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    Breaking Changes in Python-3.14

    One of the reasons Linux is so successful is Torvald's insistence on never breaking user space. The python people don't adhere to this principle and maybe I need to give up on it, …

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    Not as intelligent as they are thought to be

    So having done all the "Hard" binary puzzles (and thinking myself very clever), I wanted to start on the "Very Hard" ones at https://www.binarypuzzle.com/puzzles.php?size=10&level=…

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    Comment #45662819

    I have an almost identical RSS experience using emacs+elfeed+firefox but with the added bonus of being able to filter out articles (eg sport) that I'm not interested in. Plus I can…

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    Comment #42404062

    Thanks for callcentric/linphone - I got them subscribed and installed and can now drop skype - at last!!! I might even pull out the old Grandstream handset (that I used to use with…

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    Comment #38923169

    thank you!

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    Comment #33538870

    Wow! are you me?

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    Comment #32444530

    foot - https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator. Features: * Fast * Lightweight, in dependencies, on-disk and in-memory * Wayland…

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    Comment #31373692

    Here's another library I've been using for several years: http://lorance.freeshell.org/csv/

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    Comment #29546172

    Ha Ha! You found me! In my case swaywm (and previously i3wm). I have 3 persistent programs that tile and the rest float - when I had swaywm set to 'tile', it became such a burden t…

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    Comment #26371123

    While we're being nostalgic, VDE, a WordStar clone, was another miracle of tiny code. I still run it now and then in a DOSEMU emulator on Linux. https://www.sites.google.com/site/v…

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    Comment #26159456

    More discussion of the topic: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/lbfhjc/a_better_cd/

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    Comment #24644958

    ... and it's wayland-native! Just a quick question while I'm here - what really is the point of using the GPU? Surely the CPU is adequate for a terminal's modest needs? ... I have …