Probably not very similar, but Git Butler is very interesting. It adds its own layer of management so that you can have multiple branches "applied" to your working tree simultaneously. It's helpful when you have multiple changes that should go into different branches, and some that shouldn't be committed - it has a system of lanes that help keep track of all that. Or you can test how changes from two branches interact.

Last time I used it, maybe 6 months ago, it was rough around the edges so I didn't stick with it. But they've done lots of work since then so I'm thinking of giving it another go. It is (last I checked) an all-in tool. When you're using Butler on a project you probably won't be able to use other git tools.

The equation for force of gravity is F = GMm / r² where

• G is the gravitational constant
• M is the mass of the planet
• m is the mass of the object being weighed
• r is the radius of the planet / distance between the centers of mass of two objects

The equation shows that gravity scales linearly with mass, and scales inversely with the square of distance. The article says K2-18 b is 8.6 times Earth's mass, and 2.6 times Earth's radius. So the weight of a 100 kg mass would be:

F = 100 × 8.6 / (2.6)²

which works out to a weight of about 127 kg, or 1.27 times heavier.

NixOS and Home Manager config both ways to get rid of the same thing

I use metric temperature when I talk to my kids. Now they give me a hard time when I give them a Fahrenheit value! Keeps me honest I guess. I've also got my oldest using a 24 hour clock.

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Aw, thanks! That's high praise!

I used to organize a meetup for Javascript programmers. It was more about sharing information than about debate, but I think there might be overlap with what you want. The format was a regular meeting schedule once a month where 2-3 people would give presentations to show off what they've been working on, teach how to use a new framework, or whatever they were interested in. So in a way it has handing out information from on high, but I think because we had different people each meeting sharing their perspective there was a good element of exchange of ideas between peers.

Now it turns out that people need lots of leadership energy to create room for exchange of ideas. At the beginning I'd get about 6 people at each meeting, few of whom volunteered to step up in front of the group. So what I did was to show up every month, and talked about whatever topic I could come up with. At most of the meetings it was just me talking. When I did get other people to present it was through prodding and hassling. But people were interested enough in the material, and found enough value in just being in the same room with other people with similar interests that people kept coming back. It stayed small like that, growing slowly for maybe 2 years. But then we hit a critical point where there were enough people coming, and people were inspired enough that suddenly we were getting 30-50 people each month, and I had no problem finding volunteers to present. And it wasn't the same volunteers either - we had a good rotation of different people interested in sharing their ideas. That continued for another 6 years before I moved and passed organizer responsibility over to the next generation.

My point is that a club like this needs a lot of energy and attention. It's going to grow slowly. But it will grow if you keep at it, and put in the work. We reached that point where the group became sort of self sufficient in that I didn't need to be the one making presentations anymore, and I didn't need to actively seek out volunteers to present. But I still had to put in the work to make sure we had the meeting space available every month, show up to let people in, work out the meeting schedule, get food. Anything like this will die if there isn't someone holding it together through force of will. But it's worth it! It was a great experience!

I know you said you want your club to self-manage. But people need structure. If you ask people to show up and have stimulating discussion they're going stand around awkwardly not knowing what to talk about. Something like a presentation followed by discussion gives structure that helps people to open up, and explore their own thoughts. Or since you want multiple perspectives maybe a debate or a panel format would work better for you. Get 2 or more volunteers to talk about a specific topic. I highly recommend lining up panelists ahead of time - you'll have a rough time getting volunteers on the spot. If you prep your debaters ahead of time by asking them to present different views they might be less likely to simply agree with each other. Once your scheduled panelists get ideas flowing it will be easier to encourage attendees to step up to speak. You might have a debate or panel followed by open discussion, or rotating panel seats that people can step up to and leave as they feel inspired. But again, based on my experience I suggest being ready to be the one person standing up and debating yourself for maybe many meetings before the club finds a self-organizing energy.

I'm quite happy with Thunder.

Oh dear... the other day I was encouraging my 12-year-old to join the cross country team. He said the only sport he's interested in is badminton.

#7 is my goal owl

It seems that "fully" 3D printed is an overstatement. The article says, "there’s 3D printing whenever possible". That includes printing the frame as a single piece, and the hubs. Some pieces are specified to not be 3D printed like the crank and saddle. The article doesn't mention bearings.

Zed invented tree-sitter which is a great feature. But since tree-sitter is open source it's also available in neovim and helix.

When you get stuck you explain your problem to the turkey, and that helps to understand the problem better.

Inefficient compared to batteries? I found another article saying this company hopes that the energy dome will cost ⅔ the cost of a lithium-ion battery installation with the same energy capacity. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a61572150/carbon-dioxide-energy-dome-plant/

After seeing this comment I had to check how Disney is involved if they don't own the restaurant. The restaurant is in Disney World (specifically Disney Springs). https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jl0ekjr0go

IIUC that does put the restaurant in the special tax district that gives Disney the authority of a county government. But my very cursory search seems to indicate that restaurant safety oversight is managed at the state level.

It seems like only one side of the ancient rivalry is represented in the comments here. No worries, I'm right there with you.

What does "under pressure" mean? Does it mean shifting while stopped? I'm told some non-electronic belt drives can do that.

