Let me tell you about our Good Lord Gentoo. In his infinite wisdom, he combined the best of BSD with the hardware compatibility of the Linux kernel and the exquisite kindness of the GNU userland. The private keys to his kingdom are just an emerge away, or about seven days of compiling. (If you're going to say something clever about it, please redirect your laughs at the BSD crowd, because that's where we got the idea.)
Basically if it was beneficial to the economy, they would fiddle with hours, years, inches, you name it.
Good point. I've also been thinking about Spinal Tap's "this one goes to eleven" as another analogy: it demonstrates a lack of understanding of amplifier technology. Each amplifier has a certain maximum level, and it doesn't change no matter how you divide the scale. Similarly, a lot of things in the real life are limited and you can only fool people so long by changing the measures.
Step 1: People working 8 am to 4 pm
Step 2: Clocks shifted so that people start work 1 hour earlier wrt the sun, but still nominally 8-16
Step 3: People getting tired in the mornings and gradually shifting their workday to 9-17
Step 4: GOTO 1
This is my issue with DST. Once you detach the definition of time from (suitably quantized) solar time, you lose all sense of reference. I'm OK with changing working schedules, but at least if you keep noon at 12, it's easier to see how things are changing. (Imagine changing the measures of length and weight willy-nilly just because some things feel too short or too fat.)
Ahh yes the linux idealists, you're out of your mind if you think linux can replace windows. Windows as an OS is basically a utility because everyone and their mother develops for it. I'm sure all the cool kids will stop playing gacha mobile games on android/smartphones, stop playing mmo's and "live service based" games like Assassins creed just to jump to linux.
Sorry to tell ya but linux ever wants to break out it's minority it's going to have to software everyone watns to use for it being made for it by billion dollar companies.
News flash: Android is just another Linux distro. Maybe not GNU/Linux but a Linux nevertheless.
Ugh. I remember when saving energy with "eco-friendly" technology was in vogue. Now we're taking a deliberate step backwards just because some people can't be bothered to plug it in. It's not even the same kind of wireless as in Wi-Fi or cell networks -- it doesn't eliminate any wiring going across your room/desk.
Except it is highly recyclable. Glass just happens to be more expensive than plastic.
Glass bottles are more expensive to ship: they are heavier, need more protective padding, and they also take up a bit more space. Also, broken glass on the streets. So while glass has certain upsides when it comes to beverages, there's the whole chain of logistics to worry about.
That is completely beside the point. The point is that systemd works great and you have been sent on a fools errand by anti-linux trolls who spread misinformation to try and divide the community. The major players didn't switch to it as part of a conspiracy to make Linux the suxors. That would be literally the opposite of their best interest.
Did you mean to reply to the GP instead? Because I didn't say anything about systemd suckage in particular. I was trying to point out that systemd is not Linux, but I guess it won't get any clearer by repeating it.
I tried, but hardware support in the BSD world was frankly pathetic.
This was my experience with NetBSD too. There were some distro aspects I really liked about BSD -- generally, a kind of clean traditional Unix feel -- but I was spoiled by Linux on the hardware side. Fortunately, I soon found Gentoo which takes the best of BSD into a Linux distro with GNU userland. The bit about having to compile everything? That's straight from BSD Ports.
Systemd is not Linux. There are Linux distros that don't use systemd by default. My personal choice is Gentoo, which I've been using since 2003 or so, and it never adopted systemd (though you can install it if you really want).
Before photosynthesis generated a lot more oxygen, the Earth was a lot warmer because it had much more carbon dioxide. Sunlight-powered plants are the root cause of the earth cooling!
AFAIK, CO2 and other greenhouse gases don't actually heat or cool anything by themselves. But they are a problem because they effectively trap the heat from the sun, i.e. they prevent it from escaping back into the space. So adding more heat input from the sun doesn't exactly help, even if it's a very small fraction of the ordinary total. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
In fact, there have been proposals to help fight global warming by orbiting mirrors that direct sunlight away from the Earth. So in that light (ahem), doing just the opposite seems like huge palm on the face. (With all the global warming, I expect that palm trees will eventually grow here in Finland, so maybe then I can whack my head against them in protest.)
