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On 2015-317

singpolyma commented on I hate hate hate HATE PDF format. I can't be the only one. But how can it be killed? at Reddit, saying
Even PDF forms usually work for me.

in reply to @ 2015-317 13:32 UTC
singpolyma commented on I hate hate hate HATE PDF format. I can't be the only one. But how can it be killed? at Reddit, saying
What? Citation strongly needed 😛

in reply to @ 2015-317 13:31 UTC
singpolyma opened issue BGmot/BGShellBB10#10. @ 2015-317 13:28 UTC
singpolyma commented on I hate hate hate HATE PDF format. I can't be the only one. But how can it be killed? at Reddit, saying
FTR, there are many decent viewers for just about every platform you can imagine.

in reply to @ 2015-317 04:30 UTC
singpolyma commented on I hate hate hate HATE PDF format. I can't be the only one. But how can it be killed? at Reddit, saying
That's not what I meant. Googling indicates thay PDFs open up in draw.

in reply to @ 2015-317 04:26 UTC

On 2015-316

Stephen Paul Weber posted, “RT @EFF If you hate the TPP’s backward copyright policies as much as we do, come march with us on Monday in DC: https://www.eff.org/event/global-week-actions-against-tpp-ttip-tisa” repost of @ 2015-316 22:57 UTC
Stephen Paul Weber posted, “@HippyWizard penciled in to my calendar. My house has projector+sound if that’s interesting 😉” in reply to @ 2015-316 22:50 UTC
Stephen Paul Weber posted, “@HippyWizard when? sounds great.” in reply to @ 2015-316 22:33 UTC
singpolyma commented on I hate hate hate HATE PDF format. I can't be the only one. But how can it be killed? at Reddit, saying
Can't LibreOffice edit PDFs?

in reply to @ 2015-316 22:29 UTC
singpolyma commented on Excuse me, I think this is my stop now... at Reddit, saying
I didn't say it wasn't on purpose. But it does make it less nice to work in when building something new.

in reply to @ 2015-316 21:09 UTC
singpolyma opened issue mordak/Term48#5. @ 2015-316 20:11 UTC
singpolyma opened issue mordak/Term48#4. @ 2015-316 20:08 UTC
singpolyma commented on issue mordak/Term48#3. @ 2015-316 20:04 UTC
singpolyma closed issue mordak/Term48#3. @ 2015-316 20:04 UTC
singpolyma opened issue mordak/Term48#3. @ 2015-316 19:54 UTC
singpolyma commented on issue open-keychain/open-keychain#1590. @ 2015-316 19:23 UTC
singpolyma starred mordak/Term48. @ 2015-316 19:11 UTC
singpolyma opened issue open-keychain/open-keychain#1590. @ 2015-316 15:19 UTC
singpolyma commented on RK3288 - Modern System on a Chip, supports LibreBoot at Reddit, saying
Nope. read the fsf link in parent

in reply to @ 2015-316 03:49 UTC

On 2015-315

singpolyma opened issue siacs/Conversations#1566. @ 2015-315 22:15 UTC
singpolyma commented on issue siacs/Conversations#1515. @ 2015-315 22:08 UTC
singpolyma commented on issue siacs/Conversations#1527. @ 2015-315 22:07 UTC
singpolyma commented on issue siacs/Conversations#1536. @ 2015-315 22:05 UTC
singpolyma opened issue siacs/Conversations#1565. @ 2015-315 21:58 UTC
singpolyma commented on RK3288 - Modern System on a Chip, supports LibreBoot at Reddit, saying
This one is unlikely to be different. There will likely be a peripheral that is not yet supported by fully-free stacks. Things like the Hummingboard come closest (there is a VPU that requires a blob, but the VPU is not needed for operation). This looks likely to be in a similar class to that WRT freedom.

