dingleberry's comments

On: Getting Started in Common Lisp

[dingleberry]

probably not worse ergonomic because i type '(' with left pinky and right ring finger and ')' with left pinky and right pinky whereas {} [] etc, i have to use the very same overworked right pinky to distinguish two keys next to each other.

i always have problems with keys that have no obvious dedicated finger position like the middle vertical columns especially 6 and b and of course keys reachable on the right pinky, especially \ and =

On: Getting Started in Common Lisp

[dingleberry]

i use slimv instead

i think the powerful feature is not (only) merely sending code to repl

but the suggestion for function's parameter as the function is updated to repl

for example: (defun xyz (a &option b &rest c &key d) ) ;then send this with ,d (vim+slimv) to swank server

the next time i type (xyz ... vim status bar conveniently states: (xyz a &optional b &rest c &key d)

both happen whether i start typing (xyz in repl or in vim; that's it, the function parameters show up as suggestions in repl and in editor

On: Paul Graham on Conversations with Tyler

[dingleberry]

open the interview site (parent, not spotify) in browser with dev mode open

click network bar, look for media file that's currently streaming

should be about 45mb mp3 file: right click, copy as curl

then paste it into a terminal, append " -O" then press enter

On: Learning to Touch Type Again

[dingleberry]

i write my own typing practice program (just a simple dowhile read loop while spitting out preprogrammed stream of characters)

not counting wpm etc, don't want bloat.

my focus is practicing accuracy on difficult pieces like 4567, $%^& etc

On: Svelte 4

[dingleberry]

is there a way to host learn.svelte.dev locally ?

like git clone repo and then npm run dev ?

[cadooo → dingleberry]

https://github.com/sveltejs/learn.svelte.dev

[dingleberry → cadooo]

thank you, i got it working in localhost

On: Dumb and Gets Things Done (2010)

[dingleberry]

if programming language were human, what would dumb-smart and lazy-energetic be?

my take:

dumb languages would be ones that have few concepts, can be made smarter thru evolutionary iteration (committee adding new concepts)

energetic languages would be ones that require much typing (assume efforts = typing), can be made 'lazy' internally by macro (code that writes code) and externally by code generation (ai, ide etc)

On: Reddit goes down fully as thousands of subreddits protest API changes

[dingleberry]

and then users realize they don't need reddit

[riku_iki → dingleberry]

And also google. Now my google searches with +reddit term point on private discussions..

[roncesvalles → riku_iki]

Honestly Google should just acquire Reddit, re-instate 3rd party client apps' API access, boot off all the model training API users, and farm Reddit's content for its own model training. Companies like Google and Microsoft can uniquely profit from this.

Microsoft can even spin it as adjacent to Xbox/Minecraft.

I'd wager the single reason why this hasn't already happened is all the porn.

On: Effect of repeated low-level red light on myopia prevention

[dingleberry]

how about plus lens therapy?

On: How to Stare at Your Phone Without Losing Your Soul

[dingleberry]

skip the drink?

On: How to Stare at Your Phone Without Losing Your Soul

[dingleberry]

airplane mode helps