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Gnulib is distributed in source code format and comprises several bundled functions aka "modules" including dependencies. You either download individual files online or clone the whole repos…

This reads quite complicated, a simple example would really help to get the picture. Just as side-note: There is already a kind of C module system, at least when you can live with GPL licensed code: T…

Civilizations fail. Here is more on that and the related Fermi paradox : http://t3x.org/bits/doomed/index.html …

I agree that array based programming languages are especially useful for solving mathematical problems. For anyone new to the field, a very approachable introduction to array programming is in the Klo…

Congratulations to everyone involved and using Sourcehut! It is good to see viable, free alternatives to Github rising. The developer ecosystem becomes weaker if almost everyone get trapped in a corp…

What I learned from an article of a major German newspaper is that in order to really estimate the quality of testing, two criteria are important: sensitivity and specifity of the applied test. If the…

The stress level even goes up if someone from your family is ill or getting ill (anything non-Covid19, like still the majority of illnesses among broad population) and may be in need of medical assist…

I agree, there is not just one true answer to it. For me, I would prefer shell scripts in many bootstrapping processes targeted on system administration. Also as glue language for many GNU tools, shel…

Shell scripts have their well-deserved place in Unix systems. A general recommendation to use Python or other high-level scripting languages without a discussion about the reasons why and when to use …

Here is my goto resource for checking regexpr with railroad diagrams: https://regexper.com/

Just for answering how and where it could be used: GNU Guix uses recutils format to display search results and more, for example use the recsel command to select sessions of interest $ sudo guix …

Also a good resource to learn more [PDF]: https://strengejacke.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/introductio... The author of those slides is Daniel Lüdecke, who created Zkn3.…

Also from me a clear recommendation. I have read the original in German, it is very good to read, entertaining and yet has depth. Suitable for all those who want to structure their work or thoughts be…

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Two things are somehow irritating to me. First, Mark Zuckerberg is not an graduated engineer by education but the first eyecatcher on the article's page. Second, I would prefer some distinction b…

It is called process substitution and specific to Bash (not POSIX shell compliant). The output of the commands in parenthesis will become runtime (file) inputs for the diff command. More: https:/…

Hm. For me this is a question about interface design (vs. implementation). IMHO Unix programming philosophy is a lighthouse how to solve this commendable. In an ideal world you should have to upgrade …

> being too complicated to package (thanks to cbindgen and rust dependencies) Can anyone explain what is behind? Is it symptomatic for any programs with those dependency? Especially curious about r…

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Probably the trim feature is a key differentiator. I am happy with nnn [1] so far but it really looks interesting. [1] https://github.com/jarun/nnn …

libgnomeui-dev was available in wheezy sources. But I had an issue with #include<asm/page.h> in src/linux/proc/ps.h. Replace it by #include<sys/user.h> for success…