** Data Types and Variables in C **
I’ve been writing a heap of Lua lately — this has lead to my becoming interested, again, in C. Here are some ancient notes I dug up on the most basics of data types and variables in C.

All of a computer’s memory is comprised of bits. A sequence of 8 bits forms a byte. A group of bytes (typically 4 or 8) form a word. Each word is associated with a memory address. The address increases by 1 with each byte of memory.

In C, a byte is an object that is as big as t … ⌘ Read more

A way to weigh whether you are on the right side of history
We have to weigh each time we argue for or against something whether we are arguing out of fear or for the most basic right of life ⌘ Read more

initial timekeeping implemented in !zet this morning. right now there’s only a means of clocking in/out and saving the data, and not much else. but it is basically the last thing I’d need in order to replace org agenda.

Random follow-up thought: “On a scale from 7 to 14, how basic am I?”

You’ve basically already left, whether you know it or not. Yesterday they nuked their services database. I’d been there ~20 years, but it’s dead. Libera.chat has been lovely.

I think I understand 5-10 now. It basically says “Let’s say I jumped out of the airplane. I would only do that if I had a parachute. So, any version of me that jumps out of the airplane has a parachute. Therefore, if I jump out of the airplane, I’ll have a parachute. Let’s jump out of the airplane!”

Reviews of All Linux Distros (That Matter)
Firstly, once you reach basic competency in Linux, different distributions don’t matter. A lot of newbies analyze distros based on what they look like when you install them, often not realizing that it’s a pretty simple affair not just to change superficial things like your theme and setup, but entire desktop environments. Basically all distro reviews online are wastes of time for people who know what they’re doing. When I came to YouTube, all … ⌘ Read more

Wanna Learn LaTeX?

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1. What is LaTeX?
   
2. Installing LaTeX
   
3. LaTeX Video Tutorials
   

I have a full video tutorial series on learning LaTeX, broken into small sensible parts, here.

Basically, it’s how big boys write and format documents.Every public brief, scientific article, book, cryptocurrency … ⌘ Read more

Wanna learn LaTeX?

Basically, it’s how big boys write and format documents.
Every public brief, scientific article, book, cryptocurrency whitepaper or even outline written by people who know what they’re doing is written in LaTeX.

If you want to see examples of documents made with LaTeX, you can see my Master’s thesis here or another paper here that shows some diagrams and other features you can have in LaTe … ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.netd It is pretty basic, and depends on some local changes i am still working out on my branch.. https://gist.github.com/JonLundy/dc19028ec81eb4ad6af74c50255e7cee

@prologic@twtxt.netd It is pretty basic, and depends on some local changes i am still working out on my branch.. https://gist.github.com/JonLundy/dc19028ec81eb4ad6af74c50255e7cee

@deadguy @prologic@twtxt.net been stewing on a discovery proto for twtxt. support for defining multiple ways to host/mirror a twtxt file. while being low tech enough to still be scriptable with basic Unix commands.

@deadguy @prologic@twtxt.net been stewing on a discovery proto for twtxt. support for defining multiple ways to host/mirror a twtxt file. while being low tech enough to still be scriptable with basic Unix commands.

@deadguy @prologic@twtxt.net been stewing on a discovery proto for twtxt. support for defining multiple ways to host/mirror a twtxt file. while being low tech enough to still be scriptable with basic Unix commands.

Most advice is basically “become better at signaling”, or it is itself signaling.

in case you’re wondering why I stuck to the 90s and didn’t convert the 2000s stuff, it’s because the 90s stories are basically the first arc of BOFH in my eyes. he suffers his ambiguous end in the last ‘99 story (narrated by the PFY), so I figure it’s a nice place to stop.

some good initial progress with the !weewiki zettelkasten. messages can be made and tied to previous messages by providing partial UUIDs (that then get automatically expanded). basic export also works. #updates

@prologic@twtxt.net this is a go version of Keyoxide.org that runs all server side. which is based on work from https://metacode.biz/openpgp/

OpenPGP has a part of the self signature reserved for notatinal data. which is basically a bunch of key/values.

this site tries to emulate the identity proofs of keybase but in a more decentralized/federation way.

my next steps are to have this project host WKD keys which is kinda like a self hosting of your pgp key that are also discoverable with http requests.

then to add a new notation for following other keys. where you can do a kind of web of trust.

