Devuan isn't Gentoo. It's supposed to be a collection of binary packages with good dependency management. Systemd is by design a poor fit for any such collection that offers an option other than systemd. That's why if you decide to install a Debian Jessie system with SysV init, you have no choice but to install some pieces of systemd as well.
Funny how people who support systemd are either blind or run a full memory purge after reading any story about systemd on/.. Good examples are all over the comments on/.. If you didn't see them, you're either new here or you pointedly missed them.
If we had it to do again, we probably would have taken Diesel's suggestion to run his engine on vegetable oil. We also probably would have stuck with ammonia as a refrigerant. We would have a lot more solar thermal power now. Battery development would likely have gone faster. We probably would have had the Haber process sooner and the Middle East would be a lot less terroristy today.
If we were being especially sensible, we wouldn't have then (or now) tried to change everything overnight, just made sure we were going in the right direction so we wouldn't find ourselves in a bind later.
The thing is, if the staff are competent, they don't need to read about Agile, they'll do the right thing IF management does it's job by keeping things out of their way rather than getting in their way themselves. (that is, management needs to be competent as well).
If they're not competent, nothing can help them anyway.
Part of the problem is the idea that with sufficiently detailed procedures, the village idiot can do theoretical physics as well as Einstein. In fact, no amount of procedure will make that happen. Quite the contrary, all that procedure means that if you ever do hire Einstein, his output will closely resemble that of the village idiot.
Consider one of the popular union tactics, the "rulebook strike". That's where they destroy productivity and punish the employer by having their members actually follow all the workplace rules and procedures rather than doing the right thing (TM,. pat. pend.). It works.
That's what copy/paste and mDNS are for. Complaining about that is like griping that they just learned to do a Western Union splice and now people want them to use those diabolical newfangled RJ-45 thingies.
Do they also get mad when they crack the whip and the car doesn't go ant faster?
In many cases, the ISP supplies the router as well as the modem.
I have IPv6 on my Comcast service and have no issues like that. If Comcast can get it right, anyone can.
Further, since the cable modems are point to point with the head end, the ISP certainly can and should be droping the non-routing addresses that are used by Bonjour and similar discovery protocols. No need to do anything draconian, just do as the spec says to do.
You haven't a clue. For the end user it will be exactly as easy as slapping a NAT router between their LAN and modem, only it will also include the simple IPv6 firewall rules that provide the equivalent protection for IPv6. Many common consumer devices do that right now.
They're just waiting for ISPs to support v6
On the server side of the fence, many would dearly love to have v6 capability widespread enough that they could run v6 only servers and not have to fill out justifications that require a crystal ball and a colonoscopy to complete.
Sure, and I can get a locking gas cap for my car, but it doesn't make "borrowing" a couple gallons of gas from my tank at 3AM right, even if you do put it back tomorrow.
All that you're saying is ways to limit the damage, but none of it suggests a way to KNOW what the worst case might be. It's still non-deterministic, kinda like you can avoid going on a picnic when the forecast is for rain, and you can pack up quickly and run for the car if conditions suggest that the forecast is wrong, but you can't be 100% certain you won't get rained on. Such is the nature of the beast.
You have a fairly naive view of things. Do you really think hydro-electric took off based on investors? Look up Hoover Dam. Or that petroleum has not gotten a LOT of subsidies in the form of military support, diplomacy, and a whole lot of looking the other way?
I', not advising any five year plans of anything of the sort. If you want to take a proper libertarian stance, that's fine as long as the fossil fuel industry is ready to pay for the damage caused by storms made worse (you wouldn't be proposing that we socialize the liabilities, would you?). They've got a lot of work ahead of them cleaning up all that lead as well.
Not really. Lets say you short Acme (trading at $10) today. Right now, you have no idea how much you stand to lose. Their stock probably won't double tomorrow, but unlike a fixed wager, you can't say so with absolute certainty.
Now, tomorrow, sure enough, it doesn't double. But it does go up to $15. Can you get out before the bleeding gets worse? Maybe. But now you're buying when everyone is buying. If you have shorted 1 share, sure, you can get out. Now try buying a signifivcant number of shares. That's right, your attempt to buy sends the price higher. How much higher? Who knows.
Now the kicker. If a lot of people shorted Acme, you may not actually be able to find enough willing sellers. Sure, you will eventually, but how much will you have to pay? Who knows!
In contrast, if I bet $10 in Blackjack, I can tell you to the penny exactly how much I might potentially lose. There is nothing that can make that amount any higher than that expectation.
Let's remove the gilded veneer from this. There's a bunch of degenerate gamblers who now find themselves in to their bookie for more than they got. They're desperate enough that some of them are trying to demoralize the players to tank their chance at the playoffs.
We're right around that tipping point now. But without subsidies is apples to oranges unless we dump the many direct and indirect subsidies fossil fuels enjoy as well.
Also, don't let the term "rare earth" fool you. Those elements aren't at all rare, they just don't tend to be found in high concentrations like metal ores.
I don't recommend a crash conversion, but rather encouraging a transition over a decade or two. At the same time, I don't recommend kicking back to see what happens or "letting the market decide" the market is thoroughly corrupted by the actions of the fossil fuel industry.
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Devuan isn't Gentoo. It's supposed to be a collection of binary packages with good dependency management. Systemd is by design a poor fit for any such collection that offers an option other than systemd. That's why if you decide to install a Debian Jessie system with SysV init, you have no choice but to install some pieces of systemd as well.
Funny how people who support systemd are either blind or run a full memory purge after reading any story about systemd on /.. Good examples are all over the comments on /.. If you didn't see them, you're either new here or you pointedly missed them.
