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Re:QtWayland 6.6 Brings Robustness Through Compositor Handoffs on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @10:18AM (#37481693)
Could this potentially open up the possibility of implementing a user-level desktop session serialization and restoration feature? Similar to how Emacs handles per-directory sessions.
Looking at the security of twitter account, it looks like an insider job at Twitter. Unimaginable without inside help.
They are late though. Last year I have switched to Debian because of very few DIY repair options in MacBooks. And I discovered OS superiority as well. Everything in Debian (Gnome) is so fast - opening PDF files, Files (finder), Terminal, EMacs. Debian running on i5 is much faster then macOS running on i7.
Re:Forgetting My First Language on Saturday September 04, 2021 @12:12AM (#28412006)
what I infer from the article is that the author doesn't talk to parents much. It is the frequency that keeps our memory cells charged.

After driving a four-wheeler for a decade, without touching a bike, people tend to forget balancing. Although it takes very little effort to revive it. Just a session or two may be.

Same should be true for languages. Start talking frequently and it will revive all your language skills.

Re:Jaipur’s Last Stand on Monday August 02, 2021 @04:39AM (#28034275)
True. And some states will still take another couple of generations. For example, no sense of Indian-ness was observed when killing Assam policemen by the fellow Indians on the other side fighting over state border.

I remember a discussion a couple of years ago. Why Indian states are not as straight cut as US states? The above incident is an example why it is not possible as yet here. I am not saying it is good or bad.

Re:Introduction to Dwebsites (2020) on Friday June 18, 2021 @10:06PM (#27557132)
> One big problem with the current internet is that the DNS for the top level domains (like .com) is controlled by centralized entities, such as ICANN.

The TLD here is .eth; who controls it. As far as I have understood, this service is selling kind of NFT. But the ultimate linkage with the real world is controlled by a single entity (company).

I don't get what is the benefit.

I am glad that they have come together, finally. After a serious threat from social media companies like Facebook and Twitter. Social media companies have grown too much in power. And they are misusing it all the time.

The decision of Google to build RSS support in Chrome is also part of the same plan. Now you don't need an account on TW, FB to follow someone's blog.

Re:What is traceability and why does WhatsApp oppose it? on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @07:19AM (#27367332)
WhatsApp should give an option to upload my public-key. I want to generate public key on my computer using some other free software. For non-tech users, they may keep generating keys however they want. But there should be an option.

That is the only way to guarantee that it really supports privacy.

Re:Raspberry Silicon update: RP2040 on sale now at $1 on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @07:31AM (#27352985)
I wish there is a socket available to experiment with it on a breadboard.
Re:Humans used to sleep in two shifts on Monday May 31, 2021 @12:00AM (#27339938)
I still do it. And I feel much better if I take a 1.5 to 2 hour sleep after lunch. Of course, I don't go immediately after lunch. But I sit in /Vajraasana/ for 15 mins and 15 min quick reading; and then sleep.
Re:An Intuition for Lisp Syntax on Thursday May 27, 2021 @11:22PM (#27311395)
What I like about Lisp's syntax is that the cursor (point) is always in a complete Lisp program. You move up one set of parenthesis, again a complete program. Move up further .... till you reach the top (file-level).

So this gives good opportunity to Editor makers. Compile "this" level, 1-level-up, 2-level-up and so on. In an editor you can always check your program while coding.

Example is Cider package for Emacs for Clojure programming language.

Re:Boris Johnson cancels India trip amid rising cases on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @08:18AM (#26873564)
We cannot generalize here. Holi is mostly a north-Indian festival. Kumbh is for all; so there we can say that it affects everyone. But this year very few people traveled.

Also when we say "Medical systems collapsing" then we should be specific. Because there are 700+ districts and there is a different story everywhere.

My father and mother went to the community clinic at a walking distance from my house and there was no queue at all. No wait. Now on 1st of May, it is my and my wife's turn.

Re:Firefox 88.0 on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @06:20AM (#26872791)
And if you use Emacs then Tramp covers it.
Re:Statement of FSF board on election of Richard Stallman on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:43AM (#26830796)
I have not named RMS. FSF and the cause is bigger than RMS.
I have read many translations but the could not find anything close to the Hindi translation - "Patanjalya Yog Darshan". This is a short book. And if you want to go deeper then "Paatnjali Yoga pradeep". But even the Hindi language in the latter is pro-level.
Instead of `hathyog pradeepika', I find `patanjali yog darshan' more enlightening. According to Patanlaji, there is more to Yoga than just physical health. He divides the book into various parts. But the main, which the general public relate to, is `saadhana pad'. It starts with

/Atha yoganushasanam/ == अथ योगानुशासनम == let us start yoga with discipline.

This is the first /sootra/ (verse). And every verse builds on the previous. And in the 2nd verse he defines what is yoga.

/Yogashchittavruttinirodhah/ == योगःचित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः == ...

Literal meaning of Yoga is add, sum, to be one with. For believers, it could be - "to be one with God", for spiritual, meditating people - "to be one with supreme consciousness". And as Vivekananda explains to non-believers, you can think of atman as a form of energy... it can never be created nor destroyed... so just oscillate between energy and partical form... and yoga means to be one with the source (energy).

As par India system of yogic tradition, that is the goal of every human being and Patanjali tells us how to achieve that. /Yogashchittavruttinirodhah/ "Yoga means suppressing (/nirodhah/) the fluctuations (/vrutti/) of mind (/chitta/)." Well, I am using close meanings. Patanjali divides our mind into various logical parts.

I find this really fascinating. Must read. But the best book that I have found is in Sanskrit and Hindi.

Re:Statement of FSF board on election of Richard Stallman on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @04:35AM (#26789631)
My frustration is for the stupid people in the GCC mailing list who think that those individuals are bigger than the ideological cause.

They even started contemplating that GCC should fork away from FSF.

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