Ramin Honary

I'm just some kind of nerd: software developer, big fan of functional programming, especially Haskell and Scheme. I also love old Macintosh computers. Haskell programming since 2007, Linux user since 2008, Emacs user since 2018. Currently working as an app developer at a small machine learning consultancy. You could call me a "full stack" engineer, but server-side is where I am really in my element.

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2024-08-18 14:33:13

Recently shared on HackerNews, this article from 2022 by someone called Kevin Boone on C programming for the CP/M operating system on real Z80 computer hardware: "Getting back into C programming for CP/M". He especially goes into detail about the system interface that CP/M provides to the computing platform, including I/O. He also discusses memory management (or lack thereof).
#RetroComputing #CPM #Z80 #CProgramming

2024-08-14 08:11:56

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> "I've lost my mind!"
@npub1n9g…909u maybe by losing your mind, that makes you the most sane person in the room.
#Guix is a bit of clarity in an mad, mad world.

2024-08-07 16:17:33

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@npub1yy8…rgxa are you using a test suite for testing Scheme standards compliance?

2024-08-06 01:22:49

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@npub1uht…s3rj I suppose "last" has been replaced by something in Systemd. I haven't needed to worry about multiple logins in quite some time, although I still keep SSHD running on most of my boxes.

2024-08-06 00:59:16

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@npub16at…f89f I am constantly and irrationally angry that Scheme is not the language that powers web apps.

2024-08-02 04:07:34

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@npub1vr4…92wq does it have a screen reader?

2024-07-30 14:36:32

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@npub1zgl…rqd7 oh, that&aops;s a shame. Well, it is very cool that there is a Linux-friendly ARM Thinkboook product soon to be available.

2024-07-30 13:41:40

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@npub1zgl…rqd7 cool! I am glad you got it all worked out!
I am curious how Aarch64 Guix runs on metal. I can for certain that Arch64 Debian Bookworm is perfectly stable, and a very good experience.

2024-07-26 07:20:28

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@npub1c5u…sr87 ah, this is one of those APL computers.

2024-07-26 07:05:21

Linux Mint 22 released
Codenamed "Wilma." (I am from the US, I can only think of "The Flintstones" when I hear that name.)----------( copy-paste blog post text )----------
Linux Mint 22 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2029. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use.
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For an overview of the new features please visit: "What's new in Linux Mint 22".

2024-07-26 06:25:06

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@npub1swy…snpj "...grab 'em by the cushie..."

2024-07-26 06:06:54

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@npub1swy…snpj I look forward to the next big Republican convention where people start wearing cum-stained couch cushion costumes to show support for Trump, kind of like how they are all bandaging their ears right now.

2024-07-26 04:38:41

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@npub137e…fdm5 in this timeline, the Bell Riots lead to the police murdering thousands upon thousands of homeless people, and results in absolutely no substantive reforms of any kind.

2024-07-25 01:07:21

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@npub12lc…e4yu when they made that game, they actually took the time to write rules into the game engine the check if you have tall buildings near an airport and will crash planes against those buildings if you do.

2024-07-25 00:56:00

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@npub1c5u…sr87 I like land forms: prairie, tundra, forest, island, canyon, ocean, river, plateau, etc.

2024-07-24 16:17:59

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@npub1rss…w5ey oh, OK. Thanks for clarifying.
Yeah, I am in my 40s now and have 2 kids. I am too old for raves, or game jams, or anything like that.

2024-07-24 12:08:28

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@npub1xth…u6wq you can't do that on television.

2024-07-23 16:36:22

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@npub1zg3…sjnz well, at least I can feel hopeful that if CBS is covering this, it means even corporate media beginning to realize that they can no longer hide the genocide by simply ignoring it.

2024-07-23 05:10:43

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> "Kamala Harris Lays Out How She Plans to Beat Trump at His Own Game"
@npub1esn…jpyd his own game? You mean lying? I wouldn't try, Trump will always win in that contest.

2024-07-23 05:07:37

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@npub1gpd…t4xh looks like something you might have seen in a game for Mac OS 7.5 back in roughly 1993 give or take a year or two.
Where did you find it?

2024-07-21 18:43:59

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@npub1pm5…47k5 Kamal Harris vs. J. D. Vance.

2024-07-21 18:39:38

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@npub1hcc…4xws a sloth standing on a penguin standing on a coyote inside of human costume and dressed in an ugly three-piece suit wearing a wig that got run over by a truck.

2024-07-21 08:03:06

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@npub1gwd…3lhr that is indeed a nice shadow my fedi friend!

