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by Symbiote 6y ago
Most of them can be reconfigured completely, to any layout you choose. I think people take pictures with Qwerty to make them more approachable.
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by Symbiote 6y ago
> We need open source printing firmwares, it's only gonna get worse in future. I'm not sure if you're aware, but Stallman being denied the source code for a new Xerox printer led to him founding GNU and the FSF. https:&#x
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by Symbiote 6y ago
I've used Zsh for 15 years or more, and when I started I read the manual. (I realize this is unthinkable nowadays.) I noted down the things I thought would be useful day-to-day, and started using them. A few months later, I skimmed t
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by Symbiote 6y ago
A (slightly contrived) example: > rsync --e«TAB» Completing file some-file-with-extra-hyphens Completing host a-n-example.local Completing option --cvs-exclude -- auto-ignore files the same way CVS do
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by Symbiote 6y ago
The old way to remove a file extension is using basename: basename -s .png example.png example
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by Symbiote 6y ago
echo $filename:r is the shorter, Zsh way to strip a file extension. What am I missing from Ksh93?
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Show HN: Split Keyboards Gallery(aposymbiont.github.io)
249 points by Symbiote 6y ago|155 comments
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by Symbiote 6y ago
Mechanical doesn't have to imply noisy, though it's inappropriate to choose a noisy/clicky one and take that to the office. My keyboard has "silent" switches (tiny rubber bits so bits of plastic don't hit toget
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by Symbiote 6y ago
Not at Argos, the original catalogue shop. They used to have large paper catalogues to browse (or take home), but now I think it's computers. You can order and pay using a terminal in the shop, from a phone app, or by asking the assist
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by Symbiote 6y ago
Strictly functional cookies don't mean the site doesn't work without them. It does mean e.g. clicking "°F" every time on a weather site, because you're an American living in Europe. A strictly functional cookie cou
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by Symbiote 6y ago
> I tend to think if I buy an iPhone on Amazon, it will be the genuine thing from Apple Maybe, but in the UK I'd choose ten other suppliers before giving a penny of profit to a company like Amazon. Tesco, Argos, the Apple store, Cur
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by Symbiote 6y ago
Diplomats don't need to follow local laws, though if they break them they cause political problems and usually have to leave the country. (For example, the US diplomat's wife who was driving negligently and killed a British person
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by Symbiote 6y ago
That is the second largest hydroelectric dam is the world. Pick the Netherlands instead for the comparison, which has similar consumption to Argentina.
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by Symbiote 6y ago
On this image (mentioned above), every single window is lit. That seems staged to me. https://github.com/BlackOtton/RedStar-Media/blob/main/Backgr...
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by Symbiote 6y ago
alias h=ls alias hh='ls -l' Job done. I strongly disagree that Dvorak is "far from the ultimate layout". Compared to Qwerty, the differences between most of these ergonomic layouts is minor, so there's no
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by Symbiote 6y ago
I think, when developers don't like working in XML, it's because the tool forces them to do the job properly . That's work for whoever is producing the document, but wonderful for all the consumers.
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by Symbiote 6y ago
Some countries issue non-denominated stamps, which cost (when purchased) the amount to send a letter, but are still valid to send that letter even if the postage rate later increases. In the UK, these include "First class", "
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by Symbiote 6y ago
There are features in OSM like power lines, pipelines, ski runs, fences, cliffs, hedges, traffic lights, marker buoys, ferry routes, bus routes etc. These aren't in the OMT vector tiles, to keep them small. (Some of them might be inclu
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by Symbiote 6y ago
When you're not using a front loading machine, leave the door and soap tray ajar.
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by Symbiote 6y ago
It's actually the Danes, without question, but they seem to rate themselves poorly in the self-surveys that produce these "No. 1 in English" rankings. Office-job professionals in all three countries are very good, but for the
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by Symbiote 6y ago
I use the archive tool in KDE ("ark") fairly often, although only for reading. I regularly need to look at one or two metadata files within an archive, but not the gigabytes of data. On the command line, I'll "unzip -p
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by Symbiote 6y ago
It's intended for people who only have one working hand / arm. The company also make keyboards for people with no working hands. https://www.maltron.com/store/p24/Maltron_Head%2FMouth_Stick...
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by Symbiote 6y ago
> Who are we to tell them how to use the energy they purchase? Personally, I also criticize people who use private jets, drive large cars, air-condition/heat a building excessively, and so on. Since I end up breathing the pollution
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by Symbiote 6y ago
https://openmaptiles.org/ might be an option, although it doesn't include everything Open Street Map itself includes.
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by Symbiote 6y ago
s/allowed/amused/
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by Symbiote 6y ago
For a really shocking statistic on gentrification etc: "In the past five years, London has lost half its nightclubs and more than 40% of its music venues." (October 2016, [1]). I hope they've reversed that trend, but I no lon
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by Symbiote 6y ago
You can't even generalise England on this measure, let alone the rest of Europe at similar latitude. Those of us from southern England are allowed by the northerners having "tea" (dinner) at half past five.
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by Symbiote 6y ago
If you find yourself in London, head to Slimelight at the Electrowerkz. It's (supposedly) the longest-running dark/alternative night in the world, starting in 1987. The venue was built as a two-level horse stables in the 19th cen
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by Symbiote 6y ago
This reminds me of The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Pratchett. Good job!
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by Symbiote 6y ago
The people left of the Green party, or left of Corbyn. The communist party, Socialist Labour Party (borderline), Respect. The people advocating a ban on eating meat, private cars etc.

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