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Comment on Thoughts on the perception of public figures in ~society
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Comment on Where does your username come from? (Following up on last year's thread) in ~tildes
cutmetal Link ParentEvery time I see your username it reminds me of a CLI tool I wrote and used heavily at my last job, which I called "cdb". We used subversion for version control, and I would usually have like 10...Every time I see your username it reminds me of a CLI tool I wrote and used heavily at my last job, which I called "cdb".
We used subversion for version control, and I would usually have like 10 copies of the source tree checked out where I'd be working on different things, plus in each one I'd frequently need to jump between trunk and various branches and tags. All of the directories I cared about were like 10 path components away from every other one, so cdb was born to let me create named bookmarks into these various deep directories. So rather than typing
cd ~/code/checkouts/zelazny/trunk/all/linuxI would make a bookmark to that dir called "ztl" and just typecdb ztl. Rather than typingcp ~/code/checkouts/zelazny/trunk/all/linux/file.py ~/code/checkouts/vinge/branches/branch_a/all/linux/I'd type "cp `ztl`/file.py `vbal`/" .Anyway it was really useful for that, just wanted to share :)
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Comment on ‘Red One’ down: How Dwayne Johnson’s tardiness led to a $250 million runaway production in ~movies
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Comment on Dwayne Johnson became the world’s biggest movie star. Now he’s trying to disappear. in ~movies
cutmetal Link ParentIf you like Violent Night then you may enjoy Fatman and Bad Santa. Red One is apparently a stinker, and idk if a PG-13 film would really scratch the same itch anyway.If you like Violent Night then you may enjoy Fatman and Bad Santa. Red One is apparently a stinker, and idk if a PG-13 film would really scratch the same itch anyway.
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Comment on Dwayne Johnson became the world’s biggest movie star. Now he’s trying to disappear. in ~movies
cutmetal Link ParentPerhaps they're referring to the bad reviews Red One got? If there's some other fiasco with that movie I didn't see it.Perhaps they're referring to the bad reviews Red One got? If there's some other fiasco with that movie I didn't see it.
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Comment on Don't contribute anything relevant in web forums like Reddit in ~tech
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Comment on US Election Distractions Thread in ~talk
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Comment on Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back. Rachel Plotnick's "re-buttonization" expertise is in demand. in ~design
cutmetal Link ParentMan I'm with you on that. I drive a higher-trim current-gen Mazda 3, the upper trims come with a "fancy" climate system where you set your desired temperature in Fahrenheit. Then it does math...Man I'm with you on that. I drive a higher-trim current-gen Mazda 3, the upper trims come with a "fancy" climate system where you set your desired temperature in Fahrenheit. Then it does math based on the outside temperature to decide how hot or cold the air blowing into the car should be.
But in a car the air blows directly on you, so usually what I have to do is reverse-engineer this algorithmic temperature adjustment - for instance, if I want cold air but it's 72° out, I have to set the car temp way low.
Pretty sure that Mazda management decided that upper trims needed a fancier climate system, the designers designed something that sounded good on paper, then the engineers built it and realized it sucked, but the people up the chain didn't care because buyers wouldn't realize how much it sucked until they'd lived with it for a while.
(That aside, most other things about this car are great! 😊)
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Comment on Paper: Feminism in Programming Language Design in ~comp
cutmetal Link ParentHTML + CSS is executable in the same sense that Minecraft is executable - technically it's true, but it wasn't designed for that and nobody will choose it to do useful work. It seems clear to me...HTML + CSS is executable in the same sense that Minecraft is executable - technically it's true, but it wasn't designed for that and nobody will choose it to do useful work. It seems clear to me that the author's claim that HTML is executable was an oversight or misunderstanding. And, honestly, a pretty severe one - if your position is that you can speak authoritatively on programming language design, then you shouldn't make rookie mistakes like that.
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Comment on Nintendo Switch Online Playtest Program is a new multiplayer game in ~games
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
cutmetal Link ParentI sure did watch the show, back in the day. Can't wait to see how the end of the book is different! I don't recall Tyrion being in Essos at all, and I feel like on the show Dani didn't spend as...I sure did watch the show, back in the day. Can't wait to see how the end of the book is different! I don't recall Tyrion being in Essos at all, and I feel like on the show Dani didn't spend as much time in Mereen.
It seems to me like GRRM just has too many irons in the fire at this point. Like, how is he going to tell a coherent story with so much happening? I lol'd hard when, at the end of A Feast For Crows, he introduced the maester conspiracy. Like dude, that sounds cool but how are you going to satisfyingly tie all this together?