@prologic@twtxt.net this is a go version of Keyoxide.org that runs all server side. which is based on work from https://metacode.biz/openpgp/

OpenPGP has a part of the self signature reserved for notatinal data. which is basically a bunch of key/values.

this site tries to emulate the identity proofs of keybase but in a more decentralized/federation way.

my next steps are to have this project host WKD keys which is kinda like a self hosting of your pgp key that are also discoverable with http requests.

then to add a new notation for following other keys. where you can do a kind of web of trust.

a 1-bit delay line? basically could be used to store audio-rate impulses, clocks, and triggers. the buffer would be a bitbuffer, so it would be a very memory-efficient. the notion of feedback some kind of feedback could be compelling too… #halfbakedideas #1bit

Fun setting up basic productivity tools with Syncthing and Todo.txt

An NES-inspired noise source. Basically, 1-bit noise using a linear-feedback shift register algorithm, as defined in the NES specs. #halfbakedideas

Basically all current social media ends up optimizing for creating outrage, spawning mobs, less thoughtful discussion and more vitriolic arguments, etc. PG: The biggest source of stress for me at YC was running HN | Hacker News

Video on basic configuration of mutt/neomutt ⌘

URXVT, Basics and Configuration (VIDEO) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaBf_yFHps8

First episode of a full series on the basics of shell scripting ⌘

Pacman for package management on Arch: All the basics and more ⌘

Macros in groff and troff and other basic formatting ⌘

Stats in R: Basics of a Beefy Calculatory (video) ⌘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlCWQrKQQI4

Video on GIMP basics ⌘

Posted to Entropy Arbitrage: Database Basics https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/04/05/database.html #database #intro #education #preparation

Made my own super basic twtxt client in 3 lines of code as a bashrc function. #l33t

Build a Basic Web Scraper in Go ⌘ Read more…

Basically it just compiles all chapters in the right order to html, rewrites the internal links and call lynx on the result

Basically it just compiles all chapters in the right order to html, rewrites the internal links and call lynx on the result

MPEG1 Single file C library
If you want to play videos in a native app or game you basically have three options:

1. Rely on the API that the platform provides (e.g.AVPlayer on macOS & iOS)
   
2. Include a giant, multi-megabyte library likeffmpeg or all of libwebm, libvpx, libogg, and libvorbis
   
3. License[Bink Video](http://www.radgametools.com/bnkmai … ⌘ Read more

Andrew Yang is the candidate for the end of the world - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/17/18408685/andrew-yang-2020-president-democrat-candidate-policies-universal-basic-income-reddit-twitter

Xanadu Basics 5 - PARALLEL EFFORTS (including one that I missed) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsbrEOxVPcg

Errata Security: A basic question about TCP https://blog.erratasec.com/2019/02/a-basic-question-about-tcp.html

Live on April 19th: the professor you’re glad you don’t have and the professor you wish you had debate about something basically tangential to either’s appeal or focus, and one of them will be entertaining.

Basic Docker Setup for HTTP Server (using docker-compose) ⌘ Read more…

Digi & Geoff fighting is like Grant Morrison & Alan Moore fighting. Their criticisms of each other are accurate but comical because they make basically the exact same mistakes.

The basic reason why we don’t have the systems envisioned by Kay, Nelson, Engelbart, etc. is because we have ignored or forgotten the components of the systems those folks actually built that make what they envisioned possible.

Don’t expect too much, it’s rather basic, but already enough to read at least non technical books.

Don’t expect too much, it’s rather basic, but already enough to read at least non technical books.

People on twitter weirdly assume that I write all the links I share. Folks on mastodon basically don’t. I don’t know why.

Create a Basic HTTPS Server (using TLS) ⌘ Read more…

We all know about social constructs vs reality, but there are levels of spookiness (and no upper bound). We can define them as how far a lie can go before the truth gets its boots on. Spookiness level one – money – already goes basically perpetually.

Today, on the 50th anniversary of Englebart’s Mother of All Demos, is a great opportunity to introspect about why personal computers still basically don’t exist & the needs nLS was intended to fulfill still aren’t fulfilled.

Hot take: Cyberpunk only seems ‘prophetic’ because not enough has changed since the 80s to make it seem irrelevant, and this basically means that cyberpunk failed in its critical project by spawning insufficient praxis

GitHub - boriel/zxbasic: The Sinclair ZX Spectrum BASIC compiler! https://github.com/boriel/zxbasic

I keep reading this narrative where tech backlash only really started in 2017, and… guys, do none of you remember 2010? It’s basically been downhill for tech industry PR since 2010, if not 2008.

Xanadu Basics 3 - Browser Law - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV_vYkSmkxk

Xanadu Basics 2 - Five working Xanadu Systems (four usable) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_o8q4Sp-w0

Xanadu Basics 1c - Parallel Media. Parallel Subjects - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGKbRcvIZT8

Xanadu Basics 1b– INDIRECT DOCUMENT DELIVERY - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gPM3GqjMR4

Xanadu Basics 1a - VISIBLE CONNECTION - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMKy52Intac

Making bad puns and then learning hidden truths by taking them too seriously is, basically, the most human form of human intelligence. That’s why we make fun of people for doing it. Dad jokes are the foundation of cognition.

