Gemini Articles of Interest
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Technology and Free Software
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Vis: Vim Improved, on Steroids
Ok it's a clickbait. But hey, you might as well keep reading now!
I've been using vis[0] as my main editor for a few years now, and decided to make this post to bring attention onto it. But first, let's have some context.
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A viral left-wing Twitter account may have been fake all along
I mean, it’s obvious to anyone who’s paying attention when someone’s faking this kind of thing. But some people don’t want to pay attention. Some people just want to be angry.
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'80s Style
https://80.style/
is apparently done in a 1980s style. The apparently is because the site is broken in w3m, and displays nothing but a blank page. Rumor has it CSS is used. A look with ftp(1) shows JavaScript and some shouty caps.
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Storing Markdown image description as EXIF
I wrote a simple assistant for my blog that extracts the description of images from the Markdown source of a post, and embeds it as EXIF in the file. This way, when the blog post gets announced to Mastodon they should have ALT texts automatically populated.
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The Old Computer Challenge V3
There have been a number of phosts I have read about people getting ready for version 3 of solene's old computer challenge [1], which takes place from July 10th - 16th. I think want to play.
There is a Sun Sparc Ultra 10 in my garage that needs to be rebuilt. It was originally disassembled to be installed in a rackmounted server case since the original case wasn't in great shape. That rackmount case was repurposed for a different project and the parts have been sitting in a box the whole time. I still have the old case, which has turned an ugly, aging plastic color and is a little worse for wear. I think I want to use this machine for the challenge. I'll have to get'er goin' if I am to go the gettin' on July 10th. Hopefully it ain't b0rq'd.
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