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XMMS1 source code is also still around https://github.com/csepulveda/xmms1 ..and XMMS2 apparently had a few recent releases https://github.com/xmms2/xmms2-devel

After a good decade of Mac Tahoe made me go back to Linux + tiling WM for my main machine. I just could not stand the awful mess anymore. Result? inner peace. It is so calm here, a…

I still have this book! my mom reading this to me and my brother was my introduction to Tolkien.. very nostalgic.

Interesting, on that page using Safari, clicking on the home/nue logo or most other links/buttons results in a null error :) I would hope React buttons work when people click on th…

HN is one of very few places where I feel "at home". Thank you @dang, and everyone else!

Exactly why I have zero regrets going native on macOS. Yes, Xcode isn't the best to put it mildly and SwiftUI is still maturing.. but I am so glad I don't have to deal with the mod…

I wonder how soon they will arrive at 80%/20%.

UTM is great, and once snapshot capability is added [1] it will become my default recommendation for sure. Until then sticking with Parallels. NOTE: An unofficial snapshot manager …

On Windows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra_PDF is amazing!

Just finished some work involving ChatGPT when I felt strong Tolkien nostalgia, so asked it to write a song in the style of Hobbit, the result was amusing, so what the heck, here i…

All these layoffs to me personally seem just an accelerated and highly opportunistic cull of people in the bottom of stack ranking. Of course they still do it, of course they will …

* The Language of Mathematics: Utilizing Math in Practice by Baber https://www.amazon.com/Language-Mathematics-Utilizing-Math-P... really helped me "get it", as I always found prog…

That is already doable with xargs itself xargs -P maxprocs Parallel mode: run at most maxprocs invocations of utility at once. If maxprocs is set to 0, xargs will run as many proce…

The key question is what are you comparing to k8s in terms of complexity? Does it add work compared to setting up a VM with Docker and Watchtower? - for sure.. But does it add work…

Open, widely adopted standards are a good thing. Widely supported ways of delivering applications written using those standards is also a good thing. But as a counterpoint to the r…

> You care how an app is developed and delivered to your device? Why is that so shocking? The moment when users stop caring about how stuff works you get the very situation the art…

> I would bet.. That is speculation on user behalf, isn't it? I am a user and I care. > ..than having to learn all of the platform specific stuff.. It is a rational argument. Howev…

> ..you sound prejudiced. I am providing critique here, the burden of proof is on whoever wrote the bold claim that application development is web development (speculation) and it …

> The entire future of Application Development is at stake. Since when does application development equal web application development? this is a narrow-minded view. > stalled innov…

Good article. In my personal experience a good mentor will never patronize but will still manage to convey their, usually higher, expectations for kind and quality of your work. Th…