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by ixtenu 1y ago
English spelling irregularity serves a functional role similar to Japanese kanji. It distinguishes homophones (e.g., night and knight) and evinces the shared meaning of words which have the same root with different pronunciations (e.g., si
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by ixtenu 3y ago
> nothing in the language itself dictates this convention. String literals are nul-terminated, e.g.: "foo"[3] == '\0'
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by ixtenu 4y ago
TFA: > Checkmating loses the game, as it is always the top engine move. Rather than aiming for checkmate, players seek to force their opponent to make a top engine move. If a player only has one move available, that move will always be t
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by ixtenu 4y ago
What's the rationale for this project? In other words, what makes it different than other embedded libc projects like Newlib or uClibc-ng or musl? Not seeing any documentation which answers this question.
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by ixtenu 4y ago
The GnuWin32 port of Make [1] is version 3.81. I've used it when I needed GNU Make on Windows. I know there are other ways to get newer versions of Make on Windows, but the GnuWin32 port is simple, standalone, and it still works desp
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by ixtenu 4y ago
> Is there a mnemonic to remember which one is the right one? "square the circle" The Markdown link format is [text](url) and [] is square-ish and () is circle-ish. Your mileage may vary (as with any mnemonic), but this one wor
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by ixtenu 4y ago
No, the recent change [0] was to add non-free firmware to the official installer (instead of relegating it to a separate unofficial installer). GP, however, was talking about the apt repository: the non-free apt repository is disabled by d
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by ixtenu 4y ago
I found it helpful. Just be aware that portions of it are outdated, as summarized by this comment: https://old.reddit.com/r/openbsd/comments/q8lsiq/how_relevan...
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by ixtenu 4y ago
It's a good idea to pick a relatively popular distro, since it will be easier to find answers to your questions and since having more users/developers tends to result in fewer bugs. Look at lists of popular distros, filter by you
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by ixtenu 4y ago
> most people are already using wayland. Per [0], as of June 2022, Wayland is at 24.6% versus X11 at 67.7%. It's not a random sample, but it suggests that Wayland is not yet what most people are using. Wayland's usage suddenl