2024-07-17 16:43:08

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@npub1lsp…0cej yeah, I used photoshop for many years before switching to Linux, so maybe Krita won't be as hard for me to learn as Gimp was.

2024-07-17 09:56:21

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@npub162k…lm6s wow, raindrops can dry each other out when they are 180 degrees out of phase?

2024-07-16 16:20:03

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@npub1cga…dsvu asking someone to remove their ski mask in Minnesota, especially in the winter time, just sounds unreasonable cruel.

2024-07-16 04:08:35

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@npub1sdn…mxwa heh, I used Bryce to create landscapes too.

2024-07-12 19:31:17

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@npub1rdc…jdax yeah, I don't care how you cook your rich people or what seasonings you use to flavor them. To each their own.

2024-07-12 19:28:34

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> "From where? Alpha Centauri?"
@npub16mj…alcf
https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/112/775/167/445/776/668/original/5e4b28c4670463d3.png

2024-07-12 19:26:18

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> "SERIES doesn’t work on #LispM :-("
@npub1ypg…8pc9 should we file a bug report?

2024-07-12 19:05:03

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@npub15xl…dj0q thanks, you're right! I fixed it.

2024-07-11 10:26:14

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@npub1vkt…7z8m I do Systemd configuration so seldom that I never remember, I always have to check the man pages.

2024-07-10 19:53:26

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@npub12gw…7l2e go for it! Run your own Mastodon instance, maybe also PeerTube and XMPP.

2024-07-10 15:45:15

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@npub1fyj…vj8h pretty clever. No possible way of some lawyer from Apple or Microsoft complaining about using copyrighted images for props.

2024-07-09 18:29:02

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@npub1alm…57vz "This is fine. Come join us. Stay safe."

2024-07-09 08:37:34

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> "Pay off my student debt and get the hell out of this fucking country"
@npub1yy8…rgxa you sound like an American, because American with half a brain is thinking the same thing right now.

2024-07-09 03:39:51

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@npub1gnx…d5kh LOL! should have used quotation marks.

2024-07-08 21:45:15

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@npub1c5u…sr87 such tiny mechanical key switches! They must have created an entirely new high-precision machining process just for key switch fabrication for this device!

2024-07-04 08:58:39

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@npub1v5r…as27 what are solar bulbs?

2024-07-03 06:16:03

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> "shell-mode uses a pty process though. Take a look at list-processes."
@npub1l5g…wvq0 hmm, you are right about that. I wonder if it has something to do with whether the TTY is set into "raw" or "cooked" mode then?

2024-07-02 10:01:23

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@npub1auc…gwhk if this isn't doesn't convince a person that anti-Zionism is not the same thing as antisemitism, then nothing could have ever convinced them.

2024-07-02 07:32:25

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@npub1jq7…jd3j well, there is an old saying that fascism is basically what you get when imperialism starts using its foreign occupation tactics against their own people at home.

2024-06-30 15:47:13

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@npub1555…59vm like trying to compare apples and oranges?

2024-06-28 00:38:56

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@npub1sv4…skhn if I recall correctly, it even crashed while Bill Gates was giving a live demo of it at a developer conference.

2024-06-26 16:48:53

"SND" — an audio synthesizer scripted using S7 Scheme
I am not sure why it took me so long to discover this software. I was looking through applications that support JACKD and came accross it. I am going to start playing around with this right away.
#LinuxAudio #GenerativeArt #Scheme #S7Scheme #JACKD #AudioSynthesis

2024-06-26 12:19:02

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@npub1wtr…tcad thanks. I couldn't find ARM support on their website, and it failed to build when I tried to build it from their Git repo. I will try building from the Git repo you pointed me to here.

2024-06-25 16:55:29

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@npub1ypg…8pc9 more like, "Assange won the worlds longest staring contest against the corupt and totally unjust 'justice' system."

2024-06-24 15:05:23

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@npub15pn…ky4e strong incel vibes from this one, desire to kill ones self by carbon monoxide poisoning. These people need professional help.

2024-06-24 09:39:37

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@npub1enu…se6z yeah, setting up an appointment with a psychiatrist, and probably be put on a waiting list for a few months.

2024-06-24 06:47:55

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@npub10v9…dpjy would you like help solving the fan issue with your computer? I could try, although it is likely to be a hardware problem, so I am not sure I would be able to help you.

2024-06-21 15:10:11

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@npub1w66…rc58 what were your plans for MLT? You wanted to create a GUI wrapper around in using Guile?
I wonder if you could instead maybe combine MLT with an Emacsy plug-in of some kind?

