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by teddyh 1y ago
Something which I occasionally link to, is this: < https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd08xx/EWD831.PDF >. It not only shows why computer languages should start their indexes at 0 (instead of 1), but a
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For those who prefer Emacs over tilde: startx emacs --maximized --funcall=darkroom-mode
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Related: < https://jasonpargin.substack.com/p/to-save-the-world-save-yo... >
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Relevant, from 2001: < https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/10/14/in-defense-of-not-... >
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I dispute that definition: < https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/a-pinch-of-snuff/ >
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That is only true as long as people are the only entities who can spend money. As soon as people give AI the power to spend money, we will see companies designing products to appeal to AI:s. A new form of SEO spam, if you will.
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Amusingly, Linus Tech Tips has had many videos censored and removed by YouTube.
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Technically, “snuff” is usually defined as at least being made for entertainment (I say “usually”, since commonly other requirements are added as well). But beheading videos and the like are meant to scare their enemies , not to enterta
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You can use “costless” if you like.
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AI Models Write Code with Security Flaws 18–50% of the Time(medium.com)
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You mean gratis movies using a libre browser. They are not the same concept.
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> GPL usage has collapsed from 72% in 2009 to just 15% in 2024—a 57 percentage point freefall. Meanwhile, permissive licenses (MIT, Apache, BSD) that enable corporate appropriation without reciprocal obligations have surged from 28% to
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by teddyh 1y ago
> If you are a business, I am not sure why on earth do you want to deal with the world’s worst customer service company: Google. The answer is extremely simple. People aren’t businesses. You are right, no business should choose Goo
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From what I heard, the index hole was not used except by extremely old systems; i.e. IBM PCs never used them.
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> You can VACUUM INTO, ~~but standard vacuum won’t rewrite the whole db~~ (vacuum rewrites the whole db) HN does not support whatever markup you are trying to use. You have to use Unicode: “You can VACUUM INTO, b̶u̶t̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶n̶d̶a̶r̶d̶
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by teddyh 1y ago
IMHO, Rust is not mature until it decides on a stable ABI, and starts being able to use non-static linking, and therefore able to produce dynamically linked binaries.
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I’m sorry to inform you that it is perfectly possible. When I encounter a system which has a completely stock and unconfigured Emacs, I generally only modify one or two settings, and then I’m perfectly happy to use it in that state. I’ve
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by teddyh 1y ago
This article was published on Oct 30th, but it refers to IETF draft-yun-cfrg-arc-01, a draft that was superseded by draft-yun-privacypass-crypto-arc-00 < https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-yun-privacypass-crypt...
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> I must bind caps-lock to control, and […] no operating system does this in a way that really works besides OSX. What? This has worked for me in X11 for at least two years now: setxkbmap -model pc104 us -option ctrl:nocaps (
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If this leads to more and more advanced graphic features in terminals, how long before MGR is effectively reimplemented?
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A thingamajig.
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It wasn’t an “extra detail”, it was a correction . Because accuracy matters.
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Please drink a verification can. (< https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2714117-mountain-dew-twitch-... >)
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Do not create the Torment Nexus. (< https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/torment-nexus >)
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But it makes the text look like it was written by a schizophrenic: < https://web.archive.org/web/20231122160401/https://prestersp... >
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Truth. Unlike some people, I find it important.
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“Copilot in Excel is a global financial crisis waiting to happen.” — Zack Korman, < https://x.com/ZackKorman/status/1974828240679166396 >
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> a DNSSEC rollout bricking prod for hours He links to the Slack incident. But that problem wasn’t caused by a DNSSEC rollout ; the problem was entirely caused by a completely botched attempt to back out of DNSSEC, by doing it the
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by teddyh 1y ago
Despite his somewhat annoying style, that article has many good points about the aloofness of security researchers. However, I will disagree on two points which the article contains: 1. Tor is (rightly) used by anyone who has a good reason
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> Yoda had said "A Jedi craves not revenge" in the previous episode No, he never said that.

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