Aaronmacaron

I always found discoverability of vim commands really poor and this game really helped me. In practice mode you can see an optimal solution to the problems which helped me to internalize new ways of achieving the same thing in less keystrokes. Would recommend if you feel inefficient in vim.

TIL there are two units of measurement that are both called ton but confusingly are not the same as a ton. One is a tiny bit more than a ton (1.016 tons) and one is a bit less (0.907 tons). Apparently people use the prefixes long and short to differentiate them, at least that part is intuitive.

Cool idea! Unfortunately the terminal doesn't really work when using fish shell. The prompt is always stuck at the top. Also the "artificial" notch is larger than the physical notch and even larger than the menu bar which is mildly unsatisfying and I didn't find an option to adjust the size.

This sounds exactly like what I want! Alas, no Android app it seems, anyone aware of apps that do the same and are available for web or Android?

I see a lot of negative comments in this thread about Sonos in general, which is interesting to me because I'm currently thinking about buying Sonos speakers. What exactly don't you like about it? Is there a good alternative to Sonos that ticks all the following boxes?

  - Connect two or more speakers wirelessly to get stereo sound (I hate cables)
  - Good support for different audio sources (bluetooth, Spotify, AirPlay, aux, etc..)
  - Ability to connect speakers of different models (which means you can upgrade your setup later as you see fit, for example add a subwoofer)

In Switzerland we mostly use the format 12'345'678.901

Obviously I'm biased but I think it's the best system because there's no room for confusion.

I too think it's very impressive but wouldn't it be even more impressive if it was made using canvas? It would mean that you would need to implement your own rendering loop and layout engine. You'd need to reimplement a lot of elements such as input fields or buttons. You get all of this for free when building on top of HTML/CSS.

Proof? This is just some random person claiming it's not true but they link to an article which explicitly states that it is in fact true. Am I missing something?

In Swiss German I would spell it "glustig" or "gluschdig". I would "germanize" it as "gelustig". If you are "glustig uf öppis" it means you have "Lust darauf", often used in the context of food. "glust" on its own just means "Lust" as in "Gelüste". As explained in the article if you are "glustig" you are not necessarily hungry but you just crave some food. "Ich hab zwar schon gegessen aber irgendwie hab ich voll Lust auf nen Döner!"

As a native swiss german speaker it was relatively easy to understand the poem in the article. Definitely easier to understand for me than modern Dutch. Also the word "gluschdich" that was mentioned at the beginning of the article seems highly swiss to me.

Could anyone with more linguistic knowledge than me shed some light on whether Pennsylvania Dutch is really closely related to Dutch or if it's more closely related to German / Swiss German as I suspect?

I'm not sure if this is real or a subtle parody of the stereotypical JS/node user.

There is a simpler way to suppress the massive log output every time you enter a directory managed by direnv. You can simply add the following line[1] to your .bashrc or whatever:

    export DIRENV_LOG_FORMAT=

[1] https://github.com/direnv/direnv/issues/68#issuecomment-1626...

Not really. The vast majority of modern TVs are 43, 55 or 65 inch sizes. That's three sizes.

What is OR?

> The config files in this repository turn vim into a modeless editor. Instead of remembering cryptic commands, you can use standard key binds, like Ctrl+S to save, select text using Shift+←/→/↑/↓, and copy/paste using Ctrl+C/V.

> This configuration is not meant for the aficionado who prefers vim over graphical editors. This is meant for people who normally use GUI editors (like VSCode), but sometimes need an editor that can run in a terminal.

I think it's unrealistic to expect users who only occasionally use vim to edit the odd config file in the terminal to fiddle with a custom vim setup.

If you're really looking for a good editor that behaves like GUI editors I really recommend micro [1]. It has mouse support by default, syntax highlighting for many languages out of the box, most keybinds are the same as in GUI editors and copy/paste works like expected.

[1] https://github.com/zyedidia/micro

I used to run NixOS on my main computer for a few months until I encountered some situation that I couldn't resolve using my nix skills. I think I needed to run some software that wasn't on nixpkgs.

Nowadays, I just use nix (the package manager) on top of PopOS.

I use nix on my laptop because it's absolutely brilliant when it works. To me it's a fascinating technology. Being able to easily use different versions of some tool in two different projects, declaratively defining my dotfiles using home manager or quickly trying out some software using nix-shell -p is almost magical to me.

