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geert

@geert@society.oftrolls.com

Technologist with a Passion for Linux

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mansr, to random
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The people railing against LLM training are basically arguing that remembering anything you read is illegal.

geert,
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@mansr @villares I can even quote a few full song lyrics.
Does that mean I can just sing and record these songs, and ignore the original artists?

chrismarquardt, to random
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Wenn du deinen Klimareport mit einem verdammt intelligenten Cover bebilderst. Chapeau!

(Nach dem Bewundern des Covers bitte nicht vergessen, den Report zu lesen und passende Konsequenzen zu ziehen)

https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2023

geert,
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@chrismarquardt Move the needle to the cyan track, and be good forever?
vs.

corbet, to random
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On the radar: what is the linux-kernel mailing list for? @monsieuricon is suggesting that many or most patch postings be redirected to a separate list:

https://lwn.net/ml/ksummit-discuss/20231106-venomous-raccoon-of-wealth-acc57c@nitro/

I've not jumped into the conversation because I'm still trying to figure out what I think about it. I'm one of those people who actually reads over that list; the broad view it provides is helpful in both the LWN and documentation-maintainer roles. But it is painful to keep up with.

LKML has traditionally been the place you post patches to get them reviewed. If that's not its role anymore, what is it for?

geert,
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@kernellogger @corbet @monsieuricon I only CC lkml when:

  1. It's the mailing list for the subsystem (e.g. regulator),
  2. The subsystem mailing list is rather obscure, or not archived on lore.
  3. The patch fixes a serious issue or regression.
vegard, to random
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PSA: everybody should set their conflictstyle to diff3 or zdiff3:

git config --global merge.conflictStyle diff3

I have no idea why this isn't already the default. Without this, you have no idea what the actual conflict is.

Meaning of the conflict markers:

<<<<<<<
this is what is in your current tree before cherry-picking
|||||||
this is what the patch expected to find there

this is what the patch wants it to be after being applied
>>>>>>>

diff3 basically adds the middle part.

geert,
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@vegard I gave it a try, but it made today's conflicts when merging drm-misc into Linus' tree even more incomprehensible...

See also Stephen's resolutions for linux-next (which are a big help, as usual, thanks!)
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231114112503.6e098829@canb.auug.org.au/

revk, to random
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Is it just me, or is that a tad “weasel worded”?

If the cocoa in the product is not the exact same cocoa that they “responsibly sourced” then (a) where did it come from and (b) what did they do with the responsibly sourced cocoa?

geert,
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@revk Not unlike buying CO₂ compensation, or green electricity.

mansr, (edited ) to random
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How much RAM do you consider the minimum acceptable for a new PC?

geert,
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@mansr @attilakinali Are your pixels following suit?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3M_computer

AkaSci, (edited ) to voyager
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NASA is sending a software update to the Voyager 2 spacecraft today!

The patch contains logic to auto-recover from glitches similar to one in May 2022, when the AACS system on Voyager 1 started sending garbled data. The root cause was not fully diagnosed. The patch will be activated/tested on Oct 28. Voyager 1 will be next.

Data will be sent at 16 bps with a 19 kW transmitter using the 70-m dish at @canberradsn.
Distance: 20 billion km; 18:40 light hours

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-team-focuses-on-software-patch-thrusters

1/n

geert,
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@AkaSci "The root cause was not fully diagnosed."
What can possibly go wrong?

mansr, to random
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Dating apps are the modern equivalent of having a portrait shipped around Europe in the hope that someone might take a fancy. This, I suspect, includes the use of filters to enhance the appearance of the person in question.

geert,
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@mansr And after break-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Enfr6aU8vd4

mansr, (edited ) to random
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In the Israel-Palestine conflict, which side are you on?

geert,
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@mansr But "reposted" by a cartoonist in a BE newspaper https://static.standaard.be/Assets/Images_Upload/2023/10/16/12abc5d3-b3a0-4de4-bb2e-bf11117ca495.jpg

mansr, to random
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One of my hard drives started reallocating sectors and failed a self-test. After nearly 7 years of continuous operation, time to retire it.

geert,
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@mansr One of my 2.5" portable backup disks died, too. While LUKS-encrypted hard drives don't really need physical destruction before disposal, I did use this as an opportunity to offer my mother in law a few shiny tealight coasters.

mansr, to random
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Are only schools built with crumbling RAAC, or are they only talking about the schools? Either way, why?

geert,
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@mansr Perhaps the UK government can license the solution from the BE government?

