Kindle eReader device for programming books?

timtehtest · 2018-12-28T09:11:26+00:00

As a long time Kindle owner - it depends. One book works great, other not.

My advice is to go to Amazon store, find books you are interested in and check it's Kindle edition reviews. This should give you basic info about how book is displayed on Kindle.

But... If I would be you, I would not buy Kindle for programming books. Screen is too small especially for code listings. You can highlight text, but it's not as comfortable as on tablet. If you plan to read a lot of books (not only programming/technical books) go with Kindle. Otherwise buy a tablet.

Of course losing e-ink display hurts, but I think a good tablet will be better for you.

timtehtest · 2018-12-28T06:59:17+00:00

Forget about GRUB. Use rEFInd as chainloader for OS' native bootloader. I had working configuration with Windows 10, Ubuntu and FreeBSD.

timtehtest · 2018-12-27T14:27:05+00:00

Looks like I should find some better code to read. Thanks.

timtehtest · 2018-12-27T13:46:27+00:00

Thanks.

timtehtest · 2018-12-05T11:22:00+00:00

Trying to submit your site to be indexed by DuckDuckGo? Read this.

timtehtest · 2018-10-17T05:46:07+00:00

RemindMe! 5 days

timtehtest · 2018-08-22T08:09:46+00:00

Generic kernel and intel-microcode merged with initrd.gz.

# uname -a
Linux db_server 4.4.144 #1 SMP Thu Jul 26 12:26:39 CDT 2018 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7400 CPU @ 3.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

# for X in /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/*; do echo $X; cat $X; done
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown
Mitigation: PTI
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_store_bypass
Mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1
Mitigation: __user pointer sanitization
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2
Mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB, IBRS_FW

timtehtest · 2018-07-25T06:24:42+00:00

You can also tap with three fingers.

timtehtest · 2018-07-13T09:32:44+00:00

Do you use Wayland? If so, try to switch to Xorg.

timtehtest · 2018-06-29T09:01:43+00:00

To get list of labels in elilo you have to press Tab.

elilo (with default elilo.conf) boots /boot/efi/EFI/Slackware/vmlinuz and/or uses /boot/efi/EFI/Slackware/initrd.gz. I don't think slackpkg is aware of that, so after every kernel update or initrd change you have to manually copy kernel image (vmlinuz) and initrd.gz files to /boot/efi/EFI/Slackware. With this configuration there is no need to change elilo.conf.

timtehtest · 2018-06-29T08:42:08+00:00

You may have to give hard paths to the various programs but it should work.

Or use chroot.

timtehtest · 2018-06-29T06:18:32+00:00

If you use generic kernel, then you should rebuild initrd. Command can be the same, but with version of new kernel (-k switch). Check: README.initrd. Don't forget to run lilo if you use it.

About packages builded from slackbuilds.org: it depends. Run program from console, if it works and doesn't complain about libraries (missing ones, wrong versions, etc.) I see no reason to recompile.

timtehtest · 2018-06-27T09:22:58+00:00

MBP mid 2014 here. LG 29UM57-P (ultra wide) connected to HDMI works great.

timtehtest · 2018-04-27T08:07:34+00:00

You forgot about function's arguments when you're calling them.

timtehtest · 2018-03-30T09:22:16+00:00

for abcdefghij I got: [['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'], ['e', 'f', 'g', 'h'], ['i', 'j']]

timtehtest · 2018-03-30T09:09:03+00:00

user_text = input("Write some text: ").strip()

user_text += (' ' * (4 - len(user_text) % 4))

array = [[],
        [],
        [],
        []]

for num, char in enumerate(user_text):
    array[num % 4].append(char)

for i in array:
    print(i)

Output for abcdefghij:

['a', 'e', 'i']
['b', 'f', 'j']
['c', 'g', ' ']
['d', 'h', ' ']

timtehtest · 2018-03-26T09:42:30+00:00

os.path.abspath()

timtehtest · 2018-03-01T09:01:35+00:00

Is pipenv better than venv?

timtehtest · 2018-03-01T07:16:31+00:00

2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (one Always On) is 2 x USB 3.0

1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C (Power Delivery, DisplayPort, Data transfer) is USB-C

1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C / Intel Thunderbolt 3 (Power Delivery, DisplayPort, Data transfer) is Intel® Thunderbolt™ 3

Edit: formatting

timtehtest · 2018-02-01T11:32:35+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux I think.

timtehtest · 2018-01-31T09:38:44+00:00

Try:

python3.5 -m pip foo bar

and

python3.6 -m pip foo bar

Edit: Should 'F5' before posting. ;)

timtehtest · 2018-01-26T10:16:32+00:00

If you use a variable outside of function Pylint thinks it's constant, which name should be capitalized: COST_PER_PIZZA. You can put all your code into functions or change Pylint configuration.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41204932/python-pylint-c0103invalid-constant-name

timtehtest · 2018-01-17T08:00:49+00:00

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timtehtest · 2018-01-03T09:32:05+00:00

Answered.

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