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There is more detail in the footnotes found here: https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/

I’ve been using Easy CSV Editor. I especially like getting the min/max, unique, etc values in a given column.

Yes, but they may not always work. While generally true there are still some edge cases.

SQL Server connections are one example where I do get .exe with the .pdb in the publish directory but the .exe won't run correctly without the "Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.dll" file.

Another example are any libraries that have "RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute" requirements.

If you left it at the initial question this might have been an entirely different thread.

"There are already so many Unix like operating systems of all sizes written in C... If I were to go to such an effort, I would try another language...It is meanwhile more than clear that it can be done in C...so it would actually be more interesting to explore the suitability of other languages for such a task."

Based on your earlier remarks why not say knitters should use different material or needles to make it more interesting? Why do the same pattern over again when so many knitters have probably knit the very same pattern already.

Because the statements above miss the point of what hobby means to most people.

>> and apparently you can't answer the questions either

No one is required to. Not anyone on HN or the hobbyist in question.

From the about page: "... However, you should do Advent of Code in a way that is useful to you, and so it is completely fine to choose an approach that meets your goals and ignore the leaderboard entirely."

I'm used to reading about a given C/C++ program being implemented in Rust, and was delighted to see such an effort in a functional programming language.

I know little about functional programming languages but I've always been interested in how languages like Ada and now Rust can help programmers write safer code. I'm curious what advantages a rewrite of a C/C++ app in a FP language provides and also what advantages a FP language brings in comparison to a language like Rust.

It reminded me of The Twin spreadsheet from the late 1980s. I worked at a plastics plant that used it in their color lab until at least 2013 when I left. There were thousands of color recipes and no one wanted to try and convert all of that to a newer spreadsheet.

https://forum.winworldpc.com/discussion/7590/software-spotli...

That's a really good point. I'm using macOS and I tested -w option against a CSV file that is about 430MB in size and has about 18,000,000 words in it. The time was 0.989. When I ran wc2 on the same file, it clocked in at 0.943.

I wondered what I was doing wrong and came back to the comments section and found your comment. Ah.

Edit: interestingly, the newline count time was 0.458 with the macOS version and 0.943 with wc2.

There is a YouTube channel where the person reads the code (not start to finish) of various open source projects.

https://www.youtube.com/@ants_are_everywhere/featured

I tried a quick search between mdfind, bfs, and find to locate all README.md files in my home directory. bfs and find both found 2930 files and took 8.5s and 47.5s respectively. mdfind took 0.1s but found only 2400 files.

I worked with an engineer who didn't like Macs. I don't prefer the "Magic Mouse" however I bought it when it first came out and showed it to him. Not long after that I saw him using the mouse and he used it for years. He absolutely loved it.

This YouTube personality Indigo Traveller has what I thought to be an interesting series of videos on his visit to Iran. A number of similarities in what you wrote and what his videos showed.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN0FlxE6vY5BJbDJiGWk0...

"Oh Pascal" reminded me of a book titled, "Oh! Pascal!" by Doug Cooper. I used it to learn Pascal.

The only sluggishness I noticed, and was unexpected, was generating a SSH key.

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096

This was considerably slower on the M1 Mac Mini than my 2017 iMac.

The Visual Studio Code team tweeted that they are targeting a release for the Insiders channel by the end of November.

https://twitter.com/code/status/1326237772860981249?ref_src=...

The pipe and backslash are beside the Z key as well, making the left side shift key narrower.

Here is a link to the Michigan Terminal System (MTS), developed in the late 60's.

http://archive.michigan-terminal-system.org/home

Love the minimalism and did not expect to see so few lines.

This reminded me of an example in "Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems" where a roughly dozen line key value pair (?) DB was presented, in Bash, I believe.

Couldn't help but think of the book Flatland and the parts about two-dimensions.

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

This is exactly why I played World of Warcraft so much. I used it as an escape from my problems in life. One day I realized I achieve more with my character than I do in my own life. That was a huge turning point that made me deal with my various life problems.

I agree. Outside of energy, we'll still need oil for asphalt, plastics and other synthetic materials. It doesn't seem like those needs are going away anytime soon.

Los Angeles is starting to paint its streets white.

https://www.popsci.com/la-is-painting-its-streets-white-to-k...

For me, my struggle with depression has been mostly due to a lack of a work/life balance and the resulting loneliness that has brought. I've had the tendency to double-down and increase my work hours to compensate for an ever increasing work load.

Increasing exercise has been a big help. I have a routine I go through every morning for the last month or so. I find I have a focus I don't have otherwise and it's important to start my day off with that focus.

I've made a point to leave work no more than one hour later than normal (unless the situation truly warrants it) and I do not look at email outside of work hours (my employer certainly knows how to reach me if needed). Its been very tempting at times, but the feelings of guilt around not looking at email throughout the evening have largely gone away. Home is no longer that extension of work and has become a place I can chill and relax. After about a month of this I really do feel genuinely relaxed at some point in the evening and I start the day more refreshed and ready to tackle what comes my way.

Lastly, talking with a therapist. My first visits weren't great because I really wasn't present or willing to really open up. Differences between what I think and what I feel and other issues along those lines. Several months later I tried again and was willing to discuss how I feel and hold nothing back (wasn't afraid of looking weak, etc.). I'm learning coping mechanisms that have lead to more awareness and that awareness in turn has increased my ability to cope with whatever comes my way. For example, I recognize patterns I'd fall into far sooner.

These steps have provided a forward momentum that I'm working to maintain. Step by step.

Yes to Code Complete. I read the first edition at a time I wasn't sure if I'd pursue a career in computer programming. I hadn't used a computer for nearly a month making that decision. After reading and re-reading that book during that time, I pursued programming with a passion. That book struck all the right chords with me.

Smalltalk Best Practices by Kent Beck. I feel the advice and experience this book provides goes well beyond Smalltalk.

At a previous job, I was sent to a partner company who was building a web site we'd take over. This company had a wide open floor plan (except for the execs). I remember one day our HR VP visiting and exclaiming how wonderful this is. She said she wanted to implement it where we worked. She asked me what I thought with this beatific smile, and I said I found the never ending movement and ad-hoc meetings around me to be distracting. The smile on her face dropped and she said, "You'll get used to it", as she walked away.

At a previous job I worked from home 2-3 days per week. My commute was 45-60 minutes depending on traffic. When I worked from home, I'd actually start working when I'd typically head out the door and work until the time I'd typically get home. The company got more from me and I didn't have to endure the commute (or the wear-and-tear on my car with stop-go traffic).

Getting that time back in the evening, when needed, allowed me to schedule local appointments or meet a friend at a more reasonable time.

RootBSD does well. The latest version of OpenBSD is usually available within a week or less.

https://www.rootbsd.net/

There was a TV series on the History channel that explored the subterranean environment and culture beneath various civilizations.

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

Long time user of Putty, like many here. I liked this quote from their FAQ (A.3.3 What's the point of the Unix port? Unix has OpenSSH):

"There were development advantages as well; porting PuTTY to Unix was a valuable path-finding effort for other future ports, and also allowed us to use the excellent Linux tool Valgrind to help with debugging, which has already improved PuTTY's stability on all platforms."