in reply to @ 2015-315 21:36 UTC
singpolyma commented on RK3288 - Modern System on a Chip, supports LibreBoot at Reddit, saying
Many don't have any bootcode at all. Depends on the SoC. The Raspberry Pi certainly has a very nonfree boot path.

in reply to @ 2015-315 19:37 UTC
singpolyma commented on Erik Meijer: "Let's make over 2 decades worth of literature about monads in Haskell obsolete in one strike!" at Reddit, saying
I think join is more important than GND. But I see how that might slow implementation in GHC specifically

in reply to @ 2015-315 19:36 UTC
singpolyma commented on Excuse me, I think this is my stop now... at Reddit, saying
If any other language could touch Haskell we might consider using it, yes 😉

in reply to @ 2015-315 13:17 UTC
singpolyma commented on Excuse me, I think this is my stop now... at Reddit, saying

when their arguments have been responded to at length

"responded to" is not the same as "given good reason for"…
in reply to @ 2015-315 13:16 UTC
singpolyma commented on Excuse me, I think this is my stop now... at Reddit, saying
Haskell98 is miles ahead of any other programming language in almost every way. Haskell2010 cleans up some of the rough edges on that, putting it even further ahead. GHC's Haskell-like language may have a confusing concoction of crazy features, but most of them are optional and some are also things you won't find elsewhere.

Maybe we do need some "progress", but it'll take a long time for anyone else to come close to catching up. Even brand-new languages that are good like rust often omit basic things (whole-program inference, higher-kinded type variables) that Haskell does with ease.

in reply to @ 2015-315 13:13 UTC
singpolyma commented on RK3288 - Modern System on a Chip, supports LibreBoot at Reddit, saying
Isn't Libreboot usually only needed for x86 systems? ARM you should be able to jump straight to bootloader/kernel…

in reply to @ 2015-315 13:08 UTC
singpolyma commented on If Haskell is such a terrible language, what do they program in? at Reddit, saying

(type-theorists, category theorists?) … what do they use to solve real-life programming problems

I think you have your answer
in reply to @ 2015-315 13:06 UTC
singpolyma commented on Erik Meijer: "Let's make over 2 decades worth of literature about monads in Haskell obsolete in one strike!" at Reddit, saying
GHC can't even compile Haskell programs these days. Damage is done, lets get the goods while we're there!

in reply to @ 2015-315 13:02 UTC
singpolyma commented on Erik Meijer: "Let's make over 2 decades worth of literature about monads in Haskell obsolete in one strike!" at Reddit, saying
Now we just have to move join in to the class…

in reply to @ 2015-315 03:47 UTC
singpolyma commented on A long list of frustrations and suggestions - Linux on the desktop is a mess at Reddit, saying
indeed

in reply to @ 2015-315 03:44 UTC

On 2015-314

On 2015-313

Stephen Paul Weber posted, “If you’re ignoring facts because of their source, consider not doing that.” @ 2015-313 23:20 UTC
singpolyma opened issue wekan/wekan#396. @ 2015-313 23:12 UTC
singpolyma opened issue jcbrand/converse.js#515. @ 2015-313 20:17 UTC
singpolyma commented on Jamendo Lies at Reddit, saying
Jamendo has been less-than-clear about this stuff for some time. It's probably not because they're evil, though it's tempting to think so given that the commercial licenses are their business model.

in reply to @ 2015-313 18:53 UTC
Stephen Paul Weber posted, “Canadian court rules sharing news is copyright infringement: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2015/11/flawed-copyright-case-places-spotlight-on-canadas-digital-lock-problem/” @ 2015-313 15:18 UTC

On 2015-312

singpolyma commented on issue singpolyma/openpgp-php#14. @ 2015-312 19:38 UTC
Stephen Paul Weber posted, “@des4maisons even better: use <section> with an id” in reply to @ 2015-312 18:51 UTC
singpolyma commented on Does this happen to anyone else: I mention Haskell to somebody I meet, and they hear Pascal. at Reddit, saying
Talking about the pronunciation of "Pascal" if you read the quote 🙂

in reply to @ 2015-312 18:03 UTC
Stephen Paul Weber posted, “@CanadaTrade for example, this: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2015/11/official-release-of-tpp-text-confirms-massive-loss-to-canadian-public-domain/” in reply to @ 2015-312 17:31 UTC
singpolyma commented on Does this happen to anyone else: I mention Haskell to somebody I meet, and they hear Pascal. at Reddit, saying

I've heard first language English speakers pronounce "Pascal" with stress on the first syllable (like "rascal").