I bring my kid to school on a bike. I follow the right-of-way rules at the 4-way stops and at left turns. But every day there are 1-3 drivers who wave me ahead, and refuse to move until I go first. I don't care what the rules are - I just want consistency!

I read that electronic shifting can automatically downshift when you come to a stop which I find a little tempting. But not tempting enough at the price I've seen. There's a spot on my regular route where my habit is to downshift 6 times as I come to a stop sign at the bottom of a hill. I do wonder what it would be like not to have to think about that so much.

Yeah the performance differences don't matter in most cases. Rust makes it tempting to optimize everything because the language is explicit about runtime representations. But that doesn't mean that optimizing is the best use of your time.

To expand on why generics are preferred, just in case you haven't seen these points yet: the performance downsides of Box<dyn MyTrait> are,

• methods use dynamic dispatch in this case
• requires heap allocation

There is also a possible type theory objection which is that normally there is a distinction between types and traits. Traits are not types themselves, but instead define sets of types with shared behavior. (That's why the same feature in Haskell is called a "type class", because it defines a class of types that have something in common.) But dyn turns a trait into a type which undermines the type/trait distinction. It's useful enough to justify being in the language, but a little unsettling from a certain perspective.

What helps me most is to find a comfortable rhythm, which is a combination of stride cadence and breathing. I've read advice on counting strides, and matching breaths to certain steps. It's hard for me to coordinate all that so I go by feel. If you're not feeling comfortable maybe try going slower.

When your legs don't want to move it could mean that your muscles aren't warmed up. You might feel better after taking it easy at the start of the run. Or your muscles might be tired from recent exercise. Either way make sure you're hydrated.

It would make sense for the terminal to handle syntax highlighting since that would match how editors work. But the convention is that the shell handles highlighting, not the terminal. You can check which shell you are running with the command,

$ echo $SHELL

It's done that way because the shell is a running program that is capable of telling the terminal which colors to show (by mixing color escape sequences into text). Compare that to code in an editor which is text, not a running program so the only option is for the editor to handle highlighting[1]. Editors need syntax files to configure highlighting for all the different programming languages, while terminals don't need this because the shell tells them what colors to show.

[1] setting aside the "semantic highlighting" LSP capability - that was invented long after syntax highlighting conventions were established

Specifically programs.steam.enable = true sets up the direct rendering and 32-bit libraries that you generally need.

I was confused at first about how to install wine runners in Lutris or in Bottles. It turns out you do it the same way as in any other distro, through the app.

Seems like a matter of preference, and I see the logic in it. I'll mention that Nushell makes it easy to create custom shell functions that are invoked as sub-commands in this manner. https://www.nushell.sh/book/custom_commands.html#command-names

I'm not an expert, but I've heard that Rad bikes are good for their price, and they have been touting the safety of their batteries. (Rad is not the cheapest, but is not as expensive as the high-end bikes.)

I wanted a cargo bike to transport my kid, and I wanted a mid-drive since I'm told the motor assist on that type of drive feels more natural. So I went with a Tern.

As someone who is not onboard with dismantling the existing political system without a better system ready to go, I think that dual power sounds like a great idea!

This happens to be the plot of the book series, The Accidental Minecraft Family

My favorite is Time Surfer. The core mechanic is basically the same as Tiny Wings, but the theme, artwork, levels, etc are all very different. I especially enjoy the chiptunes!

Are there other relevant standards? The XDG base directory specification has been around for a long time, and is well established.

Maybe your comment wooshed over my head; if so I apologize.

Are you saying that you don't want to write your software according to the XDG spec, or that you don't want to set the XDG env vars on your system? If it's the second that's fine - apps using XDG work just fine if you ignore it. If it's the first I'd suggest reconsidering because XDG can make things much easier for users of your software who have system setups or preferences that are different from yours; and using XDG doesn't cause problems for users who ignore it.

OP's recommendation is aimed mostly at software authors.

So yes, "XDG" stands for "Cross-Desktop Group" - but I don't agree that using the spec assumes a windowing system. The base directory spec involves checking for certain environment variables for guidance on where to put files, and falling back to certain defaults if those variables are not set. It works fine on headless systems, and on systems that are not XDG-aware (I suppose that means systems that don't set the relevant env vars).

OTOH as another commenter pointed out the base directory spec can make software work when it otherwise wouldn't on a system that doesn't have a typical home directory layout or permissions.

Oh, good point

The picture looks like an Indian Runner duck to me

I went and fetched a link: markview.nvim

I also have a slimfold micro that I've been using so long I don't remember how old it is.

I recognize those from every Serpa Design terrarium video ever made: "Next I put in springtails to control fungus, and eat dead plant matter."

There was a post earlier today complaining about questions that aren't open-ended, and therefore don't adhere to the community rules. So here we are with a question with many possible answers (which makes it properly open-ended).

I guess it's not relevant for your setup, but I like rofi because there is a fork that works in Wayland, and it's the only Wayland window switcher I have found that isn't tied to a specific window manager.

To start the firewall after you stopped it:

sudo systemctl start firewalld

systemctl is part of systemd - it starts and stops various services, shows statuses, lists available services, etc.

There is documentation on opening ports here, plus more details on enabling & disabling the firewall: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/firewalld/#_controlling_ports_using_firewalld