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by kashyapc 6y ago
IIUC, Elric is referring to the usage of internal mailing lists , whose archives are (internally) open for anyone. Each discussion becomes a URL in its own right, and is blazing fast (given it is locally hosted); you can point the thread t
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Many here might know this, but worth mentioning again: A simple but underrated remedy to reduce the colourful appeal of a "smartphone" is to put it in black-and-white mode (i.e. gray scale). On Android you can do it this way: &#x
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"Meditating on death" and "premeditation of future ills" is a big theme in Stoicism (and the broader 'Hellenistic Philosophy'). Seneca's letters have many different exhortations on "preparing for dea
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It is not at all misleading—it is in fact correct to state that several open source "cloud infrastructure" projects rely on libvirt's ability to do a lot of guest life cycle heavy-lifting. And not least of all, libvirt prov
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by kashyapc 6y ago
I hear you. :-) I never cease to be amazed at how seasoned maintainers like you handle the sheer volume of public email, while continuing to stay effective over the years, healthy disconnection, and setting an example to emulate on how to
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For many open source contributors and maintainers, it's always not an option to "be on the bottom of things". Patches (for some projects) flow via e-mail. So there's some decent amount of "being on top of things&quo
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Although it is a marvelous little book, 'The Elements of Style' is quite lacking. Instead, I'd strongly echo the suggestion of the user 'icu' in this thread[1], where they mention 'Style: Towards Clarity an
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Thank you; will check it out.
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If 'msmtp' is working for your use case, just don't fix it. :-) (Although, someone here might be able give a comparative rundown.) I just deal with a lot of email volume - large portion of it public mailing lists; Postfix h
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Noted on the efficient resource usage. My mentioning of Python 3 was not related to resource usage. It was in context of Python 2 being deprecated.
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Another extremely happy user of the following combination waves hi: • Mutt • OfflineIMAP (to be replaced with `mbsync`; OfflineIMAP is not being ported to Python 3, unfortunately) • Notmuch — for fast indexing, searching, and tagging e-mail
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Similar: FWIW, a colleague at Red Hat recently began this upstream project, Bichon[1], to manage Git Lab merge requests from the shell: "Bichon provides a terminal based user interface for reviewing GitLab merge requests. As well as a
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For a moment, I read the word "reels" in the headline as a verb (meaning: "lose one's balance and stagger"), instead of a noun (film reel). But my mind quickly readjusted: "that doesn't make sense, becaus
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Thanks for the 'Misbehaving' recommendation.
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About 10 years ago, I too, as a newbie-layman, started with "Predictably Irrational". I recall being similarly fascinated, and recommending it to anyone who'd listen to me. It's surely a gentler start to the field; and
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Yes, but more specifically on Thinking, Fast and Slow , as noted elsewhere[1][2]: It is only the priming-related chapter (called 'The Associative Machine' in the book) that put "too much faith in under-powered studies",
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One researcher-friend did admit of the compromise you speak of, and the internal struggle that goes with it. What remains is the "small matter" of persuading the publishers to action.
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Both your points sound promising to me: requirements by funding bodies and time limit for publishing data. But since I'm an academic layman, I can't punch any valid holes in the idea. :-) Regardless, I hope this idea gets discusse
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by kashyapc 6y ago
I like what you're saying. Do you (or anyone on this thread) have any comments/thoughts on the following? During a conversation with an academic researcher (non-Computer Science) friend, when I brought up the topic of data sharing
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> [...] how practically no Linux distribution actually makes use of its potential (in terms of increasing security) [...] FWIW, I double-checked with a Fedora developer; the above statement is incorrect. Fedora uses it (Secure Boot) to
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by kashyapc 6y ago
On how do you tell apart a bad opinion from a good one, the ancient Stoics (lately I'm quoting them more, as I'm immersed in their writings) have some thoughts here. For the longer version, you have to read their works[1], but to
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Ah, thanks for the pointer; I can understand that reasoning. But I hope that doesn't really get stretched too far.
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I'm not denying it; just merely noting it, hoping more clueful people than me can comment on it :-)
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Also notice this trade-off [edit: I'm saying this with a neutral tone, and not implying anything, so that a more informed person can elaborate on it]: [quote] Is it safe? Yes, but there are side-effects. There were no dangerous si
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I wear the kind of slim-fit trousers that this article shows at the end. I like this improved pocket idea; it's functional and elegant. (Although for non-black trousers, I wonder about the discreetness of it.) My 'workaround&#x2
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We'll also do well by taking a leaf from the Stoics, who wrote only 2000+ years ago ... on the importance of "prerehearsal of future ills" . The meaning of it is explained in a note (24.2) from Seneca's Letters on Ethi
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by kashyapc 6y ago
If you're lucky enough, like me, to live in a university town, don't miss out on the faculty library of whatever subject area of your interest (science, art, philosophy, you name it). I'm currently neck-deep in a subject, and
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by kashyapc 6y ago
Related discussion here, from a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23611738 (CERN approves plans for a $23B, 62-mile long super-collider)
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Did you consider that it was an honest mistake? I was not trying to "inflate" her title, nor was I trying to cite her as an authority. I merely tried to state her position as a 'contrarian' voice.
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Sorry, I didn't meant to quote "that" part (by that I take it that you're referring to the "beautiful theory" aspect — edit: I think you were referring to the mention about her book ) to provoke. I just wante

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