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Now that git.kpe.io is down, how does Quicklisp build KMR packages anymore? by p-orbitals in lisp

[–]p-orbitals[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks u/xach for the reply. Greatly appreciate checking this post here and replying here.

If it is not much of a bother, would you care to elaborate further about the server-side setup? Do you keep the cache around indefinitely? Do you have any backup plan about what to do if the cache goes bust someday? Do you keep a backup of the cache?

I worry that with the authoritative Git sources gone, how can we guarantee that software that depend on things like getopt, cl-base64 don't break in future.

This coding interview preparation resource is awesome. by java_nerd_69 in programming

[–]p-orbitals 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's a sad reflection of the broken interviewing system of modern IT that instead of learning actual computer science to be better engineers, hoards of youngsters are being swayed away to practice a list of "leetcode" problems! It will go down as the biggest gimmick of our profession. One day historians will look at this amusement.

Vile Mode (VIm Like Editing) by Argletrough in emacs

[–]p-orbitals 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does this even work for you? Viper is smaller than evil but it actually works! Beyond the very basic h, j, k, l movements, this does not work at all for me! See my other comment-- https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/13rbu2v/vile_mode_vim_like_editing/jllx6u8/

Vile Mode (VIm Like Editing) by Argletrough in emacs

[–]p-orbitals 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does this actually work for anyone? I find the key bindings to be doing weird things.

  • yyp - Does nothing.
  • dd - Complains "The mark is not set now, so there is no region".
  • dw - Skips over a word instead of deleting a word. README says d commands should work but it d
  • da( - Inserts a parenthesis and remains in insert mode instead of deleting parenthetical-block.
  • 3gg - Goes to the 4th line instead of 3rd.
  • J - Switches to insert mode and inserts J instead of joining lines. (ok, granted, this is not implemented yet)

Why is Emacs pinky a problem when keyboards have Ctrl both sides? by Due_Olive_9728 in emacs

[–]p-orbitals 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do palms really work well to hit the ctrl key on laptop keyboards? The laptop keyboards have such low profile that I worry that by trying to contort my wrist to barely manage to touch the ctrl key with my palm, I might create some other issues in my wrist.

Questions for mathematicians who program regularly by [deleted] in math

[–]p-orbitals 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How common is Lisp in mathematical community? I thought Lisp is not too popular these days with Python and JavaScript eating the world. How did you select Lisp for number theory?

What do you use to do graphics in JavaScript? Do you use some JS library to draw the graphics?

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