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Comment on MIT's drop in Black students shows fallout from top court ruling in ~life
cutmetal Link ParentWhat's the deal with the enrollment cliff?What's the deal with the enrollment cliff?
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Comment on What is a software you wish existed? in ~comp
cutmetal Link ParentLol yeah it is basic. Haven't tried those, but I've been using mp3tag for something like 20 years and I don't want to change. This is a me thing.Lol yeah it is basic. Haven't tried those, but I've been using mp3tag for something like 20 years and I don't want to change. This is a me thing.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
cutmetal LinkI'm almost finished with A Dance With Dragons, the fifth (and so far, last) Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) book. It's so fucking good, I don't want it to end, so I've been forcing myself...I'm almost finished with A Dance With Dragons, the fifth (and so far, last) Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) book. It's so fucking good, I don't want it to end, so I've been forcing myself to read as little as I can each evening.
GRRM, if you're here: PLEASE just push out the rest! The perfect is the enemy of the good!
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Comment on What is a software you wish existed? in ~comp
cutmetal LinkThis probably doesn't answer your question because it isn't something you can really write, but I wish the program mp3tag had a Linux release, with integration into gnome/mate/whatever.This probably doesn't answer your question because it isn't something you can really write, but I wish the program mp3tag had a Linux release, with integration into gnome/mate/whatever.
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Comment on Been considering cutting down on YouTube in ~tech
cutmetal LinkLike a lot of folks, my YT use ballooned during the pandemic, and this year I've started to do something about it too. I unfollowed a bunch of car channels that were just putting out videos that...Like a lot of folks, my YT use ballooned during the pandemic, and this year I've started to do something about it too. I unfollowed a bunch of car channels that were just putting out videos that were too long or had dropped in quality - I miss Puddin and sometimes PBG and Junkyard Digs, but they all diluted their brands and I don't have time for that shit any more. I've stopped watching gamers (the ultimate time waste) except some shorter content from Ryu Kahr, thabeast and Lil kirbs.
Kinda seems like YT quality is slipping across the board, but maybe that's just what happens when a media format gets settled into its groove. Stagnation.
Instead I've been focusing on my new job, reading a lot (finally finishing A Song of Ice and Fire), tackling some long-languishing home improvement projects, and watching movies. It feels so much better to do any of these things, rather than zapping the hours consuming non-enriching, disposable YT videos.
Good luck!
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Comment on Kamala Harris names Tim Walz, the Minnesota governor, as running mate in ~society
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Comment on US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals further narrows Voting Rights Act’s scope in ~society
cutmetal Link ParentHaha, Hexagon USA makes me feel high too, thanks for sharing My favorite part is how we'll need to undertake colossal geoengineering projects to make the coastlines fit within the tiled hexagon...Haha, Hexagon USA makes me feel high too, thanks for sharing 🫠
My favorite part is how we'll need to undertake colossal geoengineering projects to make the coastlines fit within the tiled hexagon lattice. Sorry, coastal ecosystems! Also, we'll need to either enter into land trade agreements or do some wars with Mexico and Canada to hexify those borders. And we should probably just grant Hawaii and the other island territories independence to spare the effort of re-hexing their current imperfect shapes.
Maybe to figure out where the hex lattice will fall, we start by giving Washington DC one hex, and then hex out from there?
😂
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Comment on ‘Morally, nobody’s against it’: Brazil’s radical plan to tax global super-rich to tackle climate crisis in ~enviro
cutmetal LinkIf your yearly income goes from $2 billion to $1 billion, what's the difference? You could give more away or invest more, but as far as personal spending, there isn't a difference. People earning...If your yearly income goes from $2 billion to $1 billion, what's the difference?
You could give more away or invest more, but as far as personal spending, there isn't a difference.
People earning obscene amounts of money should be taxed at 50%, or greater.
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Comment on Girl, so confusing: Will the “Brat” memes help or hurt Kamala Harris? in ~society
cutmetal Link ParentFor sure. It was just an example of a thing I did recently that felt real. Pick any of these to insert in its place: Go to the beach with your girlfriend, go to lunch with your brother, text your...For sure. It was just an example of a thing I did recently that felt real. Pick any of these to insert in its place:
Go to the beach with your girlfriend, go to lunch with your brother, text your mom, pet your dog, weed your garden, mow your lawn, pick up a new video game, watch an old movie.
Are you saying that, if you didn't have a buzz cut in the years following 9/11, you would be called out?
I was a rural teenager then, and while the country was definitely very hoorah, I can't imagine folks being called out for not having the right haircut.