sping

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[–] sping 11 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Git’s unconventional and decentralized design—nowadays ubiquitous and seemingly obvious—was revolutionary at the time,

Of course, there's more innovation in git than being DVC but the decentralized nature wasn't revolutionary.

It was funny when I started using bzr and then git, I kept being told "it's a DVC, which is a different way to work that takes some getting used to", and I was puzzled as it felt very familiar to me. Then I looked up DVCs and found out that Sun's Teamware that I'd used for a decade was also a DVC. It was actually a return to familiar and comfortable workflows after a brief period using abominations like Perforce and Clearcase. I'm so glad they've been largely replaced. Git may not be perfect, but it's better than those in any use cases I have had.

[–] sping 16 points 4 days ago

Meh, sure she was wrong on that, but that doesn't justify taking her into custody and refusing to allow her to go home.

[–] sping 1 points 4 days ago

But then you have to eat Tillamook cheese... I has no idea cheese could be so bland before I moved to the NW USA. And orange, for some reason.

[–] sping 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought it was stating that something is God's will for your own purposes. AFAIK it's not just using terms for God as a curse.

[–] sping 8 points 2 weeks ago

Not sure why they'd adjust. It's mostly urban areas where top speed makes little difference to journey times. Journey times are generally decided by how long you spend waiting at every light and intersection.

[–] sping 6 points 2 weeks ago

When bzr, and then git, turned up and I started using them, I was told "this is DVC, which is a whole new model that takes getting used to", so I was surprised it seemed normal and straightforward to me.

Then I found out that Sun's Teamware, that I had been using for many years, was a DVC, hence it wasn't some new model. I'd had a few intervening years on other abominable systems and it was a relief to get back to DVC.

Regarding the original post, are there really people around now who think that before git there was no version control? I've never worked without using version control, and I started in the 80s.

[–] sping 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

In particular our bodies are good at selecting the cells and organelles that are most damaged and decrepit to be broken down for material and fuel for the rest of the body. And it's obviously an evolutionary advantage to do that.

When you refeeding after a long fast, growth hormones are released that trigger replacement. So there's seem to be some rejuvenation and other benefits.

It's difficult to measure key parts of the process on a still living subject so we have to guess and extrapolate for humans. And other aspects aren't well explained or understood. So there's a lot of questionably reliable info and explanations, some of which are plausible. Like this!

[–] sping 2 points 3 weeks ago

Figuratively, Street kids do tend to be.

[–] sping 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Also "the fucking old people caused this mess and are standing in the way of fixing it. We need them to die off so we can turn it around"

There has never been a young generation not saying this. Many of them have been correct too, but few have turned anything around when it's their turn.

[–] sping 1 points 4 weeks ago

And it's Wednesday, so it's Bismuth Time

[–] sping 3 points 1 month ago

Chips every day!

 

Well someone has to post something to this Somerville Community... So it has to be something about the community path obviously...

Google maps is always rubbish for bicycle navigation, but OpenStreetMap offers three different navigation systems for bikes, all of which are better. I'm most impressed with GraphHopper - 3 days into the community path opening will happily route you down the new path. It doesn't seem to know about the High School diversion, but that's realtively minor.

Its route for me to get to the Seaport from near Davis is pretty much what I would choose.

 

This is my rescued Marin Hamilton, that over the years has evolved into a modern take on the old English 3-speed. My former commuter was stolen, and at the same time this appeared, broken, rusty, and abandoned on the same office bike rack (coincidence?). I saved it before the office management sent it to the trash, and got it on the road again.

The wheel bearing races were pitted from rusty neglect and I find SS awkward in the urban stop-start, so after a failed experiment with an SRAM Automatix 2-speed hub I fitted a Sturmey Archer 3 speed. 3rd is a single-speed ratio, 1 & 2 are for hills and setting off. It's a sweet setup for my area and usage, and is almost as robust and low maintenance as SS.

A transportation bike needs fenders (Velo Orange Zeppelins - excellent, effective, silent). The original fork rang like a tuning fork on braking no matter what brakes or pads, so I got a $40 Marin fork off Ebay and converted the front to disk, and put on generator lighting at the same time.

And just now it got some luxury new tires - Schwalbe Marathon Supreme 700x50 on the label, but are actually 43mm, in typical Schwalbe fashion. Great tires though - light and fast and grippy and durable and puncture resistant.

It's a fast and comfortable city bomber. I have a little TSDZ2 motor and battery that I fit each year for commuting the hottest summer months, and then in winter it gets studs to get me through the ice and slush. For fairer weather riding I have a very similar derailleur bike and the pair of them get me around nicely.

 

In Cambridge, MA, USA, and nearby communities, bike advocates have made real progress with lanes and paths and general infrastructure. Also the city requires that new builds have a proper bike room. This building was recently gutted and fitted out and this is the bike room today - overloaded, and the building is barely half full... Looks like they will need to find more efficient bike racks!

Meanwhile in a recent commute I was in a queue of 30 bicycles at a light at which about 6-8 cars get through at a time. 10-15 years ago I was one of the few bikes on the roads at any time.

Hats off to the advocates and representatives of the local cities that have made this happen through continuous pressure and work over decades...

 

The lack of keyboard interface on Lemmy is killing me, but really what I want is a good client in Emacs. However, it's beyond my Elisp to design and start such a project, but I could probably help. Anyone on it?

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