paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: Comets that 'bounce' from planet to planet could spread life across the universe
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paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: Servo announces grant from the NLnet Foundation
> My personal hope is they push hard on the modularity angle
It is strongly designed that way (the component model and the embed layer).
paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: UHZ1: NASA telescopes discover record-breaking black hole
If you consider the observable universe as the upper limit and the plank length as the lower limit, we're much closer to the observable universe (10^-35 meters -> 10^27).
One could argue that Plank length is not the most best lower limit.
paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: Scientists simulate backward time travel using quantum entanglement
Incredible book.
In french it's Les Trous Noirs Et L'Oncle Albert.
I read that book when I was ~14 years old. I can't overstate how incredible that book was. Having a grasp of what special relativity was at that age really made me feel like I could learn anything just by reading the right books. I never stopped reading about astrophysics since then. And I'm now 40+.
paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: Floorp – A customisable Firefox fork from Japan
It's just that they made it in Japan. No need to overthink it :)
paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: Archaeologists discover oldest wooden structure
The logs are "joined transversely by an intentionally cut notch".
And I don't think researcher would just confuse bonfire and modified wood :) That's their expertise.
Read the (peer reviewed) research paper. You'll see how serious the research is: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06557-9
paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: NASA clears the air: No evidence that UFOs are aliens
Then a "dimension" would not be a dimension as defined by math and physics.
paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: NASA clears the air: No evidence that UFOs are aliens
Dimensions have a strict definition. Under those strict definitions we can draw conclusions that are 100% true. Math tell us things that can't be invalidated in the future.
If it turns out there is "something else", it would not be a dimension as defined by math and physics.
paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: NASA clears the air: No evidence that UFOs are aliens
Extra dimensions are just scifi stuff. Physics would break appart if there were any "big enough" dimensions. Gravity & electromagnetism would not behave the way they behave (inverse square laws).
paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: Run a macOS VM on Apple Silicon from a double-click with Vimy
Well there's no easy way to make it work. I need to compile to Intel, not run Intel code. I would need to setup a whole toolchain + homebrew. No idea how to have all of that setup correctly.
paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: Run a macOS VM on Apple Silicon from a double-click with Vimy
Has anybody managed to run a Mac Intel env within a Mac Arm?
I am working on that project that needs to be built and packaged for both Arm & Intel.
paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: Low-cost Smartwatch powered by ESP32 module
I've never managed to build the screen. A smartwatch without a screen is not great :)
paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: Low-cost Smartwatch powered by ESP32 module
This type of LCD are custom made because of the particular segment layout. See the /screen/ section in the linked page.
paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: Low-cost Smartwatch powered by ESP32 module
Shameless plug of my failed project: https://paulrouget.com/k8mod
The idea was to literally fit a Nordic SoC in a Casio watch, and update the screen to show more segments.
I never managed to find someone to manufacture the screen sadly.
paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: Introduction to Open Source Laptop Project by Lukas Henkel
Maybe the Thinkpad x13s then (Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3)?
paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: The odd appeal of absurdly long YouTube videos
Summary: these videos are used to keep devices on, queue silent content after podcast to fall asleep, provide background ambiance like fire crackling or soothing music, entertain pets, or avoid screen burn-in.
paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: Servo, the parallel browser engine written in Rust
Rust helped Servo. But Servo also helped Rust:
I encourage people to listen to Josh Matthews interview [0]. He talks about how, early on, Servo was a "guiding light for Rust".
0: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ydXN0YWNlYW4tc3R...
paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: Lenovo profits sink 75% as PC demand continues nosedive
I'd love to see a Thinkpad with the old thinkpad keyboard, a good ARM CPU (like M1, not like X13S (Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3)), a 4:3 display without all the usual Lenovo bloatware.
One can always dream…
paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: Deep sleep may be the best defense against Alzheimer’s
Is that the rs4410790 marker ?
paulrouget | 2 years ago | on: Widely used chemical strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease
I'm very curious about SWP. How does it taste compared to good light roasted single origins?
So as of now, this theory is not supported by anything.