Readit Newsroywashere commented on JPEG XL Test Page tildeweb.nl/~michiel/jxl/... · Posted by u/roywashere
Presumably the "January 2027" statement is a typo, ...or is that when it is slated to launch in safari?
yeah, it's a typo :-)
roywashere commented on 200 MB RAM FreeBSD desktop vermaden.wordpress.com/20... · Posted by u/vermaden
It used to be like that, computer had limited resources and desktop environments were light. Then at some point RAM became less and less of an issue, and everything started to get bigger and less efficient.
Coyuld anyone summarize why a desktop Windows/MacOs now needs so much more RAM than in the past? is it the UI animations, color themes, shades etc etc or is it the underlying operating system that has more and more features, services etc etc ?
I believe it's the desktop environment that is greedy, because one can easily run a linux server on a raspberry pi with very limited RAM, but is it really the case?
I am wondering if, with memory and storage prices skyrocketing, there will be more effort on making computing use less resources?
roywashere commented on How I protect my Forgejo instance from AI web crawlers her.esy.fun/posts/0031-ho... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
Cloudflare has a solution to protect routes from crawlers.
Sure, but the whole point of self-hosting forgejo is to not use these big cloud solutions. Introducing cloudflare is a step back!
roywashere commented on The FreeBSD Foundation's Laptop Support and Usability Project github.com/FreeBSDFoundat... · Posted by u/mikece
FreeBSD status on Apple Silicon, https://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleSilicon
The table lists very limited support for M1 and not even lists newer variants! I guess it was only to be expected, asahi Linux also has challenges and of course FreeBSD has less eyeballs than Linux
I love mjd! He once replied to me on an HN thread and it lives forever in my memory :)
Me three! mjd fanboy here
roywashere commented on Google is killing the open web, part 2 wok.oblomov.eu/tecnologia... · Posted by u/akagusu
I have yet to read an article complaining about XSLT deprecation from someone who can explain why they actually used it and why it’s important to them.
> I will keep using XSLT, and in fact will look for new opportunities to rely on it.
This is the closest I’ve seen, but it’s not an explanation of why it was important before the deprecation. It’s a declaration that they’re using it as an act of rebellion.
All browsers ever implemented was XSLT 1.0, from 1999. There were 2.0 and 3.0 for which there is an open source Java based implementation (Saxon) but this never made it into libxslt and/or browsers!
roywashere commented on Smartphones and being present herman.bearblog.dev/being... · Posted by u/articsputnik
> [Smart]phones are almost pure consumption.
This might depend on one's age/generation. There are tons of internet-connected people today growing up without ever owning (or knowing how to use) a PC at all. They do everything on their phone, including the creative stuff. I didn't believe it either until I saw my friend's high-school age kid writing an entire 15 page writing assignment on her phone. Us PC people are kind of dinosaurs.
I think this is not too weird? I write text messages all day on my phone. Every holiday I keep a dairy of my travel in a Google doc. While I prefer a proper keyboard I also appreciate the way I can just type some stuff on my phone while in a bus or waiting for a train, or at night in my hotel room. This adds up to significant documents. And then indeed I prefer the writing over mindlessly ‘consuming content’.
what do you mean by grantware?
The project got a grant from NLnet. I think they do a great job, they gave grants to many nice projects (and also some projects that are going nowhere, but I guess that is all in the game). NLnet really deserves praise for what they are doing!! https://nlnet.nl/thema/NGI0CommonsFund.html