Tepix's comments

On: Show HN: Sonauto API – Generative music for developers

[Tepix]

What rule is there against discussing piracy on HN?

On: Permacomputing

[Tepix]

Maybe we should challenge ourselves more! Here are the Plan 9 4th edition system requirements:

https://plan9-4th-edition-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/...

- 90 MHz or greater Intel/ARM 32-bit processor

- 32 MiB of RAM (system memory for physical and viritualized installs)

- SVGA capable of 800x600 screen resolution or greater

- Network connection

- 300 MiB of storage (SD, IDE, SATA, SAS)

- Either a CD/DVD drive or a USB port for booting the installer media

On: Permacomputing

[Tepix]

They use a ton of electricity. Probaby not sustainable for most (unless you have lots of solar)

On: Permacomputing

[Tepix]

I'm using an M1 Macbook myself, but from a Permacomputing standpoint it's rather terrible. Everything is soldered, nothing can be fixed, replaced or expanded.

[ohgr → Tepix]

You can buy parts for it absolutely no problems at all so this is an exaggeration.

[Tepix → ohgr]

Ok, so how do i increase the RAM, the SSD and upgrade the CPU?

[ohgr → Tepix]

SSD is fine. I have a rework station. I haven't upgraded the other things in a computer for about 15 years.

On: Solarpunk

[Tepix]

You can get 500W solar panels for less than 40€ these days, so 150€ or so for 2000W. At German electricity prices, they pay for themselves very quickly!

On: Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after reneging on promises to not sell their data

[Tepix]

If that were true, its market share wouldn't have tanked.

[ForTheKidz → Tepix]

You have far more faith in the market than I do.

On: Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after reneging on promises to not sell their data

[Tepix]

Mozilla is an epic management failure. I've never heard anything good about their management i think. And I've been using Firefox since its very beginnings.

On: GPT-4.5

[Tepix]

Prices have come down

[aubanel → Tepix]

yes, which suggests they'll keep going down! So I'd expect GPT-4.5 to be 90% cheaper in 1-2 years

On: Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox

[Tepix]

if i want to block data collection by Mozilla, what do i configure in pi-hole?

On: Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox

[Tepix]

The Youtube adblock always works