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A very popular Scala optics library is also called Monocle. I’ve been a happy user for a few years:

https://github.com/optics-dev/Monocle

Re:pfSense CE 2.5.2 on Thursday July 08, 2021 @02:56AM (#27769061)
This[0] change is interesting for home deployments of IPv6: If your ISP changes advertised prefixes occasionally (which mine does), it was until now not practical to assign/use addresses with fixed host suffixes, e.g. for internal services, because you couldn't write firewall rules using those addresses (part of the address could just change and there's no automatic update of the rules).

The change now enables you to write firewall rules that use a placeholder for the ISP-assigned prefix. The rules should update automatically after a prefix change.

(What has always worked is using the fc00 or fd00 address spaces for local fixed assignments, but pfSense has had problems with that setup as well in my experience)

[0]: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/6626

Re:Tylenol isn't so safe, but at least it works? on Saturday June 12, 2021 @06:28AM (#27483383)
Lower dosage paracetamol is OTC in pharmacies here in Germany (I think the limit is 10g per pack).
Re:UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years on Friday January 01, 2021 @03:20AM (#25601700)
All the passport categories you quoted (BOTC, BOC, BPP, BS) relate to former colonies (think the status given to inhabitants of Hong Kong after it was turned over to China).

UK citizens could move around the EU freely.

Re:Creating a Home IPv6 Network on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @04:21AM (#24552170)
I do exactly that and it works reasonably (I'm routing with pfSense, which does not support multiple IPs per interface very well, though).
Re:Creating a Home IPv6 Network on Monday September 21, 2020 @07:15AM (#24542012)
Sadly, depending on the ISP, the prefix is not necessarily static and may change on reconnect (for example, Deutsche Telekom will only keep the prefix static for business accounts). This is completely arbitrary and makes relying on GUAs for internal addresses problematic.

It’s too bad that we are inheriting the static IP policies from IPv4, because ISPs want to upsell.

Re:OpenVMS on x86 on Saturday August 15, 2020 @04:02AM (#24166954)
VMS isn’t an IBM mainframe OS, though. I think typical native VMS machines are much closer to normal enterprise servers than mainframes, so virtualization would make sense.
They have added the option to switch back to 4:3 recently.
Re:International Standard Paper Sizes on Sunday June 21, 2020 @03:04AM (#23590399)
The standard defines the paper sizes rounded to the nearest mm, so a certain deviation from the sqrt(2) ratio is in the standard.
Re:International Standard Paper Sizes on Sunday June 21, 2020 @02:59AM (#23590387)
Right, it’s a great system! Concerning envelopes, here in Germany most mail I get is in DL envelopes, which also require the double fold. C5 is mostly used if double folding doesn’t work due to thickness.
I find the energy and time mechanics of Stardew Valley to be pretty stressful, to be honest.
Re:Psychological effects of coding style (2016) on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @07:49AM (#23006071)
We mostly use (bad) English in programming contexts.
I usually force a narrow space after titles: Dr.\,Livingstone
Re:Tell HN: Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and now web cams on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @04:23AM (#22811038)
We had the same yeast problem and finally solved it by trying our local bakery, which happily sold yeast to us. Obvious in hindsight...