  1. Add scaffolding,
  2. Fix it for real by the end of the century, perhaps.

https://www.brusselstimes.com/375923/brussels-justice-palace-to-break-free-from-steel-cage-in-2024

hazelweakly, to random
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One of the hardest and most valuable things you can do as a company is the following:

  1. Have a fully up to date org chart
  2. Have a diagram that is not the org chart that accurately reflects how work flows through the company
  3. Have an up to date and accurate diagram and explanation of what the company does and how it does it (architecture, revenue funnels, business value streams, code-bases)

Scaling decision making is impossible without a shared context to build alignment off of.

geert,
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@gvwilson @hazelweakly I remember a department-wide meeting where the head presented all projects we were working on. From these descriptions, I could not identify my project.

mansr, to random
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Something reminded me of the time I sent a work email consisting entirely of Rolling Stones song titles (plus the minimum necessary filler).

geert,
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@mansr Which reminds me of the time Microsoft used "Start Me Up" to announce Windows 95, and a colleague listed song titles that would have been more appropriate...
I don't remember any of his suggestions but "SPARCs Will Fly".

mansr, (edited ) to random
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What is the worst pizza topping?

geert,
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@mansr Cheese?

mansr, to random
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Consider the British power plug. Imagine one made of Lego. Now imagine stepping on it.

geert,
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@mansr Imagine a cable with two British power plugs, one of them plugged in. Now imagine stepping on the other one.

geert,
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@mansr Exactly.

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    geert,
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    @1br0wn Indeed. After the upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04LTS switched my systems from X to Wayland, I was unsatisfied. So I switched back.
    ...
    Oh wait...

    mansr, to random
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    If you were to die in an accident, what would be the most likely nature of it? For me, I suspect electrocution.

    geert,
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    @mansr You mean two-thirty is not 2V30?

    mansr, to random
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    After Cocaine Bear and Cocaine Shark(nado), when will we get Cocaine Snakes on a Plane?

    geert,
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    @mansr Sounds like an impossible mission for Indiana Jones.

    mansr, to random
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    Is it normal to have a box full of power supplies and another (smaller) box for the most frequently used ones?

    geert,
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    @mansr And one box for center-negative jacks.

    mansr, to random
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    When printk doesn't quite cut it.

    geert,
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    @mansr @penguin42 Nice! But beware of on-SoC GPIO controllers that are clocked by a rather slow clock.

    mansr, (edited ) to random
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    How do you like my new phonetic alphabet? Feel free to suggest improvements.

    A - Aaron
    B - Burn
    C - Cue
    D - Doze
    E - Earn
    F - Faze
    G - GIF
    H - Hole
    I - Iron
    J - Javier
    K - Knight
    L - Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
    M - Meal
    N - Night
    O - Owl
    P - Phase
    Q - Queue
    R - Real
    S - See
    T - Those
    U - Urn
    V - Veal
    W - Whole
    X - Xavier
    Y - Yearn
    Z - Zeal

    geert,
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    @mansr s/See/Seal/

    geert,
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    @mansr None of the other words sound like any of the letters.

    mansr, to random
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    From last night. Won't somebody think of the children?

    geert,
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    @mansr Children like to dress up all the time!

    mansr, to random
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    Someone should convince the Republicans that IGBTs are gay and need to be banned.

    geert,
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    @mansr The first time I saw the term "LGBT", I thought it was some kind of transistor.

    (The local term (minus the T-group) used to be "holebi").

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