Hisham

Still coding free software — Created htop, Teal (typed dialect of Lua), LuaRocks package manager, GoboLinux distro

PhD @ PUC-Rio, interested in dataflow, PL ∩ HCI

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2024-09-10 13:10:08

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I think often about the massive scale of the data collecting reported by the Snowden revelations back in 2013. At the time we used to say that they were collecting "more data than they could sift through", but now we know there's a process to sift through it all.

2024-08-24 12:40:04

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does "getting rid of CONFIG_VT" mean no more native text mode? That is, if the kernel doesn't have proper graphics drivers or their configuration is borked for some reason, then there's no way to fall back into text mode for debugging other than using a second computer and a serial cable? (for which I have no connector in my laptops)

2024-08-06 14:32:54

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Thanks for the reply, but that doesn't answer my question. I know what localhost is. The question is: Domain names can map to both IPv4 and IPv6 at the same time. In other platforms localhost maps to both 127.0.0.1 and ::1. Is there a reason why that is not the case as well on Ubuntu?

2024-08-06 13:43:58

My Ubuntu box didn't have "localhost" for ::1 in /etc/hosts, only for 127.0.0.1. (I don't remember if that was the default or if I took it out at some point *). It does have ip6-localhost as a name.
Some tests in a third-party suite (likely written for macos) failed because of that. So I added localhost to ::1 in my /etc/hosts and the tests now pass.
(If that was even the default Ubuntu setup,) is there a reason why localhost is IPv4 only?

2024-08-04 21:07:35

Before Runtime, a film by Richard Linkearly

2024-07-31 22:09:38

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yep ^^

2024-07-31 17:08:03

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ah, that's not a translation (Portuguese for blond/blonde is loiro/loira (which if I had to guess, comes from "golden"?) ); using "galego" for blondes is slang, like using "cat" for jazz players.

2024-07-31 15:44:34

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I've always assumed it was because, if you take the west coast of the Iberian peninsula (Galicia and Portugal), the further north you go there's more Celtic influence, and the further south you go there's more Arab influence.

2024-07-31 14:20:37

Fun fact: the slang for "blond(e)" (mainly) in the Brazilian northeast is... "Galician"!

2024-07-26 01:07:00

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Dear Americans, please keep putting pressure. It is working!

2024-07-26 01:02:50

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https://youtu.be/FCtEFAcW_KY
All right, she spoke of the Palestinian right for self-determination and defended a two-state solution. That is progress, I think.

2024-07-24 18:12:46

All I ask from my American leftist friends is that you pressure Harris into a more reasonable stance on Palestine. And if you say "now is not the time, we must beat Trump first", you're giving her a blank check to keep implementing Israel's agenda. Now *is* the time, we need soundbites now, that her future policies will be compared against and called out for.

2024-07-24 14:57:03

#ARGMAR the ref gave *15 minutes* extra time??
#paris2024

2024-07-23 04:04:22

I felt like sounding off in the YouTube comments section.
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2024-07-21 18:56:08

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The pitstop gap was 20 seconds. If Piastri pitted first that would be an safe P1 indeed, but wouldn't there be a risk for an undercut on Norris resulting in a P3 if he stayed out much longer?

2024-07-21 17:07:12

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IMO their call was fine, and Lando turned into a drama. Lando's attitude was ridiculous. They pitted him first to ensure he wouldn't fall back to P3, and he repays the team by making everybody uncomfotrable and making a mess out of Piastri's well-deserved first win.
And before anyone says that P2 was already safe, remember McLaren have been trashed for several races now for "bottling the strategy". They wanted to be 100% on the safe side with no room for error.
#Formula1 #F1

2024-07-07 13:10:39

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arguably, the two-step plan has been laid out by Kiss since the early 70s:
(1) rock and roll all night
(2) party every day
By following these simple instructions to heart, you're guaranteed not to take it

2024-06-30 15:43:26

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maybe I just assumed it wrong. I'm usually an espresso drinker, but if you ask for a double espresso you'll get different proportions in different places (say, more water in Brazil than in the US).

2024-06-30 13:28:17

me, after some deliberation: "an americano with an extra shot, please"
friendly barista at the #Manchester Art Gallery: "so you want three shots? a regular americano comes with two."
me: "ah! just a regular americano then, thanks"
Variations in coffee culture are always interesting.

2024-05-01 14:10:11

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cue in all the jokes about the obvious sequel, Ntscworld

2024-04-14 01:55:50

I love that the YouTube algorithm got so confused about which languages I actually speak that it actually suggested me a video in Romanian

2023-02-16 18:02:19

Linux users rejoice: I finally found the Alsa driver!
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