vitejose

No, HTML was historically supposed to be a subset of SGML; XML is also an application of SGML. XHTML is the XML version of HTML. As of HTML5, HTML is no longer technically SGML or XML.

Everyone loves Racket (Lisp) but no one uses Racket (Lisp). I’ve read Beating the Averages but I still don’t get it.

I had a chance to teach wood shop at a high school while the usual teacher was on sabbatical. I declined because I decided I couldn’t deal with the possibility of some kid losing a finger on the table saw while in my class.

Or is there some supposed medical reason you need to adjust the parameters of the device on a regular basis?

Folks with cochlear implants regularly (i.e. once a year) meet with audiologists to tweak the parameters of the device that feeds the implant, called a "processor." The tweaking process is referred to as "mapping."

The processor is a very small, delicate piece of equipment. Over time, various parts wear out and have to be replaced. Rechargeable batteries stop holding charge, microphone elements putter out from exposure to sweat and dead skin, etc. If the company no longer offers parts/service, then when something stops working, there's not much to be done.

In defense of the manufacturers: a cochlear implant and accompanying processor are very specialized pieces of electronic equipment. The hardware, algorithms, etc. are all being improved over time. So it's not totally unreasonable to try to move folks unto the newer models.

What are the criteria for inclusion?

For better or worse, I think that is basically the exact opposite of the *nix community’s modus operandi. The whole point of the free software movement is to be able to control/modify your own tools. Distros exist because different people have different priorities and viewpoints. The issue is that this discourages both developers and end users who want things to be consistent and reliable, and so they retreat to the Windows/Mac hegemony.

Interesting. Are you referring to Windex or one of the optical-grade solutions? I used to use dish soap but I found that I can just run mine under warm water for thirty seconds or so and that gets them pretty clean.

My main criterion is being able to use existing software since I can’t have folks install anything that’s not approved. This brings me to the web browser, which, for better or worse, has become the ultimate application distribution platform. I suppose it’s not strictly necessary that the programs be delivered as a single file but given that I probably won’t be able to properly host them, I figure it’s easiest to just have a self-contained .html file that can exist on the NAS or be sent via email.

I’m not trying to build anything huge; mostly just a few utilities with some buttons and text input forms that spit out XML files, for instance.

Arrow keys and page-down don’t work either :/

There’s a set of accessibility options; maybe they could add some alternative navigation methods.

I’m sure there are real performance improvements by moving to C++, but at the same time, I cannot believe how long this list of differences is.

https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Official_pages/Parity_issu...

It also doesn’t help that the two versions are separate purchases.

Macs are the only computers I’ve used that have had close to zero issues with sleep. But I don’t even bother sleeping on the machines running Linux distros: with SSDs, powering on and off is so fast that I just shut the computer down whenever I’m done with it. I should time it to know for sure, but a cold boot to fully operational Firefox window feels like maybe 15 seconds. Powering off is not even five seconds. Not as fast as waking from sleep on my MBP but zippy enough for me.

The Monotype Library Subscription was awesome! I've been stubbornly holding onto my subscription but I'm starting to worry I might have to cancel it since finances are a bit tight for me at the moment. What a shame they stopped offering it. My only complaint was that the anti-piracy functionality in the SkyFonts program meant I couldn't get the fonts to work with TeX.

Honestly really got a kick out of reading about this. Human ingenuity!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge-notched_card

Out of curiosity, what issues did you run into with NFS on macOS? I'm looking into building a NAS for a network of macOS, Linux, and BSD machines and figured NFS would be my first choice.

But APT isn't a store, is it? I.e. it doesn't provide a buying/selling mechanism.

One of the reasons I like Hugo: it's a single executable that will basically work forever. There's no need to update to a newer version if the one you have meets your needs.

Matthew Butterick is working on a new document processor that borrows some ideas from LaTeX and is built in Racket: https://docs.racket-lang.org/quad/

The sparseness of it is funny to me. That lone <br> is beautiful.

Ha, this is a gem. The page source:

  Wow - I sure am procrastinating on setting up this journal...
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  Domain registered 2008

This is basically what I was wondering: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23776045

I operate a few websites that host static content only. Is there any benefit to setting up onion services for these sites? Or are onion services more valuable for providing interactivity/logins?

You can just... use the Internet. Register your own domain, pay for your own hosting, or buy some servers, take out come ads. It's the Internet, you can still do anything.

Agreed. The infrastructure is there, and running a web server is pretty straightforward.

Sure, if you host a bunch of white nationalist toxic garbage your registrar may revoke your domains.

I am not a die-hard "free speech" guy (especially when it comes to something as repugnant as white nationalism), but I do find the idea of having my domains suspended/revoked by my registrar a bit troubling. Let's say that someone wishes to publish material that no registrar wants to be associated with. Is the only option in that case to simply have no domain name? Just an IP or onion address? There's no Let's Encrypt for domains, right?