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codesnik··on The Two Towers MUD
me too. that's how I learned Perl (scripting language of mmc). What was your mud client/language?
codesnik··on Feasibility study of a mission to Sedna - Nuclear propulsion and solar sailing
some measured effects in such experiments happen because of, for example, magnetic interference with the lab equipment. Well, on LEO there still present the Earth magnetic field, unlike in any usable interplanetary space. Interaction with the Earth magnetic field is already used by some satellites for orientation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetorquer
codesnik··on Git Notes: Git's coolest, most unloved­ feature (2022)
you kinda doing by hand what git commit --fixup could do for you, and what git rebase -i could pick up automatically.
codesnik··on Git Notes: Git's coolest, most unloved­ feature (2022)
with supabase it is almost essential. But adding comments with migrations is somewhat tedious, unless you're writing actual sql. Like, you know, with supabase.
codesnik··on I Dropped the Production Database on a Friday Night
supabase kiinda pushes you in that direction though.
codesnik··on I counted all of the yurts in Mongolia using machine learning
I've been in a Uzbekistan palace, I think it was Khiva. And it was, well, a palace, with courts and richly decorated rooms. But at certain fully enclosed by walls court there was a circular place where yurt have been standing. Khans were tracing their lineages back to Genghis Khan, and it was unbecoming for the khan to spend nights under the firm roof, even if it's in a middle of the city with long sedentary life style traditions. All the visiting relatives wouldn't approve.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshhovli_Palace

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshhovli_Palace#/media/File:K... that circular spot.

codesnik··on Datalog in Rust
from what I know, prolog looked declarative, in a way that you just encode relations and it figures out the answers, but it really depended on the order of those rules, and some additional instructions like "cut" which not only prevented waste computations, but could affect the results.

datalog on the other hands is more or less a relation db with a different syntax.

codesnik··on Kotlin-Lsp: Kotlin Language Server and Plugin for Visual Studio Code
It'd help with other editors as well. I'm vim user, for example, various "vim-modes" in other editors are unsatisfactory for me.
codesnik··on Show HN: I modeled the Voynich Manuscript with SBERT to test for structure
what I'd expect from a handwritten book like that, if it is just a gibberish, and not a cypher of any sorts - the style, calligraphy, the words used, even letters themselves should evolve from page 1 to the last page. Pages could be reordered of course, but it still should be noticeable.

Unless author hadn't written tens of books exactly like that before, which didn't survive, of course.

I don't think it's a very novel idea, but I wonder if there's analysis for pattern like that. I haven't seen mentions of page to page consistency anywhere.

codesnik··on New 'Superdiffusion' Proof Probes the Mysterious Math of Turbulence
oh, here you are!

ok, for me it's a strange hybrid of pop-science with some newyorker style storytelling which seems to be written in a way for reader to somehow enjoy just an amount of words used. I love reading scientific news, but I'm not sure what's so interesting about what kind of coffee drinks specific scientist behind it and what is their morning routine. And when I skip over that stuff, actual description of the discovery in question is seriously lacking in details, at least to my taste.

codesnik··on New 'Superdiffusion' Proof Probes the Mysterious Math of Turbulence
of course it's quantamagazine. Such a weird journal, I still wonder who's the audience.
codesnik··on Evidence of controversial Planet 9 uncovered in sky surveys taken 23 years apart
orbiting a planet in that case is no different than orbiting a sun on the same orbit as planet. Probably even more cumbersome, all that jiggling around. Or are you talking about making a gravity assist to turn the orbit of the probe into less eccentric?
codesnik··on A PostgreSQL planner semi-join gotcha with CTE, LIMIT, and RETURNING
aren't they the same in Postgres?
codesnik··on Path Isn't Real on Linux
but zsh has "rehash"? for as long as I remember.
codesnik··on Uncovering the mechanics of The Games: Winter Challenge
I remember playing old french game "Metal Mutant", which on a level three or four asked something in french (it was probably asking for a code from manual) and if you answered wrong, it wouldn't exit the game, but it'd just silently disable all projectiles, making game unwinnable. I as a kid spent hours wandering around, thinking that I missed some clue. And game didn't have any saves, so after banging my head for a couple hours, I'd exit game frustrated, and in a month or two I had to start from scratch if I wanted to try to complete that level again.
codesnik··on Prolog Adventure Game
is it generated by LLM using prompt at https://github.com/stefanrodrigues2/Prolog-Adventure-game/bl...?
codesnik··on I thought I bought a camera, but no DJI sold me a license to use it [video]
is that clause even legal/enforceable in "normal" jurisdictions?
codesnik··on Python's new t-strings
f'' vs t'' probably.
codesnik··on Novel color via stimulation of individual photoreceptors at population scale
identifying and shining light only on specific type of cells on retina through the iris is of limited value? I personally didn't know we even have that kind of precision.
codesnik··on Understanding the Origins and the Evolution of Vi and Vim
it's not "emulating", it's exactly what you describe. And it's just one additional "v" away, can't be shorter than that.
codesnik··on PostgreSQL Full-Text Search: Fast When Done Right (Debunking the Slow Myth)
It's not only an additional disk space, it also a need to sync it with main column, using triggers or whatever, and have much bigger backups. Why "initial instinct was to question", though? I don't see downsides still, unless yeah, weighted queries or need to search in joined tables etc.
codesnik··on The ADHD body double: A unique tool for getting things done
yep. it works. SOMETIMES.
codesnik··on US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU
"move" absolutely did move a lot of workforce, since farmers are much more productive, not as much help is needed.
codesnik··on US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU
So, it already starts affecting stuff. I and 10 other recent hires were cut today because our next round is in jeopardy. That startup is in sales and hiring area, so it senses recession much sooner than other industries, but there's that.
codesnik··on I genuinely don't understand why some people are still bullish about LLMs
and it still works. And problem seems to be related to the unconditional trust of LLM output.
codesnik··on MacBook Air M4
you can remap modifier keys if you so inclined in keyboard settings, without additional software, and have separate settings per internal and external keyboard.
codesnik··on MacBook Air M4
I have M2 Air and using it for rails development, sometimes with multiple docker containers, but the most hungry usually is just chrome with 500+ tabs. It usually does not throttle at all and is barely warm. Unless in direct sunlight (it's black) or unless I put it on top of a blanket without an air gap below for half an hour. I'd say that's coolest macbook I ever owned, no burns or anything near it even on bare skin, unlike some older intel macbooks.
codesnik··on Clean Code vs. A Philosophy Of Software Design
but... they do froth!
codesnik··on Some terminal frustrations
it's a simple to learn gnuism that most good tools follow but (mostly) java apps for whatever reason disrupted it and added a lot of mess.
codesnik··on Rwandan scientists develop local yeast for banana wine-makers
free kombucha!
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