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by follower 24d ago
Although, for completeness, the company in that case is actually Canadian. (Always nice to see decade old effort still get referenced on occasion. :) ) Source: Username checks out. :D
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by follower 6mo ago
For historical context, the Advogato site in question: https://web.archive.org/web/20170715120119/http://advogato.o... Background on the "trust metric" implemented on the site: https:/&#x
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by follower 7mo ago
The combo of the visuals and Halcyon is exquisite.
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by follower 8mo ago
I encountered the Sony MMCD when I fell down a rabbit hole *checks literal notes * around five years ago while researching Microsoft Encarta MindMaze[0] and its related file formats. It turns out the data associated with MindMaze (& ot
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by follower 8mo ago
The Sony MMCD[0] is a contemporary of the Sony Data Discman that people might also find of interest: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Multimedia_CD-ROM_Player There are a couple of YouTube videos showing the device
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by follower 9mo ago
"The Office Formerly Known as 365"
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by follower 9mo ago
> [...] brave or foolhardy, [...] Heed the above warning as down this rpath madness surely lies! Exhibit A: https://gitlab.com/RancidBacon/notes_public/-/blob/main/note... Exhibit B: https:&#x2F
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by follower 11mo ago
Just mentioned this in another reply but Jujutsu may be of interest as a maintained alternative to gitless: https://github.com/jj-vcs/jj/blob/main/README.md#introductio...
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by follower 11mo ago
> bzr While not perfect, I have some hope that Jujutsu may be a path forward for improved ergonomics in version control: https://github.com/jj-vcs/jj/blob/main/README.md#introductio...
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by follower 11mo ago
I vaguely wondered if FreeHand would make an appearance in this thread. :) Two features that come to mind as IIRC being unique (as compared to Illustrator) were multi-page documents and multiple page size multi-page documents. Ideal for t
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by follower 1y ago
TIL. Thank you! Now I just have to remember this next time I need to select text within a link. :)
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by follower 1y ago
> I've been thinking about bluetooth and a standard protocol and generic app. A long time ago I developed a project called "Handbag[0] for Android"[1] based around a similar concept--it targeted the short-lived "Andro
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by follower 1y ago
"Cregit" tool might be of interest to you, it generates token -based (rather than line -based) git "blame" annotation views: https://github.com/cregit/cregit Example output based on Linux kernel @
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by follower 1y ago
"Cregit" tool might be of interest to you, it generates token -based (rather than line -based) git "blame" annotation views: https://github.com/cregit/cregit Example output based on Linux kernel @
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by follower 1y ago
"Cregit" tool might be of interest to you, it generates token -based (rather than line -based) git "blame" annotation views: https://github.com/cregit/cregit Example output based on Linux kernel @
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by follower 1y ago
In my case the particular code I was digging into was within the function `squash_the_stupid_serial_number(...)` as seen here: https://cregit.linuxsources.org/code/6.13/arch/x86/kernel/cp... Unfortu
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by follower 1y ago
The linked site contains a token -based (rather than line -based) git "blame" annotation view for Linux kernel releases, i.e. it allows you to discover which commit added a particular token --where "a token is what the C s
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Cregit-Linux: how code gets into the kernel(cregit.linuxsources.org)
7 points by follower 1y ago|4 comments
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by follower 2y ago
I'm unsure whether the most charitable reading of your comment is to assume you missed that these linked phrases exist on the original site but were not included in the text copied into the comment above, or something else: * "bad
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by follower 2y ago
I would like to first acknowledge the feelings of what I read to be anger, frustration & pain you expressed in your comment. (If I've misinterpreted what you've written, I am open to reading further clarification if that'
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by follower 2y ago
Quoting part of k1t's comment[0] for visibility: " I do recall a Firefox discussion about how they can't 100% block videos because there will always be another way - eg do animated gifs count, or javascript that shows a rapid
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by follower 2y ago
> Few maintainers care about the platform in question (to whom it's more a curiosity [...]) and don't have the hardware to test any submitted patches. Yeah, from some very brief research I could only find a singular Linux ker
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by follower 2y ago
> Where is the demand for it? There was at least one person who said[0]: "I'd absolutely love to have one, if it just ran Linux.. [...] I've been waiting for an ARM laptop that can run Linux for a long time. The new Air
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by follower 2y ago
> I meant that people who struggle to use basic CLI tools have a skills issue. I very much understood that's what you meant. (And assumed you meant "skills issue" in the dismissive sense--if you didn't , ummm, feel f
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by follower 2y ago
[See also: Previous 4 comments.] [Below: Footnotes] ---- [0] https://cla.developers.google.com/about/google-individual [1] A document which I note has no associated date or revision information. [2] But at least now I
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by follower 2y ago
Let me quote here Point 7 (see 7.) of the "Google Individual Contributor License Agreement" for the purposes of review & criticism in a manner hopefully compliant with the concept of "Fair Use" in some jurisdiction:
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by follower 2y ago
As it happens, I have actually submitted PRs to projects with CLA "requirements" before--if I recall correctly, the first time was by accident because I didn't realise there was a CLA requirement (projects that don't c
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by follower 2y ago
----[intermission begins]---- My current theory, in absence of other information, is that one day there was a conversation along the lines of: Lawyer: "Nice beanie. BTW accepting free labour from random people on the internet puts the
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by follower 2y ago
TL;DR: I wish you & the Jujutsu project well. I hope the project sees continued success as another step into a world where we can acknowledge that developers are human; and, that--rather than just telling those humans they should "
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by follower 2y ago
> A good catalog of mostly skills issues. Seems a bit harsh to call out the developers of all that software like that. But I do agree that software interface design and empathy are both skills that many software developers might benefit

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