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Jim_Heckler··on ПП-BESM – a Soviet language (1955)
That's a very odd way to transliterate, especially considering the shch in Khrushchev is the latinization of the letter щ
Jim_Heckler··on Pa – a simple password manager based on age
this sounds very much like the keepassxc browser integration
Jim_Heckler··on In defense of linked lists
an array is used for the last 1-32 elements of the vector (the "tail") so there would be no trie at all, just the tail
Jim_Heckler··on Victoria III – First Impressions
for paradox fans I highly recommend the author's series analyzing EU4's perspective of history[1]. the role of the player is peculiar in EU4 (and Victoria I believe) in that you play as the state itself, unlike Crusdar Kings where you play as an individual holding political power within a state. Brett discusses the narrative of history that this perspective presents.

[1] https://acoup.blog/2021/04/30/collections-teaching-paradox-e...

Jim_Heckler··on Designing a Programming Language: I
from what i can tell, the only things here not supported by CL's LOOP is "continue", and there being named exit points with parameters, though I fail to see the usefulness of that when you could just use return.
Jim_Heckler··on FedEx warns of global recession, cutting forecast by half a billion dollars
I'm guessing you use a corporate account and ship international regularly. those discounts can really rack up. try creating a shipment without the account, I doubt its lower than 80. source: I work at a fedex office and process international shipments every day.
Jim_Heckler··on FedEx warns of global recession, cutting forecast by half a billion dollars
for an envelope its usually between 90 and 120 USD to ship international. not sure if that's what you mean exactly by small parcel.
Jim_Heckler··on Google’s Nest will provide data to police without a warrant
What are you using now? been aching to get off gmail for a while, just haven't found the right alternative that supports IMAP.
Jim_Heckler··on F.el: Modern API for working with files and directories in Emacs
My biggest problem with most of these libraries is the complete lack of care for efficiency, and some packages use more of these functions than builtins. eg. -map is identical to mapcar (a C primitive), but instead of defining it as a defalias, its defined as a defun that just calls mapcar on its args. Function calls, especially of bytecode, are very slow, so now instead of just a single primitive funcall, there's a second bytecode funcall that does nothing. this is done in a lot of places in dash and especially in s.el. plus, while the compiler will warn when mapcar is called for effect and advise using mapc, it doesn't know about -map, and ive seen it called for effect a lot.
Jim_Heckler··on Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard
they meant "Logitech MX" not "Cherry MX"
Jim_Heckler··on I'm an addict
I don't see why one would jump to methamphetamine as a prescription when dextroamphetamine is usually at least as effective with fewer adverse effects
Jim_Heckler··on I'm an addict
> Many people experience some of the side effects of ADHD may be a true statement.

I think that's exactly what they meant, since they put it in quotes and then go on to say that ADHD proper is when those complications are debilitating.

Jim_Heckler··on What’s new in Emacs 28.1?
Not sure if it's included in 28.1, but its been overhauled on master. https://youtube.com/watch?v=LNK1DnPOqms
Jim_Heckler··on The dispute between radical feminism and transgenderism (2014)
> The rates of middle school girls identifying as something other than CIS are reaching levels as high as 40% in some school districts.

> Maybe that is not a problem for some but that will be a problem for society in about a generation.

Why will that be a problem for society?