As mentioned in another post, Audacious is the new iteration of XMMS. I remember moving from XMMS to Audacious in 2006, as I have a frontend for them I originally wrote in 2002 and continue to use.
AI requires a lot of education and quite a background in technical expertise.
Actually... it doesn't. Deep learning uses a lot of linear algebra, differential equations, and complicated algorithms to deal with regularization and efficiency. But all that is tucked away in libraries. For a real-world AI app, you just slap together a Tensorflow pipeline using Python, and fiddle with the parameters until you get good results. It is more art than science.
If I'm reading the XKCD correctly, there will be a lot of "AI" jobs for those of us that actually know the underlying math, even if it means we're closer to 41 than 15.
Barley harvests are mostly sold as livestock fodder, so beer availability could be further hindered by the likely prioritization of grain yields to feed cattle and other farm animals, rather than for brewing beer.
Democratic republics do exist. In some countries, democracy and the people are valued so highly that they are even used in the official name of the country. Mild examples include the German Democratic Republic and People's Republic of China. But there's only one Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Exactly, UBI should be perceived as a way to enable transition between different kinds of economic system. I've thought about these things many years ago, and it's nice to see that ideas of basic income are spreading, but in many ways we're still stuck with Lutheran work ethics and other kinds of historical baggage.
I think you mean 10^24. Also, I'd rather call it the European definition (or more precisely the long scale), because I've seen both definitions used in the UK, probably via American influence.
The European/long scale is easier to remember, because the number of zeros is 6 times the number from the name. Here, quad = 4 so we get 24. In the US scale, the logic goes as 3 + 3*quad = 15.
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Agreed, the summary was absolutely riveting.
Are we talking about whites who don't want to be a minority in their own country?
By "their own country", do you mean the country they invaded a couple of centuries ago?
Let me tell you about our Good Lord Gentoo. In his infinite wisdom, he combined the best of BSD with the hardware compatibility of the Linux kernel and the exquisite kindness of the GNU userland. The private keys to his kingdom are just an emerge away, or about seven days of compiling. (If you're going to say something clever about it, please redirect your laughs at the BSD crowd, because that's where we got the idea.)
Gen too.
Basically if it was beneficial to the economy, they would fiddle with hours, years, inches, you name it.
Good point. I've also been thinking about Spinal Tap's "this one goes to eleven" as another analogy: it demonstrates a lack of understanding of amplifier technology. Each amplifier has a certain maximum level, and it doesn't change no matter how you divide the scale. Similarly, a lot of things in the real life are limited and you can only fool people so long by changing the measures.
Step 1: People working 8 am to 4 pm
Step 2: Clocks shifted so that people start work 1 hour earlier wrt the sun, but still nominally 8-16
Step 3: People getting tired in the mornings and gradually shifting their workday to 9-17
Step 4: GOTO 1
This is my issue with DST. Once you detach the definition of time from (suitably quantized) solar time, you lose all sense of reference. I'm OK with changing working schedules, but at least if you keep noon at 12, it's easier to see how things are changing. (Imagine changing the measures of length and weight willy-nilly just because some things feel too short or too fat.)
Ahh yes the linux idealists, you're out of your mind if you think linux can replace windows. Windows as an OS is basically a utility because everyone and their mother develops for it. I'm sure all the cool kids will stop playing gacha mobile games on android/smartphones, stop playing mmo's and "live service based" games like Assassins creed just to jump to linux.
Sorry to tell ya but linux ever wants to break out it's minority it's going to have to software everyone watns to use for it being made for it by billion dollar companies.
News flash: Android is just another Linux distro. Maybe not GNU/Linux but a Linux nevertheless.
75% to 80%
https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_without_wires
Ugh. I remember when saving energy with "eco-friendly" technology was in vogue. Now we're taking a deliberate step backwards just because some people can't be bothered to plug it in. It's not even the same kind of wireless as in Wi-Fi or cell networks -- it doesn't eliminate any wiring going across your room/desk.
Except it is highly recyclable. Glass just happens to be more expensive than plastic.
