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New comment by esseph in "Make tmux pretty and usable (2024)"

esseph — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:34:26 +0000

One of my favs: https://github.com/nicolaka/netshoot

New comment by esseph in "The rational conclusion of doomerism is violence"

esseph — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:07:33 +0000

> When the British cavalry came to Virginia in 1781, Thomas Jefferson famously fled the governor’s mansion.

Yes, rather than stay and get captured by British dragoons, he left.

This became a rallying cry by the Federalists (who would love the current power structure in the US right now).

The act was investigated by the Virginia General Assembly and found that he had done nothing wrong.

(Staying would have been extremely dumb)

New comment by esseph in "Make tmux pretty and usable (2024)"

esseph — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:07:00 +0000

Which does not work correctly for Korean, Japanese, Chinese, I think Thai, and a few more with somewhat ambiguous character widths.

This can lead to ghost characters that aren't shown, overlapping characters, etc.

It was an attempt to bolt on UTF8 support, but it's not great.

New comment by esseph in "US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional"

esseph — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:04:12 +0000

First, Gen Alpha is in their teens, so it's kind of hard to say what is happening there or will happen.

Second, there is a growing divide between gen Z males that are skewing conservative in some ways. Their church/religious attendance is up, but overall attendance is still down.

Gen Z females that are the most liberal demographic in history.

The split is both political/social.

(US analysis)

New comment by esseph in "US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional"

esseph — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:16:20 +0000

Tally ho!

New comment by esseph in "US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional"

esseph — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:10:36 +0000

> Gen Z / Alpha have embraced X-"realism" and fully accept essentialism/reject "intersectionality". They're far more conservative/prudish than millennials, even at their young age.

This does not meet up with my experience with them at all.

Just quick check, what percentage of onlyfans creators are Gen Z / Alpha vs other nonsense year demographics?

New comment by esseph in "Make Tmux Pretty and Usable (2024)"

esseph — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:05:48 +0000

If screen crashes you lose the sessions, Tmux maintains state.

Screen does not have UTF8 support, tmux does.

Otherwise just a bunch of more sane original defaults in tmux to make things much familiar.

In 2026 if given a choice between screen and tmux to use/learn, most are going to go with tmux.

New comment by esseph in "Make Tmux Pretty and Usable (2024)"

esseph — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:57:48 +0000

That may work for a server or two but doesn't really pan out for fleet management.

New comment by esseph in "The AI Layoff Trap"

esseph — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:53:13 +0000

I expected when we actually get to that point, we'll have an even worse version of the K-shaped economy.

New comment by esseph in "Nowhere is safe"

esseph — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:00:15 +0000

> Its well reported in the western press that the US and Europe haven't been able to outproduce the Russian side regarding shells, drones and missiles etc.

I don't think either the US or the EU have even tried to ramp up production that much. Only one of the countries listed here are in somewhat of a "wartime economy".

New comment by esseph in "Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in eight-year 'civil war', say researchers"

esseph — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:22:27 +0000

I really did some extremely dumb things in my twenties that I'm extremely lucky didn't kill me.

New comment by esseph in "Nowhere is safe"

esseph — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 01:59:36 +0000

> I’m sure that is true. And yet, the oil is not flowing.

The comment was alluding to impotent tactical prowess, which is... silly, to say the least.

> Not because we sudenly stop “blowing targets the fuck up”, but because we cripple our economies.

This whole thing is extremely stupid, yes.

New comment by esseph in "Nowhere is safe"

esseph — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:41:28 +0000

> struggling against Iran

Idk what to tell you, but any target that seems to get marked in Iran blows the fuck up.

> couldn't outproduce Russia on the battlefield

??? What does this even mean?

It's not like the US is in a wartime economy.

New comment by esseph in "Nowhere is safe"

esseph — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:37:33 +0000

The government of Israel can fight its own wars, it sure as hell doesn't need US help.

New comment by esseph in "Automatic registration for US Military draft to begin in December"

esseph — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:19:30 +0000

How did that end you up here?

New comment by esseph in "FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages"

esseph — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:18:28 +0000

If you don't know something is even possible, how do you know the application is working in the way you intend?

New comment by esseph in "Tech job relocation market is recovering. The competition is growing faster"

esseph — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:57:11 +0000

> The idea that so many US citizens are qualified and sitting on the sidelines while an H1B takes a higher paying job than they currently have is a fiction.

I have worked with a lot of H1B in general enterprise and it makes 0 sense to me why the vast majority were ever allowed in under the program. There absolutely have been exceptions to this, but in general it's been awful.

New comment by esseph in "Model-Based Testing for Dungeons & Dragons"

esseph — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:50:59 +0000

Proficiency scores are HUGE and extremely important, especially for classes like rogue, bard, etc who rely on them so much - especially for non-combat roleplaying ability or reflex actions.

New comment by esseph in "Model-Based Testing for Dungeons & Dragons"

esseph — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:49:53 +0000

Watch a few different popular gaming sessions on YouTube. Tons to choose from.

It's probably way different than you expect (and will be different between DMs).

New comment by esseph in "FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages"

esseph — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:43:34 +0000

> Only a small minority of users know about settings and how to change them.

I couldn't believe this so went to look up some data on this.

Holy FUCK that is bleak. There needs to be way more computer education, not just "how2type" classes.