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I wrote a 2d esolang called asciidots inspired by ascii art and circuits, where “dots” follow ascii art paths and undergo operations. I posted it to Show HN a while back (2017!), w…

Oh wow, this is quite clever. This is hacking in its pure, positive form. I love it. I wonder what the README will say once the firehose of Hacker News slows down.

Nix is a package builder & manager that creates reproducible build environments. Using the Nix language, you specify what the build environment should look like ($PATH, what should…

> why am I expecting an error? Shouldn't that keyword be "on_exception" or something? `expect` takes an input that is either an error or a value, then turns that input into just a …

My understanding is that a terminal multiplexer consists of three parts: 1. Managing shells and windows 2. Parsing the ECMA-35/ECMA-48 escape/control sequences 3. Rendering the she…

Thank you so much for this very helpful list. I'll integrate its suggestions into 3mux.

> Is this mostly for using w/o i3? Yep! I can't think of anything magical that could arise from usage with i3, but I'm open to ideas.

> This looks awesome! Thank you!! > I wonder if it's going to interfere My understanding is that i3 would intercept the keypress, not passing it onto the terminal. While I want 3mu…

> How about the memory usage? The biggest thing stored by 3mux should be the state of the terminal screen, so memory usage should be negligible. > Can you (easily) nest 3mux like t…

Hey HN, I'm a long-time user of i3 (now sway). I wrote this tool to provide the elegance of i3 to terminal users everywhere, especially for people like myself who sometimes use a n…

This was exactly the issue! I just pushed fixes for this problem.

> Aren’t you concerned by the fact that Wikipedia is open to editing by the public? Arguably the thrill of uncertainty could add to the fun :D

Hey HN, I saw a thread a while ago (linked in README) discussing how Wikipedia does a good job keeping track of the domains of websites like Sci-Hub or The Pirate Bay. Someone ment…