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Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117108/
to be re-watched
One of my more-loved movies; recommended.
See also:
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Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117108/
to be re-watched
One of my more-loved movies; recommended.
See also:
2009-04-15 – DO NOT USE THIS – it does not properly mirror!
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/
File synchronizer.
Unison File Synchronizer
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
A terminal multiplexer
I use it only in fairly dire circumstances, usually when at the TTY console. It’s essential in that circumstance, even if it’s only to lock the console screen (with ^a^x)
aka GNU Screen
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(on Wikipedia)
http://lftp.yar.ru/
An FTP-like program which can also Mirror.
I use this to synchronize files over SFTP (SSH).
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Software > Scripting Languages >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
A ubiquitous shell. The default for almost all Linux distributions.
Random notes on this software.
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Software > Programming >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/
Ruby is a true object-oriented programming language renown for its ease for comprehension and maintainability. It can do most of the things other programming languages can do, but the programmer has more fun.
Now at the end of 2016, when I look at my very old notes from 2007 I wonder.. Is Ruby’s hayday over?.
Genius is an indescribable and possibly ineffable quality, mostly because it is not thought to be a giftable state of mind.
Genius is a lucidity within the construct of a person’s own mind. Its expression or even mere understanding is frequently bound by constraints due to language [ 1 ] See also the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which while wrong has some things to think about. , culture, education, motivation or environment.
If there is but one quality which describes the separation between creatures in this universe, it is the qualities that is genius.
See also:
Intelligence.. sortof.
Footnotes
| ^ 1 | See also the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which while wrong has some things to think about. |
TODO – Find any other notes, and move all extensions into nice lists here (used, tried-dislike, to try). The current notes seem strangely thin to me.
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MediaWiki > MediaWiki customization >
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mediawiki_Extensions
See also:
to re-watch
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Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120657/
An intelligentsia is exiled as an ambassador to distant lands, and he finds himself swept into mysterious struggles by foreign warriors.
The movie didn’t pay off its production cost, but it’s still amazing. I’d buy a special edition DVD if one is ever released.
The Irishman playing a nord is really amusing, making this movie make me forever aware of bad accents.
See also the story of the real Ahmad ibn Fadlan.