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AlphaGeekZulu
·23 日前·議論
I am always a little bit puzzled with the versions. I use Emacs from Snap on Ubuntu.

I have to use the pgtk channel, because Wayland.

pgtk/stable is 30.2, pgtk/edge is 32.0.50. Version 31 is not even offered on snap, in none of the channels. I am running on edge (32.0.50) with no problems.
AlphaGeekZulu
·3 か月前·議論
Until around 2000-2004 there have even been 2 Antennas. The whole surrounding forest is a military training ground, obviously used by German Bundeswehr and US forces. There are German and US barracks on opposite ends of the area. Within the vicinity there are an UXO clearance service, K9 school, CQB training village, shooting ranges, lots of bunkers and who knows what.
AlphaGeekZulu
·3 か月前·議論
N 48.690438° E 9.086693°
AlphaGeekZulu
·5 か月前·議論
No, I do not get that deep. I used to exchange data on the Ti-92 plus and the Classpad. Connecting those devices is either rather outdated (serial port with USB converter) and/or comes with vendor subscriptions, which I am not willing to pay.

Maybe, if I had more time ;-)
AlphaGeekZulu
·5 か月前·議論
- I have a HP 16C, mainly for doing number conversions (DEC-HEX-BIN) and binary arithmetic.

- I have a HP 15C to take with me all the time (due to its small form factor).

- I have a HP 48 GX as main calculator, it is most feature complete and has a clock and alarms. I use it a lot for time calculations.

- I have a HP 48 SX, but did not use it much any more after acquiring the 48 GX.

- I have a HP 10bII+, which was a gift of my brother in law when he saw my obsession with HP calculators. I do not use it much, as I am not in financial stuff.

- I have a HP 41 CV, which is less capable as my 48 GX, but I somehow love it so much, that it resides on my desktop and is used a lot.

- I have a Casio Classpad fx-CP400, which I use when I tutor my nephew - it is the best fit for high school requirements (in Germany).

- I have a bunch of TI nspire and voyagers and a TI 83 plus, that I never use.

- I have a TI-92 plus which I used a lot in the past, but I do not like it anymore.

- I have a Casio FX-730P, which I like to write little programs for.

Not to mentions my collection of slide rules.
AlphaGeekZulu
·7 か月前·議論
Exactly!

My original intent was to show up a paradoxon: A group of 5 European NGO activists has been put under a travel ban by the US yesterday. Two of them are german members of an organisation called "HateAid", which provides psychological and legal support for victims of hate speech. They are blamed for supporting Internet censorship (= terrorism in US perception) and are therefore denied entry to the US.

Or, in other words: "We (US) censor them (EU) for supporting censorship."

BTW: I did some research about EU journalists or citizens losing bank access or being put under travel restrictions by administration. I couldn't find an example. Would be great if you could provide some background!
AlphaGeekZulu
·7 か月前·議論
Logic! If the described properties define totalitarianism, then they do so for any value that can truthfully be substituted for XX. I suggest checking this for all ~195 possible values.
AlphaGeekZulu
·7 か月前·議論
The XX is acting in an increasingly restrictive manner, sanctioning journalists and citizens deemed pro-XX or anti-XX. Some of those targeted are reportedly unable to open bank accounts or travel. Some of them are called "stupid" or "pigs". This suggests a growing conviction within the XX that certain viewpoints are acceptable, while others are effectively prohibited and carry tangible consequences. How should this trend be described? Is it a form of totalitarianism, or something else?

Try to find matches for the XX placeholders!
AlphaGeekZulu
·9 か月前·議論
Ted Chiang wrote an essay about the implications of recording everything: "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truth_of_Fact,_the_Truth_o...

The essay does not deal very much with technical aspects, like "Do I want to remember this and that banality?". In the story, those questions are already solved as an AI will manage access to the desired "flashbacks".

The essay focusses more on the question, how "remodeling" our memory over time might be an important aspect of social interaction, self perception and self development.
AlphaGeekZulu
·11 か月前·議論
Self-hosted GitLab for proprietary customer projects that I don’t want in the cloud. I don’t trust GitHub’s privacy promises — if only because of the risk of my own misconfiguration. The GitLab server runs on Ubuntu Server on a NUC and is accessed via Tailscale by our very small team. No need to make it visible to the outside world.

Slow, simple, inexpensive, safe, and good enough.