Daniel Quinn @ danielquinn @lemmy.ca

Canadian software engineer living in Europe.

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Ooh, nice idea, thanks!

That's not a bad idea, but when the resolution is capped at 1024x1024, it's not leaving a lot to work with!

You know what? Insulting people isn't helping. I'm just going to block you.

Given that domain seizure is becoming such a common tool for this sort of thing, maybe we need a work around for DNS?

For example, we could distribute z-library name/IP pairs in the form of a hosts file via torrents and then write little wrapper programs for each OS that would just crawl the DHT for the latest version to update your local hosts file.

A more extreme option would be to build a pirate browser that has a bunch of name/IP pairs baked into it. People could just launch the browser and visit websites as usual without DNS being an issue.

I'm aware that using Tor is also an option, but there's a bunch of problems there with usability like installation and setup (for non-technical people). Onion URLs aren't easily discoverable either, and much of what you find in there just kids cosplaying as digital freedom fighters posting links that load really slowly... at least that was my experience the last time I tried out a TOR browser.

In my experience, the Evri and DPD drivers are fucking maniacs behind the wheel while the Royal mail drivers are quite reasonable.

I'll happily get my package a day late if it means my kid is less likely to get run over.

I don't use the dock or a system tray really.

• Each app is opened on its own workspace and it's always the same workspace. Slack on 1, Thunderbird on 2, Tilix on 3, IDE on 4, Firefox on 5, etc.
• Each workspace gets its own key mapping: Ctrl+F1 for 1, Ctrl+F5 for 5, etc. so switching is quick and easy with no mouse needed.
• To open a new program I just hit Win followed by the first 2 or 3 letters of the name and Enter.

I use the following extensions:

• Burn My Windows
• Pure Perfection
• Clipboard indicator (for clip history)
• System Monitor (to keep an eye on resource use)

Have a look at --link-dest. You can use rsync to effectively setup your own time machine. Here's the script I've used in the past: https://gitlab.com/danielquinn/handy-scripts/-/blob/master/backup

I use this chart when teaching Linux. I think it does a great job of showing Linux's "bazaar" vs. Windows' "cathedral".

Stuff like this always makes me wonder if they hold any investments in fossil fuels. Performative actions like this are typically preferred over anything that might mean lost profits.

It's Free as in Freedom, not beer. Good journalism requires money to pay journalists.

This one worked for me.

Related: a website that lets you listen to radio stations all over the world just by spinning a globe around.

Huh. So the link is unnecessary and Ash supports [[ out of the box? Good to know, thanks!

Yup, that looks like exactly what was done in Alpine:

    
$ docker run --rm -it alpine ls -l /usr/bin/[[
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            12 Sep 28 11:18 /usr/bin/[[ -> /bin/busybox

  

So while the Ash itself doesn't support the [[ extension, this work-around produces the same effect. Nifty.

Aaaaah! Thank you kind stranger. It never would have occurred to me to quote an array!

As far as I've seen, they don't provide any advantage over a string with spaces, which doesn't work well either when you've got values with spaces:

    
not_what_you_think=( "a b" "c" "d" )
for sneaky in ${not_what_you_think[@]}; do
  echo "This is sneaky: ${sneaky}"
done

  

    
This is sneaky: a
This is sneaky: b
This is sneaky: c
This is sneaky: d

  

Immigrants don't all become citizens. Many stay for a few years and move on, many more will acquire indefinite leave to remain and never go the extra mile for citizenship. Of those that become citizens (after years of living in Canada) and gain the right to vote, many tend to vote Conservative as they're coming from more culturally conservative countries.

Ni No Kuni II. It's a fun RPG that's easy to put down and come back to when you have time. The combat is fun too, though the voice overs are a bit distracting.

Hear that kids? They made a vow. That's like a double plus pinky swear. It's definitely ok.

Sounds like he's a man of principle. What's he doing with the Tories?