Eventhough I've used nix for years now, I have no deep understanding of nix and I'm a very curious person who always tries to understand how stuff actually works. Nix makes me feel really dumb. It makes me feel like when I was twelve and I "programmed" by cluelessly stitching together code examples from online tutorials. I don't really understand what's going on outside of the really common use cases for nix.

I read the entire nix docs but I think it's the kind of documentation that's only useful if you already kind of get what's going on. It feels like you have to gather the knowledge from various random blogs. Last time I checked there surprisingly was not a single book which covers nix. I feel like a comprehensive book which teaches nix from the ground up and explains all the different ways of using nix would really help me and I would purchase such a book without hesitation if it existed.

For me the key to success was to accept and to internalize the following facts:

- 95% of content and posts have no value and are simply a waste of time

- Using any of the usual platforms for more than 10 minutes will damage me and make me a worse person (mental health, attention span, it makes me angry, etc...)

- Basically the only reason why I use those services is to kill time and to avoid responsibilities which I have in the real world

- All of those services have net negative effect on society and humanity and by using them I support a system which I despise

To summarize roughly: There is simply no value in using any of these platforms. Doing virtually anything else will be better for me and the world.

Once I really accepted those facts it was not really that hard to stop using them. The problem was that for a long time I told myself (at least subconsciously) that there is some value in using some of those services.

For example I told myself "I'm really exhausted now and I wouldn't be doing anything productive anyways, so I might aswell doomscroll for a bit." Or "There really is some high quality content on YouTube, it'd be a shame to miss the quality videos if I abandon the platform as a whole."

You need to get to a point where your brain immediately calls bullshit as soon as you come up with an excuse like this.

Edit: formatting

The word in question is "wichser". The dictionary says it means "motherfucker". In my perception wichser is one of the strongest insults in german.

https://youtu.be/S1ZnpYEsUNs?si=nGr-2MgtBMR16dgl

asshole is a very euphemistic translation

This is really interesting to me. What exactly do you write on the anki cards? I cannot really image learning a haskell abstraction by mere memorization. How can you learn it without actually applying it to a real problem. Often times the hard part is to know when to use which abstraction. How do you learn this using flashcards?

Whenever I see someone like this on HN – someone whose motivation is to build a large company and make a lot of money, someone who is an "idea guy," someone for whom programming is merely a means to an end – I'm glad I'm not like this. I'm grateful that programming itself is genuinely fun to me, that I don't mind whether what I'm coding is useful or ends up generating money. I'm glad I program because I enjoy it, not because I convinced myself to do it, hoping it would advance my career.

At the same time, it saddens me that the thing I love so much becomes a source of frustration for many others.

If your train has more than 2 hours delay at your destination you can get a 50% refund. If you don't care whether you arrive on time in the morning this can be a good way to save some money. https://www.oebb.at/de/reiseplanung-services/nach-ihrer-reis...

Are there any known attacks which exploited Spectre or Meltdown vulnerabilities? And is it likely that this vulnerability will be successfully used to perform attacks?

Off topic: why can i read this tweet? I don't have an account. Didn't they recently put all tweets behind a login?

Nitpick: It is officially Europe but not EU

Seems to be down

http://web.archive.org/web/20230425113650/https://neocha.com...

No worries. I am very aware that HN is heavily biased (actually, most places where discussion happens are biased). Also of course HN is not my only exposure to american culture (would be kinda absurd if it was though lol).

But your comment actually illustrates very well what I mean. I know it's normal for americans to call HN "socialist" and in my culture almost nobody would use that word to describe HN. Or another example is that liberal means left-leaning (like in your comment). In my culture liberal means economically liberal (no tax, no regulations), so the exact opposite of left-leaning. Those are things you have to learn in order to really understand the language. Just understanding the language by itself is not enough because the dictionary will not say that socialist or liberal actaully have a different meaning.

> It's the moving to China for a year that would increase your understanding of Chinese culture and people far more than learning Chinese by itself.

Not really. Language and culture are inseparable. In my opinion, you cannot learn a language without learning at least a bit of the culture too. Idioms, expressions, and the way people use language say a lot about their culture.

Apart from my own culture, I have by far the best understanding of Anglo-American culture because I speak English. I have never lived in an English-speaking country though. As soon as you speak a language, you can expose yourself to the culture where the language is spoken pretty easily through the internet, movies, etc. HN is a good example. I see what (mostly) American people think, what things are important to them, and the way they approach life on a daily basis on this site.