notklaatu @klaatu@mastodon.xyz
Unix geek and open source software enthusiast. Tabletop game nerd. Podcaster, musician, multimediatician.
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@klaatu Eight reasons you should be using Scheme (specifically, the Guile implementation):
1. Imperative programming and anonymous functions.
2. Coming soon... guild package manager.
3. Predictable syntax:
> (define i 1)
> (when (= i 1) 'hi)
'hi
> (unless (< i 1) #t)
#t
4. Arrays, dicts, tables, and arrays-of-arrays are out (mostly). Pairs are in!
5. Tabs are optional.
6. C bindings, so hooking up a game engine wouldn't be too hard.
7. GUI Frameworks.
8. Used by the GUIX package manager.
Krita 4.1 is here. Reference images tool, session saving and loading, multi-monitor workspace layout and more, make Krita 4.1 one of the best applications for digital artists.
Watch the video:
@krita have posted the full announcement here:
A short not-#windows story in two pictures.
https://www.unixporn.pro/i/MYCm1S6.png
https://www.unixporn.pro/i/SQdzTxx.png
I have Nextcloud, Syncthing, Gitea, Pleroma and rTorrent on one Raspberry Pi. And it uses 500MB of RAM. How cool is that?
Nevermind. Found out the answer. CANNOT just remove the overheating part and still have a functional device.
So, suggestions for a good ARM board? #beagleboard ? pine? what's a good #open #arm board these days?
If my #raspberrypi knock-off is starting to smell of melting plastic, and it has lost USB function, that probably means it's for decoration only now, right? Time to replace? Or is there a chance that I could just desolder the thing that's overheating and keep using it over SSH?
The incomparable Andy Steward wrote a new #Emacs extension allowing us to run any #Qt program in Emacs to extend Emacs!? I’m just staring at the screenshots.
https://github.com/manateelazycat/emacs-application-framework
Whose idea was it to switch NZ off of good old-fashioned wooden C47s to plastic ones? I hang the laundry to dry, the pegs bake in the sun until crumble with the barest pressure. Really annoying.
@entreprelife
Mac or Windows: https://cyberduck.io
Linux: probably built into your file manager already
What do people who are named Roger do if they are in the military? Do they get a different name or do they just have to suffer hundreds of false positives all day long?
Very cool idea. I've been looking at Lua lately as a good intro language for students at the school where I volunteer, because it has the excellent LÖVE game engine for quick GUI results, and its syntax is more predictable than, say, Python.
But HECCLE looks like it could be pretty appealing, if done right.
Fellow #rpg nerds, there's a D&D 5e bundle from Frog God on https://www.humblebundle.com/books/5e-dungeons-hordes-horrors
Get an overview of Marie Corelli's early science fiction and also learn about how her fiction applies to your D&D sorcerer's elemental pact in this week's episode of Chronicles & Commons.
Seven reasons you should be using Lua on this week's GNU World Order!
It has occurred to me that to become an expert on something, all you really have to do is live with it.
People at work sometimes ask me how I have so many random tips on tiny edge cases of this or that. It's because I use this stuff every day. I don't go home to Windows or Mac. I live and work on Linux, using open source tools. You get really familiar with these things after 365*N days of use.
Hey, anyone in DC, there's some modern chamber music being performed at Peppermint - Westminster church for which I have tickets that I cannot use.
If you want them, let me know. I'll have them put in your name.
Dates & times:
Saturday, July 14, 5:00pm
Sunday, July 15, 7:00pm
Saturday, July 21, 1:45pm
Sunday, July 22, 2:00pm
Thursday, July 26, 8:45pm
Here's the information about our performance venue:
Peppermint - Westminster Church
400 I (eye) St. SW
Washington, DC 20024
Capitalism makes sure all deed are done with maximum misery. Sell as high as possible. Buy as low as possible. Haggle until you tire. Work until you can no more. Those are the affordances of the system. To enjoy yourself and the time you’re given on this earth needs resistance. You need to resist. You need to resist the temptation to exploit yourself and your fellow humans. Resist and enjoy what little time you have left.
