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awk is amazing. One pattern I often use is: $ query_something | awk 'generate commands' | sh For larger programs, I wrote and use ngetopt.awk: https://github.com/joepvd/ngetopt.awk…

I have had fun with zenity[1] (for use bash scripts) and zenity-inspired libraries like dlgs[2] (if golang is your thing). [1]: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man1/zeni…

To try out a procedure on one dataset amounts to a data point. You need to process a bunch of datasets to establish the performance of the procedure under study. I though ML folks …

> Just see who the US president is. Think it is time to update Godwin's Law.

Yeah makes sense Maybe an extra advantage is that you are not tempted to rewrite everything all the time, as I am doing with my attempt of topicaly organized notes. Append-only mig…

Is there a reason why you made the structure of the notes depend on time? Aren't notes that are about the same topic getting very far apart from each other? I think searching works…

There are different targets for notes in VCS and personal notes. In VerySpecificBug759 you do not want to read about how to get the code to build at all. The context of discovery h…

Sounds like you have the possibility to get yourself a new project and have freedom of movement. Given this liberty, you have two choices: 1. Find/create the most awesome project. …

Half of the bug reports are better than the other half. I would like to know what you would consider part of the .1%-bug reports you have encountered. This one qualifies for me: ht…

Just skimmed through the README, and I stored it in my list of well-documented projects. Well done!

That is an awesome video. Thanks for sharing!

You have a reference for HTTPS problems with skewed client time?

> Blank is talking about acknowledging and dealing with risks early. True that. He also mentioned firing people for not complying with his new rules several times. And also that he…

Whoah. Would love to see that tag feature ported to envs I have made myself familiar.

It really is a shame that this is a rational solution. University text books should be material to get back to later in life, when confronted with a related problem. Part of univer…

Let's reword your statement: > Because the average employee does not take an active enough role in management decisions. Think on the politics that are closer most people in their …

> beyond what the tool was intended for Not sure what that would mean. I think the tool was designed to be a user's programming language. I liken to think that `awk` was the Excel …

Some points: * Cannot have an array as an input to a function * Cannot return an array from a function * Meta-programming or pointers are only (barely) available in gawk * There is…

I love awk for text processing purposes. When analyzing log files, I often drop down into awk-mode to check the exceptional constellation that is currently under investigation. Ver…

Resident of Berlin here. Cannot dismiss this statement completely. At the height of the crisis in Spain, there was a noticable influx of Spanish people in a first-move-then-job sit…

The resource that has been instrumental for me to move up from beginner-that-generally-can-work-out-things-with-a-lot-of-random-tries, to someone who often has things right on the …

It does not happen that often that one hears: "I don't like the looks of the building when it rains. Replace the facade, pretty please!"