If we had it to do again, we probably would have taken Diesel's suggestion to run his engine on vegetable oil. We also probably would have stuck with ammonia as a refrigerant. We would have a lot more solar thermal power now. Battery development would likely have gone faster. We probably would have had the Haber process sooner and the Middle East would be a lot less terroristy today.
If we were being especially sensible, we wouldn't have then (or now) tried to change everything overnight, just made sure we were going in the right direction so we wouldn't find ourselves in a bind later.
The thing is, if the staff are competent, they don't need to read about Agile, they'll do the right thing IF management does it's job by keeping things out of their way rather than getting in their way themselves. (that is, management needs to be competent as well).
If they're not competent, nothing can help them anyway.
Why not jump out of the plane, it's always possible that a stiff updraft will brake our fall.
It's looking a lot like you just want to stick the next generation and employ wishful thinking to absolve your guilt.
Part of the problem is the idea that with sufficiently detailed procedures, the village idiot can do theoretical physics as well as Einstein. In fact, no amount of procedure will make that happen. Quite the contrary, all that procedure means that if you ever do hire Einstein, his output will closely resemble that of the village idiot.
Consider one of the popular union tactics, the "rulebook strike". That's where they destroy productivity and punish the employer by having their members actually follow all the workplace rules and procedures rather than doing the right thing (TM,. pat. pend.). It works.
Applications can already arrange for a v4 port to be forwarded using upnp.
But with IP privacy, those addresses will soon become invalid. Meanwhile, with a simple firewall rule, they will be non-responsive anyway.
Quick, don't look it up, what is Wikipedia's IPvv4?
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Special addresses, you mean like 10,0.0.0/8 or 127.0.0.1?
Careful or you'll find yourself in the park shouting at clouds.
They do not want to type long ipv6 addresses.
That's what copy/paste and mDNS are for. Complaining about that is like griping that they just learned to do a Western Union splice and now people want them to use those diabolical newfangled RJ-45 thingies.
Do they also get mad when they crack the whip and the car doesn't go ant faster?
In many cases, the ISP supplies the router as well as the modem.
I have IPv6 on my Comcast service and have no issues like that. If Comcast can get it right, anyone can.
Further, since the cable modems are point to point with the head end, the ISP certainly can and should be droping the non-routing addresses that are used by Bonjour and similar discovery protocols. No need to do anything draconian, just do as the spec says to do.
You haven't a clue. For the end user it will be exactly as easy as slapping a NAT router between their LAN and modem, only it will also include the simple IPv6 firewall rules that provide the equivalent protection for IPv6. Many common consumer devices do that right now. They're just waiting for ISPs to support v6
On the server side of the fence, many would dearly love to have v6 capability widespread enough that they could run v6 only servers and not have to fill out justifications that require a crystal ball and a colonoscopy to complete.
Sure, and I can get a locking gas cap for my car, but it doesn't make "borrowing" a couple gallons of gas from my tank at 3AM right, even if you do put it back tomorrow.
All that you're saying is ways to limit the damage, but none of it suggests a way to KNOW what the worst case might be. It's still non-deterministic, kinda like you can avoid going on a picnic when the forecast is for rain, and you can pack up quickly and run for the car if conditions suggest that the forecast is wrong, but you can't be 100% certain you won't get rained on. Such is the nature of the beast.
You have a fairly naive view of things. Do you really think hydro-electric took off based on investors? Look up Hoover Dam. Or that petroleum has not gotten a LOT of subsidies in the form of military support, diplomacy, and a whole lot of looking the other way?
I', not advising any five year plans of anything of the sort. If you want to take a proper libertarian stance, that's fine as long as the fossil fuel industry is ready to pay for the damage caused by storms made worse (you wouldn't be proposing that we socialize the liabilities, would you?). They've got a lot of work ahead of them cleaning up all that lead as well.
It's not irrational. People who profit from other's misfortunes tend to eventually start CAUSING other's misfortunes so they can profit from them.
It does get a bit hinky when a broker loans you one of his client's shares without their knowledge in order to set up your short position.
It cuts as close to fraud as you can get without actually breaking the law.
You also have to consider that the very act of closing their position will push the price up.
Not really. Lets say you short Acme (trading at $10) today. Right now, you have no idea how much you stand to lose. Their stock probably won't double tomorrow, but unlike a fixed wager, you can't say so with absolute certainty.
Now, tomorrow, sure enough, it doesn't double. But it does go up to $15. Can you get out before the bleeding gets worse? Maybe. But now you're buying when everyone is buying. If you have shorted 1 share, sure, you can get out. Now try buying a signifivcant number of shares. That's right, your attempt to buy sends the price higher. How much higher? Who knows.
Now the kicker. If a lot of people shorted Acme, you may not actually be able to find enough willing sellers. Sure, you will eventually, but how much will you have to pay? Who knows!
In contrast, if I bet $10 in Blackjack, I can tell you to the penny exactly how much I might potentially lose. There is nothing that can make that amount any higher than that expectation.
Let's remove the gilded veneer from this. There's a bunch of degenerate gamblers who now find themselves in to their bookie for more than they got. They're desperate enough that some of them are trying to demoralize the players to tank their chance at the playoffs.
Found the short seller!
We're right around that tipping point now. But without subsidies is apples to oranges unless we dump the many direct and indirect subsidies fossil fuels enjoy as well.
Also, don't let the term "rare earth" fool you. Those elements aren't at all rare, they just don't tend to be found in high concentrations like metal ores.
I don't recommend a crash conversion, but rather encouraging a transition over a decade or two. At the same time, I don't recommend kicking back to see what happens or "letting the market decide" the market is thoroughly corrupted by the actions of the fossil fuel industry.