Learning BASIC Like It’s 1983 https://twobithistory.org/2018/09/02/learning-basic.html

Xanadu Basics 3 - Browser Law - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV_vYkSmkxk

301 Moved Permanently https://github.com/basic-gongfu/cixl.git

Basically, if the antagonist of your story is actually a person or something person-like, it’s not really cyberpunk, because it’s not about the things cyberpunk is about. If you have an evil government or an evil corporation, it’s not cyberpunk either.

Basic Income, Not Basic Jobs: Against Hijacking Utopia | Slate Star Codex http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/05/16/basic-income-not-basic-jobs-against-hijacking-utopia/

Bad idea of the day: MC Eliza, who rephrases your diss track in the form of a question. “How does that make you feel? Tell me more. Perhaps in your fantasies my flow is basic.”

Xanadu Basics 2 - Five working Xanadu Systems (four usable) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_o8q4Sp-w0

Prolog Basics Class https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3KMzm7tx_py67vc__JgoO1imlscNkVQ7_6ppvxOCoTWOUVQ/viewform

Xanadu Basics 1c - Parallel Media. Parallel Subjects - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGKbRcvIZT8

Xanadu Basics 1b– INDIRECT DOCUMENT DELIVERY - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gPM3GqjMR4

GitHub - motherboardgithub/mass_archive: A basic tool for pushing a web page to multiple archiving services at once. https://github.com/motherboardgithub/mass_archive

In Vernor Vinge’s 2006 novel Rainbows End, there’s a group called FOP (Friends Of Privacy) who are a radical misinformation-chaffing charity. Basically, they spread large amounts of fake, believable, and boring dox about people, so that automated analysis of OSINT has to work harder.

Xanadu Basics 1a - VISIBLE CONNECTION - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMKy52Intac

GitHub - basic-gongfu/cixl: a minimal scripting language https://github.com/basic-gongfu/cixl

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/18/16479796/stockton-california-basic-income-economic-security-experiment

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/10/stockton_ubi_basic_income/543036/

📚 Finished reading Basic Economics: A Citizen’s Guide to the Economy by Thomas Sowell

📚 Finished reading Basic Economics: A Citizen’s Guide to the Economy by Thomas Sowell

@tdemin@tdemin.github.io good points, though another that I’ve noticed is that it’s difficult to tell who in your network is actually reachable with your tweets. My HTTPS cert went unupdated for a brief while and now I have no idea who is still following me since I got it working again, so it’s difficult to tell where I can really have a conversation. A centralized service can tell who’s following who, but that’s basically impossible in twtxt.

so basically, software forks are like blockchain forks but you get to doublespend 0days instead

Passing Data between Go Routines with Channels ⌘ Read more…

And I’m sorry but if your Schelling point is always in the same place, then your beliefs are basic and also the feds will get you

In case of trouble with time-travelling assassins, break a time crystal, the shards really mess with their engines. Basically time caltrops.

@reednj@twtxt.reednj.com Basically there are just more clients… :) And thanks for twtxt.reednj.com, i think we all are still heavily depending on it!

@reednj@twtxt.reednj.com Basically there are just more clients… :) And thanks for twtxt.reednj.com, i think we all are still heavily depending on it!

basically confetti but without the mess, also you can (gently) blow into it to excite new patterns or inject smoke

@phil@philmcclure.duckdns.org, There is basically just one real aggregator and that’s reednj. And it doesn’t even collapse before cutting off the tweet.

@phil@philmcclure.duckdns.org, There is basically just one real aggregator and that’s reednj. And it doesn’t even collapse before cutting off the tweet.

I would advice to secure the admin area with an addition basic-auth layer

I would advice to secure the admin area with an addition basic-auth layer

Strange loops form only the most basic of consciousnesses. Higher levels require strange knots and are classified by their prime knots.

The theorbo is basically the double-barrelled sniper rifle of lutes. Impractical but sometimes used to banish especially tenacious ghosts.

Big changes for #txtnix: The last commits added a basic plugin system. There are currently just three plugins:

Big changes for #txtnix: The last commits added a basic plugin system. There are currently just three plugins:

Basic Go Routines (like Threading) ⌘ Read more…

📚 Finished reading Computer Science Programming Basics in Ruby: Exploring Concepts and Curriculum with Ruby by Ophir Frieder

📚 Finished reading Computer Science Programming Basics in Ruby: Exploring Concepts and Curriculum with Ruby by Ophir Frieder

NixOS progress report

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NixOS is now almost usable as a desktop OS ;-). We
have an X server, a bunch of Gnome packages, basic wireless
support, and of course all the applications in Nixpkgs that we
had all along running on other Linux distributions. Here are a
few screenshots:

• X server\
 with Compiz window manager.
  
• [Emacs a … ⌘ Read more

NixOS manual
There is now some basic\
 documentation for NixOS. ⌘ Read more