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ZetaH··on How a baker survived the Titanic by getting drunk (2022)
This reminded me on the "Hope" experiment they did on rats:

https://homedialysis.org/news-and-research/blog/528-lifesavi....

ZetaH··on Using a Markov chain to generate readable nonsense with 20 lines of Python
I was doing a similar experiment recently to generate random names that sound like names from a specific language.

I was breaking the list of names apart into 3 and 2 letter parts, marking which fragments are from the start, middle and end.

To generate the words I started from a random one from the start fragments, then continued with a random one from the middle fragments that starts with the latter that the previous one ended with, and similarly ended it with one from the end fragments. Some examples:

Spanish Names:

Armusa Vantara Modria

German Names:

Ven Marwar, Ger Naroff, Vort Kraldent, Görn Henter, Urg Wicher, Wan Ehranus, Eck Hayazin, Wert Biewin, Rein Relberid,

Catalan:

Pallava Ecorus Sangana Ginavari Telamita Exorxió

Hungarian cities:

Jószög Alszeny Hernafő Garnáza Ragytúr Hidácska Mezécs

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ZetaH··on KDE Plasma 5.20
I had the same issue with my 14,0" WQHD (2560x1440) laptop screen and my external monitor. I wanted to scale up only the laptop's screen so that I can read the text on it, but then my external monitor got scaled too large.

After using it for months like that I solved this by simply setting the resolution on the laptop to 1920x1080, and scaling to 1. I felt really stupid after that I did not do this sooner.

ZetaH··on Show HN: I made a site where you practice typing by retyping entire novels
This is great for practicing! Would it be difficult to implement a page where users could copy-paste text and use the same engine to retype them?
ZetaH··on Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?
This gave me the cold chill. I think I will print it and put it on the wall.