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by teddyh 2y ago
The list is quite long: < https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_German_ex... >
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by teddyh 2y ago
Have you heard of Wikis?
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by teddyh 2y ago
“COMPUTER-RELATED HORROR STORIES, FOLKLORE, AND ANECDOTES” < https://www.cs.earlham.edu/~skylar/humor/Unix/computer.folkl... > “Computer Stupidities” < http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid&#x
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by teddyh 2y ago
> the actual guile scheme documentation didn't seem to explain that syntax at all. (quote data) 'data Quoting is used to obtain a literal symbol (instead of a variable reference), a literal list (instead of a functio
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by teddyh 2y ago
“I’d like to study ants,” I said. He laughed and laughed, as the window blue was turning darker and darker. Finally he regained his composure, sat upright, and asked me seriously: “Why ants?” “Ants never fail. Computer networks, I
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by teddyh 2y ago
> I'm fairly confident that it would be possible to create new social media apps that were less driven by outrage, How? App development needs money, which is today acquired through ads, which need eyeballs, and therefore engageme
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by teddyh 2y ago
I don't need a computer. — The Guy I Almost Was < http://www.electricsheepcomix.com/almostguy/ >
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by teddyh 2y ago
Some people become bosses and managers because they like to boss people around. When they’re not physically around other people who are their subordinates, they can’t scratch their itch. More generously, some people have built their whole
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by teddyh 2y ago
It is extremely generous of you to assume that those who push for RTO have the company’s interest in mind.
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by teddyh 2y ago
Oh, you meant the program “less”! Right, I understand what you meant now.
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by teddyh 2y ago
Is he reinventing USENET netnews?
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by teddyh 2y ago
I know that the Internet Archive are mostly good people and they don’t deserve this, but I really get a vibe of “SF techbros re-invent statues”.
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by teddyh 2y ago
Tell me you have never seriously used Python without telling me you have never seriously used Python. I mean, viewing Python strictly as a scripting language? I am honestly lost for words. There are many huge and major applications and
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by teddyh 2y ago
It was never underrated, just too useful. Every time someone invents an actually effective method of person-to-person file transfer, it gets used for piracy and blocked and shunned.
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by teddyh 2y ago
Complete version as originally published in 1920: < https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Chaos >
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by teddyh 2y ago
> They did not invent UNIX but they try harder I fear that this reference to an old Avis advertising slogan may be lost to a modern audience.
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by teddyh 2y ago
You might like these: • < https://learnxinyminutes.com/ > And some code search engines: • Debian: < https://codesearch.debian.net/ > • Python: < https://www.programcreek.com/python
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by teddyh 2y ago
Do you mean PCRE’s “(?&name)” feature? That is not portable; for instance, Python calls it “(?P=name)”. Or do you mean the common feature of “&” in the replacement string meaning “the whole matched string”? While this feature i
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by teddyh 2y ago
You should probably read the release notes for new major versions. Also, anytime you think “ I wish there was <feature> available in this program ”, you should probably double-check if such a feature has appeared since you last learn
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by teddyh 2y ago
“Just modify someone else’s Borgmon code and you’re good to go.” — Broccoli Man < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t6L-FlfeaI >
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by teddyh 2y ago
It’s amazing how much of a superpower merely reading the manual is nowadays. < https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#Arrays >
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by teddyh 2y ago
Many programs on macOS are stuck in the ancient past, due to Apple: < https://web.archive.org/web/20240810094701/https://meta.ath0... >
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by teddyh 2y ago
The comp.lang.c Frequently Asked Questions < https://c-faq.com/ > should be required reading for every serious C programmer.
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by teddyh 2y ago
Both work equally well if you just want to spot differences. Cross-eyed view is somewhat easier to do, since people naturally cross their eyes when looking at something close to their face, but there is no natural reason for one’s eyes to
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by teddyh 2y ago
> DNS clients combine the 255-byte strings back into a single string. No, DKIM clients and SPF clients do that. Generic DNS clients, however, are in theory free to ascribe any semantic meaning they like to the string separations
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by teddyh 2y ago
I was not trying to prove my assertion; I was just making an observation based on my personal experience.
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The president was very insistent that we show popup ads at six different points in time, until he got home and got six popup ads, and said, “You know what? Maybe just two popups.” — Joel Spolsky, What is the Work of Dogs in this Country?
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by teddyh 2y ago
It has become much more common in the last, say, 10 years, than it ever was. It used to be an extreme last resort, now people talk about it like it’s the obvious first step. Discussed previously: < https://news.ycombinator
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Maybe they did.
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by teddyh 2y ago
> 󱪾-like symbols What? Unicode code point U+F1ABE is in the private use plane 15. What character is that?

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