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I never realized how hard it is to come up with graphics for abstract concepts until I started a #TechBlog.

If I was writing about physical objects, animals, places, food, whatever, you can just slap some nice photo of that thing and be done.

But how do you create a picture representing the concept of a function annotation signifying that the return value shouldn't be discarded? (I did make something up in the end, but it wasn't easy)

New blog post on #BurgeonLab

➡️ burgeonlab.com/blog/retext-mar

I'm kinda obsessed about #Markdown editors. I love live previews/dual-panel views, minimal UI and customizable nature.

I discovered #ReText, a #python based md editor, which is not technically supported on Macs, but I got it working in the end after trial and error!

github.com/retext-project/rete

Read my guide on how to get it running and let me know how it goes!

Burgeon LabReText: Markdown Editor (How to Install Python Apps on Mac)
More from Naty

:niko_spin:​ New blog post!

By following this guide, you will have what is, in my opinion, the optimal setup to daily drive a rolling release distribution, such as Arch Linux.

If you have any kind of problem after updating your system, you'll be able to boot into a previous snapshot and rollback to it, as if nothing had happened.

It's basically like time travel for your computer, but better. Because you'll be able to choose what gets rolled back and what doesn't, so that you don't lose any of your recent work.
I started working on this a while before publishing the previous post. I really hope this is helpful to whoever reads it! ​:kurisuthumbsup:

https://zlendy.com/blog/install-arch-linux-with-btrfs-and-snapper

#blog #techblog #guide #tutorial #linux #archlinux #btrfs #snapper #snapshot

It's mindboggling to read pieces on the state of "AI" from different perspectives:
- a person who is a "analyst for hire" tries and dismisses "openai research" as a tool to use
- a CEO from an analytical tool/service company states "I’ve officially updated my mental model—apparently hallucination and lack of citations are just not a problem in this world, which makes me think that they were also just a temporary speed bump on the overall path to highly effective AI."

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