Since it’s kind of related, here’s my anecdote/data point on the bit rot topic: I did a 'btrfs scrub' (checksum) on my two 8 TB Samsung 870 QVO drives. One of them has been always on (10k hours), while the other hasn’t been powered on a single time in 9 months and once in 16 months.
very little, about 25 TB written on the always-on one. The offline one just does diffs, so probably <12 TB. Both are kind of data dumps, which is outside their designed use case. That's why I included data integrity checks in my backup script before the actual rsync backup runs. But again no issues so far
The term "web3" was coined in 2014 by Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood, and the idea gained interest in 2021 from cryptocurrency enthusiasts, large technology companies, and venture capital firms.
i don't get it. is the fact that somebody misspelled a recently-coined nonsense-word product name/trademark an indication that the broader points are invalid?
so much japing, so little substance and to make a point LETS JUST SWITCH TO CAPS and round it off with a reddit comment - this is capitalism baby!
Also, what is this headline even about? Why the bashing on fintech? I worked for 4 fintechs and communicated with many more, not a single one was blockchain related.
Why is this even on hn?
If you want to read proper criticism of blockchain, read Molly White's essays instead
Since the headline is about gaming distros:
I'm on a quiet similar OS for like 2 years now, Garuda. Also tuned for performance/gaming, arch based, btrfs etc. Biggest differences will probably be the zen kernel, pre installed gaming utils like lutris, fan control etc. and a probably less performant but highly customized default style.
Its a curated version of Arch, releases drop in with a ~2w delay. It's brutally stable. As I said, I'm running the first installation for almost 2y now, doing my updates (everything comes with GUI support) daily to weekly and I faced one single hick up so far. I resolved it on the most user friendly way, picked the last snapshot during the boot (it automatically created before the update) and it acted like nothing ever happened. BTRFS with Timeshift works like magic for these rare edge cases.
I wonder how it compares to CachyOS, will definitely test it in a few weeks on my laptop
Former SE Manager/CTO with a 10y foundation as a full-stack developer, particularly in the financial sector. Equally comfortable leading international/remote teams or diving into hands-on coding, I thrive in roles that demand both technical expertise and strategic oversight.
Former SE Manager/CTO with a 10y foundation as a full-stack developer, particularly in the financial sector. Equally comfortable leading international/remote teams or diving into hands-on coding, I thrive in roles that demand both technical expertise and strategic oversight.
The 2015 statement can be found here:
https://www.scribd.com/document/399594551/2015-06-22-MARK-S-...