All the time. This used to annoy me, but at this point I figure it's just the way English speakers pronounce it.
in reply to @ 2015-312 16:08 UTC
singpolyma commented on A long list of frustrations and suggestions - Linux on the desktop is a mess at Reddit, saying
There is no "whole thing"

in reply to @ 2015-312 13:58 UTC
singpolyma commented on Prelude's `lines` is not bijective :( at Reddit, saying
n is only ever a "separator" in broken data. It has always been a terminator.

That said, of course we won't change the semantics of functions in Prelude… hopefully ever…

in reply to @ 2015-312 13:48 UTC
singpolyma commented on A long list of frustrations and suggestions - Linux on the desktop is a mess at Reddit, saying
It's not fragmentation. It's competition.

in reply to @ 2015-312 13:47 UTC

On 2015-311

Stephen Paul Weber posted, “International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland "want[s] Canadians to send her comments" on #TPP: http://m.therecord.com/news-story/6086947-balsillie-says-canada-outfoxed-by-tpp” @ 2015-311 22:17 UTC
singpolyma commented on A long list of frustrations and suggestions - Linux on the desktop is a mess at Reddit, saying
You seem to be treating "Linux" as a single product/OS when you complain about the plethora of DE/package managers/distros.

In fact, each distro is a distinct (or mostly distinct) product/OS. I never tell people "use Linux" because that is borderline meaningless. I tell them "use lubuntu".

in reply to @ 2015-311 17:59 UTC
singpolyma commented on Prelude's `lines` is not bijective :( at Reddit, saying
The alternative would be to make "lines" on a string not ending in a newline an error. Agree the documentation should spell it out in case it's not obvious.

in reply to @ 2015-311 14:00 UTC
singpolyma commented on Pi-top OS vs. Raspbian at Reddit, saying
pi-top OS is just raspbian with some additional gui stuff preinstalled. I haven't tried normal raspbian yet, but it should work fine.

in reply to @ 2015-311 04:41 UTC
singpolyma commented on Pi-Top Update - Raspberry Pi based laptop is finished! Here is the first unboxing and images from the factory floor. at Reddit, saying
Everyone I show mine to loves the green! Other bright colours would have been cool too. The votes for gray baffled me, hehe.

in reply to @ 2015-311 04:38 UTC
singpolyma commented on Pi-Top Update - Raspberry Pi based laptop is finished! Here is the first unboxing and images from the factory floor. at Reddit, saying
Except currently the GPIO pins are all used up by a connector cable… support tells me they'll be releasing add-on boards to regain some access to the rpi eventually.

For now I have to keep trying to train myself on this keyboard. If you don't push firmly right in the middle of the keys, they keyswitch doesn't fire. Takes some very careful typing 🙂

in reply to @ 2015-311 04:35 UTC

On 2015-310

singpolyma pushed to master at singpolyma/big-buck-bunny-board-book. @ 2015-310 21:02 UTC
singpolyma pushed to master at singpolyma/big-buck-bunny-board-book. @ 2015-310 20:59 UTC
singpolyma commented on TIL systemd has a feature where it will restart your system if you press crtl + alt + delete 8 times in under 2 seconds. at Reddit, saying
Something the matter with your reset button? 😉

in reply to @ 2015-310 18:17 UTC
singpolyma commented on Why is avahi-daemon still included in most modern distros? at Reddit, saying
zeroconf is a pretty amazing tech. I rely on it in all my small/home network situations! I'm very glad adoption has been steadily rising.

