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<b_jonas> slashlearn block device/Block devices are a concession made in Unix to make raw hard disks and magnetic tape have a similar interface to regular files and terminals. Since magnetic tapes can\'t write individual bytes, only entire blocks, the interface isn\'t exactly the same, thus the dreaded dd obs= option was born.
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2009-06-24.txt:19:07:27: <oerjan> also i have seen so few applicatives that aren't usually extended right on to monads, the only one coming to mind is ZipList (and i recall concluding even those _had_ a monad extension in principle)
2009-06-24.txt:19:08:39: <Gracenotes> ZipList is mah canonical example
2009-06-24.txt:19:28:12: <oerjan> augur: i'm talking about a theoretical Monad instance for ZipList, lambdabot doesn't have it
2009-06-26.txt:05:30:49: <pikhq> > fromZipList $ fmap chr $ (+) <$> (fmap ord ['