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by teddyh 2y ago
Doing exec() to a new process but keeping the file descriptors relies on none of the file descriptors having the CLOEXEC (close-on-exec) flag. This flag is, IIUC, considered best practice for all file descriptors now, and in Python, all
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by teddyh 2y ago
> Note: This PDF only works in Chromium-based browsers.
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by teddyh 2y ago
That’s a fake urban legend: < https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CE_marking&oldid=... > Yes, some products have been found with incorrect dimensions on their CE markings. Yes, some products have been f
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by teddyh 2y ago
> Additionally, the retailer could actually have ethics of their own and choose willingly to raise the bar. And my grandmother could get some wheels and become a bicycle.
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by teddyh 2y ago
> Amazon and eBay should crack down on this crap. Amazon and eBay are companies, which will do whatever is profitable and legal. The entity which should crack down on this is the government.
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by teddyh 2y ago
It is a very old idea: < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex >
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by teddyh 2y ago
Accusing me, out of the blue, of not arguing in good faith is certainly what I would call an ad hominem. According to your link, which does seem plausible, I am wrong about this definition, and I admit that I very well could be. This sti
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by teddyh 2y ago
I used the superior search engine called “remembering where I read it”.
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by teddyh 2y ago
Waydroid.
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by teddyh 2y ago
> I once heard an anecdote that being a welder makes you look at metal objects differently than non-welders. What a non-welder sees as rigid and inflexible a welder sees as able to be changed. Was it this one? “ One of the unexpected t
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by teddyh 2y ago
I recommend: < https://lawrencehook.com/rys/ >
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by teddyh 2y ago
ITYM that you have run out of arguments and your ad-hominem accusations are not working.
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by teddyh 2y ago
> Advocating for the right of minorities and other disadvantaged groups to exist is not “world politics” The top-level topic was the stated reason for Debian to stop posting on X, which was “[…] we feel X doesn't reflect Debian s
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by teddyh 2y ago
There are certainly some who think so: < https://danielpocock.com/blog/ >
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by teddyh 2y ago
Direct link to segment: < https://www.youtube.com/embed/1_3HGjAVv0M?start=90&end=450 >
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by teddyh 2y ago
> No, I appreciate learning their stance on it because now I know they do actually stand by the values that are posted on their website, and I know that I won’t need to be looking for an alternative Linux distribution. This fits my des
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by teddyh 2y ago
There’s something to be said for the opposite approach. There is a Buddhist temple in Las Vegas, I think. “Only Nixon could go to China.”. But you are perhaps right in that Debian would be the wrong choice for this role; this would proba
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by teddyh 2y ago
Explanation: < https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hacker_koan&o... >
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by teddyh 2y ago
Except your soul.
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by teddyh 2y ago
> hours of video "evidence" widely and easily available. Then you should easily be able to link to one. Hand-wavy accusations are irrefutable, and it is therefore irresponsible to make them. Once a specific case can be ex
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by teddyh 2y ago
Debian is an organization with an opinion on free software. Debian might also reasonably have an opinion about the centralized nature of X and similar platforms. They may even have opinions on the nature of proper discourse on its own dis
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by teddyh 2y ago
I think you misread that. What ghc wrote was that the fact (that Microsoft is giant today) is irrelevant, not that Microsoft is irrelevant.
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by teddyh 2y ago
The game certainly has had changes and additions. Whether those constitute improvements is a matter of opinion.
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by teddyh 2y ago
An explicit announcement like this, on the official news channel, is almost the definition of virtue signalling. If they don’t want to post to X, that’s fine, and an announcement on X would even be appropriate, and they could criticize X
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by teddyh 2y ago
Asking for citations of dubious claims is not asking for unpaid labor. The reasonable reaction to a dubious unsupported claim is immediate out-of-hand dismissal. In asking for a citation, they are giving you the benefit of the doubt ;
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by teddyh 2y ago
Anyone who says the name of you-know-who is now a Nazi.
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by teddyh 2y ago
> a tweet thread by […] an MSNBC contributor that is making just basic logical errors in discussing the birthright citizenship EO No surprise there. Some people are not, contrary to your apparent assumption, actually trying to analy
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by teddyh 2y ago
Do a power move: Convert the document to an iWork Pages file, and send them that.
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by teddyh 2y ago
Some “adjacent” crimes like that exist because enforcement and/or detection of the original crime is hard and/or expensive. Like gun laws. Or curfew. I still think that the real problem is the incentives of government; the probl
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> I tried going all LibreOffice when I was a grad student. How long ago was this?

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