Doug Nelson
@dochne.com
Software Dev. Hiking keeps my soul intact (maybe)
If you can be bothered with it you probably want symlinks. I've never played with them on windows though so not sure of the behavior edge cases
December 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
If you can be bothered with it you probably want symlinks. I've never played with them on windows though so not sure of the behavior edge cases
The magic words to Google for here is symbolic link / hard links. A symlink is kind of like a shortcut in that if you delete where it points to it will stop working - a hard link will mean you have do delete it in all places to lose it
December 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The magic words to Google for here is symbolic link / hard links. A symlink is kind of like a shortcut in that if you delete where it points to it will stop working - a hard link will mean you have do delete it in all places to lose it
This kind of hn screenshot content is very frustrating to read on mobile - would you consider copying and pasting your hn post text as alt text in the future? Thanks!
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This kind of hn screenshot content is very frustrating to read on mobile - would you consider copying and pasting your hn post text as alt text in the future? Thanks!
And we get to accidently write code which will break in 6 months
October 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
And we get to accidently write code which will break in 6 months
Reposted by Doug Nelson
or, in the words of the Nac Mac Feegle:
“Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”
“Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”
October 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
or, in the words of the Nac Mac Feegle:
“Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”
“Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”
Concur - I'd love to use my local library more - but they closed it and moved it to an awful room in the council house with... two desks? Genuinely a hostile feeling place
September 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Concur - I'd love to use my local library more - but they closed it and moved it to an awful room in the council house with... two desks? Genuinely a hostile feeling place
Perhaps the art is in the not knowing, but I always wonder how much I should read into each death. I know why you could see this as dead, but I can't see it for say, Boulders. Is this individually selected words? Is this anything out of Wikipedia? Perhaps I'll never know
August 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Perhaps the art is in the not knowing, but I always wonder how much I should read into each death. I know why you could see this as dead, but I can't see it for say, Boulders. Is this individually selected words? Is this anything out of Wikipedia? Perhaps I'll never know
What's the multicoloured one here? I couldn't see it on elephpant.me
August 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
What's the multicoloured one here? I couldn't see it on elephpant.me
I've never seen something positive about a sunfish! Unexpected!
July 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I've never seen something positive about a sunfish! Unexpected!
My problem with his take here is really the use of "waste of time". If you frame it as "not how he wants to use his time", then this comes across less abrasive.
I have to confess I've used wikipedia for this for media that's just... ehh.
Not endorsing the AI take though, no NYT sub, so no context
I have to confess I've used wikipedia for this for media that's just... ehh.
Not endorsing the AI take though, no NYT sub, so no context
June 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
My problem with his take here is really the use of "waste of time". If you frame it as "not how he wants to use his time", then this comes across less abrasive.
I have to confess I've used wikipedia for this for media that's just... ehh.
Not endorsing the AI take though, no NYT sub, so no context
I have to confess I've used wikipedia for this for media that's just... ehh.
Not endorsing the AI take though, no NYT sub, so no context
Worked it out! The emoji is meant to be 0x2614 ☔ but *somehow* it's also added in the 0xfe0f "variation selector" char into the emoji ☔️. Regex notices it doesn't belong, so it tries to * the useless char instead - computers, never as simple as they should be :D
June 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Worked it out! The emoji is meant to be 0x2614 ☔ but *somehow* it's also added in the 0xfe0f "variation selector" char into the emoji ☔️. Regex notices it doesn't belong, so it tries to * the useless char instead - computers, never as simple as they should be :D
Side note, I'm sad that bluesky doesn't like my emoji based URL shortener :(
June 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Side note, I'm sad that bluesky doesn't like my emoji based URL shortener :(
I haven't been able to replicate failing with that with either the original or second URL s.dochne.com/%F0%9F%98%81
I have found some weird behaviour where:
🌈☔️+((☁️⛅️)*☁️☔️(💦|🌪️☔️*🌈)☔️+)* fails and
🌈☔️+((☁️⛅️)*☁️☔️(💦|🌪️(☔️)*🌈)☔️+)* works though
Not sure what's going on there - maybe some unicode weirdness?
I have found some weird behaviour where:
🌈☔️+((☁️⛅️)*☁️☔️(💦|🌪️☔️*🌈)☔️+)* fails and
🌈☔️+((☁️⛅️)*☁️☔️(💦|🌪️(☔️)*🌈)☔️+)* works though
Not sure what's going on there - maybe some unicode weirdness?
vaguely reassuring state machines
dochne.com
June 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I haven't been able to replicate failing with that with either the original or second URL s.dochne.com/%F0%9F%98%81
I have found some weird behaviour where:
🌈☔️+((☁️⛅️)*☁️☔️(💦|🌪️☔️*🌈)☔️+)* fails and
🌈☔️+((☁️⛅️)*☁️☔️(💦|🌪️(☔️)*🌈)☔️+)* works though
Not sure what's going on there - maybe some unicode weirdness?
I have found some weird behaviour where:
🌈☔️+((☁️⛅️)*☁️☔️(💦|🌪️☔️*🌈)☔️+)* fails and
🌈☔️+((☁️⛅️)*☁️☔️(💦|🌪️(☔️)*🌈)☔️+)* works though
Not sure what's going on there - maybe some unicode weirdness?
Good point! I apparently thought out the loop then forgot moving to the node to loop off!
I think this should work properly:
🌈☔️+((☁️⛅️)*☁️☔️(💦|🌪️☔️*🌈)☔️+)*
I think this should work properly:
🌈☔️+((☁️⛅️)*☁️☔️(💦|🌪️☔️*🌈)☔️+)*
June 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Good point! I apparently thought out the loop then forgot moving to the node to loop off!
I think this should work properly:
🌈☔️+((☁️⛅️)*☁️☔️(💦|🌪️☔️*🌈)☔️+)*
I think this should work properly:
🌈☔️+((☁️⛅️)*☁️☔️(💦|🌪️☔️*🌈)☔️+)*
That's so elegant, I love it
June 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
That's so elegant, I love it
(👛*($|👚(👢👚)*($|👢($|[👛🎩]))))*
June 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
(👛*($|👚(👢👚)*($|👢($|[👛🎩]))))*