in reply to @ 2015-310 18:05 UTC

On 2015-309

singpolyma commented on issue e14n/pump.io#1130. @ 2015-309 20:21 UTC
Stephen Paul Weber posted, “Got my pi-top yesterday! A very neat little machine.” @ 2015-309 16:41 UTC
singpolyma commented on TPP has provision banning requirements for transfer of or access to source code of software - GPL to be made illegal? at Reddit, saying
No. Doesn't affect GPL. Affects government purchasing policies, etc.

in reply to @ 2015-309 16:30 UTC
singpolyma commented on The case for Free use: reasons not to use a Creative Commons -NC license at Reddit, saying
The real question is: do you have the resources to sue such a major exploiter and win? If yes, then maybe NC is for you in some cases (though see the OP), if not, you're only stopping "the little guy".

in reply to @ 2015-309 14:09 UTC
Stephen Paul Weber posted, “The #TPP will decimate municipal archives: http://www.geekman.ca/2015/11/the-tpp-vs-municipal-archives.html?m=1” @ 2015-309 13:20 UTC

On 2015-308

Stephen Paul Weber posted, “RT @fightfortheftr The #TPP has at least 99 problems, but here are 5 of the worst. Retweet this and take action http://FightTheTPP.org” repost of @ 2015-308 20:45 UTC
Stephen Paul Weber posted, “Official text reveals #TPP will rob Canadian artists: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2015/11/official-release-of-tpp-text-confirms-massive-loss-to-canadian-public-domain/” @ 2015-308 18:02 UTC
singpolyma commented on When will BTRFS finally be ready? at Reddit, saying
It honestly baffles me why Oracle continues to sponsor btrfs when they own the codebase that got them to start the project. I guess sunk costs.

in reply to @ 2015-308 13:45 UTC
Stephen Paul Weber posted, “It’s the Fifth. Are you watching?” @ 2015-308 13:35 UTC
singpolyma commented on When will BTRFS finally be ready? at Reddit, saying
When they realise they only started it because of the ZFS code base license, but then spent all of the work it would have taken to reimplement ZFS implementing something incompatible. Then realise Oracle owns the copyright on both now and can probably dual-license ZFS, thus getting rid of the original need.

Or, you know, ZoL or whatever

in reply to @ 2015-308 12:55 UTC
singpolyma commented on I'm sick and tired of angry complaints and reproaches in Linux communities. You realize that most of the work is done by volunteers, users like yourself? at Reddit, saying
He's arguing endless-September-style that the existence of a project with the goal of bringing in new (nontechnical) users is bad for him overall. And he gives examples of how.

in reply to @ 2015-308 12:50 UTC

On 2015-306

Stephen Paul Weber posted, “RT @sarahmei There isn’t actually much code that can or should be re-used in the two environments. The appropriate abstractions are usually different.” repost of @ 2015-306 16:55 UTC
Stephen Paul Weber posted, “RT @wordwill "I agree with you and think you make a terrible argument" is not something we have the roads to convey very well. But it’s important to me.” repost of @ 2015-306 16:53 UTC
singpolyma commented on issue e14n/pump.io#1130. @ 2015-306 15:48 UTC
singpolyma commented on What's legal but morally wrong? at Reddit, saying

Well here, if Microsoft released every version of Windows for free with paid support for Enterprise, would they still be making a business out of it?

You know that is essentially their actual business model, right? They give out free stuff to schools, encourage piracy, free windows 10 upgrades, etc. All to drive the enterprise site licenses.
in reply to @ 2015-306 13:19 UTC
singpolyma commented on What's legal but morally wrong? at Reddit, saying
This idea is still floating around? Interesting…

in reply to @ 2015-306 13:17 UTC

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