Posts by jake

Re: FFS

The systemd-cancer is the epitome of kitchensinkware.

Re: Android and small devices

"I wonder how much M$ is paying the systemd team."

Probably nothing.

Personally, I wonder when IBM is going to notice that they are paying for the clusterfuck and put the kibosh on it. The systemd-cancer needs to be cut out of the Linux ecosystem before it manages to suck the life out of it.

"The advantage of systemd is it is designed for modern desktops and laptops, where devices get plugged and unplugged all the time."

I've had that on Slackware longer than the systemd-cancer has existed. Would you care to try again?

::sighs::

You are not even wrong.

Re: "alternative to the classic BSD syslog ::snip::

"I was about to say I'm very slowly coming to accept systemd"

illegitimi non carborundum

Re: Thinks I like about systemd

I run Slackware and BSD. No sign of Clippy on steroids and crack here.

Re: Thinks I like about systemd

The thing is, if you run a *nix as your personal desktop, like it or not you ARE the administrator. Some admins have more clues than others. Some with fewer clues decide to learn. Others not so much. And yet these admins without clues who donlt wish to learn always seem to be the ones bitching about it. Perhaps if you took the time to learn the functions of your general purpose personal computer you wouldn't have the issues that you have? It's a poor craftsman who blames his tools.

Re: Thinks I like about systemd

What part of "user space is inviolate": do you not understand?

It should never be the machine's decision to delete user files. It's up to the user who put them there to make that decision. YES, a program can and should be able to delete it's own temporary files. Absolutely. But it should leave any files that it does not own alone. Likewise system processes. Any blanket file deletion is inherently evil and bound to break stuff in user space eventually. Just say no.

Re: Thinks I like about systemd

Slack just works, almost everywhere. I invite anyone who hasn't tried it for a few years to take a close look at slackware-current. It's Slackware's version of a rolling release, but is currently the Beta of what will become the long awaited 15.0 ... I've been running it on several machines and it's rock solid. Give it a spin, you'll probably be glad you did.

And yes, it is still without the systemd-cancer.

_{I still use BSD on most servers, though.}

Re: Thinks I like about systemd

I think that "did not make it a requirement because system administration is not within the scope of this standard" covers the OP's preferred use of /tmp more than adequately.

Note that 5.15 only discusses what programs (not humans) can do with junk in /var/tmp and specifically states that it can be handled in a site specific manor.

And quite frankly, it's my machine. I'll decide what gets deleted on reboot, thank you very much. If I want it automated, I'll fucking automate it. Anything that potentially deletes wanted files is evil, by definition.

Re: AntiVaxxers

Turn about's fair play ... Likewise, you lot get to keep Boris.

At least Morgan, although a blow-hard, is mostly harmless. And our laws, being somewhat sensible (ish, if you squint) mean he'll never be President. Thankfully.

Re: magnetic vaccines.

4chan, not 8chan, per Auntie Beeb.

If you prefer, how about NBC's commentary?

Another take.

An alternet-ive view.

Etc, etc, etc.

Re: Struck off?

"Puritan Christian intolerance seems to be a major foundation of some strands of American culture."

Yes, but not some. Most. The vast majority of us Yanks are quite intolerant of the nutcase xtian groups. Fortunately, as a nation we are growing up and the entire xtian myth is becoming less and less relevant.

Re: magnetic vaccines.

"QAnon started as a gag on 4chan."

So did Anonymous.

Re: Struck off?

"people are actually fucking insane in the US"

Just the ones who make enough of a fool of themselves in public to make the news wherever you are. The rest of us are quite sane, really. Come visit, see for yourself. California is open for business post-Covid, as of today. May I recommend Sonoma County? Good food, good beer, good wine, good people ... not much to dislike around these here parts.

Re: Just a theory

I suspect nothing stuck to her neck because she's so full of shit her eyes are brown.

I must be right, because my theory is just as scientifically accurate as all of hers put together.

Nah, just another dumbshit with money haulin' ash.

Lesser rich kids wrap their Lambos & McLarens around telephone poles, it takes real wealth to flame out in the upper atmosphere.

Re: I am most disappointed in Elon Musk

This is the sort of bloody nonsense up with which I shall not put.

Re: Remember, don't be mean

Well, yes. That's kind of the point, innit.

Re: Never work

Where do I sign?

Re: Units error

"with sufficient interpretation, you can make every word in the Bible literally true, but it can take some effort."

Quite a bit of effort. For example, what were the last words of Jesus? Whoever it was that wrote Matthew, Luke and John all have different answers. The author of Mark, perhaps sensibly, remained silent on the subject. (Don't take my word for it, read it for yourself. Matthew 27:46, Luke 23:46 and John 19:30).

