This is my Apple ad parody. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

https://a.wholelottanothing.org/apples-misstep/

Interesting way to think about this.

In the Bash, `~-` is expanded to the content of `OLDPWD`. So:

cd ~-/..

is a shortcut for the 2 commands:

cd "$OLDPWD" (or `cd -`)
cd ..

#Bash #Shell

In Bash `$(<file)` is equivalent to `$(cat file)`, but faster:

P=( $(</etc/passwd) )
echo ${P[0]}

#Bash #Linux #Cat

Ages when you’re in your prime: 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109

README is actually not a bad pet name.

We are now in the middle of "Oops"

I will give an online talk for the fedi Solstice School on 2023-07-26 (Wed) 13:00 UTC

"Funktal: a frugal functional programming language"

Funktal is a "modern" functional programming language for the Uxn virtual machine, a tiny VM with 64 kB of memory. I will explain why I created it, some of the cool functional features it has, how it is implemented and why, and where it could be going.

Sign up at

https://solsticeschool.scholar.social/2023/participants/

or just ask me for the link

#FrugalComputing #SolsticeSchool2023

Intellectually, I know:

"Traveling, and being in different locations, distorts and slows the perception of time passing."

And have known it for a long time. But, every time I live it, I'm surprised by how incredibly strong the effect is.

@rek awesome one

In 2015, HundredRabbits had a photo shoot on the shores of Skowanoti(Rivière des Prairies).

In Bash `$(<file)` is equivalent to `$(cat file)`, but faster:

P=( $(</etc/passwd) )
echo ${P[0]}

#Bash #Linux #Cat

With the help of @tty and @d6, we've found a non-intrusive way of adding metadata to #uxn roms, so external programs can see some additional details about the program and also display an icon.

The specs is here: http://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/metadata.html

A stand-alone program to display metadata: https://git.sr.ht/~rabbits/uxn/tree/main/item/projects/utils/metadata.tal

Life is like a Rubik's cube. You are just arranging one side and when you look at the other side: CHA-OS!

I love programming language design.

I remember when I was haphazardly putting the Orca PL together, and very very clever people would come up with these amazing ways to bend the thing into totally unexpected shapes.

It's truly wonderful that most Uxntal programmers are better than me at it. Tonight, I was reminded of that.

https://lists.sr.ht/~rabbits/uxn/%3CCAE2DaSTsZvmjvey5rS_LhZvBPLmjFX%3DbYSbCmjme2TPZqFY9Mw%40mail.gmail.com%3E

Newer homes and furniture burn faster, giving you less time to escape a fire. Research shows that 30 years ago, you had about 17 minutes to escape a house fire. Today it's only 3 or 4 minutes.

2030: Hydrogen gel is the new hip fuel. You have 0 minutes to escape the house fire.

A question that keeps coming back is how to apply a struct to a database in #uxntal.

Here's the little example I will be using in the upcoming docs :)

@jerry @pry0cc inb4 @jerry fucks up the production database on a Friday

Jugaad ("Jugaar") is a colloquial word, which refers to a non-conventional, frugal innovation, often termed a "hack".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jugaad

Looks like that fancy new space telescope thingy really works!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/james-webb-image-1.6387224