Posts by wakame@tech.lgbt
(DIR) Post #AWwseiGw0zivadahoe by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-06-22T11:43:25Z
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@cheri My experience is exactly the opposite.LaTeX on Linux: One command. Done in a minute.LaTeX on Windows: Oh, you want the MiKTex distribution? No problem, just download the slowest installer in the history of installers and watch it while it downloads every frickin' package (about 700(?)) over the next five hours.And if you want to do anything with .ps files: There is this very old viewer called GhostView, which is half commercial so good luck installing the free version.
(DIR) Post #AWxAh90ZNe1wGSFH1s by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-06-22T15:17:20Z
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@puniko @Epsi Just glue yourself to the ceiling to dry off.
(DIR) Post #AWyiwmpBDYsbhCVZJo by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-06-23T09:14:12Z
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@puniko "There is a new drug on the streets called 'xmpp'. It's users report a vague discomfort and depersonalization paired with a feeling of 'interconnectedness'."
(DIR) Post #AX15OfyoqUPZsrdmJE by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-06-24T12:26:58Z
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@aral That's no "invasion". Wagner is just executing a "special operation" in Moscow.
(DIR) Post #AX7ERtQpq1aF4Kmt0a by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-06-27T11:46:24Z
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@icedquinn Alt text 1/2:Imagine if I asked you to learn a programming language and a culture of practices where:- All the variables were a single letter, pathologically so, and that programmers enjoyed using foreign alphabets, glyph variation and fonts to disambiguate their code from meaningless gibberish.- None of the functions were documented independently, and instead the API documentation consisted of circular references to other pieces of similar code, often with the same names overloaded into multiple meanings, often impossible to Google.- None of the sample code could be run on a typical computer, in fact, most of it was pseudo-code lacking a clear definition of input and output, or even the environment and domain in which it is typically expected to be run.- Expressive code in this language was impossible to write in a typical text editor or word processor, and transcribing code from paper back into something useful was an error-prone process.
(DIR) Post #AX7ERur6XqBtU65Naq by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-06-27T11:46:53Z
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@icedquinn Alt text 2/2:— Papers describing novel ideas in the field were incomprehensible by default, so that the world's most established experts on the subject would need years to decide g whether a particularly cutting-edge program is meaningful or in fact insane gibberish.— These experts not only see nothing wrong with this picture, but in fact, revel in symbolic obscurity and ego-driven naming, dismissing sincere attempts at fixing these deep seated problems as meaningless taste arguments or pointless pop culture entertainment.If you were an experienced programmer, you would rightly call me insane.If you were a mathematician, it would be a day ending in y.
(DIR) Post #AXBqozzADAeAwh835E by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-06-29T17:15:42Z
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@lowqualityfacts "Sylvester Stallone and Mel Gibson both turned down the Terminator role. The studio suggested O. J. Simpson but Cameron did not feel that Simpson, at that time, would be believable as a killer."Things you learn when you read Wikipedia :blobcatgiggle:
(DIR) Post #AXG0dzc91mgWmaamCu by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-07-01T17:20:13Z
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@icedquinn @volpeon Dnd 2nd edition:Puni's Woozifying WinkCasting time: 1d6 actions (depending on wooziness of the caster)Range: 2 InstancesDuration: Until the caster succeeds a WIS check, up to 20 minutesA creature of your choice that you can see within range becomes incapable of consistent action, be that physical or mental.At the end of each of its turns, and each time it drinks coffee, the target can make a Wisdom saving throw. On a success, the spell ends.
(DIR) Post #AXIM4zz6FJ9P6Sy48W by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-07-02T20:23:44Z
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@Stellar @volpeon iFoxit
(DIR) Post #AXIw155WvQG87jPHRA by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-07-03T03:16:54Z
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@Rasp The Blight Industries one?
(DIR) Post #AXK7uK06TYjWxGN6hM by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-07-03T16:56:53Z
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@foxhkron I call and raise:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YveAomaHMPA
(DIR) Post #AXOUrv65Ae9ciUpdNA by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-07-05T19:41:00Z
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@fosserytech Looks normal to me.
(DIR) Post #AXUY3meHTXl25rH9FI by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-07-08T17:40:33Z
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@soulfire "I can solve problems by applying logic and knowledge and doing a bit of research."Many people fail at exactly that.
(DIR) Post #AXXnoIPpmRMsiz2E08 by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-07-10T07:24:40Z
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@kaia "VR prevents us from seeing the results of our actions.Instead of bulletholes and blood, we just see flowers and sparkles."
(DIR) Post #AXYElGZqrAgiusV4ts by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-07-10T12:26:18Z
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@puniko Doing O(log(n)) tasks in O(n).Maybe tar should be rewritten in !C
(DIR) Post #AXYNFix8ijQvF6QYlc by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-07-10T12:44:50Z
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@kirby @puniko After a cursory look at the source, I would have argued for not linearly searching the list of files.And also maybe not storing the files as a linked list.And yes, that could also be done in C. At least, I didn't find my pet peeve strlen in the source yet.
(DIR) Post #AXasQGtVuzfEbhu4Ey by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-07-11T19:01:16Z
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@lowqualityfacts It's not important how much you spend, only how much you save :blobfoxdealwithitfingerguns:
(DIR) Post #AXawPAqHKmp1Mc7dTs by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-07-11T19:38:53Z
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@Radical_EgoCom The fun part is: Better education, better healthcare, social security, etc. leads to fewer children since there are alternatives to "having many children so you don't starve when you are old".Therefore, pursuing those goals on a global scale makes sense even from their perspective...
(DIR) Post #AXdJ03qet2V7h9DKVc by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-07-12T23:04:55Z
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@lanodan @ariadne I still use it, but seriously, this could be reimplemented as a web app and shed 90% of its code and lag that way.Actually, there are even alternatives likehttps://github.com/SVG-Edit/svgedit
(DIR) Post #AXdK8nmk4vS8R778Km by wakame@tech.lgbt
2023-07-12T23:12:28Z
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@lanodan @ariadne Looks like node is mostly in there to run the webserver.On the other hand: jQuery... that could be removed :blobcatgiggle: