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TIL: there's an RFC for IP over Avian carriers.

datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc...
RFC 1149: Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams on avian carriers
This memo describes an experimental method for the encapsulation of IP datagrams in avian carriers. This specification is primarily useful in Metropolitan Area Networks. This is an experimental, not r...
datatracker.ietf.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
andbrl.bsky.social
monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/w...
Monthly Review | Why Socialism?
Is it advisable for one who is not an expert on economic and social issues to express views on the subject of socialism? I believe for a number of reasons that it is.… Clarity about the aims and…
monthlyreview.org
May 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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worfemail.bsky.social
All crew,

Again, please do not insert unknown USB drives from random planets into computer ports on the Enterprise.

Worf
March 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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newyorker.com
The Portuguese modernist Fernando Pessoa attributed much of his best writing to fictional alter egos—scholars have tabulated as many as 72 of them.
Fernando Pessoa’s Disappearing Act
The mysterious masterpiece of Portugal’s great modernist.
www.newyorker.com
May 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
andbrl.bsky.social
Neat little trick to detect when user clicks outside of a component!

coreui.io/blog/how-to-...
How to Detect a Click Outside of a React Component · CoreUI
Detecting clicks outside a React component enhances user interactions by managing behaviors like closing tooltip, modals, or dropdown component when users click outside them. This technique ensures a ...
coreui.io
May 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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terminal escape codes

wizardzines.com/comics/escap...
Panel 1: a program's input and outputs are streams of bytes everything you type goes into standard input all the output you see comes from either standard output or standard error your terminal emulator can only communicate with programs by reading/writing bytes panel 2: some inputs/outputs are text and some are special instructions in: mouse position, ctrl+left arrow out: make text green, make cursor invisible panel 3: these special instructions are called "escape codes" they're called "escape codes" because they all start with the ESC character panel 4: example: how colours get set program: “^[[31m” Terminal emulator: “ok, I'll make text red from now on!!” (there are also codes for bold, underline, background colour) panel 5: programs can easily "break" your terminal by printing escape codes program: “oops I made your cursor disappear” It's easy to fix though, run reset to print a special escape code that resets everything It's easy to fix though, run reset to print a special escape code that resets everything
April 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
andbrl.bsky.social
I made a Chip-8 interpreter in Go!

Try it out here: gochip-1082672001032.europe-west2.run.app

Source code 👉 github.com/oliveira-a/g...
Gochip
gochip-1082672001032.europe-west2.run.app
April 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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picardtips.bsky.social
Picard management tip: Don't assume anything is possible or impossible until you've asked the people who will be doing the work.
January 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM