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Even when installed on a desktop, Linux is not a desktop system but remains a server OS from its heart. This makes it so extraordinary powerful for any users who want to keep control of their software…

In contemplation of those "news", I recommend a refreshing lecture about free software from Richard Stallman: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-impo…

I am still struggling with Markdown. In my opinion, the lack of a common, standardized specification thwarts its practicability as universal internet standard. I still wonder why not more powerful mar…

I discovered plotutils lately while learning BRL-CAD, a very old but powerful CAD system. There is a command to export views to UNIX plot files which I did not know up to now. An it seems powerful eno…

Honestly, for logging and tracking my daily business tasks, I use a plain old notebook where I write notes or draw sketches with a pen. It is the fastest and and most comprehensive solution. It accomp…

Yet another note taking tool I use: http://www.daemon.de/NOTE It features encryption and is more useful than I thought before trying out.…

The possibility to have a fully-fledged programming language under the hood gives Scribble definitely an edge. Btw, the same is basically true for Luatex. But I think the expressiveness of Scheme mig…

Nice introduction. Though I disagree his opinion that it is not worth learning awk in 2013. For quick operations on DSV files it fits perfectly for the command line and learning its compact syntax is…

This is a nice web app. However, I still feel not comfortable with HTML5-ing each and every task when there are decent desktop tools around which have been working for decades. I am no longer surprise…

Want an alternative for some hacker hackers? Try HN for terminals written in assembly language: https://2ton.com.au/hnwatch/ …

Using an 'unfashionable' language is similar to other areas in life where one rejects mainstream or too modern things for obvious reasons: - Be different. - Use something which is extraordin…

Alternative: surfraw - written by a famous person: https://surfraw.alioth.debian.org/

I wonder if a closed source language for data processing tasks can thrive on the long run. The concept for timestamps is nice though. But I do not want to spend time of learning proprietary languages.

I just started to learn the Factor programming language. I think of it as a modern implementation of a stack based language like Forth (similar what Clojure is for Lisp). I admit, the first step were …