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> "delete the whole thing?"

With vi (after running "set -o vi"): <esc>kC

(k to move up back one position in history. C to "change" to the end of the line.)

This is equivalent to doing the following with "set -o emacs": <ctrl>pu

Regardless, use what you're comfortable with or can incrementally add to your muscle memory.


That looks interesting. I thought sam was an editor (which I've only read about, never used.) Good to see it can be used on the command line.

Is there a port to Apple silicon?


Yes, sam can be used on the command line with ssam [1]. It's specific to plan9port [2]. In the original Plan 9, ssam wasn't included because Rob Pike didn't want to give up the X command that handles multiple files [3]:

    I find the X command extremely powerful, and can't see any way to
    have a streaming implementation that will look at multiple files
    simultaneously.
> Is there a port to Apple silicon?

plan9port works on it. It compiled without any errors on my Apple Silicon Mac.

[1]: https://9fans.github.io/plan9port/man/man1/ssam.html

[2]: https://9fans.github.io/plan9port

[3]: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tdf6095a105816f01-M3...


Given the connection with a one-time pad, I wonder why the article refers to the technique as "cryptology". Wouldn't "cryptography" be the correct term, given the security afforded by a one-time pad is unmatched?


Moreover, students are indoctrinated in MS Office from a young age, given the extent to which it's been baked into official curricula. The books that a lot of Indian students use are available online [1] and MS' stranglehold is very evident.

[1] https://ncert.nic.in/textbook/pdf/leca102.pdf


A book featured on HN several times before is "The Joy of Cryptography" [1]

There's also "A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography" [2]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29314848

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11907569


> I’m running MJ Rathbun from a completely sandboxed VM and gave the agent several of its own accounts but none of mine.

Am I wrong that this is a double standard: being careful to protect oneself from a wayward agent with no regard for the real harm it could (and did) to another individual? And to casually dismiss this possibility with:

> At worst, maintainers can close the PR and block the account.

I question the entire premise of:

> Find bugs in science-related open source projects. Fix them. Open PRs.

Thinking of AI as "disembodied intelligence," one wonders how any agent can develop something we humans take for granted: reputation. And more than ever, reputation matters. How else can a maintainer know whether the agent that made a good fix is the same as the one proposing another? How can one be sure that all comments in a PR originated from the same agent?

> First, I’m a human typing this post. I’m not going to tell you who I am.

Why should anyone believe this? Nothing keeps an agent from writing this too.


> Telegram became my main interface to AgentX (my OpenClaw agent). Why Telegram?

> Secure (end-to-end encryption available)

It seems telegram bot conversations don't use the Secret Chat feature [1]. Even if they did, I'd be cautious [2].

[1] https://community.latenode.com/t/are-telegram-bot-conversati...

[2] https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2024/08/25/telegram...


I'm with wolvoleo. I'm forced to use MS Office at work but install only LO on my personal machines. It may lack features or pizzazz but as a reliable, unfussy authoring tool, it serves my needs very well.

> pointlessly going against expectations

If you're referring to the ribbon, I'm not sold on its superiority. The vast majority of other software still uses the familiar menu structure, which is what LO uses too.

Granted, well meaning educational programs expose students to MS Office and its paradigm, from an early age. For their sake, I eagerly await a coding assistant AI powerful enough to reskin LibreOffice to look just MS Office, ribbon and all.


I started my wife on LibreOffice, putting it on her Mac when her 365 subscription lapsed. She loves it. Her needs aren't fancy, though, and she can create her own or open others' documents and spreadsheets just fine.


I've collected some links for building regular slide rules ([1] & [2]) as well as a circular slide rule [3]. Someone might also like the slide rule simulator [4].

[1] https://www.sliderulemuseum.com/REF/scales/MakeYourOwnSlideR...

[2] http://leewm.freeshell.org/origami/card-slide.pdf

[3] https://www.sliderulemuseum.com/SR_Scales.shtml#YingHum

[4] http://www.antiquark.com/sliderule/sim/virtual-slide-rule.ht...


> " You learn to freely use scientific notation with ease, and mental estimation to get the order of magnitude right."

This is what I was trying to get at in my other comment [1]!

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46872141


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