Daily Archives: 2021-09-02

Experiments on a $50 DIY air purifier you can make in 30s

Posted on 2021-09-02 by pappp

Article note: One of the lessons I hope endures from the pandemic is that indoor air quality and circulation tends to be _terrible_.

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Qemu’s Macintosh Quadra in alpha usability! (runs A/UX!)

Posted on 2021-09-02 by pappp

Source: Fun with virtualization

Article note: Sweet! Mac68k emulation low-level enough to run A/UX is a rare thing. A/UX is, as ever, a fussy bitch, but it looks like the QEMU setup is not making it any fussier.

I’m being a bit unfair as far as Alpha’s go it’s rough to get going but wow it’s GREAT! For starters it’s a Quadra 800 so System 7.1 through 8.1 will work. Also this has full 68040 capabilities so yes

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The Future Needs Files

Posted on 2021-09-02 by pappp

Source: Hacker News

Article note: Everything that _isn't_ built on the file abstraction is a roach-motel. _IF_ there was a credible substitute (which, frankly, some of the DB-like file systems could have been) it would be one thing, but in practice non-file-abstraction designs are always radically disempowering. I've been making this argument for _years_.

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