Human folly for 02026-03-03

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• War (swahiliproverbs.afrst.illinois.edu):

  #Swahili #proverbs about war and peace: “Tembo mbili wakipigana huumia nyasi. KB.294. When elephants fight grass suffers.”

• Msg00180 (mail-archive.com):

  my IRC client written in #bash with #netcat. #small-is-beautiful #Unix

• Bashchat (gitlab.com):

  #K1ngPrawn's IRC client written in #bash with <>/dev/tcp/$SERVER/$PORT instead of netcat. #small-is-beautiful #Unix

• (paste.debian.net):

  file-then-kb utility by jaggz in Python for preloading some input in a program’s pseudo-terminal buffer before turning its pseudo-terminal over to your keyboard

• Lime kiln (en.wikipedia.org):

  #lime burning can be pretty efficient if your kiln is a #regenerator, like 3.6MJ/kg of lime (contra a theoretical ideal of 3.15 MJ/kg of lime). #materials

• Nickel%E2%80%93Hydrogen battery (en.wikipedia.org):

  Nickel-hydrogen #batteries use a hydrogen anode at about 3.4MPa and are commonly used in space systems due to long life. #energy-storage

• 206042Main sm4 batteries (nasa.gov):

  #PDF on servicing the #Hubble nickel-hydrogen #batteries after 19 years of 15 charge/discharge cycles a day. #energy-storage

• Timeline of the 2026 Iran conflict (en.wikipedia.org):

  timeline of the #USA/#Iran war. #politics

• 2026 02 26 writing a guide to SDF fonts (redblobgames.com):

  #Amit has finished his guide to #SDF #fonts #toread