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Re:Project Hail Mary – Stellar Navigation Chart on Thursday May 21, 2026 @08:38PM (#48230555)
What is this supposed to be about? The link looks like some sort of star-chart, but I don't see where to get an explanation.
Re:Squashing my dumb bugs and why I log build IDs on Sunday August 10, 2025 @10:39PM (#44860333)
tcc version 0.9.28rc returns "1", whatever that means.
Re:Start all of your commands with a comma (2009) on Sunday June 23, 2024 @03:00PM (#40769713)
I didn't invent this, but I have a headless "config" checkout, and have a git-alias which sets my home-directory as the work-tree:

   git init --bare $HOME/.config/repo
   alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.config/repo --work-tree=$HOME'
   config config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
Then I can do things like "config add", "config commit", and "config push".
Re:Did a 1997 merger ruin Boeing? on Thursday January 11, 2024 @09:08PM (#38962683)
I keep this clip open in a browser tab so I can go back to it from time-to-time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3NASGb5m8s

It's the same basic message from Jobs, but this time about Xerox.

Re:Email and Git = <3 on Thursday October 12, 2023 @08:01AM (#37856023)
That is a pain, but the --update-refs argument to git-rebase helps somewhat: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rebase#Documentation/git-rebase...
From my fopen(2) docs:

m (since glibc 2.3)

Attempt to access the file using mmap(2), rather than I/O system calls (read(2), write(2)). Currently, use of mmap(2) is attempted only for a file opened for reading.

Re:Emotionless chatbots are taking over customer service on Sunday September 03, 2017 @09:39PM (#15165061)
I was able to down-grade my subscription over email, which isn't as good as an on-line form, but better than a phone-call.