kbr2000

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by kbr2000 5y ago
Eggdrop [0] and BitchX [1] come to mind. Irssi [2] has a plugin that enables Tcl scripting. I'm currently fiddling with TkCAD [3] in order to put a small CNC machine to use here, it needs some small adaptations to work on Linux, but I
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by kbr2000 5y ago
On Debian GNU/Linux Tkinter is provided by the python-tk package (might differ in other distros).
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by kbr2000 5y ago
Don't know if it helps, but the dutch [0] and french [1] versions of the page contain some more detail and sections on similar styles. You could also try to inform yourself at the Belgian comic strip museum [2] [0] https://n
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by kbr2000 5y ago
I'd say the idea is that the implementation of a command/procedure needs to do the checking. In your example, arithmetic addition is usually provided by expr [0], which checks the expression it is fed before trying to calculate an
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by kbr2000 5y ago
Where's the interview? I see just two paragraphs introduction, and then a list of links to (unrelated) books and articles.
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by kbr2000 6y ago
I thought long about buying another N9 second-hand, but in the meanwhile MeeGo/Harmattan has been abandoned, and I never succeeded with installing the Mer [0] project (revived Maemo/MeeGo successor). I'm using my phone regula
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by kbr2000 6y ago
Your reasoning could be applied when there is low number of users doing not-so-urgent-nor-important-things. However, the service is provided for a lot of users at the same time here, spread globally and all with their own applications and p
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by kbr2000 6y ago
I'm still using my N9, and I'm holding my SIM card in place using a big rubber band wrapped twice along the longer side of the phone :) Lately the "main" button has been failing, and since tapping the screen doesn't
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by kbr2000 6y ago
Mmmn, HN stripped out the half of the double asterisks, now I made it confusing myself... Too late to edit my comment above, but it needs to be like this: ** stands for exponentiation: so [expr {-2**2}] results in 4
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by kbr2000 6y ago
In Tcl's expr: ^ stands for bitwise XOR: so [expr {-2^2}] results in -4 * stands for exponentiation: so [expr {-2*2}] results in 4 Both seem correct to me, taking into account how integers are represented in binary (two's compleme
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by kbr2000 6y ago
https://arachnoid.com/
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by kbr2000 6y ago
Here's some scenarios (2001, served with humor): https://web.archive.org/web/20120224142545/http://www.exitmu...
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by kbr2000 6y ago
Also, this classic 2001 website, for your entertainment: Exit Mundi ... A collection of end-of-world scenarios [0] [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20120918050149/http://www.exitmu...
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by kbr2000 6y ago
Heh, maybe you remember Syndicate (1993) [0], "set in a dystopian future in which corporations have replaced governments, Syndicate puts the player in control of a corporation vying for global dominance. " Ironically, the creators
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by kbr2000 6y ago
XyWrite, WordStar (word processing) Forth, Tcl/Tk programming ARCNET token-bus networking Wire-wrap technique for electronic circuit boards
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by kbr2000 6y ago
Androwish [0] is worthy of this, and has many batteries included! [0] http://androwish.org/
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by kbr2000 6y ago
You could also check out James Bowman's "Gameduino" line of graphics boards [0:2] (which includes a Forth-programmable CPU, the J1 [3], implemented on FPGA) [0] https://excamera.com/sphinx/gameduino/
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by kbr2000 6y ago
The older boa: http://www.boa.org/
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by kbr2000 6y ago
Indeed! Go wild: http://forth.org/fd/contents.html
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by kbr2000 6y ago
Why are your software developers doing "network IT maintenance and infrastructure" in the first place? Is it because of "DevOps" maybe? It's one thing to experience the sysadmin practise getting taken over by develo
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by kbr2000 6y ago
The real shortcut here is the next person wanting to google every answer (instead of taking the time to read part of a manpage).
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by kbr2000 6y ago
Indiana Jones special effects were pretty interesting too in that regard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN4weKvqmb8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YceegyOXzh0
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by kbr2000 6y ago
And as soon as the wind stops and the sun gets obscured by clouds or the earth, the bubbles stop, and off goes the plastic :) Apart from that, I'd think that the amount of energy required to move the air down is massive. Also, not sure
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by kbr2000 6y ago
You're right, but that doesn't take away your capability to say "NO" and go against that stream of bullshit. Caveat: you'll probably lose everything except your morality at that point. That's how it's all
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by kbr2000 6y ago
Hey, you can be proud for having spent time thinking about it to start with. And for having tried! Feeling responsible for it yourself alone is not necessary, it's bigger than that. Here's a thought or two by Attenborough on overp
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by kbr2000 6y ago
Agreed; also, this book is golden: Threaded Interpretive Languages (R. G. Loeliger)
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by kbr2000 6y ago
Likely a web-server misconfiguration (check out name-based virtual hosting[0]). Adding a trailing dot after the TLD (this signifies the root of the DNS naming hierarchy) works fine, and you're referring now to an absolute name (FQDN).
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by kbr2000 6y ago
From: Pointy-haired Boss <boss@manag.dept> Subject: Are you in the office today to sit together? phb.
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by kbr2000 6y ago
Oops, lost my memory there for a bit: it was probably using the same DIY "Hamcomm modem", and using JVFAX (or similar) software running under DOS.
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by kbr2000 6y ago
Best avoid putting all your eggs in the same basket (build in some degree of redundancy in storing information, dependant on how important that info is to you).

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