lamby

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   by lamby 9y ago

   The "lintian" packaging static-analysis tool has been issuing an info-level message about new packages that introduce Python 2.x packages. I've just upgraded this to a "warning" level, so we should at least curb t
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   by lamby 9y ago

   > without an Internet connection, or with a slow and expensive connection Could you elaborate more on your particular use-case? Would be interested if there were also compromise solutions such as smarter binary diffs, etc.
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   by lamby 9y ago

   > I align more with arch Could you briefly outline why? :)
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   by lamby 9y ago

   Is there an existing such feature in other distributions out of interest?
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   by lamby 9y ago

   > Thanks for all the hard work on debian Iamby! Oh wow, it's really not just me...
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   by lamby 9y ago

   We're working on it, we're working on it! I definitely plan for buster to be 100% reproducible.
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   by lamby 9y ago

   I would actually recommend running unstable these days.
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   by lamby 9y ago

   Hey Wichert, nice to see you pop up here!
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   by lamby 9y ago

   Chris Lamb here, Debian Project Leader for 2017. Would love to get your feedback on the parallel "Ask HN" thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14579080
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    Ask HN: What do you want to see in Debian 10 (“buster”)?

    352 points by lamby 9y ago|317 comments
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    by lamby 9y ago

    See also: https://diffoscope.org
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    by lamby 9y ago

    My problem would be that as soon as my computer could play Tetris I wouldn't do anything else...
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    by lamby 9y ago

    Somewhat of a social aside, CEOs don't tend to like it when you refer to one's options as a "lottery ticket."
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    by lamby 9y ago

    > let the startups filter themselves out by failing to keep up the progressively more challenging levels of effort. Doesn't this happen anyway simply by exposure to the real world? :)
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    by lamby 9y ago

    > "Successful" has different meanings for different people. Indeed: It's said that most at home traders fail, but this is incorrect: they fail at making money, but they are successful at feeling like a trader. That is the
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    by lamby 9y ago

    It's not magic indeed: —— Looking up and down the aisles at Lowes and not finding a raised garden bed that met my needs, I inquired with a staff member: “Sorry, we don’t carry anything like that.” “Darn. Ok, I’ll try another store then
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    by lamby 9y ago

    I'd work on the core issue of motivation; the rest is — as you say — "just" tricks.
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    Exposing Python 3.6's Private Dict Version(jakevdp.github.io)

    89 points by lamby 9y ago|14 comments
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    by lamby 9y ago

    One possible reason: They are making a philosophical stand/statement against systemd.
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    by lamby 9y ago

    If only economics was this simple!
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    by lamby 9y ago

    Not the OP, but say you were populating a directory of keys, you would simply remove it via file's state=absent and then repopulate.
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    by lamby 9y ago

    > Double dipping is the wrong phrase here. Indeed. I initially thought that this was working remotely for a company twice via two personas. As in, appearing as Alice and Bob on the company Slack, etc. (I'm not sure your example is
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    password-store fails to build when built in a path with ≥ 74 characters(bugs.debian.org)

    3 points by lamby 9y ago|0 comments
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    by lamby 9y ago

    (I meant more in terms of it being a meme/posturing, rather than a literal truth)
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    by lamby 9y ago

    Very nice. I would love the links to the original news.ycombinator.com pages comment pages somewhere, particularly on the comments. Also, the title element doesn't change on the individual comment pages.
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    by lamby 9y ago

    Is "I don't have Facebook" the new "I don't own a TV"?
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    by lamby 9y ago

    > the cafe setting very helpful for avoiding the obvious distractions like Wikipedia holes, Don't forget a cafe (or anywhere) is also "not home" in that -- over time -- you are conditioning yourself that a cafe is a place
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    by lamby 9y ago

    I always referred to these as "Simon Tatham's Portable NP-Complete Puzzle Collection"...
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    Django LTS: Security patches for older versions of the Django web framework(djangolts.com)

    2 points by lamby 9y ago|0 comments
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    by lamby 9y ago

    RISC will change everything.