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by lordleft 6y ago
And now I'm running WSL daily on my Windows Workstation. History rhymes with itself
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by lordleft 6y ago
I love the Discourses! It's always surprising to discover his deep sympathy for the republican (i.e. non monarchical) mode of political rule...his excoriation of Caesar is always a good read.
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by lordleft 6y ago
Aho was my CS Theory professor at undergrad. He was incredibly polite and in my opinion, quite compassionate towards his beleaguered CS students. Cheers to him and Ullman.
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by lordleft 6y ago
I find that calculators remain weirdly unergonomic on most Operating Systems. There are so many times where I want to do some quick math but feel hobbled by the insistence of calculator software writers to ape physical calculator design --
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Is Precise Language (Always) Good?(whatiscalledthinking.substack.com)
2 points by lordleft 6y ago|0 comments
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by lordleft 6y ago
Does anyone else remember when MacOS marketing made UNIX a significant part of its sales pitch? I remember a giant, titanium UNIX logo
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Design a Better Kubernetes Experience for Developers(thenewstack.io)
3 points by lordleft 6y ago|0 comments
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A Catalog of Montaigne’s Beam Inscriptions(lazenby.tumblr.com)
2 points by lordleft 6y ago|1 comments
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by lordleft 6y ago
It is one thing to argue for an Indian National identity -- I think that's immensely useful and agree that it acts as a thread that can unify diverse polities and cultures. The problem is that the BJP is advancing a conception of India
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by lordleft 6y ago
'nationalism' is typically distinguished from patriotism; the latter is a love of country -- the former is the conviction that one's country is better than other countries, on the basis of a rank tribalism.
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by lordleft 6y ago
I was surprised that Orwell’s work wasn’t under more permissive copyright terms given his democratic socialism. I’m looking forward to his work reaching more people.
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by lordleft 6y ago
I dig a lot of these interfaces, but I'm a huge fan of simplistic CLI interfaces in sci-fi. Like fallout. I find it infinitely charming -- I love the idea of someone running Unix in the year 2983 or something
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by lordleft 6y ago
Absolutely loved the typography and UI of NGE.
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by lordleft 6y ago
Excellent article. I was not familiar with Plato's Sicilian adventures. I agree that they tell us a lot about how philosophy is as much about practice as it about theory. The Greeks intentioned us to not only consider how to live well,
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by lordleft 6y ago
Great stories. I feel like everyone in Queens/BK/LI/Jersey knows someone, somewhere, with vague mafia affiliations
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FBI confirms that the Zodiac Killer’s “340 Cypher” has been cracked(reddit.com)
17 points by lordleft 6y ago|2 comments
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by lordleft 6y ago
Notion is a great tool and I recommend it as a solid "all-around" personal-wiki / notetaking tool. That being said, the fact that it's electron-based means it's not always as snappy as I'd like it to be when I
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by lordleft 6y ago
A middling language with exceptional documentation can sometimes be more effective than an exceptional language with spotty documentation. The friction of acquiring sufficient context to get up and running with a language is a huge part of
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by lordleft 6y ago
I’m glad more attention is being shed on the anti-liberal and fascistic impulses of many of the modernists. That doesn’t mean they didn’t write or think valuable things, but it’s something that sometimes gets elided in discussions about the
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by lordleft 6y ago
You try because there's a chance of getting the outcome you want, but you don't tether your happiness to that outcome. You accept the limited control you have -- this is how Stoics reconcile the pursuit of mental imperturbation wi
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by lordleft 6y ago
I am a patron of the writer of this article. He's a fascinating dude, having practiced as a evolutionary biologist for years before pivoting to philosophy. His patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MassimoPigliucci His free
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by lordleft 6y ago
As a practitioner of Stoicism, some people do seem to naturally jive with this philosophy. It might seem obvious to you because your inner life is in alignment with what it is arguing. That being said, lots of people struggle to "get&q
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by lordleft 6y ago
Literally bought the kindle version of the penguin edition yesterday. I'm excited to peruse it, and will keep your videos in mind.
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Causality and the Role of Philosophy of Science(dropbox.com)
2 points by lordleft 6y ago|0 comments
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by lordleft 6y ago
It would be an unbelievable technical headache to rebase to Linux. Think of the bugs that exist in Windows 10 now with their current testing regime.
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by lordleft 6y ago
Sadly, there's a cadre of devoted Tesla cultists who routinely underplay these build issues and even insinuate that early adopters should endure them for the sake of the brand. I really want a Model Y, but these quality issues are mass
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by lordleft 6y ago
I still find it an arch historical irony that the descendants of Vikings have built some of the most robust welfare states in the West.
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Carving Up Spain(moltensulfur.com)
2 points by lordleft 6y ago|0 comments
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by lordleft 6y ago
This is super interesting -- for folks who are worked on or with this, what makes Xv6 well-suited for teaching OS concepts? What aspects of the OS are less robust / filled out than a standard Linux or BSD distro? I'm curious about
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Computer Stuff They Didn't Teach You #6 – Git Rebase vs. Merge Explained(youtube.com)
2 points by lordleft 6y ago|0 comments

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