johnr2

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by johnr2 7y ago
One thing nobody seems to mention is the environmental cost of inefficient software. All those wasted CPU cycles consume electricity. A single laptop or phone on it's own is insignificant, but there are billions of them. Combine that w
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by johnr2 7y ago
First resignation: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/pipermail/debian-init-dive...
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by johnr2 7y ago
> systemd is written in a language that is easier than shell to get right You might regard C as easier than shell to get right (that's debateable), but systemd has many many more lines of source code than sysvinit. Good luck debuggi
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by johnr2 7y ago
> I'm not sure you can rely on popcon to make decisions like that I'd go further and say you definitely can't rely on popcon, for two main reasons: 1 - Not many sysadmins are happy to install a program that "phones ho
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by johnr2 7y ago
> Is the current sysvinit system truly "good enough" and not in need of change? For me it's relative and a case of "the devil I know". I actually prefer BSD-style init to sysvinit, but I've used the latter f
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by johnr2 7y ago
>> but some people _like_ sysvinit > Is that really true Yes
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by johnr2 7y ago
> What do other init systems do that systemd doesn’t? If they're script based, they allow lower level troubleshooting and modification without having to recompile.
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by johnr2 7y ago
> Do you have an example of a situation where a problem in systemd required you to patch the source and recompile, or are you just making a general statement? General statement.
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by johnr2 7y ago
> Systemd can do things that were not relevant 20 years ago. Yes, "horses for courses" as stated in the post you're replying to. I don't require systemd, but I have no problem with it existing for those who do need it
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by johnr2 7y ago
> categorizing systemd as "general bloat" is not entirely fair - I would say it is far more stable and easier to debug and fix (with the proverbial rusty hairclip) than debian's sysv init mess I find it easier to debug and
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by johnr2 7y ago
> if you want to run Debian with Gnome Considering the small minority of Linux installations on desktops and laptops (compared to servers and other network infrastructure), and the fact that only some of those will be using Gnome, I thin
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by johnr2 7y ago
> Do people like you.... Your post comes across as an ad-hominem attack. I read the post you're replying to as a warning, nothing more.
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by johnr2 7y ago
> Well, using "BSD extension" in 2019 is a luxury. Considering it's the default on the OS I'm using to post this (OpenBSD) I'd regard it as fairly standard.
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by johnr2 7y ago
>>because then you break other builds. >[citation needed] From OpenBSD make(1) manpage: "The handling of ‘.depend’ is a BSD extension."
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by johnr2 7y ago
> systemd, core system in many Linux distributions, written in C++ s/C++/C
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by johnr2 7y ago
> cutting out sugar I'll assume you mean refined sugar here. I'd expect the benefits of eating fresh fruit and sugar-containing vegetables to outweigh most of the harm done by their sugar content.
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by johnr2 7y ago
> it is a waste of our human labour for thousands of people to be working book stalls for entire lifetimes when there is a more efficient way to disseminate knowledge. Those who earn a living doing that might disagree about it being a wa
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by johnr2 7y ago
> I don't understand why this is not the default behavior I would guess it's because a lot of tmux users don't use a mouse on the text console.
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by johnr2 7y ago
> probably smart enough to plop a GPS jammer in their trucks when moving around the hot nuts. Or they transported them in a Faraday cage, eg. a metal truck trailer.
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by johnr2 7y ago
> Couldn't read that behind the pay wall. Works fine here in Dillo (no JS support) and Firefox with NoScript.
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by johnr2 7y ago
> examples? Person A is accused of criminal act X. Person B: "It isn't proven yet. Allow due process to take place." Person C: "X-apologist!"
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by johnr2 7y ago
> the (remarkable) site of Tatjana J. van Vark It is indeed remarkable. At first I though it was just a collection of technology images, but then realised she made most of those devices herself. Thanks for the link.
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by johnr2 7y ago
> The problem is that your "1 Billion" have virtually no reduction in their security, because the government doesn't have a warrant for their data You are ignoring the inevitable "mission creep" once a backdoor i
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by johnr2 7y ago
> only the wealthiest could afford to travel long distances. This is the UK. There aren't any long distances ;-)
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by johnr2 7y ago
> (taneq) I'd amend it to "anything that you could reasonably have anticipated is your fault" I agree with your amended comment. In 30 years of motorcycling I managed to avoid hitting cars that pulled out in front of me. I
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by johnr2 7y ago
> I kind of fear my analogy of two different dimensions breaks down here because I'm left wondering what things would have a low "toolness" score ... Maybe expressing it as a complex number would help, eg. toolness + i(toy
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by johnr2 7y ago
> The "correct" conversion to (modern) miles would be 20 In nautical miles it would be closer to 15 ;-)
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by johnr2 7y ago
> Without JS, this page is blank. Works fine in Dillo, which has no JS capability. Doesn't work in FF with NoScript.
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by johnr2 7y ago
> Thunderbird Thunderbird is an MUA and is not a substitute for an MTA like Exim.
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by johnr2 7y ago
Which non-C MTA would you recommend?

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