spiesd

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by spiesd 3mo ago
Too bad, indeed. It's well-defined in javascript (and thus, appropriate in this admittedly niche context). It's non-portable across different regex engines, yes.
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by spiesd 1y ago
I wouldn't say they're "so much longer" now (since the pitch clock was implemented, that is). This year, 9 inning games averaged 2:38. In 1960, they ran 2:33. There are lots of factors that contribute to longer gametime.
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by spiesd 2y ago
If you think of it more as a meditative time, putting it on your calendar seems to make perfect sense. Simple quiet off time is really easy to skip. Not work, not chores, not take a nap, not make dinner, not read HN, not play with the kids.
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by spiesd 2y ago
I'm interested in the general thrust, but this article is sloppy at best. > Check digit: The final digit is essentially used to validate the prior 14 digits with an algorithm. Similar digits exist in other types of identifier codes,
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by spiesd 2y ago
A few come to mind... The executive order (and associated DoC/NTIA RFC) was long, and dense with both legal references and political platitudes. Not great reading, (though the EO got a good amount of discussion here). It's unfortu
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by spiesd 2y ago
Huh. I hadn't checked it, but plain mkfs does create ext2. Interesting. I agree, ext4 seems a sensible baseline today.
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by spiesd 2y ago
This is completely orthogonal, and not particularly relevant. That said, I didn't know this was the case. In fact, I'd assume an unspecified mkfs would complain these days. 1) mkfs is a userspace utility. Its defaults have no cons
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by spiesd 3y ago
Genuinely curious: how do other languages manage? Surely societies adopt words, idioms, shorthand phrases that haven't (yet) been officially sanctioned? There's plenty professional jargon that, while not "proper" Engli
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by spiesd 3y ago
Agreed on the general diffusion of knowledge; I think it's probably a step in the right direction for various cultures to have some basic understanding of those with which they are not personally familiar. We Americans shouldn't c
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by spiesd 3y ago
That's the basic idea, yes. The link in the caption [ https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61llDf3WTvL... ] is unusually helpful, showing each port using four connectors of the uplink. So: 100mbps m