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IanTwenty

@ IanTwenty @lemmy.world

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  • Tessel – A tile game

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  • I tried it, I like it!

  • “No One Asked for This Reboot”: ‘Tron’ May Mark End of Jared Leto’s Franchise-Leading Days

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  • It's not all his fault - the script and plot were dire. Nobody came out of this looking good except for the music, visuals, Jeff Bridges and Depeche Mode.

  • LUKS decrypt at boot over SSH?

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  • Yes it's not too much bother to set this up, it can be put into ansible and once working I've not had to touch it again. Here's another dracut tool using dropbear that works well and has decent instructions on setup: dracut-crypt-ssh

    The crypt-ssh dracut module allows remote unlocking of systems with full disk encryption via ssh

  • LUKS decrypt at boot over SSH?

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  • Yes, exactly

  • Bristol, UK @lemmy.ml
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    Bristol Zoo campaigner's event cancelled by Bristol Beacon who then tried to silence him

    www.bristolpost.co.uk /news/bristol-news/everything-bristol-zoo-bristol-beacon-10553430

  • The History of Kurt Russell's Hair - A Cinematic Timeline

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  • Does it say 'Tengo ond Cash'?

  • Reporting Google to the Competition & Markets Authority (UK): Android Developer Verification

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  • I see some commenters on other posts saying they will buy linux phones due to this, could be good for the ecosystem.

  • Linux Phones @lemmy.ca
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    Reporting Google to the Competition & Markets Authority (UK): Android Developer Verification

    danb.me /blog/google-developer-verification-cma/

  • Fediverse Report – #137 - AltStore joins the fediverse

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  • Castopod looks interesting

  • Discussion between John Ousterhout and Robert Martin ("Uncle Bob") on "A Philosophy of Software Design" and "Clean Code"

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  • doesn't he weasel out of the responsibility to give clear, logical, verifyable reasons for his position?

    Absolutely, if I remember right he leans back on having experienced bad comments more often than helpful ones. John questions this. I think it is close to dogma with Bob on this.

    Can you explain that more?

    And doesn't the example with the prime number generation algorithm show clearly that omitting context just does not work for code?

    Quote from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-context_and_low-context_cultures

    High-context cultures often exhibit less-direct verbal and nonverbal communication, utilizing small communication gestures and reading more meaning into these less-direct messages. Low-context cultures do the opposite; direct verbal communication is needed to properly understand a message being communicated...

    Now I'm not making a strong claim that Bob and John are from different ends of the context spectrum. However it seems to me that Bob believes there is enough 'context' available in code and in coders themselves to communicate all meaning without comments.

    Even Bob's diagram, to help explain the primes algorithm, assumes high context in the reader. It's lacking any labels or key - we are just supposed to see what he means if we stare hard enough at it. If we are already immersed in the problem space then this might work but its so inefficient for anyone else.

    And once we step away from our code for even a short time we are that someone else. We are going to waste a lot of time rediscovering how the algorithm works. A case John makes convincingly I think.

    Code cannot replace comments. The primes algorithm avoids division I believe but this is not clear from the code alone. A reader might work this out eventually but a comment saves so much time. Could the code be refactored to clearly express the avoidance of division? Yes there's probably a way, but imagine how bad that code would read and what a waste of time just to avoid a comment.

  • Weekly thread - What movies have you watched this week? 08/10/2025

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  • Perfect Days, 2023

    Really love this. It lures you in and casts a spell with its mindful observation of a few days in one man's life. Feels timeless, the film seems to do little but so much is said. Director and star use the lightest touches to invoke something deep. The scenes with his sister are just beautiful in how they show us so much with so little. It's just an exquisite film.

    One Battle After Another, 2025

    So good - how it's told, the soundtrack, acting, just everything. Yes it's characters are somewhat cartoonish and it covers a lot of ground without much depth but it's a great ride so for me its forgiveable. Can't wait to see it again on streaming.

  • Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration

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  • On an unrelated note, Google’s blog post also is soliciting feedback from the public on these changes.

    "Please let us know if you have any feedback or questions about the verification requirements."

    https://goo.gle/Android-verification-feedback

  • How to manage configuration files

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  • Stow/chezmoi/your choice for dotfiles, config mgmt for system config. You don't need to rebuild whole server to start with ansible tho, you can take over one file at a time and grow as you learn.

