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by pengaru 3y ago
I only linked it because launchd is the source of the "Big Idea", predating systemd by ~5 years. Perhaps I misunderstood your comment in interpreting it to say socket activation's an original systemd concept.
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by pengaru 3y ago
> The functionality is key for socket-activated daemons which is a Big Idea behind systemd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launchd#Socket_activation_prot...
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by pengaru 3y ago
> I wouldn't call it a scam, I would call it "blue sky" (if it weren't a space project!) Uh, don't we already have "moonshot" for this kind of endeavor, which the name "starshot" already plays
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by pengaru 3y ago
And here I thought Hawaii's fossil fuel of choice was oil imports...
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by pengaru 3y ago
Weird, they even still have recent additions: https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?path=%2Fpub%2Fnew Edit, for posterity, as this site's demise is imminent, /pub/new's present contents: Directory: /pub&#x2F
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by pengaru 3y ago
Someone missed the "exfiltration" product features bullet point
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by pengaru 3y ago
Yet another headline reminding those who forgot that Twitter/X still exists...
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by pengaru 3y ago
The torque or fastener spec could just be wrong in the face of unforeseen resonance or some other in-flight oddity cumulatively loosening the bolts. I wouldn't be so certain it's installation error or mfr defect of the fasteners..
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by pengaru 3y ago
Number of people dependent on EBT/SNAP benefits seems like a reasonable proxy, though even that won't capture the folks who can't/won't navigate access or reside in states more aggressively disqualifying them...
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by pengaru 3y ago
Conveniently both your examples have received technical deep dives by Fabien Sanglard, who has made both the relevant texts freely available in PDF form [0][1]. Mode-X was an annoying video mode to actually make use of without a performance
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by pengaru 3y ago
Meta was a primary sponsor for the most recent All-Systems-Go, and employs several folks contributing upstream to systemd. Also note Lennart is no longer even at RedHat, he's at Microsoft nowadays. I'm surprised Microsoft wasn&#x
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by pengaru 3y ago
> A good example of the same kind of thinking, much later, would have been Abrash's exploration of the undocumented "Mode X" on the MCGA cards ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_X ), without which Wol
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by pengaru 3y ago
China's EVs are already in the UK under the MG marque (SAIC[0]) and there's no reason to think BYD won't follow suit AFAICT. It's just a matter of when, not if, from where I'm sitting. [0] https://en.wiki
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by pengaru 3y ago
BYD isn't even available in all markets Tesla is. For it to surpass Tesla globally without selling to US buyers is nothing to shake a stick at.
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by pengaru 3y ago
jrb explained the origin story to me once in passing at a gnome meetup in SF irl ages ago. But the only part I recall is it involved Lennart and Kay collaborating on a new init system on their own... without rh even initiating the project.
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by pengaru 3y ago
> unplanned holes in a pressure vessel have a tendency to rapidly get larger. I suspect that's only an issue on airliners when the hole happens in a window. There's no shortage of search results confirming that something like g
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by pengaru 3y ago
I'm no expert, but I've always assumed these pressurized cabins aren't exactly hermetically sealed, so a small invisible hole wouldn't noticeably depressurize the plane. My assumption has been there's always fresh a
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by pengaru 3y ago
> not a big gaping structural hole. It's an exit door opening, not some random part of the fuselage developing a potentially structure-compromising hole...
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by pengaru 3y ago
When personal computers became just another consumer electronics gadget, they ceased being tools optimized for their prior primary use cases. It's no surprise this has resulted in removal of things like status/activity lights. Th
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by pengaru 3y ago
> I won't stand for your right to become a meth head or fentanyl addict. Addiction is a dangerous disease and we should protect everyone from falling into that trap and harming themselves and others around them. Purdue Pharma[0] ha
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by pengaru 3y ago
> What are you talking about, Tesla doesn't ship any autonomous features. Driver assist features do not make a car autonomous. Tesla has always plainly said you must monitor the car at all times autopilot is engaged, the exact same
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by pengaru 3y ago
Same, and I wonder if it'll share a chapter with Tesla's prematurely shipped autonomous features, related deaths, and the dishonest messaging surrounding it. Considering the MCAS[0] failures were largely software defects in an aut
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by pengaru 3y ago
They already caved on the Mir->Wayland and Unity->Gnome fronts, but only after wasting significant resources and causing more unnecessary confusion/fragmentation in the Desktop Linux space. I expect the same pattern to play out w
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by pengaru 3y ago
> You hit the nail on the head workout realizing it. The real problem is mass property ownership in remote areas. The huge uptick in car travelers and according roads are a result of that. JTNP draws massive numbers of tourists. Plus th
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by pengaru 3y ago
They've certainly decimated the Tortoise population in the hi-desert near JTNP where I own property. Automobiles are way too fast for those to stand a chance.
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by pengaru 3y ago
This subject about CO being fit came up recently when Robert Lustig was on the Huberman podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n28W4AmvMDE&t=7000s
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by pengaru 3y ago
Seems kind of strange when this just happened: https://insideevs.com/news/702783/byd-plugin-car-sales-decem...
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by pengaru 3y ago
+1 on the Bolt EV. I've been riding passenger in one pretty often lately, and it seems pretty damn good for a GM econobox EV. Not overboard in the crazy vaporware/unfinished tech garbage like a Tesla, and the 200hp/3500lbs
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by pengaru 3y ago
> What "destruction and violence" are you talking about? No neighborhood I visit or have lived in is rife with "riff-raff," and kids are still mollycoddled door-to-door. Are you wilfully ignoring the actual thread of
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by pengaru 3y ago
Except the highly visible destruction and violence by its residents leave a lasting impression of what the community is actually composed and capable of at any given moment. The riots just put it on display front and center. You can just s

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