sdbillin's comments

On: I’ve built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of

[sdbillin]

Could really do with a torrent. 120GB at 3MB/sec...

[dmitrygr → sdbillin]

If my download ever finishes i'll spin up a torrent.

So far on retry/resume #12, 97.3/120GB done (i am live updating this comment as long as i can)

[dmitrygr → dmitrygr]

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:24badf9996920185291b39f209cd820aa87fda0d&dn=virtual_os_museum-2026.05.19-full.zip&ws=http%3a%2f%2fdownloads.virtualosmuseum.org%2fvirtual_os_museum-2026.05.19-full.zip&ws=https%3a%2f%2fdownloads.virtualosmuseum.org%2fvirtual_os_museum-2026.05.19-full.zip

seeding now. please seed too :)

[dmitrygr → dmitrygr]

#16, 115/120GB

and it is not resuming ...

      2026-05-19 16:23:03 ERROR 522: <none>.

#23, 118.5/120GB and going again

[morphle → dmitrygr]

all mine broke of and wouldn't resume but became 7k broken zip files.

[c6comp → dmitrygr]

in for a torrent/magnet link as well

[dmitrygr → c6comp]

posted above.

[morphle → dmitrygr]

much appreciated!

[andreww591 → sdbillin]

I've now added some torrents to the download page (using archive.org as a web seed).

[Teever → sdbillin]

Yeah I tried to tell him that the other day… I think he under estimated the popularity that this would have on HN and thought that cloudflare would be able to handle it

On: How to build your own RAID for macOS on a budget

[sdbillin]

The trouble with SSD arrays, especially for use as a boot drive, is the access time. https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485...

You'll get more throughput (probably), but slightly higher latency.

On: Why Did Intel x86 Beat RISC Processors in the 1990s? (2022)

[sdbillin]

Not faulting the content, but this could really have done with a quick proof-reading for grammar and syntax.

On: Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaires

[sdbillin]

Using allah as a strawman? That's a paddlin'

On: My next main browser: a review of Orion

[sdbillin]

What the world doesn't need is another webkit based browser.

On: Santa hat removed from VS Code after complaint

[sdbillin]

It deeply offends me that people in professions that require a degree of logic and rationality can actually believe in a magical sky wizard.

[jaldhar → sdbillin]

Um did you read the “logic and rationality” of the person reporting the bug? It’s all about his feelings.

Plus I would argue that Father Christmas is a cthonic deity.

Anyway, this Hindu would like to wish all HNers who celebrate (however you celebrate) a merry Christmas.

[coldtea → sdbillin]

It deeply offends me that people who think they peddle "logic and rationality" can sum religions as "magical sky wizards" and summarily consider their role as detrimental, without understanding their social, cultural, historical, and evolutionary role and development.

[Gibbon1 → sdbillin]

I read that as Magical Sky Lizard and... I want to believe.

On: Chrome Incognito has a Gmail account saved in it (try it yourself)

[sdbillin]

Not seeing this. The only option I have is to autofill with my browser sync credentials. -edit- it shows all my saved gmail credentials, which for this browser is just one.