Jenz

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   by Jenz 7y ago

   > What's the use of a nuclear weapon - a weapon strongest of them all, if the enemy know you will never use it? The only reason to keep nuclear weapons is to keep other from using them. It’s called "mutually assured destruction
2. 122.▲
   by Jenz 7y ago

   Yes, far from it. Actually a lot them seem very intuitive, esp. lower() { # Usage: lower "string" printf '%s\n' "${1,,}" } And with uppercase, "${1^^}" instead.
3. 123.▲
   by Jenz 7y ago

   I was going to argue that it would be better to simply not use a shell for that, but > decades ago Frankly, I can only imagine how the environment then would be. Thinking back with your current experience, what do you think you would hav
4. 124.▲
   by Jenz 7y ago

   Would not the chances be, that if in a deeply nested loop, requiring optimization— you’re better of using a "proper" programming language? Maybe Python, or something similar.
5. 125.▲
   by Jenz 7y ago

   I was talking about the implementation. To whoever has implemented and who will maintain this; to them I think this will read horrible, and that is not good even if it is invisible to an end-user. I mean, how long wouldn’t even a very exper
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   by Jenz 7y ago

   Well, less is only intended for interactive use AFAIK, in contrast to sed which is very much scriptable; and part of the POSIX standard [1] [1]: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/s...
7. 127.▲
   by Jenz 7y ago

   Looking at the very first example: trim_string(){ # Usage: trim_string " example string " : "${1#"${1%%[![:space:]]*}"}" : "${_%"${_##*[![:space:]]}"}" p
8. 128.▲
   by Jenz 7y ago

   I don’t get much of this kind of articles, but I love just looking at these beautiful graphs.
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   by Jenz 7y ago

   Thanks, this sounds nice. Complex things, us humans...
10. 130.▲
    by Jenz 7y ago

    > it could be poor social skills. Is this an area where you can improve? My social skills are abyssmally non-existant... I am in a suprisingly similar situation to satokemas, all but the fact that I do not ever doubt "why bother&quo
11. 131.▲
    by Jenz 7y ago

    Thanks! My favorite [1]: maximum tum val inquementum tum biguttam tum stadium egresso scribe. da meo maximo vestibulo perlegementum.
12. 132.▲
    by Jenz 7y ago

    This looks amazing, I'd love to see a program written in this.
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    by Jenz 7y ago

    > It's only us here in HN who keep hearing about it. Don't you think us here at HN include quite a number of people standing centrally when it comes to "anywhere" in the tech industry? This is what I mean, when talkin
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    by Jenz 7y ago

    Oh yes, been there, done that, created proglangs, and they certainly did not get anywhere. But I feel Crystal has already gained such momentum that it indeed will get somewhere, it’s beyond that phase "to begin with." After all, i
15. 135.▲
    by Jenz 7y ago

    > and, if we're realistic, it might never go anywhere... I don’t see why this should be the case, unless we as a community decides it will not go anywhere.
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    by Jenz 7y ago

    I’be been reading on Manga Rock for years now (a lot, hundreds of hours yearly), I never was told the material was pirated. Recently I began to realize it due to the notice "This manga has been licensed" appearing every now and th
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    Manga Rock: Story of a Scanlation Aggregator Attempting to Fix Its Wrongdoings(mrcomics.com)

    1 points by Jenz 7y ago|1 comments
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    by Jenz 7y ago

    I dunno, how efficient is this?
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    by Jenz 7y ago

    The comment reads: > you could go find better examples (with a free license) or take your own and add them to the article. That > they decide to explain to me that I can edit Wikipedia! is simply untrue. Had that been the case, I’m su
20. 140.▲
    by Jenz 7y ago

    > Contributing to Wikipedia is quite fun and not enough people do it. You don't even need to make an account. How is this not in the spirit of HN? Sure you might already know, but are we not to share knowledge/opinion because
21. 141.▲
    by Jenz 7y ago

    I cannot imagine how having both long and short options flags can not be portable . Care to enlighten me?
22. 142.▲
    by Jenz 7y ago

    I laughed a lot at this one
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    by Jenz 7y ago

    Where does the methane go?
24. 144.▲
    by Jenz 7y ago

    If the difference between amateurs and professionals was whether they were paid or not; the article’s statements would be wholly nonsensical
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    by Jenz 7y ago

    > I find that it's really easy to use AI techniques "the wrong way" NLP-wise, is there "a right way"?
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    by Jenz 7y ago

    Ahem! Born in 2001 .
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    by Jenz 7y ago

    His most known work: Soria Moria , is amazing. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soria_Moria_Castle
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    by Jenz 7y ago

    True. I find it hard to relate to. Do priest believe god is real, (if so: also realistic,) or do they just believe in him?
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    by Jenz 7y ago

    Ahem, actually: in norse mythology there was the flying horse «Sleipnir:» https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleipnir While not «realistic,» they did believe it was.
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    by Jenz 7y ago

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