56!

and all future commits

Not entirely true. As long as you hold the copyright to all of the code (there are no contributions from other people), you can change the license however you like. The important thing is that this only affects commits after the licence is changed. All earlier versions are permanently available under the license they were released with.

https://crates.io/search?q=neofetch brings up 21 versions to choose from (21 are actual neofetch clones). There is also a library to help you write even more of them.

What I feel is missing from the practical suggestions section: why cache images at all? They should be stored on the server they were uploaded to, and nowhere else. The image URL would be attached to the post, and could then be used by clients to fetch the image from the original server.

I thought lemmy did this, but it seems not (any more?).

Is there anything missing from Best-Before? It may just be finished. There is no mention of anything obvious (such as a dependency on an API) that would cause it to stop working.

Should be possible with an addon, but I can’t find one.

This is a microsoft teams message. It’s the teams colour scheme and design. Firefox messages are grey and left-alligned:

The article is pure fluff. (even includes “synergy”). Most sentences don’t mean anything. Was this maybe just AI generated?

Regarding the topic: if people wanted this feature, it would already have been implemented. It’s not like the topic is obscure, or that it’s difficult to implement.

I think the important part is that the syntax will become standardised, rather than being defined by microsoft/typescript, potentially allowing for alternative implementations. It could also make the build step optional in some cases, which is something people dislike about typescript currently.

I used waydroid for whatsapp, though any android emulator will probably work. To create the account, there was an option to verify a phone number by sending a text message (to a dumb phone with a burner sim card in my case). I use whatsapp web to read and send messages, and only have to open waydroid every few months to sign-in again.

A comment on a post about a different instance suggested clearing browser cache/cookies. It’s not something I’ve run into though.

Hmm. I had it pop up for the first time in ages today, but updating filters and clearing cookies did the trick.

I think it’s just normal Lua code.

Here’s a quick json converter (based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/55575074), assuming you have lua installed:

local function to_json(obj)
    local result = {}
    for key, value in pairs(obj) do
        if type(value) == "string" then
            value = string.format("\"%s\"", value)
        elseif type(value) == "table" then
            value = to_json(value)
        end
        table.insert(result, string.format("\"%s\":%s", key, value))
    end
    return "{" .. table.concat(result, ",") .. "}"
end

function item(obj)
    print(to_json(obj))
end

dofile(arg[1])

It just defines the item function to print json, and executes the data file.

arg[1], the first command line argument, is the path to the data file:

$  lua to_json.lua path/to/datafile.list

and pipe the output to something.json or whatever else you want to do.

I think the second part of the comment is what’s important:

If you are in a more comfortable environment you will be better at working

Maybe that is windows for you. I have barely ever used windows, so the concept of searching for installers online and running them just seems clunky and time consuming to me. It’s just not what I’m used to.

However if you are willing to learn multiple systems, you might find that one is better than the others.

I learned programming at about 12, by following tutorials for the Pygame python library. It doesn’t do anything especially fancy, but it taught me many concepts, while I had a lot of fun. My first project was making the traditional snake game, which I think is a good level of complexity.

[…] drones will carry items to Graemsay and Hoy where postal staff will complete their delivery routes.

Graemsay gets 2-5 ferries a day (assuming the passenger ferry can take mail), Hoy gets the same ferry, plus 3-6 a day at the other end of the island.

This feels similar to this experiment on North Ronaldsay, which already has 3 flights a day, which can deliver the mail. I think Carla (in the video) puts it well - there is the odd occasion where the mail has to be left till the next flight, due to the plane being overweight.

(Also, I don’t see how this new trial is more of a “service” than the North Ronaldsay one, so the headline is kind of incorrect. Also, “Orkney has become the first location in the UK to have mail delivered by drone.” is a complete lie, even thought they link the other article right below it.)

I’d be more interested seeing the delivery vans replaced with smaller electric vehicles. Usually when I get my mail delivered, it seems that the passenger seat is large enough to store most people’s deliveries.

Yeah, the Orkney Islands are also experimenting with tidal generators (Wikipedia/European Marine Energy Centre), though the weather there is ideal for wind energy.