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No, HTML was historically supposed to be a subset of SGML; XML is also an application of SGML. XHTML is the XML version of HTML. As of HTML5, HTML is no longer technically SGML or …

Everyone loves Racket (Lisp) but no one uses Racket (Lisp). I’ve read Beating the Averages but I still don’t get it.

I had a chance to teach wood shop at a high school while the usual teacher was on sabbatical. I declined because I decided I couldn’t deal with the possibility of some kid losing a…

> Or is there some supposed medical reason you need to adjust the parameters of the device on a regular basis? Folks with cochlear implants regularly (i.e. once a year) meet with a…

What are the criteria for inclusion?

For better or worse, I think that is basically the exact opposite of the *nix community’s modus operandi. The whole point of the free software movement is to be able to control/mod…

Interesting. Are you referring to Windex or one of the optical-grade solutions? I used to use dish soap but I found that I can just run mine under warm water for thirty seconds or …

My main criterion is being able to use existing software since I can’t have folks install anything that’s not approved. This brings me to the web browser, which, for better or wors…

I’m planning to develop some simple tools for my company’s internal use, and due to IT requirements, I’m hoping to have everything run in the browser and be delivered as a single f…

Arrow keys and page-down don’t work either :/ There’s a set of accessibility options; maybe they could add some alternative navigation methods.

I’m sure there are real performance improvements by moving to C++, but at the same time, I cannot believe how long this list of differences is. https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Of…

Macs are the only computers I’ve used that have had close to zero issues with sleep. But I don’t even bother sleeping on the machines running Linux distros: with SSDs, powering on …

The Monotype Library Subscription was awesome! I've been stubbornly holding onto my subscription but I'm starting to worry I might have to cancel it since finances are a bit tight …

Honestly really got a kick out of reading about this. Human ingenuity! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge-notched_card

Out of curiosity, what issues did you run into with NFS on macOS? I'm looking into building a NAS for a network of macOS, Linux, and BSD machines and figured NFS would be my first …

But APT isn't a store, is it? I.e. it doesn't provide a buying/selling mechanism.

One of the reasons I like Hugo: it's a single executable that will basically work forever. There's no need to update to a newer version if the one you have meets your needs.

Matthew Butterick is working on a new document processor that borrows some ideas from LaTeX and is built in Racket: https://docs.racket-lang.org/quad/

The sparseness of it is funny to me. That lone is beautiful.

Ha, this is a gem. The page source: Wow - I sure am procrastinating on setting up this journal... Domain registered 2008

This is basically what I was wondering: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23776045

I operate a few websites that host static content only. Is there any benefit to setting up onion services for these sites? Or are onion services more valuable for providing interac…

> You can just... use the Internet. Register your own domain, pay for your own hosting, or buy some servers, take out come ads. It's the Internet, you can still do anything. Agreed…