2024-06-20 13:37:55

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@npub10jd…n6vz so, its too late to just not cut down forests?

2024-06-19 07:31:45

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@npub1cww…ny8k it seem to me that it would be OK to train a LLM that only contains code from GPL-licensed sources so long as any code generated by that LLM always automatically had the GPL attached to it.

2024-06-19 05:29:48

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@npub1e3p…8yxv
https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/112/641/625/129/630/560/original/a33a0f3f703f5a5e.png

2024-06-17 06:52:47

Just reading an article called "How I learned Haskell in just 15 years."
I feel pretty smug, it did not take me a whole 15 years to learn Haskell, it only took me like 14.5 years.
I think with mentoring or tutoring you could probably pick it up a lot faster, a few concepts (like monads and type classes) seem difficult at first, but once you see how they are actually used in practice, it becomes pretty obvious. If someone can just point it out to you, monads are pretty easy to understand.

2024-06-12 17:47:18

I have been using a HiDPI display for a week now.
I don't think I can go back to not using one. The lines are so clean, I can't look away!
#Debian #Linux #DebianBookworm #CinnamonDesktop #MacBookPro
https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/112/604/899/929/259/708/original/9cc9642a5befdc57.png

2024-06-12 17:41:40

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@npub1v5r…gjdv don't worry, once they iron-out the kinks in their new AI-powered customer-targeting targeted-ad machine, you will only ever see ads for things you absolutely need!!!

2024-06-10 17:40:02

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@npub1fzx…t6h3 now I no longer have to imagine what it would be like if the "Telescreens" from the book "1984" had pictures of cute puppies on them instead of pictures of "Big Brother's" face.

2024-06-08 14:19:50

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@npub1u80…kfpp you know, someone had told me about UTM before and I had forgotten about it. I am glad you reminded me, because I will definitely give that a try.

2024-06-07 16:12:24

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@npub1qdf…wn0r Navigator was nice, but Communicator was even better. Navigator definitely had the best splash screen though.

2024-06-07 14:40:14

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@npub1agu…mnja so completing individual file names in a shell minibuffer prompt. That I am not sure about, but it should be possible with some combination of Consult, Company, and Orderless.

2024-06-05 18:03:48

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@npub18y3…hlpl are they going around breaking the windows of all Arab-owned shops and houses?

2024-06-02 13:17:27

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@npub1v5r…as27 I knew the odds were pretty high someone would have already rewritten Sudo in Rust.

2024-06-02 01:17:49

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> "I posted about it but thanks for the additional mention :)"
@npub1hc2…7065 well, I guess Mastodon is just rubbish when it comes to search or notifications.

2024-05-31 08:36:55

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@npub1rtv…d02l quiet from disappointment and dejection, and not "quiet before the storm" I hope.

2024-05-31 02:18:41

I just switched to Linux Mint
Wow! This is so much nicer than Ubuntu! The default theming, appearance, color schemes, icon themes, all of it is much more beautiful. And their "Welcome to Mint" screen that you get on the first boot-up is really helpful.
#Linux #LinuxMint

2024-05-30 09:11:41

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@npub1qu5…4evr how do you get your passport stamped? Or do you simply not disembark onto land?

2024-05-29 23:08:34

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@npub1yyh…44hc is this true for any polynomial for which the zeros have an imaginary component? Or is there something particular about mod x²+1 that proves (defines?) the existence of complex numbers?

2024-05-29 08:18:00

The Ski-Free homepage
(I found it via this homepage.)
#RetroComputing #RetroGames #DOSGaming #Windows311 #SkiFree #SoftwareArchiving #RetroSoftware

2024-05-29 06:18:34

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@npub15th…6nvx who are the people who run this website, and can we trust them?

2024-05-27 07:15:40

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@npub1zz5…h3nu yeah, I kind of like the idea of immutable in principle. But I still prefer the old fashioned package managers over using Flatpaks. I do use Guix to install apps, but I don't use Guix OS.

2024-05-25 13:20:52

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@npub10p4…jn3m that undercurrent of Nazi sympathy never actually died after the Third Reich was terminated. And of course, police forces love to hire fascists.

2024-05-24 08:42:08

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@npub1qg4…augv I know you are being sarcastic, but....
#NoContext

2024-05-23 17:04:07

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@exegete@autonomous.zone they just keep on making more and more parallels.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/1933-may-10-berlin-book-burning.JPG

2024-05-23 13:30:11

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@npub1w66…rc58 I can't wait to see the reference manual for the in-game scripting language.

