s/bash/zsh/g 🔗
You would expect this to work, no? bash% echo $(( .1 + .2 )) bash: .1 + .2 : syntax error: operand expected (error token is ".1 + .2 ") Well, bash sa [...]
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Getting started with RimWorld modding on Linux 🔗
This describes how to create RimWorld mods on Linux; this is an introduction to both RimWorld modding and developing C♯ with Mono; it’s essentially th [...]
How to end up with 500,000 commits in your log 🔗
I posted this yesterday: I once worked for a company where they managed to create about half a million subversion commits in just 2 or 3 years, with a [...]
Stallman isn't great, but not the devil 🔗
So Richard Stallman is back at the FSF, on the board of directors this time rather than as President. I’m not sure how significant this position is in [...]
Go is not an easy language 🔗
Go is not an easy programming language. It is simple in many ways: the syntax is simple, most of the semantics are simple. But a language is more than [...]
Downsides of working remotely 🔗
I love remote work, and I’ve been working remotely for the last five years, but I think there are some serious downsides too. In spite what all the “r [...]
Bitmasks for nicer APIs 🔗
Bitmasks is one of those things where the basic idea is simple to understand: it’s just 0s and 1s being toggled on and off. But actually “having it cl [...]
Stupid light software 🔗
The ultralight hiking community is – as you may gather from the name – very focused on ultralight equipment and minimalism. Turns out that saving a bi [...]
Empathy is required for democracy 🔗
As humans, we’re fundamentally “selfish”, for lack of a better term, as our own feelings and experiences are our baseline. We’re also fundamentally em [...]
An API is a user interface 🔗
An API is a user interface for programmers, and is no different from a graphical user interface, command-line user interface, or any other interface a [...]