elementary OS 6 Odin Available Now ⋅ elementary Blog
August 10, 2021
elementary OS 6 Odin Available Now ⋅ elementary Blog:
How do you get a bold, friendly new Linux UI? By shamelessly copying it from macOS apparently. Still, depending how faithfully they copied, it might actually make for a usable Linux distro.
The Regular Expression Edition – by Guest Contributor – Why is this interesting?:
There is an old programmer joke (generally attributed to Jamie Zawinski) that goes: “Some people, when confronted with a problem, think ‘I know, I’ll use regular expressions.’ Now they have two problems.” In accidentally cutting off access to a large part of the Internet for an entire country (and in the process drawing embarrassing attention to Russia’s censorship efforts), our anonymous bureaucrat seems to have proven that old chestnut quite handily.
Via – kottke.org
Alex Schroeder: 2021-07-01 How to make conversation
July 5, 2021
Alex Schroeder: 2021-07-01 How to make conversation:
Anyway. All of this to say that we need to imagine positive outcomes for the things we say. It’s a bit like chess. There’s a thing somebody said. There’s the thought we’re holding in our mind. We’re ready to give that reply. Now, quick: imagine how the other person is going to react. Is this going to turn into an interesting conversation? If not, I’m already bored. Talk to somebody else. At the very least, ask a question. If you’re going to produce insults, or implied insults, or trying to score points on technicalities, I’m not interested. Learn about interacting with people, first.
Collin Donnell – Remove Duplicate Path Entries
July 5, 2021
Collin Donnell – Remove Duplicate Path Entries:
export PATH=$(echo $PATH | ruby -F: -ane ‘puts $F.uniq.join(“:”).chomp’)
This is beautiful.
Pocket Realities 