Your Github page should show your HW setup (even if it does not prove anything...)
Readit Newsmkesper commented on Show HN: Local task classifier and dispatcher on RTX 3080 github.com/resilientworkf... · Posted by u/Shubham_Amb
mkesper commented on Data centers in space makes no sense civai.org/blog/space-data... · Posted by u/ajyoon
Over 10 years ago, the best satellites had 500W/kg [2]. Modern solar panels that are designed to be light are at 200g per sqm [1]. That's 5sqm per kg. One sqm generates ca. 500W. So we're at 2.5kW per kg. Some people claim 4.3kW/kg possible.
Starship launch costs have a $100/kg goal, so we'd be at $40 / kW, or $4800 for a 120kW cluster.
120kW is 1GWh annually, costs you around $130k in Europe per year to operate. ROI 14 days. Even if launch costs aren't that low in the beginning and there's a lot more stuff to send up, your ROI might be a year or so, which is still good.
[1] - https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/space/ultr... [2] - https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/12824/lightest-pos...
What if you treat that launch costs goal as just a marketing promise. Invest in reality, not in billionaire's fantasies.
mkesper commented on Floppinux – An Embedded Linux on a Single Floppy, 2025 Edition krzysztofjankowski.com/fl... · Posted by u/GalaxySnail
There was also "Tom's Root Boot" distro that fitted on a floppy:
That had to use non-standard image size though. Mind blowing this fits now into regular 1.44MB.
mkesper commented on Show HN: Stelvio – Ship Python to AWS stelvio.dev/... · Posted by u/michal-stlv
Author here. I'm happy to answer any questions. Also looking for any feedback. Thank you!
Looks cool at first glance!
I'd prefer `stelvio` as the CLI command though. Looks much nicer than `stlv` to me and can be searched for directly.
Would it be possible to slap this on top of FreeRTOS?
On ESP32, it is: MicroPython is implemented on top of the ESP-IDF, Espressif’s development framework for the ESP32. This is a FreeRTOS based system. https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/esp32/general.html#te...
mkesper commented on Danish pension fund divesting US Treasuries reuters.com/business/dani... · Posted by u/mythical_39
But why would anyone listen? That's the real question. People can say anything they want but most people are going to ignore crazy.
These people are extremely good at "social" media like Tiktok etc. And the algorithms massively reward rage content and the platforms do not remove fakes.
mkesper commented on A 26,000-year astronomical monument hidden in plain sight (2019) longnow.org/ideas/the-260... · Posted by u/mkmk
mkesper commented on Danish pension fund divesting US Treasuries reuters.com/business/dani... · Posted by u/mythical_39
How is the US promoting right wing nationalist policies in the EU?
Why would anyone listen?
Just one example: Elon Musk (at that time part of US government) tried to directly influence German elections by prominently featuring AfD (German right-wing extremists).
mkesper commented on The Cathedral, the Megachurch, and the Bazaar opensourcesecurity.io/202... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
I stalled on Which is an acronym for “Gnu’s not Linux” and can't recover from the spin.
It might be a reference to the GNU HURD:
https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/documentation.html
There's also an article about HURD vs Linux by RMS (origin seems to be 1996, last update 2009/2012): https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd-and-linux.html
It is actually a very good board, and now has a fully supported platform on mainline. Those are very out of date. https://github.com/Sky1-Linux/
Sorry, did not know about that. Do you think these 70 patches will be able to reach mainline?