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by kmstout 3y ago
It turns out that it's easy to rig eww (Emacs's built-in browser) to automatically pass URLs to whatever special handlers you desire, via the "browse-url-handlers" variable. I did that earlier this weekend for Github and
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by kmstout 3y ago
The other post [0] tagged as "ai" doesn't either, and they're both [1] dated yesterday. --- [0] https://breadchris.com/thinkies/a-very-b-movie-plot/ [1] https://breadchris.com/t
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by kmstout 3y ago
As long as there's coffee.
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by kmstout 3y ago
Got carbon?
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The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures Archive(rigb.org)
3 points by kmstout 3y ago|0 comments
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by kmstout 3y ago
It also provides easy access to the "poke" functionality.
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by kmstout 3y ago
"Is it even possible? It's the best kind of possible: theoretically possible."
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First personal search engine prototype(rsdoiel.github.io)
147 points by kmstout 3y ago|9 comments
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by kmstout 3y ago
We had a game for awhile at work of finding paths from random articles to Rome. We never failed, so we stopped playing.
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by kmstout 3y ago
> Their wording. Saved [0], for whatever it's worth. [0] https://archive.is/3qOGV
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by kmstout 3y ago
My favorite: UNIX: % ls foot.c foot.h foot.o toe.c toe.o % rm * .o rm: .o: No such file or directory % ls %
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by kmstout 3y ago
I've played with this a few times over the past couple months. Those times, at least, it's been very snappy.
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by kmstout 3y ago
I want different things at different times. When I'm first exploring a problem space or figuring out an approach or fooling around in a REPL, dynamic typing is great. In those circumstances, the ability to quickly test (and reject!) id
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by kmstout 3y ago
Off topic, but I had to follow up. It seems that "Write drunk, edit sober" is mis-attributed to Hemingway, who advised writing sober [1]. [1] https://www.writersdigest.com/be-inspired/did-hemingway-say-...
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The Story of the Best Meme Ever: "Never Gonna Give you Up" ...(youtube.com)
2 points by kmstout 3y ago|0 comments
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by kmstout 3y ago
Earlier this year I spent some time with a Unihertz Titan Pocket, which sports a physical keyboard. It gave a vastly better typing experience than any other smartphone I've interacted with.
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by kmstout 3y ago
But then I could plan $CURLOC "alice's restaurant" \ | dress-with pit-stops -every $(( RANGE - 100 )) \ | drive and then crank up the death polka.
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by kmstout 3y ago
> But can you show me a (single threaded) programming language where "a = 1" does not mean that on the next line, a will be 1? MIPS I. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay_slot#Load_delay_slot
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by kmstout 3y ago
do : if int(rnd(1)) * 2) = 0 then print "\\"; else print "/"; : loop
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by kmstout 3y ago
As someone else noted, SBCL's `SB-EXT:SAVE-LISP-AND-DIE` ends up producing hilariously large executables. The solution I've settled on for bags of small, sharp tools is to simply have an omnibus program that includes a variety of
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by kmstout 3y ago
Th vc n my hd snds lk sm dd wth hs jw wrd sht.
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by kmstout 3y ago
ADD ONE TO COBOL GIVING COBOL
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by kmstout 3y ago
I'm torn. On the one hand, there are many websites I hate interacting with because they are unnecessarily structured as JS clients exchanging data with a remote server via a network link. On the other hand, it's easier for me to d
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I Stole a Kia with a TikTok Hack [video](youtube.com)
1 points by kmstout 3y ago|2 comments
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by kmstout 3y ago
I attended Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival several years. It's held in NY state for four or five days in July, with people on-site longer for setup and teardown. While I was there, I marveled at many things, e.g., the music, the friendline
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Why prepared rotisserie chickens are cheaper than ones you cook yourself(cbc.ca)
7 points by kmstout 3y ago|5 comments
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by kmstout 3y ago
Imagine cleaning out the case of a Kaypro II [0], replacing the internals with a RPI or something more capable; the display with an LCD of the same size; and a large battery pack. After leaving a dedicated space for a flask of whiskey, you
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by kmstout 3y ago
As with anything in engineering, it depends. https://www.walmart.com/browse/health/adult-diapers/depend/9...
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Early origins of the ubiquitous Black and Decker Workmate(thewoodworkermag.com)
2 points by kmstout 3y ago|0 comments
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by kmstout 3y ago
"I always considered that size and speed were important for amateurs. But in the modern context, there's only three parameters that matter: power, power, and power." --Chuck Moore https://youtu.be/0PclgBd6_Zs?

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