bashinator

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   by bashinator 13y ago

   Yeah, it's replaced just a ton of boilerplate `def run(*args):` functions wrapping Popen. I couldn't be happier.
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   by bashinator 13y ago

   I really like the python sh library for stuff like this. Would you rather do what you wrote, or this? for listing in ls('-l'): '''etc''' Here's the library in question - https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pbs - it makes me s
3. 783.▲
   by bashinator 13y ago

   But the point is that a '90s copy of Excel running would not remotely be able to consume and display a modern .XLSX data file. Going back to the original point, this is why it's impressive that Wikipedia are able to display their site to s
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   by bashinator 13y ago

   It's interesting how Sony seems to be finally "getting it" with regard to attracting developers. I just read about how they interviewed software developers from a bunch of different companies when designing the PS4 architecture, rather tha
5. 785.▲
   by bashinator 14y ago

   Or better, leased the space from a third-party storage provider who may or may not be doing their own de-duplication.
6. 786.▲
   by bashinator 14y ago

   I think the bourne shell if..then..else..fi syntax is derived from Algol.
7. 787.▲
   by bashinator 14y ago

   I like ^J myself. Left pinky, right index finger.
8. 788.▲
   by bashinator 14y ago

   You should know that the bash-completion package in Debian and kin does tab-expansion of ssh hosts in known_hosts and config. Also handles the --argument switches for just about all common utilities.
9. 789.▲
   by bashinator 14y ago

   If we're going to take a literalist reading of the 2A, shouldn't any armament that can be carried by a single person ("bear arms") be protected?
10. 790.▲
    by bashinator 14y ago

    It occurs to me now, that the gag order might actually prevent them from testifying as to why they took down the notification.
11. 791.▲
    by bashinator 14y ago

    ...and bass (for bassists), and talesfromtechsupport (a place for IT to vent and relax) are fantastic and supportive. Reddit is a big place.
12. 792.▲
    by bashinator 14y ago

    I always figured they meant moddable by EA , for the purposes of developing and selling DLC.
13. 793.▲
    by bashinator 14y ago

    Wouldn't this just be considered premeditated intent to violate the NSL gag orders?
14. 794.▲
    by bashinator 14y ago

    I have the perfect name for this product that would sit between the Mac Mini and the Mac Pro: The Mac Plus. rimshot .
15. 795.▲
    by bashinator 14y ago

    This very much reminds me of the attitude amongst the GNOME core developers that basically killed the project, per De Icaza's blog post a while back.
16. 796.▲
    by bashinator 14y ago

    We've found meteorites ejected from Martian impacts that have landed in Antarctica. Mars' gravity is such that a sufficiently large impact can create ejecta traveling at greater than escape velocity.
17. 797.▲
    by bashinator 14y ago

    Or d) too scared/timid to be an effective employee and learn new skills.
18. 798.▲
    by bashinator 14y ago

    Slightly ironic that SSH has features like reverse port forwarding and the built-in SOCKS proxy that allow easy circumvention of other network security schemes.
19. 799.▲
    by bashinator 14y ago

    Tell that to Aaron Swartz.
20. 800.▲
    by bashinator 14y ago

    Good thing it has a MicroSD slot also, then.
21. 801.▲
    by bashinator 14y ago

    Just about every out-of-band management card (e.g. HP iLO, Dell iDRAC) for server-class computers, uses the Java plug-in to present a KVM (keyboard/video/mouse) console through a web browser.
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    by bashinator 14y ago

    Try scrotwm[1] - it's an xmonad workalike, but it's written in C instead of Haskell (not so important to me), and it has a config file instead of ... Haskell (quite a bit more important to me). Also, terrible and hilarious name. [1] http:/