EddieB

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by EddieB 3mo ago
I doubled down on Podman when moving to Fedora a couple years ago- couple small hiccups but mostly my shallow knowledge on SELinux and bind mounts. Big fan, especially quadlets + stow on my homelab- thanks Podman people!
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by EddieB 3mo ago
Agreed on Garnett- but you might also like McDuffs
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by EddieB 3mo ago
I recently worked my way through (in order) Anna Karenina, Crime & Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov. Each time seeking Garnett translations as I found the usual recommendations just not hitting the spot. That said, and
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by EddieB 6mo ago
The last 3 books I’ve purchased from Amazon (UK) have been of questionable quality. The most recent was Designing Data–Intensive Applications (O’Reilly) and I’m still not sure if it’s print on demand, counterfeit- or just a reject. Roller m
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by EddieB 7mo ago
Had this thought multiple times over the years. However, reality in the UK is training cost and time (~2 years with 2 days a week college + at least ~£5k cost and further 2 years gaining experience) can be quite a blocker- difficult to achi
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by EddieB 8mo ago
Great list! Not sure how I've missed all these in my search but I've had success with Plexamp (Gnome, Fedora), with Plex served from my Synology NAS. Opinions on Plex aside, it's been the most successful "native" ex
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by EddieB 9mo ago
Thank you adamors, I’ll be sure to give Satantango a go next- I’ve been struggling to find a modern substitute for the Russian classics and haven’t been able to put my finger on why- there is a quality to it that keeps me engrossed.
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by EddieB 9mo ago
I’ve been working through more Dostoyevsky- currently ending the year reading The Brothers Karamazov (Constance Garnett translation). It’s topping The Idiot for me- and a fitting way to end the year. I have spent most of 2025 stuck in a 19t
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by EddieB 10mo ago
Thanks :) very much looking forward to it! Maybe I’ll be a AMD convert after this!
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by EddieB 10mo ago
I followed this exact same path. Started with HTML for guilds, learning to slice PSDs and ended with learning VB6 to develop auto buyers / adopters :D Slopdog forums was my inspiration for using VB I think?
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by EddieB 10mo ago
Just went through this today for my daughter- struggled to find an i5 not on pre-order, and the RAM was crippling- ended up going Ryzen 7 for a first time and 2x8Gb DDR5 6000 @ £119 - looking forward to building it with her!
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by EddieB 13y ago
Whats stopping people selling their gift cards and using them before the buyers? Or am I missing something?
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by EddieB 13y ago
The author briefly touches upon this under the section 'Word and character frequency analysis', but I'm not sure this would really help with writing style?
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Go: A breath of fresh air(eblundell.com)
2 points by EddieB 13y ago|0 comments
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by EddieB 13y ago
Thank you for sharing this, I am in a similar situation and often think this, however always fall back to the "I'm just being lazy train of thought". I didn't actually make it through the exams that would allow me to study Computer Science,
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by EddieB 13y ago
Wow, thanks for the great responses! I will definitely head up to the public library near the civic center and checkout the POPOS guide.. great information :) As for the hackerdojo, I already plan on heading there but wont be down that way
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Ask HN: Best environments to hack in SF
4 points by EddieB 13y ago|6 comments
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by EddieB 14y ago
Can't look at the listing in the same way after seeing that haha
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by EddieB 14y ago
Life: Quitting my my full time dev job to go freelance (less money, but I've always got a smile on my face now) Programming: Putting aside spending all my time learning best practices and paradigms and just creating something I have in my h
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by EddieB 14y ago
Yep picked that up, might be worth noting however.. A couple other tricks I picked up also, but that's game play wise so I wont drop any spoilers here. I think I'll try making some levels later on tonight, just complete the game!
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by EddieB 14y ago
Not only does it look great it's actually quite challenging, in a nice way.. Well done! Some controls on intro would be nice, had to look in source to make sure there wasn't some magical way to jump.
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Inspirational Slump(eblundell.com)
1 points by EddieB 14y ago|0 comments
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by EddieB 14y ago
Wow that was incredibly trippy, a great mix of technical ability with an artistic side, it's nice to see..