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   by helpfulContrib 2y ago

   I dislike this immensely. It costs nothing to type "~/bin" in front of the command each and every time. And it means I can put comma's wherever I want in some commands that use them, like SQL .. I do, however, like to c
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   by helpfulContrib 2y ago

   MacOS is not without its issues - the delays in application launch while it checks Apples whitelist for apps you've installed on your own machine, yourself, are pretty obnoxious.
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   by helpfulContrib 2y ago

   But this statement is wrong and should not be propagated: "pid 0 refers to myself". pid 0 refers to the thing that is running 'myself' , not to myself, itself. It is the thing which gave way to allow 'myself'
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   by helpfulContrib 2y ago

   The entire point of making this form of ID is to make it a friendly user experience, to create an ID that can easily be communicated by a person over the phone to another phone, to make an ID that is easy to click, double-click, tap (with f
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   by helpfulContrib 2y ago

   I mean, I am not trying to justify this, but isn't this happening because "Owning Corporation - Event Fund" is channeling money from different sources than "Employee Payroll Financing Structure"? Like, its not just
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   by helpfulContrib 2y ago

   >As an Israeli, I can say that the current government represent a small minority that through political manipulation by Netanyahu has gained power. I sure hope this is true, although I have my doubts that it is a 'small minority&#x2
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   by helpfulContrib 2y ago

   Teaching kids computers. Old computers, not new ones. Giving them the tools they need to be really, really good hackers.
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   by helpfulContrib 2y ago

   In fact they recently found new species ... https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2018/05/fourtee...
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   by helpfulContrib 2y ago

   You're harnessing the entire energy output of a star. No need to transport anything - this is gathering, not hunting.
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    by helpfulContrib 2y ago

    I also chatted with Mr. Richards for a while, after porting BCPL to the GP2X handheld 'underground' gaming machine, and using BCPL to emulate an EDSAC on which I wanted to run XOX, thus claiming the title of 'oldest title to
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    by helpfulContrib 2y ago

    .. or Zero-page in 6502, which is like a page of registers which everyone has to agree on meaning ..
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    by helpfulContrib 2y ago

    You're aware that there are already a couple of these, right? First one that pops up in a platformio search: % pio pkg search rtpmidi
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    by helpfulContrib 2y ago

    I just had to write a Python program that handled multiple async events - from a serial line, and with a tkinter GUI. The only way to make it 'truly' async was to handle the runloops myself, and add a separate queue, onto which I
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    by helpfulContrib 2y ago

    > It means the destruction of Israel and the expulsion - at best - of its people. Literally nothing in the definition of the word means what you are attempting to make it mean: free | friː | adjective (freer | ˈfriːə | , freest | ˈfriːɪs
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    by helpfulContrib 2y ago

    I use CMake when I have to, and XMake when I want to. I use CLion for its CMake integration, and recently sought out XMake integration for it as well .. this works so well, I just don't see myself ever going back to CMake willfully. It
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    by helpfulContrib 2y ago

    Portability and durability. Imagine a version with modern drop-stitch technology .. [1] [1] - https://www.yachtingworld.com/yachts-and-gear/the-new-inflat...
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    by helpfulContrib 2y ago

    I've always wanted one of these - they seem like an awesome way to explore the world. I once fantasized about getting a couple of them dropped in some remote location, spend a few days or weeks hiking out there, and then flying back.
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    by helpfulContrib 2y ago

    I've recently started gardening as an alternative to the near-daily exhaustion I feel as a result of hacking just too hard on things. Let me tell you, there is nothing more joyous than going outside 3 days after planting new seed varie
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    by helpfulContrib 2y ago

    Thanks. I wish the same for you. In the end, all we have is memories of it all. Pretty much all of my good times couldn't have been bought - they had to be experienced . One day I'll write a book about it all. Maybe that'l
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    by helpfulContrib 2y ago

    Its 1992. A friend of mine has asked me to meet with someone, to discuss the idea of 'selling things through the web'. I didn't like the idea - "this is not what the Internet is for... and the web is too esoteric, diff
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    by helpfulContrib 2y ago

    I didn't write LOAD81 - antirez, of redis fame, did! I'm just a huge fan... But thanks for the further insight into Lunatik - I'm definitely going to be putting it through its paces soon.
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    by helpfulContrib 2y ago

    This is so beautiful I could almost weep. With this, we can proceed - easily! - to attain something I have long wanted: to replace all Linux userspace with Lua-only tooling. Yes, Lua all the things in userspace. I know, "why would I d
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    by helpfulContrib 2y ago

    A long time ago, someone got "cryofreeze" working on Linux processes, where you could freeze a process to disk and unfreeze it later .. but this was purely experimental and doesn't seem to have persisted. Anyway, in my lab en
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    by helpfulContrib 2y ago

    One of my first jobs as a junior programmer in the 80's was to build a multimedia engine that would boot both on CGA and EGA (and then, later, VGA) systems, was not allowed to use any MS-DOS calls (BIOS and pure assembly only) and it h
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    by helpfulContrib 2y ago

    It is surprisingly easy to set up a phpBB forum or some such thing, on a tiny VM tucked into some obscure pool, set up a nameserver for it, invite a couple of your friends, and start your own community, completely disengaged from any major
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    by helpfulContrib 3y ago

    I wonder if there is a similar library in C++?
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    by helpfulContrib 3y ago

    I've kept every single computer I've used since 1978, a veritable collection of over 40 machines. I still lust for an Apple IIc. Never had one, my eyes go boink whenever I see one in the wild.
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    by helpfulContrib 3y ago

    Like many HN'ers, I too grew up with these, but my life was radically changed when I was gifted a Gakken Denshi Block system to learn with: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gakken_EX-System It was a lot more robust t
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    by helpfulContrib 3y ago

    Imagine being able to tell stories that were passed down to you, mouth to ear, for 20,000 years! Sadly, that civilization has perished in the last 100 years. Still, Australians are teaching the languages in their schools now. Finally. We
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    by helpfulContrib 3y ago

    Its really nice that the language of that era still informs and inspires designers today. I have a small collection of ClockworkPi toys, most recently a couple of uConsole's, and they are delightful reminders of an aesthetic that still