chip"

nortonham — Tue, 07 May 2024 16:29:01 +0000

and I still have a an original iPad Air first gen.....still works for basic things. Unsupported by apple now, but still usable.

New comment by nortonham in "NetBSD 10: Proper old-school Unix, not like those lazy, decadent Linux types"

nortonham — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:39:02 +0000

It's proving to be a good release so far. Hopefully they get more support in the form of manpower and cash. Looking forward to NetBSD and the increasing popularity of ARM in the future.

New comment by nortonham in "NetBSD 10: Proper old-school Unix, not like those lazy, decadent Linux types"

nortonham — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 05:39:19 +0000

https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/riscv/#index4h2

New comment by nortonham in "NetBSD 10: Proper old-school Unix, not like those lazy, decadent Linux types"

nortonham — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 05:35:50 +0000

NetBSD is great because: can support lots of hardware; minimal but featureful; secure; pkgsrc; friendly community;

It's like a good middle ground between Free and OpenBSD. Anyone into "minimal" linux distros might get a kick out of it.

Anyone interested should check out https://www.unitedbsd.com/ It's a bsd forum with a good number of netbsd users and a couple of developers as well.

New comment by nortonham in "NetBSD 10: Proper old-school Unix, not like those lazy, decadent Linux types"

nortonham — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 05:31:43 +0000

probably best asked on a mailing list. But NetBSD is really community/volunteer driven, so someone with an itch to scratch will have to take it on

New comment by nortonham in "NetBSD 10: Proper old-school Unix, not like those lazy, decadent Linux types"

nortonham — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 05:24:58 +0000

I will say I like this more than your review of netbsd 9 ;)

New comment by nortonham in "NetBSD 10.0 Released"

nortonham — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 19:04:48 +0000

Maybe try it in a VM, or use second hand thinkpads or similar supported hardware.

New comment by nortonham in "NetBSD 10.0 Released"

nortonham — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 19:03:29 +0000

> Looking forward to NetBSD 10.0 review on the register :D

Me too!

New comment by nortonham in "NetBSD 10.0 Released"

nortonham — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 19:01:07 +0000

Try one in a VM first. Get used to the different pkg management in whichever BSD you use vs. the linux distro you're used to using. NetBSD uses pkgsrc, which is pretty straightforward to use.

No systemD.

If you're using it as a desktop, it will take a little more time to config things to fit what you need. More command line editing of config files, than say Linux Mint or similar linux distros.

FreeBSD has the biggest community so it's easier to get help online.

That being said, NetBSD is worth checking out, especially for your use case.

If you decide to try it out on hardware, check out https://bsd-hardware.info/ and see if your machine is supported.

Also check out UnitedBSD.com It's a forum and there are many NetBSD users there.

New comment by nortonham in "Hetzner GPU Server"

nortonham — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 19:33:02 +0000

thanks, I had no idea what that meant either

New comment by nortonham in "Before he was George Orwell, he was Eric Blair, police officer"

nortonham — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 17:33:13 +0000

> Judging him on not being "properly" socialist or anti-imperialist or whatever is completely missing the point.

But there are people who put him on the pedestal. His claimed by the left, and western leftists love to argue over who is "more socialist" than the other. His time in Spain, books like Animal Farm and 1984...they're held up as examples of Orwell being a better leftist than others.

New comment by nortonham in "Before he was George Orwell, he was Eric Blair, police officer"

nortonham — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 17:30:48 +0000

> Did he write this at the time the Exiled staff were smashing each other in the face with horse semen pies? Seems like a lot of edginess and projection.

Chronologically I think this comes after the horse semen pies.

It's not a stretch to think a middle class Englishmen from the early 20th century hates catholics, and that this bigotry (along with his other pet hates) pop up in his writing.

As far as Orwell being a socialist....don't forget he ratted out British socialist to British intelligence.

New comment by nortonham in "Mozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AI"

nortonham — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 17:25:42 +0000

yes, but my money would have gone to mozilla, a company that I would like to see do well

New comment by nortonham in "Mozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AI"

nortonham — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 06:14:42 +0000

I get what you're saying about mullvad, but firefox having a VPN is one more way to get revenue.

New comment by nortonham in "Mozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AI"

nortonham — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 06:14:08 +0000

and here I was, getting ready to sign up to their VPN service