arrakeen

stow is an indispensable tool for me to manage /usr/local for manually installed software. my workflow goes:

  ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/stow/myapp
  make && make install
  stow myapp

  stow -D myapp

"Opus 4.7 uses an updated tokenizer that [...] can map to more tokens—roughly 1.0–1.35× depending on the content type.

[...]

Users can control token usage in various ways: by using the effort parameter, adjusting their task budgets, or prompting the model to be more concise."

Cure Dolly has _some_ connection to this group which, to me, just adds even more mystique to an already fascinating story[1]

[1] https://if50.substack.com/p/1992-silverwolf

what we have now is not poptimism, because that already won and pop music has been re-evaluated critically. with the internet having more or less killed real music criticism, all that's left is clickbait reviews/articles that attract the most eyeballs. unsurprisingly, the stuff that attracts the most eyeballs is the most popular music and the stuff with the most money behind it.

i don't have a problem with pop music, i quite like pop music. i have a problem with the uncritical acceptance of all pop music being necessarily "good". i like to say i'm not a rockist, i'm a popessimist

that said, i'm surprised that it's available on the desktop version. i wonder if it's some sort of malicious compliance?

    Optional<String> result = returnsAnOptional();
    if (result.isPresent()) {
        log.info("result is {}", result.get());
    }

    // and

    returnsAnOptional().map(r -> log.info("result is {}", r);

when i'm in programming mode, i'm in emacs on the homerow

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-6WfT8RAh4

use-package, hands down. my decades old rat's nest of a config actually became organized and emacs starts instantly now

similarly, being able to configure emacs with a real programming language was a game changer compared to vim with vimscript. this is not so much an issue now with neovim, but i still prefer elisp :P

my theory is that because most of the bands are writing lyrics in english and it's not their native language, they don't quite grasp just HOW ridiculous their lyrics tend to be.

please don't take this as a negative, because to me it's a positive. they sing those ridiculous lyrics with full passion without a hint of irony-- and that's why i love them. american power metal is a bit too wink-wink-nudge-nudge-amirite-guys?

    AS incomprehensible && \
       as nix can be && \
       i would take it && \
       any day over && \
       configuring a desktop OS && \
       with the horrible && \
       Dockerfile syntax

it's actually 15 Plus rather than 15 Max, which i'm sure you now see is a bit confusing

for the love of god please don't. the yubikey-agent example provided exemplifies everything i dislike about github READMEs and whimsical user interfaces.

on the technical side, symbols and emojis can render inconsistently among terminals, leading to potentially confusing messaging. on the artistic side, personal tolerances towards whimsy and playfulness vary wildly and should only be used very sparingly and ONLY if you know what you're doing (if you have to ask, you probably don't)