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rom is a ~5k-line C libretro frontend that plays games in the terminal. It renders native pixels with the kitty graphics protocol in Ghostty or kitty, inline! even in tmux! Nine pl…

Inspired by cmux's tabs, but works in vanilla tmux.

From what I can tell it adds to the $35 pi: - a case w/integrated speaker - a keyboard/trackpad combo - a wifi dongle - nice manual That's not too bad for the added $65. The mini k…

Does lens have a succinct way to traverse a nested data structure where each node is a maybe? Lenses + Prisms (nicest way I know of in lens): nested ^? foo . _Just . bar . _Just . …

> First of all: what is work? Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth’s surface relatively to other such matter; second, telling other peo…

John Carmack talks at length about Haskell in this keynote. Definitely worth watching if you're interested in that stuff.

Yes. David Foster Wallace says it better than I could: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/11/just-ask...

I'm not saying it's all there yet, just that it's a way forward.

> Instead we are mired in the innards of the machine micromanaging absolutely everything with incredible verbosity. This is one area where Haskell really shines. If you want the ma…

> Do common people in the US really identify with being a patriot? Patriotism originally meant you were willing to sacrifice something for your country. Presumably the smallest mea…

We wrote our RF radio mesh coordinator software in Haskell, and it's been a great success. Working with binary data formats (various building control protocols) in Haskell is the k…

Every statement by Clapper has mentioned repeatedly how the program is lawful and falls under Section 702 of the FISA act approved by congress etc., etc. But that assertion is mean…

Very cool! Small suggestion: In the case of selecting an item that's not the topmost, it would be nice if it was a one-step process rather than two (you need to first highlight wit…

+1 for this, also check out Graham's io9 video on the Counting Problem. The solution is beautiful and really got me excited about Haskell when I was first learning: http://channel9…

Also this one, from the github repo: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2178548/CAPRICE.pdf

Agreed. Any relationship where you can freely "entertain ideas without accepting them" (- Aristotle) is something to be cherished. pg wrote an essay on this topic, for anyone inter…

Anyone smart enough to have an interesting opinion on this topic is probably also smart enough to see that there's absolutely no upside to expressing that opinion. It either parall…

When this topic comes up I always marvel at the _intellectual_ shortcuts people take to justify the _practical_ shortcuts they take to simplify the hiring process. Working with som…