I_complete_me

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   by I_complete_me 4y ago

   I got a lot out of "Unknown Quantity" by John Derbyshire. Subtitle a real and imaginary history of algebra. I particularly enjoyed the lead up to the Chapter "Assault on the Quintic". Also, I hold "The Dictionary of
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   by I_complete_me 4y ago

   R.I.P. all these beautiful souls. A lovely tribute to such a life-affirming group of people.
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   by I_complete_me 4y ago

   I think you'd enjoy this then: https://github.com/hakluke/how-to-exit-vim .
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   by I_complete_me 4y ago

   The subject is complicated. For example see this paper[0]. The setting of concrete goes on for a long time and the Romans were probably not aware of how long their concrete(s) was/were going to last. There is a type of 'survivors
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   by I_complete_me 4y ago

   True nothing fully built in. With jumpapp installed though and adding Custom Shortcuts, I have the following: Alt B --> Browser (eg Firefox) Alt K --> Konsole Alt T --> Thunderbird Alt Z --> zim Alt
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   by I_complete_me 4y ago

   Maybe checkout https://vickychijwani.me/blazing-fast-application-switching-... . Personally I use jumpapp which does more or less the same thing. https://github.com/mkropat/jumpapp .
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   by I_complete_me 4y ago

   I was a Windows guy: And when I moved to Linux I made some notes that I might have problems because of: AutoCAD - true Photoshop - true SketchUp - true AHK - not so much. Autokey does what I need. But I still have great time for AHK - whic
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   by I_complete_me 4y ago

   Two are very pertinent for me at the moment: 1. The Monty Hall problem 2. The Wason Selection Task. I read about the first one eons ago and was impressed that Marilyn Von Savant was vindicated. Shoutout to her! The name Wason was unknown to
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   by I_complete_me 4y ago

   There's a pretty good BBC podcast that discusses this and other associated things. First contact at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001gjkj (I think a signup is required to access BBC Sounds)
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    There is a favourite old joke of mine that depends heavily on this pronunciation: A dog limps into a bar. The barman looks at him and say "What can I do you for?" and the dog replies "I'm a looking for the ma
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    Me. In the interest of answering the question asked!
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    How does this differ from vidir? Anyone know?
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    I randomly typed in the word "lines" into a pacman search and discovered the existence of the lines IDE [0]. Never heard it mentioned anywhere before. I know nothing about it, I was just experimenting with pacman search out of bor
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    For some unremembered reason I changed from that to set <esc>=jk. No idea why but it also works.
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    To my ear (native English speaker) it sounds like: for j o
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    And those turtles that go all the way down lay their eggs in that sand.
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    Sorry. Do you have something to apologize for?
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    Here's Jake Thackray singing a song with this in it. Wonderful stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiXINuf5nbI . Edit: Just noticed this is referenced in the article. Sorry.
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    "My young men shall never work. Men who work cannot dream; and wisdom comes to us in dreams." - Native American chief to the Europeans
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    "An Apology for Idlers" by R.L. Stevenson is also worth reading for the beautiful way it is written if for no other reason.
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    You might be interested to know that the term for avoiding bridges is gephyrophobia.
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    My brother did an M.A. in English and told me the story of a graduate who wrote an essay on Jude for an exam question worded like the following: "Select a female character in Hardy and discuss the development of character in the releva
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    Given the writer's handle and what I know about AI and GPT-3, it probably IS the internet!
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    I have just gone through the four parts and it's great stuff. Thanks and congrats on a clear, concise guide on git plumbing. Essential reading IMHO.
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    If I understand you correctly this can be done in vim with: set virtualedit=all which allows cursor to be moved anywhere in normal mode
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    Does the steepness of the curve happen earlier or later in the timeline? I imagine that one could spend a long time learning the fundamentals before getting to a stage where the proficiency escalates quickly i.e. where the steepness occurs.
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    But it's not so bad when your legs grow out of your neck, right?
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    Had some fun with vim this morning... .||. .||||||. | | |°°° ||.||.|| | | |.. .°..°. | | | | ° ° ° ° °° °° °°°° °. .° .|°°° .|°°|. |°.°| |°°° .
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    Let me commend you on this effort. I would definitely consider using it in a situation where markdown did not suffice. It does require nim and nimble to be installed but that doesn't bother me.
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    by I_complete_me 4y ago

    You Tube Let's Get Rusty - ULTIMATE Rust Lang Tutorial! - Getting Started