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New comment by tc43 in "Ten lines of code that changed my world"

tc43 — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 21:36:06 +0000

I was too young to understand why, but learning on the Commodore 64 my "Hello world" was always "Frodo lives".

New comment by tc43 in "New York City to ban deceptive subscription practices"

tc43 — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:23:16 +0000

Australian here, never heard "sorted". It does sound very Australian though, probably a Queensland thing.

New comment by tc43 in "Emacs appearances in pop culture"

tc43 — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:22:01 +0000

> you end up having to tell your colleagues "hey, you need to set your tabs to 4"

Vim's modelines (and Emacs' equivalent) can solve this part at least, no?

New comment by tc43 in "I decided to pay off a school’s lunch debt"

tc43 — Tue, 06 May 2025 02:40:39 +0000

Or proportional to the household eating habits. I'm definitely in the upper income bracket of my son's state primary school and he brings a sandwich and a piece of fruit like every other kid because it's a sensible amount of food for a small child.

New comment by tc43 in "Animated Film Making Process"

tc43 — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 09:49:57 +0000

It seems from what it says further down, the 2d version is the left eye.

See https://disneyanimation.com/process/?drawer=/process/stereo/