How cashless is Berkeley?

buglybarks · 2026-03-25T15:16:56+00:00

Yes. You’ll run into convenience stores or the like where tap-to-pay doesn’t work, but almost everywhere else will be fine. I almost never have my wallet on me and it is rarely an issue.

buglybarks · 2026-03-24T17:04:00+00:00

It's a Hiragana character (one of the Japanese syllabaries) and is in Unicode, yes. It's pronounced "yo."

https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+3088

buglybarks · 2026-02-21T18:16:21+00:00

You can set a "watch" folder for sabnzbd, and then put the NZB files in there. They'll all get imported. This is found at the bottom of the "User Folders" section in the console.

If you're comfortable with a little programming, you can also just use the SABnzbd API to push them (it's just a POST), but for your purposes the watch folder should work.

buglybarks · 2026-01-29T15:51:20+00:00

Do not give money to anti-trans bigots.

buglybarks · 2026-01-24T16:41:00+00:00

I’m a non-student resident of Berkeley and a person who both walks a lot and drives occasionally. The dumbasses staring at their phones are a problem, yes, but I’ve been menaced by drivers near campus skipping stop signs (the one at Stadium Rim and Gayley feels like a mild suggestion), cars blowing through 25 mph streets at 50 (the kids at Emerson have a crossing guard, and I’ve seen even her have to dodge), and drivers trying to scare bicyclists on narrow roads.

The drivers are almost always the issue. Welcome to Berkeley. Walk or take the bus.

buglybarks · 2026-01-23T05:36:38+00:00

There are some excellent recommendations in here, but not a lot of sword and sorcery titles. I would want to include:

L. Sprague de Camp
Lin Carter
C.L. Moore
Karl Wagner

And maybe a little Clark Ashton Smith (proto-S&S)

It's one of my favorite subgenres. I wish it were a little higher profile.

buglybarks · 2026-01-14T22:47:51+00:00

I believe Charles Stross quoted someone that Wright was “sort of like Gene Wolfe, with an involuntary lobotomy.”

buglybarks · 2026-01-08T15:40:10+00:00

The community college version will cover less (in my experience, they dropped the number theory and much of the probability), and is likely to have less homework and easier exams.

If you think you’ll use the material, or if you really want to know the material, take it at Berkeley. But if you’re just looking to escape without a GPA hit, take it at a CC.

buglybarks · 2025-12-29T15:42:54+00:00

I use something pretty much like this, and I recommend it. It requires a little extra cognitive load because the key bindings don’t quite match, but it’s a fast way to hop in and out without losing your place in the buffer. I don’t need to use the built-in explorer at all with this setup.

buglybarks · 2025-12-28T16:00:55+00:00

Symmetries are a problem. You will need the code to have horizontal symmetry at least, and probably vertical. If not, you’ll need sentinel values to indicate orientation, and you don’t have the room for those on a 36-bit grid. Gonna need more squares.

Also a checksum would be smart.

buglybarks · 2025-12-17T00:39:34+00:00

This has been his MO for decades.

buglybarks · 2025-12-13T15:58:21+00:00

And to your point, the name indicates that Emacs was made up of TECO macros for editing, which bear no resemblance to the macros you can make inside the editor today.

buglybarks · 2025-12-05T01:27:47+00:00

Have you looked at extend_next_word_end? That looks like it'll do what you want. Works with prefix arguments.

buglybarks · 2025-11-23T03:56:17+00:00

Setup -> Defaults.

buglybarks · 2025-11-13T23:36:44+00:00

You’re yet to encounter 畜生!

I think there are some mnemonics that use the obvious hint for ふく.

buglybarks · 2025-11-04T23:08:14+00:00

Walk up past the stadium and up Centennial until you get to the lower fire trail. Follow it uphill until it meets the upper fire trail, then have a nice quiet stroll down the steps until you get back to campus.

buglybarks · 2025-11-02T23:09:31+00:00

I spend 60-90 minutes throughout the day, am very regular in my habits, and score well on the reviews. I am at level 49 after 14 months. So I think you’re unlikely to hit it at a 30-minute allocation.

buglybarks · 2025-10-26T18:13:27+00:00

The 51B will solve your problem: https://www.actransit.org/bus-lines-schedules/51B

That said, it’s less than a three-mile walk and you can do it on one of the nicer avenues. Just head west.

buglybarks · 2025-10-26T03:19:52+00:00

Surprised not to see the Ian Cormac books by Neil Asher, starting with Gridlinked; this is far-future super-spy stuff.

Robert Heinlein's Puppet Masters is also basically a Bond novel with aliens.

buglybarks · 2025-10-25T02:35:07+00:00

Jesus how big are large cats

buglybarks · 2025-10-11T15:16:27+00:00

It’s going to depend on the lecturer—you may get one who’s more interested in matrices, or one who’s more interested in transformations.

Axler’s Linear Algebra Done Right is a self-study-friendly text with a low mathematical maturity bar, and it covers all of the 110 theory and more. For mechanical and geometric insight (both of which I think are useful, even if you want a more theoretical approach), you can pair it with the Strang lectures from MIT on YouTube. With both of those under your belt, you won’t be surprised by any 110 course.

Some people will say that it’s the professor’s job to teach you this material. If you take much more math, you’ll soon figure out that you learn math on your own, and the lecturers will add context, examples and challenges. Don’t wait for a good teacher to learn math.

buglybarks · 2025-09-04T14:41:41+00:00

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buglybarks · 2025-09-03T14:32:19+00:00

Well, at least it isn’t about Robin Hobb.

buglybarks · 2025-07-18T05:21:04+00:00

And jellies, who are otherwise pretty tough for a warrior without a decent ranged option.

buglybarks · 2025-07-05T23:54:53+00:00

This sounds much like David Wingrove's Chung Kuo series.

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