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by RMPR 6y ago
An advice that was mentioned many times in this thread to avoid writing to the wrong disk. Use the symlinks in /dev/disks/* instead of /dev/sd* directly. Since they are more intuitive, using them will likely reduce
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How to Ask Questions the Smart Way(catb.org)
2 points by RMPR 6y ago|0 comments
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by RMPR 6y ago
Seems like the responsiveness needs to be worked on a bit more[0]. Otherwise very cool project, I kinda like the color used for the dark theme. 0: https://imgur.com/a/uUemQQd
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by RMPR 6y ago
You might want to have a look at this blog post[0]. It presents an up to date version of the state of GUIs in Rust 0: https://dev.to/davidedelpapa/rust-gui-introduction-a-k-a-the...
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System76 Reveal the Darter Pro with Intel Xe Graphics and Open Firmware(gamingonlinux.com)
2 points by RMPR 6y ago|0 comments
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by RMPR 6y ago
> Linux is GPL2, and there can't be a closed-source fork. FreeBSD is BSD, and see how widespread it is, in comparison. Is it really because of the license? I am more inclined to think it was just a matter of timing.
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by RMPR 6y ago
Practical Vim by Drew Neil is definitely a way to go. It teached me stuff I wouldn't have discovered otherwise.
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Fastmap.io: A Drop-In Replacement for Map(fastmap.io)
3 points by RMPR 6y ago|0 comments
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by RMPR 6y ago
> which involves renaming cmd.exe to the name of the binary that gets run (can't remember the exact name at the moment) when you chose the "Ease of Access" option. utilman.exe I abused this back in the early days of disclo
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by RMPR 6y ago
If you're coming from Twitter, you might find crossposter[0] useful. Shameless plug, I wrote a bit about my experience moving from Twitter to Mastodon[1] 0: https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br/ 1: https:/&#x2F
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by RMPR 6y ago
Many people mentioned it already, but Mastodon. Shameless plug, I wrote an article[0] about my experience migrating 0: https://rmpr.xyz/Migrating-from-Twitter-to-Mastodon/
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by RMPR 6y ago
While learning Vim, I went through the `vimtutor` many times until I felt really comfortable. After that you can try more advanced stuff (I applied the same pattern with the oni[0] built-in tutorial). Last but not least there are Youtube ch
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by RMPR 6y ago
> I reboot weekly, after which I have to re-arrange my work area, but once a week is OK. You may want to have a look at Tmux resurrect[0] 0: https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect
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by RMPR 6y ago
I store everything on my computer and manage them with shotwell. Every week, I use rsync to make a backup to my server, which in turns has a Cron job that backs up everything to an external drive. At one point, following a tutorial[0] I use
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by RMPR 6y ago
Can relate. I only received one donation for my side project[0] but more than money. It gave me some motivation to continue to work on it, thinking that it's so useful for someone out there that he/she actually gave money for that
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by RMPR 6y ago
> Few people care to repair Android phones because you can't upgrade the OS after 2 years regardless. A little nitpick but, for Google's phones it's way more than that.
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Patch Workflow with Mutt – 2019(kroah.com)
3 points by RMPR 6y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: How to get started with firmware development?
2 points by RMPR 6y ago|0 comments
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by RMPR 6y ago
This is actually pretty great. I was looking for a way to dip my toes into low level stuff. After skimming a bit it seems very focused on hardware though. Out of curiosity how does it compare to https://jaycarlson.net/embedd
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by RMPR 6y ago
If you want to connect your Twitter and Mastodon accounts and enable crossposting, have a look at this[0]. I also wrote a blog post[1] were I talk a bit about my migration experience. 0: https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br&#x2
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by RMPR 6y ago
> there has to be some reason why people use it instead of YouTube. I had non-technical people in my family asking me Youtube alternatives because they were afraid of censorship. I think the reasons are already there[0] but there are no
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by RMPR 6y ago
> Do people really say "etsy" when referring to /etc? Nice to meet you. I've been saying that for 5 years now. Since etc is _et caetera_ I read it as _et c..._ hence the pronunciation.
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by RMPR 6y ago
After skimming a bit, I don't see how they plan to deal with abuse. Especially if there's no size limitation on files.
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by RMPR 6y ago
Oddly enough, I don't see that feature in Telegram FOSS from F-Droid
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by RMPR 6y ago
Raymond chen posted about that https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20200317-00/?p=10...
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by RMPR 6y ago
> Learning to distribute Python code Found pyinstaller very handy, in fact that's what I use to create releases for my side project[0]. And if you're creating CLIs, a sibling comment mentioned Gooey. 0: github.com/rmpr&#x2
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by RMPR 6y ago
> https://github.com/chriskiehl/Gooey Now that is great
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by RMPR 6y ago
> Python/Julia/R when you don't indent This typo made me chuckle > So my question is, is this really the state of art for visual working with data-sheets, semi-manual data editing and such? I guess Excel is used because
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by RMPR 6y ago
You're right this[0] is kb 0: wikipedia.org/wiki/KB_(rapper)
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by RMPR 6y ago
What about you? :p

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