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1k-year-old English mill resumes production to meet demand during pandemic(edition.cnn.com)
1 points by fooblat 6y ago|0 comments
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by fooblat 6y ago
Years ago I had a job task that involved potentially writing a lot of expect code. Pretty quickly I found and switched to pexpect[0]. As someone who likes python I found it worlds ahead in terms of usability and I would suggest anyone consi
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by fooblat 6y ago
Sounds like you might be looking for https://blendle.com
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by fooblat 6y ago
> some-command --username=jedimastert --password=`cat secret.txt` This will not work in the way that you suggest. The output of ps will show the result of `cat secret.txt` and thus reveal the password.
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by fooblat 6y ago
The Jargon File is still a great resource for this kind of search and if you like these background stories like me you might also enjoy reading all of it. > [Unix: from `runcom files' on the CTSS system 1962-63, via the startup scri
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by fooblat 7y ago
> salespeople celebrating their bonus with a lot of volume This. The most (and least) challenging office I've ever worked in featured a large open plan that had the sales team adjacent to the engineering team. The sales team had a l
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by fooblat 7y ago
These days I'm always surprised when I hear a phone make any audible alert sounds. It's always someone from a very different cultural group that mine. edit: typo
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by fooblat 7y ago
I am also a fan of mosh. I really like that I can close my laptop and put it into standby, take it somewhere else with a different wifi network and just open it and get right back to work. From a user perspective it appears as if mosh was n
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Modern iron lung designed to address ventilator shortage(newatlas.com)
2 points by fooblat 7y ago|0 comments
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by fooblat 7y ago
No, placebos don't work. That is not what is meant by "the placebo effect" by doctors. There is no active ingredient in a placebo. That's why it has no effect on broken bones or cancer. A placebo doesn't have an eff
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by fooblat 7y ago
I love animals and I agree that Dog Therapy is effective for the reasons you state. I fail to see what any of that has to to with Reiki and it's claims of tapping into the "Universal Source" and manipulation of "Healing
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by fooblat 7y ago
Ted Kaptchuck is not a credible source. He is an altmed activist who plays games with the definition of placebo to push his agenda. His studies are universally flawed[0] and manipulated. 0. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/t
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by fooblat 7y ago
Only it is not based on touch. The "Reiki Master" quoted in the article says it works just as well at a distance. He also claims that it works on animals and plants and that many cats can perform Reiki on their owners.
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by fooblat 7y ago
How would you propose a blinded study will work to compare between a Placebo treatment and no treatment?
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by fooblat 7y ago
I think there are the common places: most places you can work on software and systems engineering, and the special places: highly experienced and deeply capable teams in a fun and nurturing environment. I don't think we are unique but
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by fooblat 7y ago
We like to think so :)
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by fooblat 7y ago
I rarely use gnu screen anymore but when I see "screen" on HN that's what immediately and searingly comes to mind for me. I think what you've got looks great. And it's a great opportunity to claim a name of it'
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by fooblat 7y ago
In our department everyone has had the debate of tmux vs screen with just about everyone else (most of us have moved to tmux). The question was interpreted more like "(hey tmux user) have you heard of the new tool screen?"
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by fooblat 7y ago
I would seriously consider renaming this. Many of us have been using GNU screen for very similar tasks of terminal sharing and pair programming. The name you have chosen requires an explanation just to discuss this with my coworkers. Perhap
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by fooblat 7y ago
It's not just anyone, it's Brad Fitzpatrick. He created LiveJournal and is the author of many free software projects such as memcached, PubSubHubbub, OpenID, gearman, and Perkeep.
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by fooblat 7y ago
I think this gets really interesting when combined with the bash builtin that supports reading records into variables[0]. recsel contacts.rec | while readrec do if [ $Checked = "no" ] then mail -s
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by fooblat 7y ago
I certainly would not have known about this particular charity without my uncle. However, had he told me it was an important cause to him and simply asked me to join him in donating, I would have. I guess another question is whether my uncl
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by fooblat 7y ago
My uncle once asked me to sponsor him to do a charity marathon. I contacted the charity and found out that at most 50% of my donation would go to the charity and the rest would pay for him training and event fees. I did sponsor him but I ke
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by fooblat 7y ago
I love bash and I know I'm not alone. Sure, it's syntax is based on ideas from the 1960s[0] and it has a weird core library of functions[1]. Certainly writing code that is a blend of logic and managing other programs takes some ge
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by fooblat 7y ago
Shouldn't this article be called How To Make A Debian VPN Server? I don't see anything particularly raspberry pi specific in the article.
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by fooblat 7y ago
I really like to minimize distractions while reading (I love FF reader view). Reading a "long form" post on twitter is like trying to listen to someone tell you a story in a room full of people shouting at each other.
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by fooblat 7y ago
Exists yes, but is it ubiquitous? Do you find it everywhere you find fries?
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by fooblat 7y ago
Interestingly, Fry Sauce[0] is near ubiquitous in Utah (and no other US state as far as I know). You can find it on offer just about anywhere in Utah that sells fries. 0. https://www.eater.com/2016/8/6/1205451
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by fooblat 7y ago
Filet Americain or "American Filet" is a popular dish in the Netherlands and Belgium that I'm pretty sure not many in the USA have heard of.
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by fooblat 7y ago
As an expat trying to learn the language of my new country I have found I have the most difficulty forming the vowel sounds I didn't grow up with. I made something of a breakthrough when I finally found someone who could listen to me a

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