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by bklaasen 5y ago
Stafford Beer is fascinating. Thanks for the Monterrey Tec recommendation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7COX-b3HK50 There's also a terrific multi-part talk by him on CBC's Massey Lecture series: https:/&
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by bklaasen 5y ago
Yeah, I call these types of APIs "JSON over HTTP". More syllables than "RESTful API", but everyone knows what I'm talking about.
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The Strange Story of Dagobert, the “DuckTales” Bandit(newyorker.com)
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The Eggcorn Database(eggcorns.lascribe.net)
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Unconventional journalists: Wolfe, Kanafani and García Márquez [video](youtube.com)
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by bklaasen 6y ago
Leave it there! I was thinking your motte/moat mnemonic would be really handy as I re-read the article - but now I know the motte is definitely not the moat (actually the moat surrounding the bailey is implicit), it's the castle,
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by bklaasen 6y ago
That seems to be exactly the inverse of what's described by the Shackel quote in the Wikipedia article: "A Motte and Bailey castle is a medieval system of defence in which a stone tower on a mound (the Motte) is surrounded by an a
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by bklaasen 6y ago
What Stallman said in 2019, and how the media has mischaracterised that, is largely beside the point in the current kerfuffle. What's problematic is that Stallman has resumed a role at the FSF without any community input. Paying FSF me
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by bklaasen 6y ago
Works with "BOI Mobile", the Bank of Ireland mobile app, which I downloaded from the Aurora store. I get a notification on starting the app indicating that the phone is "rooted" (it isn't) but I'm not prevented
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by bklaasen 6y ago
Agreed. The 'reconstruction' at Knossos on Crete[1] is a tragedy. Reinforced concrete everywhere, truncated walls capped with cement and an entirely invented upper storey. The reconstructed fascia on the Neolithic burial mound at
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Water Injection (Engine)(en.wikipedia.org)
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by bklaasen 6y ago
It's actually very hard to get murdered in Europe if you're actively trying to avoid it. Same for getting scammed. The overwhelming majority of people are decent. The ones who aren't make the news because their behaviour is s
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by bklaasen 6y ago
It depends. You can ask permission to pitch up overnight on someone's land, or you can discreetly find a hidden spot. Most people are friendly and unafraid of strangers.
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by bklaasen 6y ago
Terrific tip. If you're contemplating Croatia, I'd highly recommend Slavonia too - that's the eastward-pointing piece along which the Sava river flows. The area around Sisak in particular is stunning - Lonske Polje and the vi
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Pinetalk Podcast(pine64.org)
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by bklaasen 6y ago
Yes, but OpenOffice still has the brand and mindshare, especially among less tech-savvy folk. Just the other day I was doing some work cleaning up a friend's computer, only to discover they had OpenOffice installed. The right thing for
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Local rules instead of global censorship(redecentralize.org)
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by bklaasen 6y ago
Delta Chat is superb. No affiliation, just a happy user.
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by bklaasen 6y ago
We euphemistically call that "The Troubles".
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by bklaasen 6y ago
In Ireland during the 1980s, 50% of kids cycled to school. Now it's 2%. I'm sure there's a qualifier there about urban/suburban/rural; I'll try to dig up the report. I was one of those 1980s kids; the bicycle s
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by bklaasen 6y ago
Yes, it works well. I moved all my contacts and calendaring from Gmail to a self-hosted Nextcloud instance about two years ago. My wife and I have a calendars in common, both of which are set up as the default calendars on our mobile device
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by bklaasen 6y ago
Thank you. It's extraordinary to think the definitive biography of von Neumann hasn't been written yet. I'll pick up his daughter's memoir.
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by bklaasen 6y ago
`jq` started to click for me after watching this introductory video[1] closely and playing with some examples as I went. The slides are linked in the video description and at [2]. You'll need them because unfortunately the video is pro
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by bklaasen 6y ago
Here's my termux-url-opener: $ cat ~/bin/termux-url-opener #!/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/env bash read -ep "[c]ast or [d]ownload: " -i "c" choice case "${cho
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Google suspends my “donationware” app for Open Camera(sourceforge.net)
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by bklaasen 6y ago
...you'll find the PDF here.
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by bklaasen 6y ago
Is it possible to configure Fastmail's web client to connect to an arbitrary CardDAV and CalDAV server? Partner is a die-hard webmail user who detests native desktop clients. I'd like them to be able to use Fastmail webmail with m
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by bklaasen 6y ago
http://archive.is/7Xxfn or, if you use Firefox https://bitbucket.org/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-c...
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by bklaasen 6y ago
I bought a Fairphone 3 with /e/ as soon as the announcement of the partnership between e.foundation and Fairphone was announced. I was aware I'd have to make certain compromises in order to have a device running an OS which w
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by bklaasen 6y ago
Not a million miles from Flemish, either, which is very similar to Dutch, but with softer 'g's.

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