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> I'm a curmudgeonly old man fond of old tech, but I have still had a Wayland-only setup since early 2020 You must not be that curmudgeonly! I haven't tried Wayland yet, and so lon…

> Were smartphones more like PCs, you could buy an iPhone and put Android on it, then use any of the iOS, Google Play, or Amazon stores to install apps. It's never been like that. …

why is this so astounding to those commenting on twitter? because git doesn't artificially limit the line length? i've used ansi sequences in my zsh prompt for 20 years to make col…

same. i don't raise on click. this is incredibly useful when a smaller window is in the foreground--and perhaps a window underneath is maximized--and i just need to select/copy som…

> I bought a Mac now. I’m too old for the fight. I said the same a decade ago. As of last week, I'm back on X11... chipping away at configs for hours and hours and hours. But I hav…

Thank you for the epic reference! Despite all the classic works in computer history, I've come to realize that TAOUP is honestly/possibly my favorite. ok, maybe tied for favorite..…

Most newer/younger people don't like or know Make; it's old, arcane software. It differentiates between TABs and Spaces because each one signifies a different thing to follow: Line…

Thanks, i'll give it a try. :)

After reading your reply to OP below, I agree we have a super similar path. Especially the beginning: > My first burnout was pure depletion of energy. I was young, passionate, and …

i'm about 40 yrs old - been working in tech (with linux) since the late 90s. gave my life to it, lost my physical and mental health; burned out numerous times. can't stand this ind…

AS IF EVERYONE KNOWS WTF AN S20 REMOTE BATCH IS. The article doesn't define what an S20 remote batch is, nor does it link anywhere that may indicate just what the hell an S20 remot…

Not a history book, per se, but a great tour into the culture and philosophy of Unix: The Art of Unix Programming [1], by Eric Raymond. Chapter 2 is titled "History." You also have…

Then there's this debacle I've never spent enough time getting to the bottom of... https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/dhrcxw/james_g...

That TeleVideo ad is amazing. Thank you!

I wrote a lot of xml docbook in the early 2000s. I developed dozens editor macros and bindings to make it easier for myself, and I used xslt to generate other formats (mostly html)…

You're right. I can do that. I didn't want to risk starting a flame war by admitting I have twelve main `ls' aliases (twelve unique argv incantations), and that I keep them portabl…

Nice tips!! bat(1) is fantastic, wow. exa(1) seems neat, but the inconsiderate--and likely deliberate--lack of compatibility with ls(1) flags means I will never use it any time soo…

Great read https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?page_id=1022

pfSense [on Netgate appliance] for me.

Not nitpicking. Useless Use of Cat is an old thing: http://catb.org/jargon/html/U/UUOC.html

> Any given combination of pipe tools, there's a kind of random chance they'll actually work in the end or not. While this may be your experience, the mechanism of FIFO pipes in Un…

+1. I also created an account to say, "Lots of Bash bugs." Thank you for the cool ideas!

Lots of Bash bugs, wow.