**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 29, 2018, 18:32

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 29, 2018, 18:32

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Oct 29, 2018, 18:32

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

PyPI, could you *please* just show me the damned SHA256 hash, & *not* require me to enable JavaScript just to use an opaque "Copy to clipboard" parlor trick!?

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 29, 2018, 16:11

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**random colour contrasts** @accessibleColors@botsin.space · Oct 29, 2018, 16:11

Oct 29, 2018, 16:11

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Algae Green #84EAC6
Burnham #00281F

(Contrast ratio: 11.0:1 | AAA)

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 29, 2018, 03:57

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**Joseph España 🏳️‍🌈** @josephespana@mastodon.art · Oct 29, 2018, 03:57

Oct 29, 2018, 03:57

Joseph España 🏳️‍🌈 @josephespana@mastodon.art

Also this was unfurled at the World Series game today #TransPeopleDeserveToLive

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 29, 2018, 14:18

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**🏳️‍🌈 Robin Hood 🏳️‍🌈** @MrRobinHood@mastodon.cloud · Oct 29, 2018, 14:18

Oct 29, 2018, 14:18

🏳️‍🌈 Robin Hood 🏳️‍🌈 @MrRobinHood@mastodon.cloud

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 29, 2018, 08:22

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 29, 2018, 08:22

Oct 29, 2018, 08:22

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

so much for lightweight markup

This is for a static website, BTW.

I'm done with fast-changing dynamic frameworks & CMS all-in-ones with even half the dependencies of "Hello World" in Ruby on Rails.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 29, 2018, 08:11

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**random colour contrasts** @accessibleColors@botsin.space · Oct 29, 2018, 08:11

Oct 29, 2018, 08:11

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Pear #C1DC34
Paris M #20086B

(Contrast ratio: 10.4:1 | AAA)

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 29, 2018, 08:10

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 29, 2018, 08:10

Oct 29, 2018, 08:10

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

so much for lightweight markup

Rendering the same 6-paragraph, 65-line source markup file (reStructuredText or pandoc's Markdown flavor) into a 154-line HTML 5 target file:

py36-rst2html5: 1.05 seconds

py36-docutils: 0.65 seconds

hs-pandoc: 2.50 seconds

Rendering the same source file content through Jamal, "Just Another Macro Language," a perl script from 1997 & last updated 2010:

jamal: 0.05 seconds

These look tiny now, but what happens when I go over 100 pages then tweak the template?

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 29, 2018, 07:46

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 29, 2018, 07:46

Oct 29, 2018, 07:46

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

docutils documentation [ - ]

I can't use either docutils or rst2html5 to generate a complete HTML page with my template, because there's no way I can find to specify the page title in the page head from within the .rst source file, with or without a custom template.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 29, 2018, 00:34

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**ed(1) conference** @ed1conf@bsd.network · Oct 29, 2018, 00:34

Oct 29, 2018, 00:34

ed(1) conference @ed1conf@bsd.network

ed(1) tricks & tips

Sometimes when you do a substitution, you don't want the first match in the line but a subsequent one. With ed(1), you can specify which you want:

$ ed
a
#!/bin/sh
echo xxxxx echo zzzzz
.
s/x/X/4p
echo xxxXx echo zzzzz
s/echo/yyyyy/2p
echo xxxXx yyyyy zzzzz

This also works with sed(1)

$ echo xxxxx | sed s/x/X/3
xxXxx

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 29, 2018, 00:41

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**traabot** @traabot@botsin.space · Oct 29, 2018, 00:41

Oct 29, 2018, 00:41

traabot @traabot@botsin.space

If you want to take out a mortgage and hold down a steady job, then I support you. I just think that if you're born a baby, you're always going to be a baby and can't change that. https://redd.it/9s6xci

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 28, 2018, 23:34

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**Roxy (moved to snouts)** @Lumi@mastodon.social · Oct 28, 2018, 23:34

Oct 28, 2018, 23:34

Roxy (moved to snouts) @Lumi@mastodon.social

R-rabbit goo????

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 28, 2018, 23:36

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 28, 2018, 23:36

Oct 28, 2018, 23:36

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

filking, copied from birdsite

*tmbg voice*
article bad, article bad
reading the thing is making me sad
what's it about?
i don't care
article bad

is the take hot?
does the tone lack respect?
are we blaming millennials or Gen X?
what's it say?
it's not important
article bad

(sources https://twitter.com/Lubchansky/status/628661854324326400 - https://twitter.com/lycrashampoo/status/754548732851466240 )

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 28, 2018, 20:59

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 28, 2018, 20:59

Oct 28, 2018, 20:59

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

docutils documentation [ - ]

How do I use a per-page title 2x in an rst2html5 template file without:

* using sed, awk, or any other text/macro processing system on the command line, or

* typing more than 1 line of boilerplate giving the title in the .rst source file?

None of the docs I can find say.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 28, 2018, 20:32

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 28, 2018, 20:32

Oct 28, 2018, 20:32

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

export LANG=en-US.utf-ebcdic

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 28, 2018, 18:50

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**iliana (quiet main)** @iliana@cybre.space · Oct 28, 2018, 18:50

Oct 28, 2018, 18:50

iliana (quiet main) @iliana@cybre.space

> IBM to Buy Red Hat, the Top Linux Distributor, for $34 Billion

wat

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 28, 2018, 18:18

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**Marig (Dare Looks)** @DareLooks@mastodon.social · Oct 28, 2018, 18:18

Oct 28, 2018, 18:18

Marig (Dare Looks) @DareLooks@mastodon.social

Forgot to post this, earlier: Just some silliness with animations from the asset store!

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 28, 2018, 20:04

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 28, 2018, 20:04

Oct 28, 2018, 20:04

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

docutils documentation [ - ]

I like that docutils will produce a complete html file from reStructuredText input.

I like that the default html template can be overridden or extended & that basic examples are given.

But who thought it a good idea to a) not *document* the template format(s), & b) use a default template that doesn't even match the basic examples' formatting language?

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 27, 2018, 03:11

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**random colour contrasts** @accessibleColors@botsin.space · Oct 27, 2018, 03:11

Oct 27, 2018, 03:11

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Jagger #280D56
Blizzard Blue #98E5F2

(Contrast ratio: 11.6:1 | AAA)

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 26, 2018, 23:45

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**💙Charles ☭ Hutchins❤** @celesteh@mastodon.social · Oct 26, 2018, 23:45

Oct 26, 2018, 23:45

💙Charles ☭ Hutchins❤ @celesteh@mastodon.social

US pol

Ok, so radicals are right in most or all of their critiques of voting. But! Imagine the US is a fossil-fuel car. We really need to replace it with a train running on sustainable energy. Voting for a new driver won't do any of that.
However! That car is currently speeding down a steep hill towards a bunch of school kids who are all holding puppies and kittens while meeting Tony the Tiger. The driver is hitting the gas.
Changing the driver actually is a really good thing to do right now.

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