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NilsIRL··on Vim9: An experimental fork of Vim to explore making Vim script faster and better
This would also work with scripting languages
NilsIRL··on Vim9: An experimental fork of Vim to explore making Vim script faster and better
We could do that with a compiled language.
NilsIRL··on Dell updates popular XPS 13 laptop with 16:10 screen, IR camera
From what I can tell it is generally more expensive because the only place you can get it is from dell directly so you pay more than on other retailers which do not sell the developer edition.

However, on dell's website it is cheaper than the "normal" edition.

NilsIRL··on Dell updates popular XPS 13 laptop with 16:10 screen, IR camera
The developer edition ships with Linux (Ubuntu) instead of Windows.
NilsIRL··on Dell updates popular XPS 13 laptop with 16:10 screen, IR camera
What is your development environment?
NilsIRL··on Fake “like” factories – how we reverse engineered facebooks user IDs [video]
I think the line between was is ethical and isn't is very blurry and there is almost no reason why advertising is ethical.
NilsIRL··on Show HN: HN Card, Hacker News Profile Overlay
This seems to be present as well in the code this was forked from:

https://github.com/timdavies/hnprofile

NilsIRL··on Show HN: HN Card, Hacker News Profile Overlay
Karma is also generally a bad idea because it causes people to comment/submit just to increase it and causes them to say stuff that will give them more karma.

If karma has to be present, it's best if it is a subtle as possible.

NilsIRL··on PinePhone Review
Can someone explain to me why Purism has so much trouble making the Librem 5 when the PinePhone exists?

Purism has had so many pre orders and the PinePhone only costs $149 but with that budget can't make the Librem.

What is it that makes it so difficult?

NilsIRL··on Killersheep – Silly game to show off the new features of Vim 8.2
What's the point of having sound in vim?

What are possible use cases?

Can't a plugin developer do this externally?

This also brings the question of why having a GUI?

NilsIRL··on World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Is Now World Fantasy Premier League #1
I posted on the wrong top-level comment which might explain the confusion.

I meant to answer to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21791504

NilsIRL··on World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Is Now World Fantasy Premier League #1
You're still managing a team though
NilsIRL··on World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Is Now World Fantasy Premier League #1
I'm clueless as well but here is the best thing I could find: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_football_(gridiron)

To me this sounds a lot like FIFA (the game by EA), which I'm clueless about as well.

NilsIRL··on Why does the Librem 5 phone cost that much?
I do not own one but from what I gather their laptops are great.

I have also seen many review claiming the track pad is great and even one say it is as good as a macbook track pad.

However, one problem with them is that they are not refreshed often and use older Intel ships (currently 7th gen).

One of the thing I suspect prevents them from refreshing the laptops is they do not have enough resources (people) to do some while developing the librem 5.

NilsIRL··on Cryptoqueen: A woman scammed the world, then vanished
Works for me as well
NilsIRL··on Beating C with one line of Brainfuck
Generated C:

  #include <stdio.h>
  
  char mem[30000] = {  };
  
  #define OUTPUTS 0
  char outputs[OUTPUTS] = {  };
  
  int main() {
      char* ptr = mem + 0;
      fwrite(outputs, sizeof(char), OUTPUTS, stdout);
  
      ptr[2] = getchar();
      ++ptr[2];
      while (ptr[2]) {
          ptr[2] -= 11;
          while (ptr[2]) {
              ptr[2] -= 22;
              while (ptr[2]) {
                  ++ptr[3];
                  --ptr[1];
                  while (ptr[1]) {
                      ++*ptr;
                      ++ptr[1];
                  }
                  ptr[2] = 0;
              }
              ptr[2] = 0;
          }
          ptr[1] = 0;
          ptr[1] += ptr[3] * 1;
          ptr[3] = 0;
          ptr[2] = getchar();
          ++ptr[2];
      }
      ptr[1] = 0;
      ptr[3] += *ptr * 1;
      ptr[2] += *ptr * 1;
      *ptr = 0;
      *ptr += ptr[3] * 1;
      ptr[3] = 0;
      ++ptr[1];
      while (ptr[2]) {
          --ptr[1];
          while (ptr[2]) {
              ptr[3] += 10;
              while (ptr[2]) {
                  --ptr[2];
                  --ptr[3];
                  while (ptr[3]) {
                      ++ptr[4];
                      ptr += 3;
                  }
                  while (ptr[4]) {
                      ++ptr[4];
                      ptr[3] += ptr[4] * 1;
                      ptr[4] = 0;
                      ++ptr[5];
                      ptr += 3;
                  }
                  ptr -= 3;
              }
              ptr[3] = 8;
              ptr[2] += ptr[3] * 6;
              ptr[3] = 0;
              ptr[2] += ptr[4] * 1;
              ptr[4] = 0;
              ptr[3] += ptr[5] * 1;
              ptr[5] = 0;
              ++ptr;
          }
          ++ptr;
      }
      while (ptr[1]) {
          --ptr[1];
          ptr[3] += 8;
          ptr[2] += ptr[3] * 6;
          ptr[3] = 0;
          ptr += 2;
      }
      while (ptr[0]) {
          putchar(ptr[0]);
          *ptr = 0;
          --ptr;
      }
      ptr[1] += 10;
      putchar(ptr[1]);
  
      return 0;
  }
NilsIRL··on Google Kills Cloud Print
I use it and it is very useful.

It allows to print documents even when you're not on your network.

NilsIRL··on Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life
From what I understand, the problem is that they won't be hosting the files anymore which means someone in need of them won't be able to access them.
NilsIRL··on Browsh for text-based internet browsing (2018)
Unlike what the article might suggest, lynx isn't dead. It is still maintained.
NilsIRL··on Debian reconsiders init-system diversity
Systemd seems so big because of the way it is branded when in fact it is many different parts put together. What people refer to as systemd is many different parts that have been branded as such.

It's like saying gnu is bloated because it is 395 different packages [0].

You might want to read this blog post: http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html

[0]: https://www.gnu.org/software/software.en.html#allgnupkgs

NilsIRL··on Hospitals are a weak spot in U.S. cybersecurity
Privacy is not security
NilsIRL··on Using Firefox for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet
I'm pretty sure Mozilla has abandoned Firefox on Android to work on Firefox Preview (code named Fenix).

Here is the github issue that tracks container support on Firefox Preview: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/1481

NilsIRL··on Open Letter to the Linux Foundation
Is there any way to have evidence for what you're saying?

I've been looking for at this HN thread and there still hasn't been any evidence of the original tweets.

Why would people be mad at Charles for "let's have a reasonable phone call and sort this out civilly."?

There seems to be some missing information including a video that no one has posted.

NilsIRL··on Spleeter: Extract voice, piano, drums, etc. from any music track
I'm pretty sure it does that by default.
NilsIRL··on NeverSSL
The website redirects to a random subdomain which could explain the cost, but even then 2k sounds like a lot.
NilsIRL··on TSMC 5-Nanometer Update
What does "iso-power" mean?

A quick search didn't bring anything.

NilsIRL··on NeverSSL
Since everyone is posting alternatives, here is Firefox's way:

detectportal.firefox.com

NilsIRL··on Major Mode for Reading EPUBs in Emacs
I think you can also do that using DocView[0] and the mupdf backend.

[0]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Do...

NilsIRL··on Setting up a home VPN server with WireGuard
you can try udptunnels:

https://github.com/wangyu-/udp2raw-tunnel

https://github.com/astroza/udptunnel

NilsIRL··on I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb
I doubt it because people are ethical (I hope).

But this is so true. I feel like I always come up with so many loopholes but because of their nature of being "scams" I obviously don't do them.

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