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> bundling the Pascal system with ex, a line editor developed from em.

What's em? I thought it was developed from ed.

Re:Decode kernel panic from QR Code photo on Sunday November 01, 2026 @07:38PM (#50331569)
It being user-hostile is debatable. It's meant to be friendlier, as described in the Fedora link I shared. Coincidentally though, I got a panic yesterday and my phone wasn't able to scan the QR code, lol, so who knows what the panic was.

The non-QR/textual panics can be restored with a kernel/module parameter as described here:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel#QR_code_on_a_blue_sc...

The QR code can be made to provide the text itself (non-URL-encoded) by rebuilding the kernel with CONFIG_DRM_PANIC_SCREEN_QR_CODE_URL unset.

Re:Decode kernel panic from QR Code photo on Sunday November 01, 2026 @05:03AM (#50324109)
> self-inflicted

Distro developers and user are separate people. Also, a person viewing the QR code is not necessarily the owner of the panicked system.

Re:Decode kernel panic from QR Code photo on Sunday November 01, 2026 @12:06AM (#50322608)
For context, kernel panic QR codes seem to sometimes be encoded as a URL by distros. The panic text is encoded as a numeric parameter. For example:

  https://jexposit.fedorapeople.org/drm-panic/#?a=x86_64&v=6.17.0-rc2+&z=640167080454085846813051618361759010657877897271730610040416716330885911862863637865629876538143479424501684305108526815246884351579112416213658591538197326904066495250432477741109137529913891705603204551637814390799863373567102735011646456675550848214802373263012070738317101764828501215130799514552173100464226323283035104742647807880303016111647745731220181725103046725626673798313499244415603609976795733414017504856193883754936010234315170039423982724526624590659186737336223463702[... many many more digits]
That's from the QR code image at:

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f45-change-proposal-d...

This script is to decode such kernel panics without needing to provide it to an external service.

That's an adjective. This is about the conjunction.
"or else" now has its own separate dictionary entry because people use the two word combo as a conjunction instead of just plain "or" or "else":

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/or%20else

> [He said to do this, or I'll regret it.]

> [He said to do this, else I'll regret it.]

I imagine people couldn't decide on which conjunction to use since they both work, used both incorrectly, stopped using plain "else", then started thinking they needed to prefix "or" before "else". Dictionaries then adjusted.

It occurs to me that this would be similar to "so" no longer being a conjunction and people instead using "and so".

> Make sure to buy flour, and we'll be able to bake the cake.

> Make sure to buy flour, so we'll be able to bake the cake.

> Make sure to buy flour, and so we'll be able to bake the cake.

I use one finger when typing "loop", because it doesn't make sense to do otherwise given how the respective keys are on QWERTY. That just means the word "loop" sucks.

Regarding parentheses/brackets, I said "separate fingers", not "separate hands". I do use separate fingers for parentheses/brackets.

The numpad is a weird thing. When I've (rarely) needed it for sustained number capturing, I do typically stick to one finger because it's easy to get lost with multiple. Not sure why. It could just be lack of practice with the numpad.

"or else" is redundant. One can omit one word or the other and it still works.

> When you go shopping make sure to buy flour, or we won't be able to bake the cake.

> When you go shopping make sure to buy flour, else we won't be able to bake the cake.

EDIT: TIL: Dictionaries don't commonly define "else" as a conjunction, except for Wiktionary. Still sounds natural to my ears, so this is a surprise.

When you can touch-type, it's better to have keys spread to use separate fingers. That way, you divide up the work. You have one finger still lifting while the other's already starting the next press.
Re:The Curse of Soldered RAM on Monday October 26, 2026 @07:42AM (#50242095)
> I can't recall the last time someone mentioned a phone or laptop being too thick as a downside in a review.

It's the "elephant in the room" sort of thing that doesn't need to be said because it's apparent and viewers know what they want in that regard. It does get acknowledged when reviewers that don't normally review toughbooks, review toughbooks, but it's an acknowledgement rather than a complaint. Why would someone even view a review of a toughbook if they cared so much about thickness?

Re:mitmproxy adds --emudhra option on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @09:26PM (#50189960)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMudhra#2026_intermediate_cert...

> On October 17, 2026, browser root programs received a report that the private keys of eight eMudhra intermediate certificates had been compromised. The private keys were 4, 56, 66, 115, 155, 156, 230, and 237. A P-384 elliptic-curve private key normally has about 384 bits of entropy, but these keys had between 3 and 8 bits.

> Academics citing any website should consider also pointing towards (or at least creating) an archived version via something like the Wayback Machine.

It's probably better for the user to search the original URL themselves on the Wayback Machine. If you cite with a Wayback Machine link when the original link still works, you're just creating needless work for a non-profit. An archive isn't a CDN.

> or at least creating

I agree on creating.

In Spanish, they say "guau" (pronounced like "wow")
> Or is that biased by having seen wavelengths?

You don't need to. They probably mean how rounded objects tend roll or slide, and spiky objects tend to scrape at most or dig into a crevice and so abruptly stop with a shorter sound.

Re:Tell HN: Remember to migrate away from .name domain on Saturday October 17, 2026 @05:03AM (#50129247)
> His registrar informed him that his registration will be terminated in February (even though it’s paid through 2040).

Wonder if registrars will refund to people's cards.

