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by dukoid 8y ago
For the web image preview use case, it would probably be quite hard to beat data urls: color encoding would be quite verbose, and getting consistent character availability and widths will be tricky, too...
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by dukoid 8y ago
If you'd like to actually quickly preview images in the terminal, you might be interested in my tiv app: https://github.com/stefanhaustein/TerminalImageViewer (it uses a block graphics character matching algorithm
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by dukoid 8y ago
Shameless plug: Done here for displaying images in modern terminals: https://github.com/stefanhaustein/TerminalImageViewer I was wondering if I should try this for a more complete set of unicode characters (opposed to
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by dukoid 8y ago
Shameless plug: Single-file Java Pratt expression parser library: https://github.com/stefanhaustein/expressionparser
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by dukoid 8y ago
Persistence seems to be via files... So I suppose just as for Lovefield, all the data needs needs to be loaded before use? This also seems to make sharing between tabs tricky?
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by dukoid 8y ago
How does one currently find the owner if he is not registered?
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by dukoid 8y ago
It's one more "thing" to be aware of. The left-to-right order makes it inflexible where named parameters can't be used (JS). Also, there is a limit to improving readability via conciseness -- at some point the effect rev
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by dukoid 8y ago
ITER will be an actual tokamak fusion reactor producing energy. Wendelstein 7-X is a plasma containment experiment based on the stellarator design. There will be no fusion. Technology for magnetic enclosure was advanced significantly by bot
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by dukoid 8y ago
If you understand German, trust me and listen to this podcast about Wendelstein 7-X O:) : https://alternativlos.org/36/
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by dukoid 8y ago
Note that there is KaiOS -- popular in India and Brazil but under the radar on HN because it's currently mostly aimed at feature phones. It's based on FireFox OS (hence probably closer to PalmOS than Windows Phone): https:/&
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by dukoid 8y ago
The "Plaza Accord" was an agreement between the US, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom to depreciate the USD in 1985. USD deprecation was halted by the "Louvre Accord" in 1987 https://en.wikipedia.org&
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by dukoid 8y ago
The description seems to exclude students with disabilities not matching the filter though.
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by dukoid 8y ago
I think an escape path in tight tunnels is the main concern for this design in the UK...
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by dukoid 8y ago
Simpler said than done: Researching something in the abstract might lead to different results than actually using it...
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by dukoid 8y ago
The passionate part is the proof of concept. After that, you can decide between persistence and passion for the next project... :) I think keeping the scope as small and simple as possible might be even more important than passion.
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by dukoid 8y ago
Looks great! Do you know why the other two have failed? I was initially wondering whether it makes sense to bundle legacy and teletext all together into one "big" proposal, but then I realized that there is a very high amount of o
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by dukoid 8y ago
It's a bit sad that many of the ETSI EN 300 706 V1.2.1 graphics characters (1, section 15.7.2) are not available in Unicode. I am maintaining a small program that renders images directly in the terminal using unicode block graphics cha
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by dukoid 8y ago
I was hoping for the screen to fold the other way around, i.e it would be outside and it would go from portrait mode to square or landscape (eliminating the need of a 2nd screen)
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by dukoid 8y ago
London (for instance) has a green belt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Green_Belt Wouldn't parkland arranged in spokes be better -- with bike lanes for commuting to the center?
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by dukoid 8y ago
The list contains good tips for avoiding getting nervous about something that's just normal practice, wasting time or running into a dead end. If you are concerned about the process, company culture or have any other concerns, use the
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by dukoid 8y ago
I am a bit obsessed with this topic and have already implementd various stabs at a "fix" (in different stages of completion): 1. "Tidej" -- a mobile JS IDE: https://tidejnet.appspot.com/v3/ -- Too c
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by dukoid 8y ago
Title should probably be "Chess Game UI ..." (or part 1: UI)
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by dukoid 8y ago
The liberal claim is that we need to fix zoning that makes supply expensive instead of goodwill regulations that can't work long term because they don't address the fundamental root supply problem. If developers build expensive ho
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by dukoid 8y ago
Can we get access to more metadata in the lite api? Asking for a friend O:)
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by dukoid 8y ago
Listening to ambient music somehow seems to makes me seek other distractions less, allowing me to actually get started with or focuns on the task at hand.
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by dukoid 8y ago
At least I'd expect that there you can be sure that it's not a fake / clone.
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by dukoid 8y ago
Why is this named "functional" CSS? Something like "const FIVE = 5" doesn't seem to capture the essence of functional programming either?
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by dukoid 8y ago
Is there any advantage in using A, B, C etc. as variable names? W and H seemed to be potentially more readable for the with and height, X and Y for the ball position and in particular O and I for 0 and 1 etc.? Also, I think I have spotted a
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by dukoid 8y ago
Probably worth mentioning the full date in this case... O:)
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Is this somehow some kind of Miguel de Icaza 2.0 stunt by MS?

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