Conor O'Neill ๐Ÿง

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Director of Engineering @ Axonista
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LocationWest Cork, Ireland
Affiliation๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Irish, ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ European
The inaugural Beara Way Ultra - Don't bring a knife to a gunfight

You can tell I just watched John Wick 4

Conor's Bandon Blog
RIP Dooce.
How does it feel?
That word-replacement Chrome extension I installed is working beautifully.
Nothing quite says Valentine's Day like warm Irish brown soda bread fresh from the oven ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

My VisionFive 2 (RISC-V board) arrived yesterday.

Based on the CNX blogpost, it's not going to be an easy setup. But always good to encourage technology diversity.

https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/02/12/starfive-visionfive-2-sbc-review-debian-12/

Hands-on experience with StarFive VisionFive 2 RISC-V SBC using Debian 12

StarFive sent me one of their VisionFive 2 RISC-V SBC for evaluation and review. I got the model with dual Gigabit Ethernet and 8GB RAM, and I'll report my experience with the Debian 12 "bookworm" image. But note that won't exactly be a review since the board is unreviewable at this time. It's really for early adopters and there are many issues to solve, and in this post, I'll report what works and what doesn't, and some of the challenges I encountered just to install the OS... VisionFive 2 unboxing The board comes in a package that reads "Embrace change, embrace the future". The bottom side has some useful links and QR codes, and what you'll want is the GitHub repository with the source code and instructions to build the image from source (Note: Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, or 20.04 x86_64 recommended), as well as the RVspace forum section for the

CNX Software - Embedded Systems News

Only 3 months after his partner Oliver Frey ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

"My dear friend, Roger Kean, has passed away"

https://fusionrgamer.com/2023/01/03/my-dear-fried-roger-kean-has-passed-away/

30+ years of using Microsoft Windows and today I learned that I can search all my files with "kind:video"

Also worked on cloud-only Dropbox.

Which was nice.

โ€œA damn stupid thing to doโ€โ€”the origins of C.

Have only used it twice in the last 15 years but it was the first language I felt productive in. C++ is still an abomination in comparison.

https://arstechnica.com/features/2020/12/a-damn-stupid-thing-to-do-the-origins-of-c/

โ€œA damn stupid thing to doโ€โ€”the origins of C

Today, C may be a lingua franca among programmers. This is its (abridged) history.

Ars Technica