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"markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent"

Great quote. I hadn't known before it was Keynes

Re:Attrs – the Python library everyone needs (2016) on Friday December 24, 2021 @09:43PM (#29679874)
Key thing for me was the ability to add type hinting
Re:Attrs – the Python library everyone needs (2016) on Friday December 24, 2021 @09:41PM (#29679865)
Honestly, only use python because I have to. I don't think it belongs inside a decently sized software product

Others disagree, though, so I must use it

What you're saying only bolsters my opinion

Re:Attrs – the Python library everyone needs (2016) on Friday December 24, 2021 @09:34PM (#29679818)
Is there a reason those features weren't added to data classes?

I don't know much about attrs, only professionally coming to python since 3.7, but I'm not going to bring it in if there's something sufficient in the language

I believe this is the goal of mopidy
Yes! I think the ability to watch lower-res video (even 480p) on them and still have a decent picture is what I miss the most.

It would be quite comical if the 300lb figure were correct, having lugged one around before. They hovered around 92lbs, though.

I have one of the variants(HP A7217A) sitting away gathering dust at a relative's place. Its weight/size just made it too difficult to move with over the years.

I hadn't realized they're still desired now. I'll have to dust it off and see if there's a buyer out there.

Re:GNU Shepherd 0.5.0 released on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @03:49PM (#18079601)
Do you have more detail/instructions on running Nix on GuixSD?
Re:GNU Shepherd 0.5.0 released on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @11:05AM (#18076665)
There are a smattering of code snippets around

This[1] is the one I used as a reference for my kernel build which includes brcmfmac

There is also a feature called 'channels' (not widely documented AFAIK) which allows you to describe an outside repository of code you can reference to install packages. There is one[2] that provides Chromium (though I cannot get the build to succeed).

The downside to all of these not being provided in mainline is the amount of time and energy to build them. I suspect there are more people than I would like curating their build of the linux kernel, manually specifying drivers included in the kernel. I really wish the community were a little less hard-set on the principle of 'freedom' and a little more pragmatic; I am sure the community is smaller due to people being turned away at the sheer amount of effort required to get their machine to a usable state.

[1]: https://github.com/wingo/guix-nonfree [2]: https://gitlab.com/mbakke/guix-chromium

Re:Ubuntu 17.10 Final Beta Is Ready For Testing on Friday September 29, 2017 @09:53AM (#15365239)
What sort of issues were you having?

I haven't kept up with the goings-on in this release, but I was quite excited to see so many clamoring for resolutions to pains involving multi-monitor setups in a previous discussion[1]. I would be interested to see what of those pains have been fixed.

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14002821

Re:Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? on Friday March 31, 2017 @05:14PM (#14008324)
HiDPI is still a huge problem in the linux desktop I can't count the number of hours I've spent researching and fiddling with it. Wayland is the answer, but it's slow moving, and Sway currently looks terrible when scaling double.
Re:Scala vs. Node.js as a RESTful back end server (2015) on Saturday April 23, 2016 @04:23PM (#11557256)
The section describing strong typing is pretty weak/vague, and seems to actually be referring to static typing
Re:Clementine: modern music player and library organizer on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @09:51PM (#11539107)
In terms of library management, I think Beets is pretty hard to beat! I also like the UNIX philosophy, which this seems to violate. I yearn for the ability to use a Beets library as a source for streaming, along with the ability to combine with other sources (e.g. Amazon, Pandora) The closest to this I've seen is mopidy-beets, but it is now unmaintained and doesn't seem to have the ability to manage playlists from multiple sources.