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1. 181.▲
   by rzzzt 10mo ago

   We do what we must, because we can / For the good of all of us
2. 182.▲
   by rzzzt 10mo ago

   I totally failed on the balancing part, was working on the thesis like a runaway diesel engine. I could sleep and step away from the word processor window but it kind of consumed my thoughts at all times. Towards the end stress started to s
3. 183.▲
   by rzzzt 10mo ago

   AA-lib is alive and kicking (I think): https://aa-project.sourceforge.net/
4. 184.▲
   by rzzzt 10mo ago

   A very un-scientific screen grab and saving as a GIF gives me 604kB at 990×1000 pixels, but this does include color fringing at the edges of each letter and I'd be inclined to treat this as a 1 BPP image.
5. 185.▲
   by rzzzt 10mo ago

   An MPEG-1-based screen sharing experiment appeared here 10 years ago: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9954870 - https://phoboslab.org/log/2015/07/play-gta-v-in-your-browser...
6. 186.▲
   by rzzzt 10mo ago

   don't do it
7. 187.▲
   by rzzzt 10mo ago

   I remember a GitHub repository where someone documented problems and resolutions related to their house in the issues section. I'm also trying to gather a personal backlog of things at home patiently waiting to be resolved, but can&#x2
8. 188.▲
   by rzzzt 10mo ago

   GNU Stow? https://systemcrafters.net/managing-your-dotfiles/using-gnu-... Keep the alternate sets in different subdirectories.
9. 189.▲
   by rzzzt 10mo ago

   At least you don't have to type the same letters while holding a thin tape over your screen to erase them! Apple also had separate Return and Enter symbols on keyboards for a while, which also sounds like typewriter territory but their
10. 190.▲
    by rzzzt 10mo ago

    I have also dug around a bit to find out this one, and the earliest httpd I could get my hands on is 1.3.0 which is hosted on the Apache archive site: https://archive.apache.org/dist/httpd/ "src/modules&
11. 191.▲
    by rzzzt 10mo ago

    I meant the "include" statement of PHP which you can use even if your HTTP server is not configured for processing SSI directives.
12. 192.▲
    by rzzzt 10mo ago

    PHP's initial release announcement mentions includes as a feature that can be used even if the server does not have SSI support: https://groups.google.com/g/comp.infosystems.www.authoring.c...
13. 193.▲
    by rzzzt 10mo ago

    Some of the sharks will also do just fine sitting still: https://www.britannica.com/story/do-sharks-really-die-if-the...
14. 194.▲
    by rzzzt 10mo ago

    1.2 times the circumference of the Earth. Is space compressed between SF and Guatemala City somehow?
15. 195.▲
    by rzzzt 11mo ago

    Just like a person would!
16. 196.▲
    by rzzzt 11mo ago

    HN remembers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42989923
17. 197.▲
    by rzzzt 11mo ago

    There are uC versions like the W65C134S: https://www.westerndesigncenter.com/wdc/w65c134s-chip.php
18. 198.▲
    by rzzzt 11mo ago

    C: is the boot partition with the DoubleSpace driver, D: is the compressed volume.
19. 199.▲
    by rzzzt 11mo ago

    I'm getting "Windows Subsystem for Linux" vibes from the project name. Shouldn't this be called a HEUFX with a Californium source?
20. 200.▲
    by rzzzt 11mo ago

    Someone linked the FAQ elsewhere and point 1.6 covers this: https://geminiprotocol.net/docs/faq.gmi#16-so-its-just-words...
21. 201.▲
    by rzzzt 11mo ago

    I've seen "The Bat!" pop up frequently in computer magazine CDs as well, not sure how widely it was used though.
22. 202.▲
    by rzzzt 11mo ago

    Are clients permitted/expected/tolerated to run off and fetch the contents of image links for inline display, once a page containing such links is retrieved?
23. 203.▲
    by rzzzt 11mo ago

    I found a copy of the PC Game Programmer's Encyclopedia (PCGPE) back then but couldn't really wrap my head around most of the articles (especially the 3D stuff and Mode X).
24. 204.▲
    by rzzzt 11mo ago

    Was it Ralf Brown? beej has C and networking tutorials: https://beej.us/guide/
25. 205.▲
    by rzzzt 11mo ago

    Past discussions on the topic about articles that explore the mindset: 1) John Scalzi's "Being Poor" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15041758 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1712
26. 206.▲
    by rzzzt 11mo ago

    Also if you have an older version of macOS. It will try to take the compiled route for packages but also prints a stern warning that your setup is unsupported.
27. 207.▲
    by rzzzt 11mo ago

    You can ask for Mermaid syntax and receive nicely formatted block diagrams.
28. 208.▲
    by rzzzt 11mo ago

    A bench warrant is indefinite so they will be brought to court immediately after core temperature and circulation is restored. It will be posted to the cylinder like a parking ticket. IANAL, not in any of the parallel universes either!
29. 209.▲
    by rzzzt 1y ago

    Lock the taskbar, lock the taskbar!
30. 210.▲
    by rzzzt 1y ago

    Hopefully there aren't too many people with the name "First Last" running around.