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mcc, to random
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Been trying to figure out—in principle, the reason StackOverflow is CC-BY-SA is to allow for community mirrors, right?

Is there any way that I could just get a total local mirror of StackOverflow and search that locally, instead of having to visit StackOverflow which really doesn't deserve my support?

…Or does SO ban scraping, and the only reason for CC-BY-SA was so StackOverflow could (now that the rugpull's happened) claim the right to block u from delerng posts?? CC for them but not for us?

brandon,
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@mcc You are allowed to make a personal, non-commercial copy of the “Creative Commons Data Dump”, but automated scraping is not allowed.

mcc, to random
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So I spent a big chunk of my life living next door to Louisiana (Houston) and now I live next door to Quebec (Toronto) and it just this moment occurred to me to check if Quebec has beignets. Like, I'd simply assumed if I ever went liking for beignets I'd find them. So I asked a Quebecoise friend, and

Okay, so they do have them, but—

Quebec beignets have holes???

My world is (topologically speaking) rocked

brandon,
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@mcc Hold up, are you from Texas?! 😱 Howdy, I thought you were just visiting the other day, for the eclipse.

mcc, to random
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Fundamentally, Texas is a place pretending to be itself

"God Bless Hondo Crouch" "God Bless Johnny Cash" "Luckenbach, Texas Population 3"

brandon,
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@mcc There used to be a Donut Taco Palace III, but they unfortunately closed during covid. That one was my favorite, great location.

mcc, to random
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Hm. Pine64 is making a bone conduction headphone set which is in some sense open hardware. https://pine64.org/2024/03/17/march-update-making-waves/

(They are soliciting suggestions on a name.)

brandon,
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@mcc I have a setup kind of like this! xReal Air Pro 2 glasses for the display, AfterSkohz OpenMove bone conduction headphones for audio, and a Tap XR for input. I don't have TTS set up yet, but I was thinking that's the next step. The thing that's holding me back on that is that I don't have a great TTS-compatible way to navigate and edit code. I should try setting it up for something easier like texting, though.

brandon,
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@mauve @mcc It's an awesome device, but I have the same problem. It's made for English text entry and using it for programming requires just way too many keys to be available. I'm developing a custom key mapping, but really it needs some changes to the firmware to be practical. However, I think the fault really lies in the way we write and edit code and not the input methodology. We should be working on making programming more like natural text input and less on enabling esoteric key combos.

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