rvieira

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   by rvieira 4y ago

   I guess that, like everything, it depends on what you're using it for and which compromises one is willing to do. I'm not proficient nor use at $DAY_JOB C, Go or Rust. However, I wanted to write an Emacs dynamic module and those w
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   by rvieira 4y ago

   https://mathstodon.xyz is a hangout for mathematicians.
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   by rvieira 4y ago

   It doesn't. IMO it's not that different from email. Most people will open an account with a few major players (instances) they trust. Others will self-host or use friends/work/neigbourhood D&D group instances. The re
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   by rvieira 4y ago

   I think this is precisely a scenario that suits Mastodon. Users will organically flock to instances close to their interests. Celebrities will surely have their own instances and niche interests/non-famous people will have their own (t
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   by rvieira 4y ago

   (Slightly OT) but I feel this Nomeansno classic is an accurate description of mind chatter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIbZLOmGQSA (Potentially NSFW album cover)
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   by rvieira 5y ago

   I don't work in the professional media field, but isn't this ridiculously inexpensive for something that seems to be aimed at content studios, TV stations, etc (judging by the hardware compatibility focus and dedicated keyboards)?
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   by rvieira 5y ago

   It seems he would really enjoy working in the 21st century. Designing striking CGI buildings for movies without the "downside" of humans actually having to live there :)
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   by rvieira 5y ago

   I've been using other distros for more than 10 years on PCs (mostly Fedora). By a twist of fate, Ubuntu is now the distro I use the most. The reason being that I had a bunch (well, three) of old Apple machines that I wanted to wipe-ins
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   by rvieira 5y ago

   Couple of solutions (some already mentioned): - SSH remote editing (e.g. ssh + remote Emacs/Vim) - VS Code + Remote SSH - Emacs TRAMP - JetBrains Gateway - mutagen? (I haven't played with it, I'm not sure if it's suitabl
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    This brightened my day. Also, Thimbleweed Park was great IMO.
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    That was a really nice read. Thanks.
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    Turns out what I've been calling "Pocoyo design"[0] is actually called "Claymorphism"... [0] https://www.pocoyo.com/
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    You can’t get banned from Mastodon (the software).
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    For someone using Kopia, is there any major advantage in switching to restic?
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    Never heard of xonsh before and it looks really useful. Thanks.
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    I was thinking Radagast.
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    There's money to be made with desktop software and the subscription model. Just looking at my own apps: IntelliJ, Bitwig, Bear, Renoise, ...
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    Related to Brexit (but more with the "Freedom fries" angle) Morrisons tried to rename "Brussel sprouts" to "Yorkshire sprouts"[0]. [0] - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    I picked a terrific time to lose my temper and do a `rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools ; xcode-select --install` /facepalm
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    If we consider Einstein as a "10x scientist", I for one, I'm glad that society is realising that it's better collectively to increase slightly the performance/achievements of 10 scientists than relying on a single &
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    A bit unrelated, but I was immediately reminded of a Marcus Brigstocke story from when (if?) he travelled to Svalbard. > We had our safety briefing last night – all pretty obvious advice like "don't fall in the sea, it's c
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    As someone who doesn't really work with neither JS or TS, the proposed JS type system looks superficially very similar to TS. Is this "backporting" TS to JS or is there something else I'm missing?
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    Depends on the context and scope. If it's something simple I can grok by reading the code and tests I usually don't. If it's a complex piece of code, I find it valuable to run it locally, to setup some breakpoints, debug it a
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    The incumbent government complains about "wokeness" and not political (party) bias. Also, those are mostly examples of a hand-full of famously fringe hard-Brexit MPs, over almost 7 years now, that cry foul for anything. Even the 7
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    I agree the editorial line is not uniform. But realistically, how many people watch Politics live or Newsnight? Mostly politics buffs. The vast majority of the population watches peak time news (which is mostly repeating the governments lin
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    I gave my opinion on Dorries' approach further down on the thread. Interestingly, the heavy scrutiny only came after the govt's threat of "defunding" the BBC in 2021. It was never there for the 2019 election, for instanc
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    Yes, it's strange. Mind you that the several accusations of bias (e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jan/18/bbc-trust-says... ) are political and Nadine Dorries' angle is "wokenes
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    There are two BBCs. BBC News and BBC TV programmes. BBC TV programmes (from fiction to documentaries) are among the best of in the world in terms of productions. BBC News is incredibly biased pro-government. IMO, this all stems to the chang
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    I agree, although I had a slightly different view of Stoicism. I always viewed Stoicism as a kind of Spock-like attitude. You can think rationally about something and not give in to emotions. In this context I view it as being able to think
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    by rvieira 5y ago

    24 Chrome tabs?