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This might be the case, but commodity convenience and software pleasantness is probably the least important thing what should be taught and learned in school.

I just set up my own Git central using HTTP basic auth (with cgit and Gitolite). It is refreshingly simple and also looks good in text-based browsers. https://github.com/h2o/h2o&#…

Having the Lindy effect [1] in mind, I would not be too pessimistic about an early decay of this proven (albeit imperfect) technology. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effe…

Here you go with a oneline (in bash, PDF, change as required): for i in {1..7} ; do curl "https://www.datapacrat.com/Opinion/Reciprocality/r0/Day$i.html" …

It should not be to hard to convert the html files to epub using pandoc with a script. Will check later if it is worth the effort. I would also prefer PDF to read it.

I think there is natural threshold of inherent complexity of any problem to solve. Codeless or low code software can only go so far but never be successful beyond this threshold. It is the same point …

Having a containerized Linux inside a non-free box provided by shareholder driven corporations is far away from the ideals and benefits I associate with GNU/Linux and FOSS. I know, this view may …

Fully valid points. And I see no reason why we should accept the urge to use the browser for many tasks which are way better accomplished with existing solutions. After all, aren't we increasing …

Looks a little bit like the Lout typesetting system on a first glance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lout_(software) …

A true hacker. And a wonderful read. Reminds me that the ability to really understand and control your system is one of the biggest achievements and power of Linux and FOSS.

Could RAMCloud be a candidate for this … at least to tackle the datacenter level, and —isn't the rest more or less out of control? https://ramcloud.stanford.edu/docs/doxygen&…

A mature role model in this field could be Ptolemy Project ( https://ptolemy.berkeley.edu/ )

Concerning the baseline, doesn't the HTML5 standard just specify 6 ranks from <h1> … <h6>? Would be at least a candidate for common agreement on the lowest (highest) rank.

From a technical implementation point of view, I agree. But I had the viewpoint of a visually guided human, the non-technical type. That is also why I stick to reStructeredText, they circumnavigate AT…

It is no surprise but sound business reason that private repos will be available for free. For some background, check this HN classic: "Commoditize your complements" ( https://www.…

There are so many markup languages and conversion possibilities, just have a look on the to-from option from pandoc. Personally, I prefer reStructuredText, its design feels more consistent in compari…

Old School rules: easy flow diagrams with GNU PIC: http://floppsie.comp.glam.ac.uk/Glamorgan/gaius/web/pic.html …