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by vram22 6y ago
> As said in other threads, our grandmothers and mothers used to open all windows briefly every morning This is a common practice (except in very cold or highly polluted parts of India) even today - and not just briefly, either - windows
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by vram22 6y ago
> From walking around it, you could think it is several individual trees, because it's branches bend downward, touch the soil, grow new smaller roots there, and then go up again. The same happens with some banyan trees, in a big way
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by vram22 6y ago
Was that raw mangos? Asking because I don't remember ever having such a problem with ripe ones (nor with raw ones, actually). And have eaten plenty of both, more of raw, in fact. But guessing the raw ones are more likely to have some i
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by vram22 6y ago
>Well, the word 'algebra' would suggest credit is being given to the Arab world. Also 'algorithm', 'alchemy' and 'alcohol', IIRC, and maybe other words too.
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by vram22 6y ago
Also: Bhaskaracharya and the man who found zero: https://jugad2.blogspot.com/2010/06/bhaskaracharya-and-man-w...
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by vram22 6y ago
It is not new, but the Icon language has at least one or two. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icon_(programming_language) Also maybe Self and Joy (IIRC).
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by vram22 6y ago
The classic Kernighan and Pike book, The Unix Programming Environment[1], has a good example of advanced make usage (cascading / recursive makes, multiple (and implied) rules, sources and targets, etc.), along the lines of your examp
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by vram22 6y ago
>Heck, it sounds like bash/ask might even fit this use case if the code is so small as to not need functions. Assuming that "ask" was a typo and you meant "awk", awk does support user-defined functions, as does b
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by vram22 6y ago
Oh yes, of course. My mistake. I did look up all the grep options used, including --byte-offset, before commenting, but somehow your point did not occur to me. Yes, the byte offsets would be meaningless after the data was piped through stri
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by vram22 6y ago
Good info. No, I did not know that. Do you know about the Chennai Snake Park? It was founded by an American, Romulus Whitaker. I've been to it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Snake_Park
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by vram22 6y ago
Sorry, typos above: >be ause then only the printable ASCII characters woyls should be because then only the printable ASCII characters would
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by vram22 6y ago
Sounds cool.
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by vram22 6y ago
> I have also noticed that my dreams adapt to outside sounds/lighting changes in realtime. Yes, that happens. I have both read about and experienced it. For example if you are thirsty or hungry (in real life), that can be reflected
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by vram22 6y ago
What kind of snake do you keep?
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by vram22 6y ago
They may have been able to make this command they used: cat /dev/md2 \ | pv -s 1888127576000 \ | grep -P --byte-offset --text 'FLV\x01\x05' \ | tee -a /mnt/storagebox/grep-log.txt somewhat (or a lot) faste
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by vram22 6y ago
Right. The 'alias' word is a shell built-in[1], so is interpreted by the shell, which is anyway the first process to parse any command line that you type at the shell prompt. It is only after the shell has done its processing of t
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by vram22 6y ago
bash also has a noclobber option, IIRC. It is to prevent overwriting existing files with the > redirection operator. Google: bash set noclobber option and bash set command and see https://www.gnu.org/software/bash&#x
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by vram22 6y ago
Enjoyed the conversation too, thanks.
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by vram22 6y ago
You might want to investigate Dr Vasant Lad's videos (2 in number, IIRC) on Ayurvedic cooking in particular, and the principles, or at least techniques, of (spices and masalas used in) Indian cooking in general. All with a view to impr
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by vram22 6y ago
>Onions, for whatever stupid reason, seem to bother me the worst. Which is a shame, because I love them. Surprised to hear that. Tough luck. I love onions (and peppers) too. You're welcome, and no problem about the delay. Thank you!
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by vram22 6y ago
Had not heard of SIBO. Good to know. Wonder if yogurt and other fermented foods that increase good gut bacteria can help.
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by vram22 6y ago
Another amazing thing is that Carl Sassenrath, creator of the Amiga OS kernel, also went on to create the REBOL language, which seemed quite innovative too - I've checked it out some - though it is kind of dormant now, and now there
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by vram22 6y ago
Yes, the Worse is Better thing.
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by vram22 6y ago
Only connection is raga, but since a lot of us here are devs or other computer workers, sharing this, which a few others have told me they liked, for the same reason as me - it is good music to work by: Music video: Sitar - Vilayat khan -
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by vram22 6y ago
You're welcome. Glad you think the points are worth checking out. I too love many seasonings. Good luck!
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by vram22 6y ago
Thanks, will check them out.
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by vram22 6y ago
Right. I had given a few examples of quite successful long-running permaculture / regenerative agriculture operations here - people like Gabe Brown (Brown's Ranch, ND, US, ~5000 acres), Richard Perkins (Ridgedale Permaculture, Va
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by vram22 6y ago
Cool. I read A Walk across America, in serial form (2 parts) in the National Geographic magazine, long ago. It was great, and the first time I heard of the concept of such a long journey on foot, although I knew about people driving across
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by vram22 6y ago
Good idea. See this Matt Might post - he had the same; I've started doing it some: End artificial scarcities to increase productivity http://matt.might.net/articles/artific
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by vram22 6y ago
There probably are many, you have to name your poison and search for books about it. Almost any really major technology or tech company likely has had a book or two written about it. Some examples off the top of my head: The HP Way The IBM

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