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As da_chicken pointed out, it's also a problem if you want to record a date like February 29, 1700, which is a perfectly valid date in the Julian calendar but simply doesn't exist …

Which is one of the reasons that the Perl DateTime library just implements the proleptic Gregorian calendar (i.e. "let's just pretend we've always used Gregorian and the Julian cal…

This is the classic example of why you should always set the foreground color when changing the background color. Otherwise you end up with blocks that are black-on-black. It proba…

Does it allow truly persistent mosh connections? I can't remember which iOS client it was, but I've used one which forgot I was connected if I left the app for long enough. The mos…

I believe the primary use-case for devices like this is debugging "Why isn't this server rebooting?" without driving to the datacenter. Good luck figuring that out with AnyDesk or …

I've had decent results with html-pdf-chrome[0], which automates printing to PDF from Chromium or Chrome. [0] https://github.com/westy92/html-pdf-chrome/

The most reliable fix is to get Windows to use UTC for the hardware clock, which is usually the default on Linux. (It's more reliable because it means the hardware clock doesn't ne…

Not to me. It says "System Initiative is an Intuitive, Powerful, and Collaborative replacement for Infrastructure as Code" but I still don't understand what it does or why I would …

https://purismspc.com (the backup domain they registered after the 2018 outage) is sort of working. It responds, but links all go to puri.sm so they don't work, stylesheets don't l…

He meant approximately half a bit. Base64 uses 64 characters, which means 6 bits per character. 50 characters gives you about 5.64 bits per character. Unlike Base64's 3-bytes-equal…

Let's face it, the Perl 5/PCRE regex syntax is atrocious. The only reason it exists is that (? was a syntax error in earlier regex syntaxes, so it could be redefined to mean anythi…

I made a silverware holder custom-fit to my silverware. I found a half-inch thick HDPE cutting board at a restaurant supply store, cut it to fit my drawer, then drilled holes in it…

redhat-release is a symlink to /etc/centos-release: $ cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS Linux release 7.5.1804 (Core)

I've been using Joplin for a while now, syncing via Nextcloud. One tip: I set up a cronjob to export into a Git repository so I have a complete history. The core of the script is: …

MATE is a GNOME 2 fork created to continue its development without the radical turn of GNOME 3. Cinnamon is actually a GNOME 3 fork created to turn it back into a more traditional …

My browser can't even read that. It renders as "In Hamlet, Act [2163], Scene [2168]..." (where [2163] means a small box with those 4 digits). What font do I need to install to be a…

Just for fun, I tried again today with a new chat: Q: Who was the first US president whose surname begins with "R"? A: The first US president whose surname begins with the letter "…

It is: Contractors' Handbook: The Expert Guide for UK Contractors and Freelancers (3rd Edition; 13 Nov. 2017) by Dave Chaplin (ISBN-10: ‎1527216039; ISBN-13: 978-1527216037)

The problem is that if you don't already know the answer, it's hard to tell the difference between ChatGPT giving you the correct information and ChatGPT authoritatively spouting t…

xfce4-terminal, because I switched to Xfce when GNOME went on their "reinvent the UI" trek. I was happy with the UI I already had, thanks very much.

The Babylon 5 space combat game that was cancelled late in development. Think Wing Commander, but in the Babylon 5 universe as a Starfury pilot. https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Ba…

The bill would eliminate Daylight Time and redefine Eastern Standard Time etc. to be the same offset they currently are during daylight time. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-co…

The big problem with this is that mobile Safari on iOS won't autofill passwords for sites using WWW-Authenticate. It used to, but that feature got dropped years ago, which really t…

They could at least provide an indication when delivering the spam that "Twilio believes this message is spam and will block your account if you try to resend it".

I believe https://metacpan.org/pod/PDL would be the closest Perl equivalent, but it's not my field and I haven't used it.