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passthejoe, to debian
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  • argv_minus_one,
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    @passthejoe I'm of the opinion that fewer partitions are better. If I could use only swap files and store all of /boot on the EFI system partition, I would, and I would be significantly happier.

    Sadly, because FAT doesn't support hard links, dpkg can't properly install package files (vmlinuz, etc) on the ESP, so /boot-on-ESP doesn't really work and I've had to give up on that idea.

    alfredo_liberal, to Michigan

    Gretchen Whitmer is the best governor in the country sorry Gavin Newsom fans.

    argv_minus_one,
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    @alfredo_liberal You can actually afford a home in Whitmer's state, so, yeah.

    TexasObserver, to Texas
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    Maternal mortality rates are out of control in , and the U.S. in general: For every Dutch mother who dies, 50 American mothers die.

    It doesn't have to be this way. In the new Eye on Texas column, an experienced midwife explains: https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-maternal-mortality-racism-midwife/

    From the July/August 2023 issue of our magazine.

    argv_minus_one,
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    @TexasObserver It doesn't have to be this way, but people want it this way. The cruelty is the point.

    ai6yr, to climate
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    Politico: "‘Battle plan’: How the far right would dismantle climate programs https://www.eenews.net/articles/battle-plan-how-the-far-right-would-dismantle-climate-programs/

    argv_minus_one,
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    @ai6yr “States' rights for me, not for thee.”

    petersuber, to random

    I just got a spam email from the campaign. Boy, did he waste money on a mailing list.

    If you're curious, here are the five reasons he wants me to vote for him (quoting):

    • Stop the invasion at the border.
    • Protect American children from the woke mob.
    • Restore parental rights in and outside of the classroom
    • Reverse Biden’s disaster of an economy
    • Embark on our Great American Comeback

    argv_minus_one,
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    @petersuber

    By which he actually means:

    • Continue the Nazi invasion at the capital
    • Enslave American children to the Wall Street mob
    • Restore parental rights to be a bigot, but don't you dare take your kid to a drag book reading
    • Reinstate Trump's disaster of an economy
    • Embark on the destruction of America as we know it
    liztai, (edited ) to China
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    We were just having a normal conversation under the warm Adelaide sun when she said, “I hate Chinese people. Hate them.”

    I stared at her, wondering if she realised that I am Chinese.

    I rarely write about #politics but I feel it’s important to describe the impact of rising #USChinaTensions on a “normie” member of the #Chinese diaspora. It's this: Sheer, utter frustration and exasperation.

    #China #US #Media #Racism

    http://elizabethtai.com/2023/07/22/being-chinese-in-an-anti-china-world/

    argv_minus_one,
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    @liztai She said “Chinese people”, not “the Chinese government”. That sounds like racism, not politics.

    newsopinionsandviews, to news

    Raw Story:
    Some Alabama GOP voters are fed up with Tommy Tuberville's military promotion blockade

    ... CNN reporter Lauren Fox found out, Alabama voters aren't all on board with Tuberville's scheme — not even Republican voters.

    "When you start politicizing how to promote, I think we are stepping into the wrong territory," said Greg Black, another Alabama voter. "I come from a military family...
    https://www.rawstory.com/tommy-tuberville-2662291958/

    argv_minus_one,
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    @newsopinionsandviews All talk, no substance. They'll still vote for him.

    itnewsbot, to opensource

    If VanMoof eBikes Locks You Out of Your Own Bike, a Rival Company's App Could Help - VanMoof ebikes is currently "exploring all possible routes out of its debt" after ... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/07/15/233244/if-vanmoof-ebikes-locks-you-out-of-your-own-bike-a-rival-companys-app-could-help?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

    argv_minus_one,
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    @itnewsbot If you buy a device and you need the manufacturer's authorization to use it, it isn't yours; you've been conned into paying full purchase price for a rental.

    bananabob, to fediverse
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    1/2
    I am not trying to sound brilliant I just want to make a statement.

    Over the years that I worked in IT I made some pronouncements that, in hindsight, could be seen as prophetic. I never really intended them to be that. They were just random thoughts in my head.

    There was the one around 1970/71 where I said something like, "One day these disk drives will be at remote sites connected by the network." I think that would be called The Cloud.

    argv_minus_one,
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    @bananabob That sounds more like network-attached storage. NAS first became a thing in the early 1980s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage#History

    Cloud computing already more-or-less existed in 1970, in the form of remote job entry systems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cloud_computing

    governa, to random
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    argv_minus_one,
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    @governa Huh. Isn't that what btrfsck is for?

    mkwadee, to politics
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    A Broken ? How to Promote | en |

    It looks like most countries are terrible at lifting their poorest out of .

    https://www.oecd.org/social/broken-elevator-how-to-promote-social-mobility-9789264301085-en.htm

    argv_minus_one,
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    @mkwadee Most countries don't want to.

    scy, to linux
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    Hot take: Modern tools should not have a one- or two-letter command name. Your tool is not that cool that it’ll be as ubiquitous as ls or cd, and it’ll just create conflicts down the line. Let me create the aliases myself if I really need to save the keystrokes.

    Looking at you, ag, rg, nb, but even gs too.

    argv_minus_one,
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    @scy gs is modern? I had that installed on my Linux desktop when I was a kid!

    stopthatgirl7, to reddit
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    This is how social media sites die. Not with big protests, but people and communities quietly moving away.

    One of ’s biggest communities is suggesting users move to / r/malefashionadvice is private in protest of Reddit, but it is building up a community on Discord and has carried over its guides to Substack.

    https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23794110/reddit-male-fashion-advice-protest-discord-substack

    argv_minus_one,
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    @stopthatgirl7 They chose their new home poorly. Discord is also suffering from enshittification.

    digichelle, to retrocomputing
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    It’s been a while since I’ve posted some goodness. Time to fix that!

