Posts by ernie@writing.exchange
(DIR) Post #AscgjVHiqa2UsjfijY by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-03-31T19:09:26Z
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Often, older companies reliant on somewhat outdated coding mechanisms, like PHP, will bring in more modernized elements to speed things up. Facebook, which was built on PHP, developed HipHop, which compiled the PHP code into faster C++. https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2010/02/02/hiphop-for-php--move-fast/
(DIR) Post #AscgjcMEYCo6okpvEm by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-03-31T19:09:53Z
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Automattic, meanwhile, moved some of WordPress’ backend capabilities to the JavaScript-based REST. https://www.infoq.com/news/2015/11/wordpress-php-javascript/
(DIR) Post #AscgjjM8WxtAWTqRYe by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-03-31T19:12:22Z
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The most famous and successful codebase revamp came in 2001, when Apple rebuilt and modernized MacOS, which was originally written in ObjectPascal and assembly language, in favor of Mac OS X, which was built with Objective C.More on ObjectPascal here: https://preserve.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.02/02.12/ObjectPascal/index.html
(DIR) Post #AvHCPQNVooTA4KMg5I by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-06-19T03:02:37Z
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Just learned there was a new Google udm code discovered. So you know what I had to do.https://udm56.com/Still kicking in on the DNS front, but it’s already up.
(DIR) Post #AvHCPYDWfpEcNfkod6 by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-06-19T03:07:35Z
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This is essentially a super-light version of the Google search with no Google branding. Here’s what it looks like on desktop and mobile.Unlike &udm=14, it shows knowledge panels, but AI does not appear to be part of it.
(DIR) Post #AvHCPgHMhR3jNtbziy by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-06-19T03:09:02Z
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I didn’t uncover this. This was spotted via a Reddit thread—but I will note that it appears to be new, as I did not see it when I looked through every udm code in March.The thread is here if you want to see it: https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1le5ibq/googles_udm56_parameter_unlocks_cleaner_and/
(DIR) Post #Aw3fp5E3Qy0DOHmbZY by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-07-12T12:54:37Z
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Whaddya all think of the new Commodore machines on pre-order? https://commodore.net/
(DIR) Post #Aw3fpDRorflatIHi8e by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-07-12T13:02:44Z
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Some quick details on this:- $299 base price- Multiple models, including a transparent one with RGB and a gold-plated “Founder’s Edition” limited to 6,400 units- Using existing community components, including an FPGA, but they’ve gotten the price down on those so it’s slightly cheaper than buying them individually- It’s a pre-order, they haven’t built the things yet- The team working on this currently stands at 25, including a number of advisors from the original Commodore.
(DIR) Post #Aw3fpLDZyV84zRgS3M by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-07-12T13:09:10Z
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An assessment of how successful this is thus far: 86 sales of the starlight edition, 144 sales of the founder’s edition, 157 of the base model. It’s been online for five hours, so assess how you want.
(DIR) Post #Aw3fpTITw9nw2y2To0 by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-07-12T13:12:39Z
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They are offering a referral program. $10 off if you click the link. https://www.commodore.net/referral/6u0C4FCKZcAb?utm_source=referral_program
(DIR) Post #AwyiZ4w8aC29ff6Rfc by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-08-09T00:46:07Z
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So apparently we are within the last 60 days of dial-up AOL being a thing.https://help.aol.com/articles/dial-up-internet-to-be-discontinuedht @mattl
(DIR) Post #AxaPQFrM5TuBoqQFBg by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-08-27T01:31:03Z
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Despite many, many (many!) complaints about it, attempts to block or filter the internet keep coming up. Why do we keep doing this?https://tedium.co/2025/08/26/internet-content-filters-history/refreshed @tedium
(DIR) Post #AxaPQHIgjLMaHuDaQi by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-08-27T01:31:43Z
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“A teenager with a desire to work around a restriction is a hell of a pentester.”https://tedium.co/2025/08/26/internet-content-filters-history/
(DIR) Post #Azl7impfiCRJEgXxWy by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-10-31T01:21:15Z
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With the new Affinity, Canva found a way to neutralize the power user. The reason? Canva thinks it can make more money from regular users.https://tedium.co/2025/10/30/canva-affinity-free-loss-leader-strategy/new @tedium
(DIR) Post #Azl7inl6GgNQ6nPp2m by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-10-31T01:21:54Z
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“Canva just flipped 40 years of design-business logic on its head, and if they pull this off, they look like geniuses. If they don’t, hopefully Affinity doesn’t get lost in the shuffle.”https://tedium.co/2025/10/30/canva-affinity-free-loss-leader-strategy/
(DIR) Post #B0TXfdHOheKvAOdz7I by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-11-21T14:45:47Z
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The HEVC organization is raising its licensing fees by four cents per unit, so HP and Dell responded by disabling HEVC hardware support in its business laptops—tanking the ability for these laptops to do anything with video.Straight-up: This is a scandal.https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/hp-and-dell-disable-hevc-support-built-into-their-laptops-cpus/
(DIR) Post #B0TXfkkMwKfcKHFikK by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-11-21T14:46:03Z
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The structure of this story buries the lead, but the story is plain: Rather than spend four extra cents per unit on computers that cost more than $1,000, Dell and HP think it’s more cost effective to disable a feature that people rely on in modern laptops.
(DIR) Post #B0TXfstscr21c5lQgK by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-11-21T14:46:26Z
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To be clear: This does not affect consumer laptops, but business laptops are often purchased downstream by consumers, with HP and Dell two of the most popular options. This effectively forces you to buy what are often lower quality laptops with worse upgradeability if you want to have decent video.
(DIR) Post #B0TXg0Ix62FKZsY3EW by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-11-21T14:46:41Z
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But it sucks even for those business consumers, because business consumers use Zoom, and watch and edit videos too. Basically, you should probably avoid buying anything from Dell or HP until they fix this.
(DIR) Post #B0TXg85m8uSYjKRdo0 by ernie@writing.exchange
2025-11-21T14:50:06Z
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There is a deeper issue which is worth pointing out—we should all be relying less on licensed codecs—but we do not live in that world and this is screwing people over now.