2024-05-23 04:47:58

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@npub1u3t…c6ug if the hero won against the heel too often it would spoil the show. The Democrats have to lose power whenever they are in power, it is one of those unwritten laws.

2024-05-21 06:01:17

To anyone writing programs in #Scheme right now, this is just a reminder that you can search through a huge cluster of Scheme libraries indexed by procedure name, including all SRFIs, at the https://index.scheme.org/ website. If you need code to do something, try searching by keyword to see if someone has already written it.
#LispGameJam #springlispgamejam2024

2024-05-20 18:54:58

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@npub1hm8…4nty wow, suddenly I feel less angry about Ayatola Khomeni issuing a fatwa against him.

2024-05-20 17:08:26

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@npub1w66…rc58 yep, I read it as a kid, I read it to my kids at least once a week.

2024-05-20 15:53:50

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@npub10zm…zrpx I think this looks very nice. I like the color theme chosen, it looks very professional.

2024-05-16 17:29:22

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@npub1gnx…d5kh I mean, I guess you are playing a more recent version of Sonic 1 than I ever played as a kid, because Tails didn't exist until Sonic 2, at least, that is what I remember.

2024-05-16 16:44:05

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@npub1gnx…d5kh how do you get Tails in Sonic 1?

2024-05-16 08:31:12

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@npub1gnx…d5kh is that Sonic 3? I didn't play that one as much Nd I don't recognize the level.

2024-05-16 05:19:35

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@npub1gnx…d5kh soak it in a tub of very hot water for a while, then let dry in front of a constantly running fan for a few days. Then brush all pins with isopropyl alcohol just to be on the safe side, then dry again.

2024-05-15 10:52:52

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@npub1aky…4pnw this is awesome! I want to explore this type system a bit myself!

2024-05-15 03:16:43

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@npub1tpz…gjey uh-oh, a self-signed certificate.
Or is this the message they give you when you use HTTP instead of HTTPS?

2024-05-15 03:04:25

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@npub10av…r788 I like the fact that I can learn about transgender issues and use the word "cisgender" without having my post auto-deleted or my account suspended...
unlike at that other site...

2024-05-13 08:28:32

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@npub19am…qjn6 this is amazing! Did you make this?

2024-05-10 15:20:14

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@npub1hud…nyfp nothing says "we are a company of needless waste with more money we know what to do with" than an ad like this. This ad would make my daughter cry (she is 4), I hope they never play it on TV where I live.

2024-05-09 05:10:34

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@npub1gnx…d5kh we are getting pretty fucking old.

2024-05-08 13:00:46

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@npub1zln…u9mv @npub1t9e…3zdp
LLM = Looting & Lying Machine

2024-05-08 02:52:19

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@npub1ey6…3jqf I love Roger Waters. He isn't saying anything here that anyone of us with a conscience don't already know and feel, just pissed off like the rest of us.

2024-05-08 02:46:06

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@npub1zdm…g0vj I get it. Because an oscilloscope is like a convolution over the time domain, and a spectrum analyzer is showing the frequency domain (Fourier transform) which has a real and complex component to its function.

2024-05-04 08:30:59

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@npub1wnw…8chn I used GNU Screen professionally for 10 years, and still use it often. But Emacs has built-in terminal multiplexing, so I haven't really used Screen or Tmux since I switched to Emacs.

2024-05-01 07:09:19

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@npub1gnx…d5kh me too. I taking a vacation right now, so right now I am doing exactly what I would be doing if I never had to work.

2024-05-01 07:06:11

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> "i'M dOnE wOrKiNg, NoW i HaVe No PuRpOsE!"
@npub1gnx…d5kh this is your brain on capitalism. (Not really a problem specific to NTs.)

2024-05-01 07:05:57

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> "i'M dOnE wOrKiNg, NoW i HaVe No PuRpOsE!"
@npub1gnx…d5kh this is your brain on capitalism. (Not really a problem specific to NTs.)

2024-04-28 14:07:44

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@npub1gnx…d5kh I had never heard of this cartoon before. But I think my daughter would like this, she also loves the color pink and she even wears her hair like Pinkalicious does.

2024-04-26 15:49:28

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@npub1nnh…v3dt they are very deliberately trying to evoke ghosts of the Kent State massacre, its like they are saying "we can kill you with impunity, without consequences, just like last time."

2024-04-26 15:30:03

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@npub1z40…phkh Debian is most likely going to be the OS I install when it comes time to update my computers.