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Age verification exemptions for open source operating systems feel like Phyrric victories
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (921+ words) On the Windows side of the age verification question, Microsoft is obviously following trends among lawmakers the world over. To address this, Windows is introducing a new platform capability: the Windows Age API. This API brings age awareness beyond the…...
Quake shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full
3+ week, 6+ day ago (162+ words) I was around when Quake was launched, but I was entirely unaware of this story. The concept was implemented. The CD was announced on July 3, 1996 and released on August 30th[5]. The hacker group GNOMON released Quakecrk.zip only 39 days later. The…...
Beyond the limits of physical VRAM
3+ week, 6+ day ago (546+ words) Earlier this year, Natalie Vock made a splash with a set of patches to the Linux kernel that greatly increased performance on AMD GPUs with lower amounts of VRAM. With that work now accepted by upstream, Vock decided to turn…...
Super Mario derivations
3+ week, 6+ day ago (203+ words) One of the most surprising aspects of the Nix language is that it is lazy, especially if you have never used a lazy language before. This laziness is what makes much of Nixpkgs possible, and its complexity. I decided to…...