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by kps 3y ago
I use Pandoc to view markdown in a terminal using `less` (see `lesspipe(1)`), either through html and `elinks` or through a custom writer ([2] forked from [1]). [0] My `.lessfilter` configuration: https://gist.github.com/kps
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by kps 3y ago
So, on Reddit, there's the problem that if you're interested in railroad trains, you have r/trains and r/trains2 and r/bettertrains and r/onlytrains due to differing moderation policies and clique drama, with p
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by kps 3y ago
Before the Elon event (and maybe again now), Pawoo was by far the most active Mastodon instance, and there's an almost complete partition between ‘Western’ and ‘Eastern’ Mastodon networks.
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by kps 3y ago
Same for me, second result. I've never had anything crypto-related on my phone.
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by kps 3y ago
I'm watching Bluesky with interest, because I think it claims to offer that; you would in principle create a ‘feed’ matching (tagged-#Trains AND (approved-by-Trains1 OR approved-by-Trains5) AND NOT rejected-by-CrapFilter23). The inte
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by kps 3y ago
As someone who rarely edits video and doesn't need or want to become an expert, but had one to do last year, I ended up using Kdenlive. I know I also tried Shotcut and Openshot (because they're on my machine) but not why I rejecte
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by kps 3y ago
Your link cannot be viewed without an account. Or is that your point?
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by kps 3y ago
> where I can pick my friends and input sources, design or choose my own filtering and boosting algorithms It's not P2P, but that seems to be what Bluesky is aiming for. Whereas Reddit fights end up with /r/MyTopic, /
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by kps 3y ago
Today is the 11150ᵗʰ of September 1993.
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by kps 3y ago
I think it's merely annoying that DMARC, DKIM, et al are all TXT records with magic fake domain names because record types ossified. Also, the web ‘public suffix list’ should be a DNS property instead.
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by kps 3y ago
It happened because Windows adopted IBM CUA, and the ‘desktop Linux’ crowd had a fetish for copying Windows. Before that, X11 programs were typically fully configurable, with key bindings in X resources. Currently I think KDE is the least-b
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by kps 3y ago
Much as I dislike login walls, Mastodon still doesn't respect `:prefers-color-scheme`, so they're not my friends either.
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by kps 3y ago
The major ports (Montréal and Vancouver) are controlled by organized crime. But those people are scary (and/or well-connected). Much easier to go after hobbyists. Sport shooters can insert a certain James Franco meme here.
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by kps 3y ago
I still have a few vampire taps in a box in the basement, but no cable. (Anyone need spares?)
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by kps 3y ago
Sorely disappointed this wasn't about 10base5.
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by kps 3y ago
Yes, I routinely get located in a different province; there are approximately zero consequences to a geolocation provider for getting it wrong. Worst are the sites that I grant my actual location and then use some IP-based fantasy anyway .
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by kps 3y ago
Yes, a few years ago I helped a friend recover a bunch of old documents. The solution was to use Mac Word 5 to open the Word 4 files and save them as something newer versions could read.
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by kps 3y ago
“Have you looked at a modern airplane? Have you followed from year to year the evolution of its lines? Have you ever thought, not only about the airplane but about whatever man builds, that all of man's industrial efforts, all his comp
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by kps 3y ago
That's what link-local addresses are good for.
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by kps 3y ago
You may think you're joking, but 4 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39223982
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by kps 3y ago
“The door refused to open. It said, “Five cents, please.” He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. “I’ll pay you tomorrow,” he told the door. Again he tried the knob. Again it remained locked tight. “What I pay you,” he informed it
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by kps 3y ago
Me too. I think I bought it in middle school because I thought computers were cool. I don't think I ever flowcharted anything.
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by kps 3y ago
X11 on Linux at least is perfectly happy to let you have multiple pointer. Last time I tried, most programs handled it reasonably, a few (*cough* Chrome *cough*) went nuts.
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by kps 3y ago
Early computer word sizes varied widely: https://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL61table03.html ( A Third Survey of Domestic Electronic Digital Computing Systems , 1961)
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by kps 3y ago
> Were the first mouse pointers graphical? Yes. Set aside a few hours to watch ‘The Mother of all Demos’.
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by kps 3y ago
I probably use it every day, without noticing, to view markdown docs in a terminal, via a `.lessfilter` invoking [my fork of] https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/pandoc-terminal-writer I also very much like Pandoc-mar
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by kps 3y ago
USB HID does have codes for locking versions of Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock¹. OS X might support these, given that older Mac keyboards had locking Caps Lock. Linux doesn't². ¹ https://www.usb.org/document-libra
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by kps 3y ago
There's an obvious solution: .local for mDNS, and any (or all) of .Iocal, .locaI, or .IocaI for internal use.
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by kps 3y ago
> pretend to be rxvt, and deal with the fallout (now, admittedly, the only user I care about for my terminal is me - at least for now It's fine when it's just you. Unfortunately, there are some widely used terminals that defaul
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by kps 3y ago
Are there any that arent? https://github.com/cat-milk/Anime-Girls-Holding-Programming-... has a subset.

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