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computer person trying to use computers less
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Comment · 10 months ago
Is this a joke? Am I going crazy?

I don't like this future we're going towards where we have to trick our software (which we can no longer understand the workings of) into doing what we tell it to by asking it nicely, or by putting another black box on the end to "fix" the output. This is the opposite of engineering. This is negotiation with a genie trapped in silicon.

Comment · 1 year ago
What does "burn-after-read" mean? Just that it can't be retrieved a second time?
Comment · 3 years ago
What? How do you derive that reading from the parent comment?
Comment · 3 years ago
When I used `pass`, I synced the password store between all my personal devices with Syncthing (non-centralized file syncing tool) and kept the store history with git. This worked surprisingly well and was even pleasantly usable on my phone with a third-party android app I found.
Comment · 4 years ago
Indeed, his dedication to fitness and taste in fine leather clothing is quite admirable!
Comment · 4 years ago
It's a band-aid solution really, but I can recommend you check out the launcher Lawnchair. It looks and behaves much like the stock launcher, but is far more customizable, letting you change the things you mentioned. Thankful that Android will still let you change out the launcher, at least.
Comment · 4 years ago
Oh ok then, I forgot that there aren't people who are further right-wing than the Republican party...
Comment · 4 years ago
Wait, that /only/ works on MacOS?
Comment · 4 years ago
Your website design is delightful!
Comment · 4 years ago
I made the exact same move for the same reasons a few weeks ago. The UI is a little... dense, but plenty featureful and made working with required oauth for my school Outlook email pretty easy.
Comment · 4 years ago
IRC bot! You just need to pull in a lua sockets library to get going.
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
Or pattern matching that takes account of the empty list case. Orrrrr using a fold! I usually find when I start matching on list values that the function could be better expressed with a fold instead.

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