Jim_Heckler··on Paredit mnemonics for slurping and barfing Lisp symbolic expressions
Also try Lispy (only for lisps). Works just like SP and Paredit except most commands require a single unmodified key press, but can only be used when point precedes or follows a delimiter or text is selected. Feels like magic.
Jim_Heckler··on Rnote – A note-taking application for drawing tablets, written in Rust and GTK4
To be fair, the closest "competitor" is Xournal++, named such in part because its a c++ remake of Xournal, so there's sort of a precedent I guess.
Jim_Heckler··on Experimental depression treatment is nearly 80% effective in controlled study
Note that these are still stimulants tho. Vyvanse is unique in that its a slightly modified dextroamphetamine (adderall) molecule that gradually gets metabolized by the liver into dextroamphetamine, sort of a "natural" extended release and has a much smoother (side) effect curve. Concerts and XR are just cleverly designed pills that release two doses of plain methylphenidate/amphetamine spaced out, so there's two distinct peaks with a small lull between.
Jim_Heckler··on Shrooms: What You Need to Know
Deliriants are fascinating, and the experience sounds absolutely nightmarish. The most interesting thing to me is how the most common feature of every trip of some of the drugs (I think Datura and dph) is repeatedly thinking you're smoking a cigarette, accidentally dropping it then realizing there was no cigarette. And it happens to people who've never smoked.
Jim_Heckler··on Dramatic growth in mental-health apps has created a risky industry
Because dysfunctional thought when alone cannot be challenged, and becomes self reinforcing. A therapist helps a patient examine the ways in which their thinking is detrimental to their wellbeing.
Jim_Heckler··on Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes the web – built for devs
Actually I saw a ddg ad on TV. I started rolling my eyes thinking it was a Google ad lying about privacy but was pleasantly surprised by the duck logo.
Jim_Heckler··on David Rosenhan’s fraudulent Thud experiment set back psychiatry for decades
> Additionally, Ray Blanchard, an academic who believes transgenderism is caused by "autogynephilia"/"autoandrophilia" (i.e. a sexual fetish caused by attraction to oneself as the desired gender), was a member of the committee who decided the DSM-V definition.
Jim_Heckler··on Google Employee Writes Memo About ‘The Burden of Being Black at Google’
Ok, here's some https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/2015

- Police departments disproportionately killed black people, who were 41% of victims despite being only 20% of the population living in these cities.

- 41 of the 60 police departments disproportionately killed black people relative to the population of black people in their jurisdiction.

- 14 police departments killed black people exclusively in 2015, 100% of the people they killed were black. For only 5 police departments were 100% of those killed white.

Jim_Heckler··on The Evolution of Lisp (1993) [pdf]
Yes, M-x prettify-symbols-mode, it's very cool. For parens, there's the built-in electric-pair-mode, paredit, smartparens, and lispy.
Jim_Heckler··on Lambda Cube
Could you explain what you mean by closures being classes? My only familiarity is from Emacs/Common Lisp and Clojure.
Jim_Heckler··on Can You Find the Bug in This Code?
And perhaps we could repurpose those semicolons for comment syntax ;-)
Jim_Heckler··on Google Employees Demand the End of Forced Arbitration Across the Tech Industry
Wait what? What does that even mean? An engineer's union wouldn't be dictating programming practices, it would just be an instrument of worker empowerment and protection from employer negligence/greed.

Besides, unions would most certainly be more pro-open source than any corporate entity. Open source gives everyone the opportunity to be heard and have their feelings and thoughts actually affect outcomes; this is more or less the same goal of a workers union.

Jim_Heckler··on Paralleltext: Learn languages by reading
This is what I've been hoping to try to read eventually https://web.archive.org/web/20060629211922/http://www.shnare...

The book is the basis of the film Stalker, which is a must-see

Jim_Heckler··on Linux on Dex
Termux is incredible. You can even run Arch on it https://github.com/sdrausty/termux-archlinux
Jim_Heckler··on Guide to email in Emacs using mu and mu4e
As far as I can tell, when 2FA is enabled app passwords are the only non-2FA way to use your account. I have an app password in my .authinfo.gpg that I use for authorizing offlineimap and SMTP through Emacs. Obviously this isn't as secure as 2FA, but since the password is PGP encrypted I don't worry about it ever being comprised.
Jim_Heckler··on Comparison of text editing methods
"One strategy I've developed to make voice-to-text seem less odd to bystanders is to talk into my phone up to my ear as if I were on a call (rather than talking into it like a microphone as most people do with voice-to-text)."

Wow this is brilliant, and I can't believe this wasn't obvious to me when I've considered voice typing but felt weird about it.

I just got a Note 9 and I love that I can pull out the pen while the screen's off, jot a note and put the pen away without having to unlock my phone. And in the app it can be OCR'd for searching, editing etc. I'm sure once I get into the habit of using this I'll be forgetting ideas less.

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