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boffinAudio
2y ago
.. promptly forget that you did this, or where you put the file containing the custom shell function, etc. Ctrl-R serves a mnemonic purpose as well.. it helps you document your workflow and processes at the shell, and not hidden in some fil
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boffinAudio
2y ago
Where does it live? In a .bashrc I have to maintain? The point is, not having to create an alias or function, because the tool lives in history. None of these are that complicated that they deserve a dedicated shell script and chmod'
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boffinAudio
2y ago
I so rarely see my (oft-repeated) favourite BASH script hack - commenting ones command lines: $ mv -n ~/Desktop/*.pdf ~/Documents/PDF_Archive/ #pdfsync This command, which sweeps all the PDF files off my D
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boffinAudio
2y ago
Hey, that ghost peering over your shoulder has a really gnarly smile.
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boffinAudio
2y ago
You can add the popcorntime plugin to stremio and get the best of both worlds.
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boffinAudio
2y ago
No, it runs on everything.
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boffinAudio
2y ago
There is no evidence that stremio uses subliminal methods.
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boffinAudio
2y ago
Stremio OS is a good open-ended solution to the problem of non-active torrent users. In the existing desktop client, the user only participates while watching a particular stream - but with Stremio OS, the capability for torrent participat
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boffinAudio
2y ago
No it isn't, it leaks data to Apple whether you opt in or not.
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boffinAudio
2y ago
Tell me you've never been to the Kimberley desert without telling me you're a regular tourist ..
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boffinAudio
2y ago
>Nobody in my circles seemed to think the polygraph was anything but a tool. Just like the e-meter. >buearacracy Yeah, that's a cult.
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boffinAudio
2y ago
So the intentions are part of the dowsing process, and the science has not caught up with that yet.
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boffinAudio
2y ago
>Everyone who believes in it agrees it works, but not how it works? That's a classic sign of witchcraft. No, its a sign of incomplete scientific investigations. Or are you going to tell me everyone knows how SRRI's work, to ta
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2y ago
Oh, this is so great - thanks for sharing, I'm going to dive deep into this crazy, weird, Postscript rabbit hole .. (Been reading POC||GTFO for years, but now I finally think its time to write something..)
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2y ago
This is surely either derived from the Alchemist Owl's POC||GTFO musings, or destined to be included in them at some point in the very near future. https://www.alchemistowl.org/pocorgtfo/ I'll never get my he
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boffinAudio
2y ago
Its easy to "prove" dowsing doesn't work - all you have to do is not find water.
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boffinAudio
2y ago
Wikipedia is not a source of truth - only collective associative reality.
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boffinAudio
2y ago
Done precisely that with random Monte Carlo digs on a site, didn't find water. Switched to dowsing, found water within minutes.
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2y ago
That its a cult.
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boffinAudio
2y ago
A generation of Americans have no idea what the commons is.
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boffinAudio
2y ago
How is it available if libuv?
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boffinAudio
2y ago
I wrote an app (MIKME) which does this - the apps purpose is to allow remote recording with a self-powered bluetooth microphone, so you can have "point-source" audio for your video projects - leave the microphone with the subject,
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2y ago
I still have one that I use as a raspberry Pi workstation, and yeah .. you have to maintain those cables. Still, a great device to have around a pile of rPi's. Although, I do prefer to just use my external LCD monitor .. far less likel
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boffinAudio
2y ago
Always, always, always start your new embedded project in a Virtual Machine. NEVER MIX TOOLS ON THE SAME SYSTEM. This has been the #1 cause of quality issues for my (commercial) projects. If you start a project with a new chipset, with a n
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boffinAudio
2y ago
Whats wrong with tkinter? You're negative experience can't possibly be the standard by which 15+ years of productive use of it is to be discarded .. perhaps you haven't learned how to make beautiful UI's with it, but so
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2y ago
Thanks, fixed.
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2y ago
I just write GUI's in tkinter (python), build a single .exe with nuitka, and interface with generalized application functionality either as a .dll or python module .. tkinter may not be the sexiest way to do things, but its definitely
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2y ago
I'm a huge fan of the Opener Blackfly, which has been physically designed for VTOL-like performance while providing a very simple flight mode during the transition from level to VTOL: https://evtol.news/opener-blackfly&
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2y ago
Whenever I need to do network things in Lua, I refer to the turbo.lua framework, which I've used in the past on other projects and I just find it so useful: https://turbo.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ Whether its
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2y ago
I have a Model 100 that I regularly use for writing purposes ... its kind of cute to have it wired up to a raspberryPi for whenever some server work needs to be done, too .. Would surely be nice to see a re-invented M100 out there. Clockwo
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