macintux

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   by macintux 9mo ago

   The only keyboard shortcut for org-mode and markdown-mode I consistently remember is C-c C-l for inserting links. Much easier to remember that than to remember the syntax, and the fact that both modes use the same easy-to-remember shortcut
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   by macintux 9mo ago

   https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/ apparently
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   by macintux 9mo ago

   Here's an example: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/18/capitalism-trumps-democracy-...
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   by macintux 9mo ago

   When U.S. lawmakers admitted that between democracy and capitalism they'd pick capitalism, I knew we were in trouble.
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   by macintux 9mo ago

   Our situation has disturbing echoes, but thankfully thousands of protesters haven't yet been murdered here. The death toll, especially of non-citizens, is piling up however.
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   by macintux 9mo ago

   "How" I learned everything...
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   by macintux 9mo ago

   Reviewing someone else's PR, who used Copilot but barely knows the language, has been a mixture of admiration that AI can create such a detailed solution relatively quickly, and frustration with the excess complexity, unused code, etc.
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   by macintux 9mo ago

   I feel like there’s an Advent of Code challenge lurking here.
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   by macintux 9mo ago

   > Personally, a clean commit history was never something that made my job easier. How do you define "clean"? I've certainly been aided by commit messages that help me identify likely places to investigate further, and hind
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    by macintux 9mo ago

    I suspect there was a healthy medium: none meant cultural issues, while too many meant the entire company was dysfunctional to an extreme.
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    by macintux 9mo ago

    Sure, it's generally ignored, but when something important emerges, having the historical record is incredibly useful.
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    by macintux 9mo ago

    I have to imagine the protests would stop immediately if Iran is attacked by Israel or the U.S. You can be angry at your government while not welcoming bombers. Ordinarily I'd have faith the governments were smart enough to know better
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    by macintux 9mo ago

    Recent related discussions: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46573384 - Iranian regime tries to shut down Starlink (42 comments) * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46564552 - Iran’s internet shutd
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    by macintux 9mo ago

    I’ve been happy with Carrot.
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    by macintux 9mo ago

    Lots, and lots, of sugar helps.
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    by macintux 9mo ago

    When bubbles burst, is it really the billionaires who are hit the hardest? I'm skeptical.
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    by macintux 9mo ago

    I’m reminded of the time, probably 20 years ago, when some viral game was making the rounds. It was designed such that the controls, even the goals, weren’t obvious, but as it turned out, it didn’t respond to my Mac’s trackpad because I use
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    by macintux 9mo ago

    Sitting in a Jeep with no doors, no top, no windows has revealed to me just how common cannabis is in my state, even not yet legalized. Hate the smell.
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    by macintux 9mo ago

    Extensive discussion 2-3 days ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46442293
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    by macintux 10mo ago

    Any good way to visually establish whether the battery is solid state, however?
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    by macintux 10mo ago

    Unfortunately we didn’t know about that one. No clue.
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    by macintux 10mo ago

    More likely Chris Fouts’ bz, at least in my case.
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    by macintux 10mo ago

    Probably battlezone. We would play that and networked Doom on the chemistry department’s SGI machines. The students trying to do real work were less than enthusiastic.
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    by macintux 10mo ago

    Does Musk's trillion dollar bonus count?
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    by macintux 10mo ago

    I always found it odd that perspective had to be "discovered" by artists, but a little digging online turned up this interesting, detailed look at its history. https://www.essentialvermeer.com/technique/perspe
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    by macintux 10mo ago

    That doesn't mean, however, that an aging appliance can't misbehave.
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    by macintux 10mo ago

    > This is Trump's last term. Remains to be seen.
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    by macintux 10mo ago

    > 100% of the american people would be screaming for blood. Honestly, at this point, I wouldn't be one of them.
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    by macintux 10mo ago

    > trust busting, the New Deal, and the Great Society. I don't know what sea change it would take for today's GOP to even tepidly support any of these.
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    by macintux 10mo ago

    He has a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ciechanowski