For extra points, next time a creationist knocks on your door to try to convert you, ask them which version of creation they believe in ... the one that starts at Genesis 1:1, or the completely different version beginning at Genesis 2:4 ... They always kind of slink away when confronted with the cold harsh reality that their Bible is internally inconsistant ... and right from the git-go, no less.

Re: So... The M1 iMac is pretty good then?

Yes, that kind of slope is visible (and annoying!) on a piece the size of a monitor, when it's two supposedly be parallel, stationary objects fairly close together. A monitor and desktop might qualify. The bottom of a monitor and the top of a keyboard very definitely will, in most cases.

Methinks Apple's physical QA and QC departments need their collectiver eyeballs eyeballed. If they even have said QA/QC departments anymore.

Re: Can I get...

It's pretty easy to precision measure fairly large gaps with a set of gauge blocks and some good feeler gauges. I don't know what I'd do without mine ... when you need 'em, you really need 'em.

_{Not that this is a place I'd feel a need for 'em, of course.}

Re: not exaactly a language for the masses

"So I figure any controversy about the name is manufactured "

Isn't it always? The hand-wringing namby-pambys are on a roll, and they aren't going to stop until we stop them.

Re: There are two hard problems in Computer Science

Nice try, but the term was already in common usage before Webster got his mitts on it.

Re: "faucet"

That would depend entirely on how atrocious your accent is.

Hint: There is no R in faucet.

Here's a little story, written in common UNIX terminology:

gawk, grep, unzip, touch, strip, init, uncompress, finger, find, route, whereis, which, mount, fsck, nice, more, yes, umount, head, expand, renice, restore, touch, whereis, which, route, mount, more, yes, umount, ping, make clean, sleep

Presumably the hand-wringing namby-pambys are planning on ultimately making this kind of thing impossible, right? No? Then what's their fucking point?

Re: A bit of male anatomy slang

And gee, gosh, willikers, nobody gets all offended.

Can we please learn something from these people?

A male chicken that is no longer a rooster is called a capon.

Re: Also

The portion is the vulva, if anyone has a need to know. Very specific to the rural poor in the Mississippi River Delta. The only reason I know this is because I'm quite fond of Delta Blues and a few songs didn't make much sense. Apparently it's from the 17thC British use of the term cock as a non-gendered passive verb, as appropriated by the slaves in that area. I know an old black guy in Slidell, Louisiana who uses it in this manner, but outside some old Bluesmen I have never heard it used like that anywhere else in the wild.

Re: Member obsessed

Back in the '70s there was a butcher on Cold Bath Road in Harrogate that made really, really good growlers ... I can't for the life of me remember the name, but it was a family owned business, third generation I think. Probably long gone now, alas.

I'm right hungry now, too.

Re: Member obsessed

Might not work all that well here in the States ... a Growler is a reusable jug used to take home craft beer from a brewery's kegs. Usually half a gallon (64 US oz), but both smaller and larger growlers exist, depending on brewery and jurisdiction.

Re: Member obsessed

I see you've never been to Japan.

Re: Add YOUR perhapslessthanformal Alternate Ideas HERE, Goys and Birls! :-

Shortened to "Dick" for brevity, of course.

Re: A clear case of English supremacists.

Ain't nowt daft as t'English Language ... thankfully. When you think about it, this place would be awfully boring if we all spoke^Wtyped the same dialect and with the same slang. English is a garbage dump of a language, and one I love dearly.

Re: Just call it ...

I'm utterly appalled and offended that you didn't use the word fussbudget. My lawyer, who I pay more than Peanuts, will be in touch.

Re: Just call it ...

This is hardly a meeting or a board room at a Fortune 500, now is it. Rather, it's a forum where people go to blow off steam in a safe place. Like it or not, this is absolutely normal professional behavio(u)r. It even has a name ... "Hospital Humo(u)r".

There is a reason we watched M*A*S*H and Blackadder ... pointing out the idiocy of reality helps everybody sane get through life without going quite insane.

Blowing off steam is important in any high-stress environment. It happens everywhere, you can't get away from it. Usually it's just among peers who grok. Me, I shrug it off if I don't see the humor. Throwing a hissy-fit is pointless.

Re: Just call it ...

They are giving in to people who bitch for the sake of bitching. That is grossly offensive to me, not least because it gives the bitchers a sense of power, and thus enables them to move on to the next thing to bitch about. Better to nip it in the bud.

I don't need an icy stare. I fire dumbshits simply because they are dumbshits and I see them as more of a liability than a resource in ANY given organization.

Re: Just call it

Shirley that should be Dr. Trouser Snake?

Re: Vin

nos sumus in domum

Come again?

What is truly offensive are the fuckwits who presume to be offended on the behalf of others. It's getting to the point where nobody can say anything about anything without somebody pretending to get upset about it in somebody else's name. Frankly, I find it grossly offensive that somebody might presume to be offended in my name. Be offended for yourself, by all means, but keep my good name out of your fantasy.