    This is my 2020 13” MacBook Pro running System 7.1, thanks to Mini vMac. The environment is running at 640x400—the native resolution of the old 100-series PowerBooks. Much to my surprise and delight, this is a 16:10 aspect ratio, and it appears perfectly proportioned on this display.

    And this isn’t a toy. I set up a PDF printer, and the PDFs can be passed to the host machine for viewing and printing!

    argv_minus_one,
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    @mjgardner IMHO the TrueType Chicago isn't faithful to the original, and that's why it looks bad. Examples:

    • The ‘S’ has pointy ends in the original, but square-capped ends in TrueType.
    • The bottom-right corner of the ‘W’ is a straight line at a 45° angle in the original, but is a curve in TrueType.
    • The lowercase ‘d’ has an extra curve at the bottom center that's not there in the original.

    I wonder if anyone has tried to make a vector Chicago closer to the original.

    TexasObserver, to incarcerated
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    #ICYMI, faced with a shortage in #prison guards, the #Texas Department of Corrections has a program to recruit high school students. https://www.texasobserver.org/corrections-students-recruiting-prisons-palestine/

    #HumanRights #workers #education #schools #news #USpol #politics

    argv_minus_one,
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    @TexasObserver Going to give the old Stanford prison experiment a do-over, I see.

    GNUxeava, to random
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    be me
    click anything
    wait 10-30 seconds for change to appear

    We were using HDDs just fine only a decade ago. What the fuck happened that this thing has become borderline useless?

    argv_minus_one,
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    @fell @GNUxeava Whatever the problem is, it isn't throughput. In my observation, both Windows and Linux seem to get around 3MB/sec typical throughput on HDD. Linux, somehow, seems to do a better job of scheduling HDD access.

    However, I notice that dpkg is extremely slow on a btrfs RAID1 setup using HDDs. Upgrading to a new distro version takes literally all day. Doing the same on SSDs takes less than an hour. IIRC it's because fsync is really slow in this setup. I wonder if io_uring would help…

    kernellogger, (edited ) to linux
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    6.5-rc1 is out:
    https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wj8sPDVoWgaceAs1AiwZrHV8mtC3vQNGbeV6-RypJi6aw@mail.gmail.com/

    […]  
    I have this slight suspicion that this may be one of those releases that may drag out […] simply due to lot of Europe going on vacation for the month of August. But who knows... We'll see how things develop.
    
    Linus```
    
    FWIW, the #iwlwifi crash on boot some people experience will hopefully soon be fixed by this patch: [https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217622#c9](https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217622#c9)
    
    argv_minus_one,
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    @kernellogger Iwlfiwi? Fireless widelity? 😁

    beehaw, to random

    Hi Beeple! I (Lionir) have shut down the server until further notice. There seems to be a big vulnerability in Lemmy at the moment that is propagating at an alarming rate. I'd rather be safe than sorry. Hope this doesn't last too long.

    argv_minus_one,
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    @beehaw Jeez. You guys and girls just can't catch a break. Well, thanks for all you do!

    MissingThePt, to random
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    Jesus, take the gun away from him already.

    argv_minus_one,
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    @MissingThePt Killing spree! Rampage! Unstoppable! Godlike!

    governa, to linux
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    6.5 Bringing Improvements To PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard Handling 🖱️ ⌨️

    https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.5-PS2-Improvements

    argv_minus_one,
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    @governa Wow. I'm surprised that bug wasn't noticed sooner.

    petergleick, to random

    What the hell is happening in the Antarctic?

    argv_minus_one,
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    @Npars01 An atmosphere like that of Venus is not even remotely possible. All of that carbon used to be on the surface, and even then, Earth was nothing like Venus. If it was, life in general would have gone extinct, and we wouldn't be around to discuss the matter.

    That said, it is definitely possible for Earth to become quite inhospitable to human life.

    adamsdesk, (edited ) to fediverse
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    Well this is quite annoying. I just realized that tags on Mastodon are case sensitive. I've been intentionally doing pascal case style tags for accessibility and assumed the tag would be treated as the same no matter the case. However, as an example and are treated as two different tags.

    I'm not sure how to deal with this.

    NOTICE: Typo was the issue. Typo has been fixed.

    argv_minus_one,
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    @adamsdesk I'm not sure if I'm just missing the joke, but there's a typo in one of those hashtags.

    MediaActivist, to firefox

    Just a reminder from someone who cares a lot about online privacy and security: Mozilla ousted that bigot Brendan Eich, and he now runs Brave. Do what you have to do to tighten up your web browser, Firefox or otherwise. But don't support a bigot. Don't use Brave browser.

    argv_minus_one,
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    @MediaActivist He also committed the unforgivable sin of inventing JavaScript. 😋

    beehaw, to random

    Okay... things did not go as planned. It looks like we can't start without pictrs so the migration is currently blocking us from running Beehaw.

    The first estimate of time it would take to migrate told us it would take 28hours and the second told us it would about 3 hours.

    I am sorry.

    argv_minus_one,
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    @beehaw Out of curiosity, is this a database migration that's taking a long time, or something else?

    You don't have to answer if you don't have the time or energy. I'm only curious. 🙂

    rbreich, to random
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    Total student loan debt that would have been erased for millions of Americans: $400 billion

    Total cost of the Trump tax cuts that largely benefited the wealthy and corporations: $1.9 trillion

    This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

    argv_minus_one,
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    @stillnotahero If you want that, you have to convince everyone to . It wasn't Democrats who decided to take away student debt relief.

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