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dingleberry··on Getting Started in Common Lisp
probably not worse ergonomic because i type '(' with left pinky and right ring finger and ')' with left pinky and right pinky whereas {} [] etc, i have to use the very same overworked right pinky to distinguish two keys next to each other.

i always have problems with keys that have no obvious dedicated finger position like the middle vertical columns especially 6 and b and of course keys reachable on the right pinky, especially \ and =

dingleberry··on Getting Started in Common Lisp
i use slimv instead

i think the powerful feature is not (only) merely sending code to repl

but the suggestion for function's parameter as the function is updated to repl

for example: (defun xyz (a &option b &rest c &key d) ) ;then send this with ,d (vim+slimv) to swank server

the next time i type (xyz ... vim status bar conveniently states: (xyz a &optional b &rest c &key d)

both happen whether i start typing (xyz in repl or in vim; that's it, the function parameters show up as suggestions in repl and in editor

dingleberry··on Paul Graham on Conversations with Tyler
open the interview site (parent, not spotify) in browser with dev mode open

click network bar, look for media file that's currently streaming

should be about 45mb mp3 file: right click, copy as curl

then paste it into a terminal, append " -O" then press enter

dingleberry··on Learning to Touch Type Again
i write my own typing practice program (just a simple dowhile read loop while spitting out preprogrammed stream of characters)

not counting wpm etc, don't want bloat.

my focus is practicing accuracy on difficult pieces like 4567, $%^& etc

dingleberry··on Svelte 4
thank you, i got it working in localhost
dingleberry··on Svelte 4
is there a way to host learn.svelte.dev locally ?

like git clone repo and then npm run dev ?

dingleberry··on Dumb and Gets Things Done (2010)
if programming language were human, what would dumb-smart and lazy-energetic be?

my take:

dumb languages would be ones that have few concepts, can be made smarter thru evolutionary iteration (committee adding new concepts)

energetic languages would be ones that require much typing (assume efforts = typing), can be made 'lazy' internally by macro (code that writes code) and externally by code generation (ai, ide etc)

dingleberry··on Reddit goes down fully as thousands of subreddits protest API changes
and then users realize they don't need reddit
dingleberry··on Effect of repeated low-level red light on myopia prevention
how about plus lens therapy?
dingleberry··on How to Stare at Your Phone Without Losing Your Soul
skip the drink?
dingleberry··on How to Stare at Your Phone Without Losing Your Soul
airplane mode helps
dingleberry··on Ask HN: Is YC becoming less of a home for hackers and more for MBA-types?
i noticed it too, that popular and engaging post can be downranked very fast especially when it's bad for yc companies, last example being post about kagi price update.
dingleberry··on Update to Kagi Search Pricing
let's mapreduce search

map search-term to several search engine (using curl, headless browser and whatnot)

then reduce / filter the results, removing ads etc, weighing duplicates more and punish irrelevants

the search-result is then piped to your favorite browser

dingleberry··on Epson EcoTank Pro Printers
epson printer has print qty counter where once you hit a threshold, the epson printer stops working (called blinking in the printer parlanche)

you need to send the printer to service center

or download pirated epson counter resetter (windows only)

dingleberry··on What is a programmable programming language? (2019)
is it possible to break the grammar? that the first element must be a form

example (A' 2 3) to access row 2 and col 3 of a transposed matrix A

dingleberry··on It’s TikTok’s World Now. Facebook Just Tries to Make People Care About It
i always get youtube, tiktok video from whatsapp group which i can play instantly.

sometimes i get fb, insta, twitter links; however, i need to log in to see the full content. they constantly nagging me to register.

out of habit, i ignore the last groups.

dingleberry··on If Europe and Japan can have small, cheap EVs, why can’t America?
small car (passenger) can't be categorized as truck (commercial); therefore, subject to more stringent requirements making it more costly to make
dingleberry··on Big Reasons Not to Upgrade to Windows 11
it's 2022 now, please upgrade to win22
dingleberry··on Master of Orion
darlocks can be fun tho, you can win without having any fleet.

just spy, sabotage missile bases to 0 and then send troops.

dingleberry··on Paying a Visit to Planet BSD
another is the default font for tty which uses cursive capital letter, so instead of Y, you get 'y' magnified.
dingleberry··on Ask HN: Why can’t cloud providers show the instantaneous consumption / cost?
money
dingleberry··on Jack of all trades, master of none
always.

had i stick to windows 20 years ago, i would have been windows expert and miserable.

but i learned osx, linux, bsd instead.

i'm not windows expert and happier.

dingleberry··on OpenBSD 7.1
i tried freebsd and surprised that pf is already included.

that and zfs (no partition, can use whole disk).

i'm considering using freebsd on both server and laptop from now on.

will i miss anything?

dingleberry··on Does anyone else think Google search quality has gone downhill fast?
it's only natural to blame advertisers when search result return full of ads
dingleberry··on The Backdoor That Keeps Russian Oil Flowing into Europe
can the US confiscate the oil?
dingleberry··on Show HN: tmux.nvim – turning Neovim into a terminal multiplexer
what will happen if i logged out incidentally from my server?

with tmux i can just relogin and attach

dingleberry··on Netflix Should Sell Ads
maybe netflix should package internet fiber optic to ensure quality and exclusivity
dingleberry··on How Peppa Pig became a video nightmare for children
why isn't there kids.youtube.com ?

why youtube kids must app-only ?

dingleberry··on Ask HN: What are your favorite terminal programs?
vifm
dingleberry··on The myopia boom (2015)
not really...

seeing things under sun is not equal to squirting ur eyes to focus the incoming rays

it's just that much light coming, the intensity of light to be exact.

that's why camera, given the same setup, gives sharper image under bright sun light

I never get as tired playing outside as compared to squirting my eyes all the time just to focus in a room. sun light is just that intense, rooms lightings are much less intense.

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