To add to your comment, it's quite common to find projects that have spaces and tabs improperly mixed in the indentation. Making a quick search among the projects I have cloned, I'm seeing indentations like

  tab * 4 + space * 7 + tab * 2
  tab * 2 + space * 1 + tab * 1
  tab * 1 + space * 4 + tab * 2
  space * 16 + tab * 3 + space * 4
  tab * 4 + space * 2 + tab * 2 + space * 2
  tab * 3 + space * 3 + tab * 1 + space * 6
The code ends up looking janked unless you use the particular tab-width of the space/tab-indenter[1], which isn't always 8. It completely defeats the whole purpose of the tab indentation.

[1] On those first 2, given the odd (not even) number of spaces, it's likely that use of spaces was for alignment, but then a tab-indenter added tabs to that...

> I also remember old school bourne shell wanting tabs in some places (case statements?), but bash doesn't have that issue.

From bash(1):

> If the redirection operator is <<-, then the shell strips all leading tab characters from input lines and the line containing delimiter.

That's also how it works with zsh.

This is why my here-doc delimiters are always un-indented despite surrounding indentation.

Wish bash had something like ruby's `<<~`, which accepts either space or tab indentation of the delimiter and additionally removes the indentation of the block (likely based on the least indented line).

Re:Things to know if you get cancer in 2026 on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @09:00PM (#50097826)
> Yes because everyone will want to share records / data.

You should really try to have a copy of your own records. Different sorts of clinics may sometimes make it difficult to get a copy of studies, reports, etc. but it's something you should really insist in, to the point of avoiding places that don't give them to you. It lets you have greater selectivity of your healthcare providers by not depending on a provider for access to your own medical data. Resist the lock-in.

Also, providers may not archive your data forever. I've had one that realized my records from a visit some years earlier had been discarded/lost. They would have been really useful to make a comparison.

Having your records yourself, you won't have the need to tell them so they can ask for your records to the other provider on your behalf.

It's a good idea to tell them you came to them for a second opinion after they've already given it, so they can also give their opinion on the first opinion. However, that's different from telling them so they can get your records when you should already have them yourself.

Re:Things to know if you get cancer in 2026 on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @05:54PM (#50095938)
To the doctor you're getting the second opinion from, don't tell them the first opinion right off the bat until you've heard the second opinion. This to not put them in a position where they feel any pressure whatsoever to agree or disagree to the first. You want their own uninfluenced opinion. Afterwards, yes, you can tell them the first opinion, so they can give their separate opinion on that.
It's possibly part of the effort to push it so it sticks, else you may have people asking themselves why the government is relying on freeware instead of professionally made software, thinking it's just cheapening out. Open source may not have the good rep it has here, outside of these circles.
I imagine they meant the type of question that's generic on its own, but related to what they're doing at work. IOW, identifiers replaced with "foobar", relevant conditions isolated into brief and portable reproduction steps that don't reveal anything of substance about the company, etc.
Re:The value of not getting to the point (2015) on Friday October 09, 2026 @07:25PM (#50027836)
>> Not sure what this refers to.

> For example you can't even see 4chan's homepage.

That's likely the same thing, the 4chan admins asking IA to omit them.

> I was contesting the claim that archive.org wants to preserve material. It's hard to trust that an archive will preserve the page you archived if the owner can come along at any time and wipe it.

Being able to preserve material depends on their surviving.

Re:Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs on Friday October 09, 2026 @03:31PM (#50025564)
That's drag and drop.[1] App support is varied on this.

Alternatively, though I don't know if it works on Mac, on X11 Linux you can middle click with touchpads by tapping with 2 fingers. Tapping with 3 fingers right clicks. That's going to work anywhere clicking does, because it's handled by the touchpad driver rather than by app convention. If it doesn't work by default, it can be configured with `synclient`.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_and_drop

Re:The value of not getting to the point (2015) on Thursday October 08, 2026 @08:51PM (#50014595)
> They take down articles when journalists ask them too

They take them down when their respective author / copyright holder wants them down. That wouldn't apply in this case where the author wants them up, but a DNS infrastructure might cause the links to fail.

> and block legal sites from being archived.

Not sure what this refers to.

Re:The value of not getting to the point (2015) on Thursday October 08, 2026 @07:57PM (#50014112)
> https://archive.is/zi6qn

> Going to post it here in case someone several years from now comes to this thread and wants to read the original blog post.

I wouldn't count on short-links living long. Generally, the point of link-shortening is that they're temporary. "zi6qn" might later get reused for some other page.

Re:Find the flattest route between any two points in SF on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @12:12PM (#49980597)
I would say "manual" or "fully manual".
> This is the paradoxical times we live in right now.

This quote is pretty old:

> Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

> its almost better to be safe than to have to explain to someone's loved ones you had to chance to prevent this and did nothing.

An authoritarian government isn't safe. That's why safety is also not deserved when you go chasing for a little of it at the cost of essential freedoms.

Re:cp: -r or -R? on Sunday October 04, 2026 @04:48PM (#49957672)
In Spanish, it's there but it's a bit wrong/redundant. The phonic/prosodic accent would've been on the "e" regardless because of the "n" ending, so it's a bit wrong to add it graphically as if it would've been elsewhere.

Bit curious what the pronunciation difference would've been in French.

On another note, looking at the Wikipedia article:

> When the franchise was released internationally, the short form of the title was used, with an acute accent (´) over the e to aid in pronunciation.

I'm realizing that didn't do anything for English since the syllable stressed in English is "Po".

Re:Everyone's Packing Up on Friday October 02, 2026 @05:37PM (#49938913)
Personal sites were always an option and yet they chose the big platform. I interpret "giving up" in that sense, giving up your preference.

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