    As you've found I don't know of a tool that will cover both usecases as config mgmt for dotfiles is too much and dotfile mgrs for system config is probably out of their scope.

  • Having trouble upgrading Fedora from 41 to 42, plus WiFi problems.

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  • Discussion between John Ousterhout and Robert Martin ("Uncle Bob") on "A Philosophy of Software Design" and "Clean Code"

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  • Another thank you for posting this, made my day.

    I have read and followed a fair amount of Uncle Bob's work but was not aware of Ousterhout till now. Bob says during the time the Clean Code book was written there was an anti-comment sentiment about and this matches my own experience. I agree with Ousterhout that it's taken too far in his book though.

    I wonder if there is another factor at play - some people/cultures prefer high context communication and some less. Bob seems clearly to prefer low context i.e. the burden is on the (code) reader to educate themselves. Whereas John makes it a matter of professional behaviour that we make the next reader's work as simple as possible by commenting code as appropriate.

    Surely it's better to assume high context is needed and provide it (within reason) versus only catering for low context. As Bob discovered he became a low context person when he returned to his own code after some time had passed.

  • Briar - secure p2p group communications

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  • Messages are only sent when both online though, thet's the bigger difference (unless using Briar Mailbox). Also it can send over wifi and bluetooth without internet connection i.e. no other devices involved.

  • Weekly thread - What movies have you watched this week? 01/10/2025

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  • Valkyrie (2008):

    "a reasonably entertaining drama about the time Tom Cruise tried to kill Hitler" about sums it up. Rescued (just) by worthiness and accuracy of the treatment of its subject matter. Mission Impossible in Berlin. Would have benefitted from less English actors and more German. Makes me want to rewatch Downfall (2004).

    Flow (2024):

    Second time watching this - magical and moving, still. Had the family mesmorised.

  • Markor is quite cool. Found that it supports templates, Mermaidjs charts and KaTex

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  • Google's dev registration plan will end the F-Droid project

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  • Fdroid are:

    appealing to regulators and competition authorities to scrutinize Google's proposals, and for developers and users to put pressure on politicians.

    So I think these are preferred avenues of action right now.

  • Saw the long walk today! Anyone else seen it?

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  • I'm ok with it being ambiguous I think! Reminds me of the end of High Noon. Mcvries has done what he had to and now he's off to something new (death maybe!)

  • Saw the long walk today! Anyone else seen it?

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  • It's definitely a flawed film but it produced emotion and did move me. The end is a real punch in the guts. It's like a great 'B' movie maybe. They made some changes from the novel and I think they were a mistake:

    The major is elevated to a supreme leader, Garrety's reason for going is much weaker, the end is changed (though I like the new ending)

    We don't really get a strong sense of the physical suffering. The first third of the film is weakest I think but it improves from there. I appreciate that they hold focus on the walk, in fact we almost never look away from it. It did create interesting moments where we know a walker will die in the background and the others must keep walking, some interesting tension and reactions.

    Some of the gore seemed just for gore's sake though. The deaths are senseless and shocking in their own right. I would watch it again if comes to streaming.

  • movies @piefed.social
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    What are your favourite books about movies?

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
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    Securing a 'public' service for family

  • Cars - For Car Enthusiasts @lemmy.world
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    Are there any external shade covers/frost shields that wraparound car windscreen and front windows?

  • Nintendo @lemmy.world
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    IGN Donkey Kong Bonanza Review

  • Bristol, UK @lemmy.ml
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    BBC News - RAC: Busiest UK airports raise kiss-and-fly fees

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/cwyg0ly2ld8o
  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
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    Photo management - storing friends' photos

  • Bristol, UK @lemmy.ml
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    BBC: St Michael's Hospital fire 'started in solar panels'

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/cy5ew654g32o
  • VoxeLibre @lemm.ee
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    Pillager Outpost - how to stop pillagers spawning?

  • Bristol, UK @lemmy.ml
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    YouGov WECA Mayor Poll

  • Bash @lemmy.ml
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    255 return code from command substitution of wait builtin but why?

  • Bristol, UK @lemmy.ml
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    How was Storm Darragh for you?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Photo management at the cmdline - recommendations?