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juliank, 20 hours ago to random

This apt-cache why command is different from what you expect but it's a PoC.

$ apt-cache why inlibmutter
role-desktop:amd64 -> role-desktop:amd64=2024.03.04.1736.48 -> gnome-shell-extension-manager:amd64=0.5.1-1 -> gnome-shell:amd64=46.1-1ubuntu1 -> gir1.2-mutter-14:amd64=46.1-2ubuntu1 -> libmutter-14-0:amd64=46.1-2ubuntu1 -> libmutter-14-0:amd64

penguin42, 1 day ago to random

It's good the BBC is carrying this article on facial mis-recognition; hardly surprising but good it's not hidden:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-69055945

gsuberland, 1 day ago to random

I should really chat to the radio folks at EMF to ask about an idea I have involving a really tall telescoping mast pole...

I have an idea for a project which may never end up coming to fruition, but it would be truly ridiculous.

BoscoLab, 1 day ago to random German

Another HP 3325B synthesizer / function generator for repair. Two problems number one: the power switch only turns off the fan. The device itself stays on. Problem two: Fail 021 amplitude too high when calibrating.

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cablespaghetti, 1 day ago to random

I’ve been pretty stressed recently, due to changes at work, being a dad and not really being able to run which is usually how I cope.

I rode motorcycles for years but sold my last in about 2018 as it wasn’t getting used. However I’ve always missed it, could use my own transport and want a bit of a project to distract me.

So this week I bought a lightly crashed BMW R1150RT. It’s getting delivered some time in the next few days. 😁

philpem, 1 day ago to RaspberryPi

Tonight on "what the frisk?", a Raspberry Pi device tree overlay that works fine on 32-bit Pi OS, but on a 64-bit Pi Zero 2W it kills the WiFi. I have no idea where to even start figuring this out. #RaspberryPi #RaspberryPiZero

gsuberland, 1 day ago to random

I've done about eight straight hours of soldering today, including a bunch of fine pitch rework on things, and I have not been this exhausted in months.

adrian, 1 day ago to random

obligatory annual silly-clothes selfie

penguin42, 1 day ago to manchester

The proven way to reduce road traffic in #manchester is to organise a Man City vs United big game.

juliank, 2 days ago to random

200 lines of comments, 964 lines of code, and a complexity of 405 whatever that is.

OK
$ scc apt-pkg/solver3.*
[...]
Estimated Cost to Develop (organic) $25,994
Estimated Schedule Effort (organic) 3.44 months
Estimated People Required (organic) 0.67

I spent like 2 weeks on this, not 3.44 months, and I am 1 person not 0.67.

brennen, 2 days ago to random

it's true that there are a lot of good songs named after states, but boy are there a lot of songs named after states

attie, 2 days ago to random

This is utterly wild... am I a little smooth-brained, or is this totally unrealistic?

• 200 Mbps compressed to under 1 Mbps
• Realtime, i.e: ~1ms latency or better
• Encode and transmit in <10mW (yes, including radio)
• Lossless
• High-entropy input

... if you succeed, just email them your solution - no mention of any reward or Nobel Prize nomination.

https://content.neuralink.com/compression-challenge/README.html

gorplop, 2 days ago to random

whoever is running these mirai(?) infection scripts now started to UPX-pack the binaries (I checked just the x86 one so far)

revk, 2 days ago to random

Some StarTrek banter makes sense...

The constant "logging what you are doing" is something we do in the data centre, via irc, so we know what happened just before shit hit the fan, or we can but in and say "wait!".

But the captain having to say "deploy damage control teams", or "seal off that affected area", or "divert auxiliary power", makes zero sense...

Bugger, over thinking again.

🙂

gsuberland, 3 days ago to random

JLC order arrived! 🎉

stefanha, 3 days ago to random

An easy way to kick off an unattended Linux reinstall:

# kexec --load path/to/kernel --initrd path/to/initramfs --command-line ...  
# systemctl kexec  

No need to set up a PXE server or attach an ISO through a BMC. You can find the kernel, initramfs, and command-line in the installer's network booting documentation.

pwaring, 3 days ago to random

If I'm ever feeling a bout of imposter syndrome, or feel like I've screwed up (e.g. with a bug deployed to production), I like to remember the time that an outsourcing company failed to provide enough security guards for the London Olympics and the gap had to be made up by the Royal Marines and paratroopers.

None of my mistakes have involved the armed forces being deployed.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jul/24/london-2012-olympics-g4s-military

mansr, 3 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to random

Is anyone keeping a list of stupid things the Google AI suggests?

Off the top of my head (with additions from replies):

• Throwing car batteries in the sea (recharges the electric eels)
• Putting glue in pizza sauce to keep the cheese from falling off
• Eating rocks for their mineral content
• "Squat plug" for weight lifting
• Cooking spaghetti in gasoline
• Cooking chicken at 38 °C
• Snake fights at thesis defences

There must be more.

penguin42, 3 days ago to random

git format-patch really should have a --covert-letter option.

billgoats, 3 days ago to random

Pleased to confirm that bringing an Apple IIgs as carry-on through airport security gets you pulled off to the side. :apple_inc:

andybroomfield, 3 days ago to random

Up to the most infamous TOS episode, it’s time for Spock’s Brain!

“Brain, brain… what is brain?”

axboe, 4 days ago to random

Does anyone know why booting a kernel in qemu takes forever to enumerate CPUs in the guest? Example:

[ 0.161515] smp: Bringing up secondary CPUs ...
...
[ 19.231546] smp: Brought up 1 node, 128 CPUs

AMD host, and seemingly scales with ncpus^2 in the host.