johnr2

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by johnr2 7y ago
> An E-Mail client not written in C to start with. Exim is an SMTP server (MTA), not an email client (MUA).
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by johnr2 7y ago
>There a lot of artificial dependencies that you can't break. You still need libsystemd0 which is a compatibility library. It's actually unfortunately named, as it isn't part of systemd itself. I've been using sysvini
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by johnr2 7y ago
>if you're doing something Debian-based - make it Devuan-based, it's pretty straightforward. It's also pretty straightforward to switch Debian systems back to sysvinit.
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by johnr2 7y ago
> It wouldn't be nice if in an human exploration on outer space we find a container full of unknown harmful waste from another civilization. The unshielded fusion reactor which we orbit around is likely to be a bigger problem.
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by johnr2 7y ago
> Especially annoying is seeing paperbacks listed for a book that only exists in hardcover Not quite as annoying as ordering a book listed as a hardcover and receiving a cheap photocopied paperback. (Has happened several times here).
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by johnr2 7y ago
> Ceramic-bearing drive shaft is twice as efficient as Dura-Ace, company claims A conventional chain in good condition is >90% efficient. How do you double that?
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by johnr2 7y ago
> Schools, eh? The lesson that many in positions of authority are petty-minded fools is a valuable part of your education.
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by johnr2 7y ago
> Doesn't this increase monoculture by preventing those who think there's a problem with comments.. from commenting? This is probably true, unfortunately. In the last few years I've given up on most of the forums and maili
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by johnr2 7y ago
>And that's fine, why does one have to understand an ancient language when they can interact perfectly fine with machines by using Python, Swift, Java etc? If the interpreter or VM used by any of those languages is written in C, som
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by johnr2 7y ago
>I find it absurd that, in criticizing C, you conflate that with the underlying machine. It could be argued that assembly language doesn't always run on the underlying machine either, given the amount of microcode used in modern CPU
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by johnr2 7y ago
>Not everyone likes writing shell scripts to start services Sure, but that isn't a good reason to remove the option to do so for everyone else. I've been using Linux for 20+ years but the apparent shift from "stable and re
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by johnr2 7y ago
"he obviously doesn't factor in the enormous difficulty of nuclear waste" Scientist that he is, I very much doubt that he didn't factor it in. (You may disagree with his conclusions).
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by johnr2 7y ago
"Planting a tree does capture carbon. However, when it dies and rots, all the carbon gets re-released over time back into the atmosphere." Not all the carbon. Some of it stays in the ground to eventually form more fossil fuel.
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by johnr2 7y ago
"both at perception, dexterity and mind work" Off-by-one error ;-)
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by johnr2 7y ago
> https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-the-15-biggest-ships-i... . Thanks for the link. So it isn't carbon emissions that exceed those of cars but SOx and NOx (which are still a problem).
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by johnr2 7y ago
> These ships alone pollute more than all the cars on Earth. Do you have a link to figures that show this?
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by johnr2 7y ago
Knowing how to count beats and bars can be helpful when writing music, as can knowing how string lengths are related to notes when playing a stringed instrument.
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by johnr2 7y ago
'This website does not put pieces of poo disingenuously called "cookies" on your computer.' This made me laugh.
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by johnr2 7y ago
It means you have JavaScript enabled.
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by johnr2 7y ago
> Music has little to do with math. As a musician (and audio engineer) I disagree. You don't need to think about math while writing or playing music, just like you don't need to think about physics when riding a bike, but that
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by johnr2 8y ago
> "Pi seconds is a nanocentury". My copy is not at the office, so I can't tell you to whom he attributes this. Tom Duff. It's in Column 7/7.1/Rules of Thumb.
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by johnr2 8y ago
> They did that, just like Linux did before them. I especially like the reply to the announcement that was "uh… I hope you didn't spend these two months coming up with that solution. We already did that for Linux, so you could
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by johnr2 8y ago
> Since SystemD has become so prevalent in Linux, I've been looking longingly at BSD. After ~20 years of using Debian, I switched my desktop PC to OpenBSD about a year ago due to concerns about the direction Linux has taken (eg. sys
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by johnr2 8y ago
>Is there some technical reason why it can't be removed? One reason is that alternative octane boosters can cause icing in carburetors and fuel injection systems, resulting in engines cutting out at low temperatures. Improvements in
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by johnr2 8y ago
> I don't know what math you're referring to... Thank you for the rational comment. I found some of your other posts in this discussion to be emotional enough to make me not take them seriously (although I agree with the need f
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by johnr2 8y ago
You're right. I'm so used to seeing it used in a snarky way that I was overlooking the original meaning of "sic erat scriptum" (thus was it written).
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by johnr2 8y ago
Interesting article, but I'm slightly puzzled by the [sic] comments following many of the quotes. The use of English looks correct for the time.
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by johnr2 8y ago
You beat me to it. Having used word clocks in audio engineering for many years, this is a new use of the term for me.
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by johnr2 8y ago
I can read it in Firefox if I allow scripts from time.com and cloudflare.com (using NoScript). I'm in UK. It also works in Dillo, which has no JavaScript support.
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by johnr2 8y ago
This one's pretty good for audio DSP in general, including some fairly detailed material on synthesis: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/audio-programming-book Most of the code is C (and some C++). The first two chap

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