Glass bottles are more expensive to ship: they are heavier, need more protective padding, and they also take up a bit more space. Also, broken glass on the streets. So while glass has certain upsides when it comes to beverages, there's the whole chain of logistics to worry about.
That is completely beside the point. The point is that systemd works great and you have been sent on a fools errand by anti-linux trolls who spread misinformation to try and divide the community. The major players didn't switch to it as part of a conspiracy to make Linux the suxors. That would be literally the opposite of their best interest.
Did you mean to reply to the GP instead? Because I didn't say anything about systemd suckage in particular. I was trying to point out that systemd is not Linux, but I guess it won't get any clearer by repeating it.
And I do appreciate you being round.
I tried, but hardware support in the BSD world was frankly pathetic.
This was my experience with NetBSD too. There were some distro aspects I really liked about BSD -- generally, a kind of clean traditional Unix feel -- but I was spoiled by Linux on the hardware side. Fortunately, I soon found Gentoo which takes the best of BSD into a Linux distro with GNU userland. The bit about having to compile everything? That's straight from BSD Ports.
Systemd is not Linux. There are Linux distros that don't use systemd by default. My personal choice is Gentoo, which I've been using since 2003 or so, and it never adopted systemd (though you can install it if you really want).
if all you're doing is web browsing and document processing
then there's no excuse to run Windows, whose entire raison d'etre is compatibility with old x86 binaries.
Before photosynthesis generated a lot more oxygen, the Earth was a lot warmer because it had much more carbon dioxide. Sunlight-powered plants are the root cause of the earth cooling!
AFAIK, CO2 and other greenhouse gases don't actually heat or cool anything by themselves. But they are a problem because they effectively trap the heat from the sun, i.e. they prevent it from escaping back into the space. So adding more heat input from the sun doesn't exactly help, even if it's a very small fraction of the ordinary total. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
In fact, there have been proposals to help fight global warming by orbiting mirrors that direct sunlight away from the Earth. So in that light (ahem), doing just the opposite seems like huge palm on the face. (With all the global warming, I expect that palm trees will eventually grow here in Finland, so maybe then I can whack my head against them in protest.)
Yay, more sunlight to heat the Earth! What could possibly go wrong?
As mentioned in another post, Audacious is the new iteration of XMMS. I remember moving from XMMS to Audacious in 2006, as I have a frontend for them I originally wrote in 2002 and continue to use.
AI requires a lot of education and quite a background in technical expertise.
Actually ... it doesn't. Deep learning uses a lot of linear algebra, differential equations, and complicated algorithms to deal with regularization and efficiency. But all that is tucked away in libraries. For a real-world AI app, you just slap together a Tensorflow pipeline using Python, and fiddle with the parameters until you get good results. It is more art than science.
This is how it works.
If I'm reading the XKCD correctly, there will be a lot of "AI" jobs for those of us that actually know the underlying math, even if it means we're closer to 41 than 15.
Barley harvests are mostly sold as livestock fodder, so beer availability could be further hindered by the likely prioritization of grain yields to feed cattle and other farm animals, rather than for brewing beer.
Another good reason to stop eating meat.
Democratic republics do exist. In some countries, democracy and the people are valued so highly that they are even used in the official name of the country. Mild examples include the German Democratic Republic and People's Republic of China. But there's only one Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Exactly, UBI should be perceived as a way to enable transition between different kinds of economic system. I've thought about these things many years ago, and it's nice to see that ideas of basic income are spreading, but in many ways we're still stuck with Lutheran work ethics and other kinds of historical baggage.
With the possible exception of Apple, the current generation of Silicon Valley companies has very little to do with "tech".
What does Apple have to do with tech? I thought they were a in the fashion accessory business.
The UK definition is 10 ^26
I think you mean 10^24. Also, I'd rather call it the European definition (or more precisely the long scale), because I've seen both definitions used in the UK, probably via American influence.
The European/long scale is easier to remember, because the number of zeros is 6 times the number from the name. Here, quad = 4 so we get 24. In the US scale, the logic goes as 3 + 3*quad = 15.
Is that an American or a European quadrillion?
If you try to improve your passivation but can't bother to do it, have you succeeded?