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Written by Norbert Preining on 2024-12-25 at 14:27

And another computer converted FROM Wayland TO X11. XWayland simply doesn't suffice, and #jriver does core dump on Wayland.

I guess this is still another 20 years down the line that Wayland is actually usable. #wayland #fail

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Shared by Norbert Preining on 2024-12-23 at 12:27 (original by End Israeli Apartheid)

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Written by Norbert Preining on 2024-12-23 at 11:32

Another Python upgrade on my system, another set of many many packages that got broken.

Why do #python devs don't understand the concept of compatibility. Linux does it. Perl does it. Windows does it. Python ... let me break everything every fu**ing minor version! #FAIL

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Written by Norbert Preining on 2024-12-21 at 05:50

Kids are angry! What a kindergarten #WordPress #WPEngine https://wordpress.org/news/2024/12/holiday-break/

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Written by Norbert Preining on 2024-12-18 at 22:32

Long ago purchased, and still in use, what an excellent font family!

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Written by Norbert Preining on 2024-12-03 at 13:15

It is "Happy Giving Tuesday" - please show your love to arXiv!!! https://www.arxiv.org/ #arXiv

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Written by Norbert Preining on 2024-12-01 at 14:20

How I love LaTeX:

works: \usepackage{{{{{{graphicx}}}}}}

does not work: \usepackage{{{{{{{graphicx}}}}}}}

Life is beautiful!

[#]tex #latex

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Written by Norbert Preining on 2024-11-29 at 16:06

No, we are not allowed to take a water bottle on board. But people without boarding pass, no problem ;-) The stupidity of airline security. Reminds me of the super intelligent Congress representative who thought it is a good idea to carry a pistol through security, on board, and into Hong Kong - only to be caught by HK police (not by US TSA, though).

Ahhh yes, no water bottles,

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2024/11/28/delta-airlines-tsa-stowaway-nyc-paris-flight/76639097007/

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Shared by Norbert Preining on 2024-11-27 at 15:00 (original by Jason Koebler)

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Written by Norbert Preining on 2024-11-22 at 10:44

Long overdue, a new release of CafeOBJ - algebraic specification and verification language - CafeOBJ 1.6.2 released https://www.preining.info/blog/2024/11/cafeobj-1-6-2-released/ #cafeobj #math #logic #verification #formal_methods

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