Posts by philipwhite@functional.cafe
(DIR) Post #9vD8qa087vbZHQqxjE by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-05-19T17:10:54Z
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@sir I don't think that follows; it's harder to be a pessimist in a bad world because then you're just a realist. Pessimism and optimism are relative, but negativity and positivity are absolute. By definition, pessimism and optimism are unrealistic.
(DIR) Post #9vLZ3lpjbtfHnQ3MIa by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-05-23T15:38:58Z
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dd if=pmos.img of=/dev/sdbvia a eMMC to USB adapter. Put the module back into the #PinebooksPro and held the power button. A bit later, I get this screen, followed quickly by the pretty #PostmarketOS login screen. The problem is that neither the trackpad nor the keyboard work. Any ideas? @martijnbraam The backstory is that I ran out of battery in the middle of a previous overwrite of the eMMC module from the SD Card, so it's possible that things are more borked than usual.
(DIR) Post #9vPRoMtk7BTL4OTaZU by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-05-25T15:17:44Z
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Would you use a script that takes an hour to do what you could have done manually in 15 minutes?
(DIR) Post #9vQ9iTW6zOLPqMQIWe by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-05-25T15:34:11Z
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@InternetKevin What if it's almost lunch time. You could leave it running over lunch, and come back to it being finished. Saves you 15 minutes of straight mental effort.
(DIR) Post #9vSSckPfXmchxBJP4i by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-05-27T02:33:37Z
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@sir makes me think of the wayfire fisheye effect, although that doesn't actually change anything about the movement of the cursor.
(DIR) Post #9vVoi703m4o9v4AzWy by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-05-28T17:25:04Z
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@sir the stack overflow survey is not a study of the questions themselves, but more a study of the people asking the question. While winning "most loved language" is not proof that a language is good, I would still say it is a good thing by itself, since it means people are not frustrated by using the language.I don't totally disagree with you, though, since C programmers who read man pages are probably not answering the survey. That is, the SO survey doesn't attract the most skilled crowd, so "most loved" is closer to "more loved by newbies". Furthermore, a language will not be loved on SO unless the people who love it use SO, which means they are probably asking questions about the language on SO. In summary, I would say that "most loved" really means "most complicated, but in a way that people like", which couldn't describe Rust more accurately.
(DIR) Post #9vWc7zeuaQOSR0FtGS by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-05-29T02:39:13Z
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@sir wait...that's genius. Especially for gpg/SSH/dotfiles/anything else you need from the other computer.
(DIR) Post #9vXHu5AaArzjrKcbTs by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-05-29T02:37:22Z
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@minoru nope, it would not creep me out. To the contrary, I would be flattered. I bet this is the same for a lot of people. My guess is that if the person whose timeline you are reading is consistently trying to write with good quality then they would not be creeped out because their usage of this platform is as a means to be heard or as a way to participate in discussion.Conversely, if you find someone who often says intentionally stupid things, or who often bashes other things or people with little restraint, then they probably would be creeped out since they use the platform as means for venting or getting things off their chest. They might not want to be held accountable for what they said a while ago.I'm in the first category, so feel free to respond to past stuff.
(DIR) Post #9vecjQLSoQf7tR5mQC by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-06-01T23:23:21Z
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@sir Tron!!!
(DIR) Post #9vn13o5TGKSvQsen4a by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-06-06T00:33:38Z
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@sir I'm just waiting for the zero-cost transducer monad coroutine support. Without that, how can you compete with RoobyDoobyLang?
(DIR) Post #9w7EgI1qdUROtFhm4G by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-06-15T18:40:39Z
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@sir lol, will email continue to work during the downtime?
(DIR) Post #9wSJSDIFH7FH782KI4 by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-06-25T22:26:37Z
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I wonder if there is a correlation between the side someone takes in "tabs vs. spaces" and the side they take in "dynamic linking vs. static linking." The results of the following poll ought to give some answer. Boost if you're curious to get an accurate answer.Which pair of sides are you on? If you don't feel strongly about one of the wars, just go with what you're leaning toward.
(DIR) Post #9xBSSToZSvQnV3pkcS by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-07-17T13:18:13Z
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@zudn The naming of everything is as follows:Matrix is the protocolElement is the name of the flagship messaging app that uses the Matrix protocol.Riot is the previous name of Element.Doesn't answer your real question, but there you go.
(DIR) Post #9xNscUSNcVSJt0slCi by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-07-23T17:15:36Z
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@sir Yeah, this used to annoy me a lot, so I setup my firefox userChrome.css to have huge scrollbars all the time.
(DIR) Post #9xOgxKRX2cL0cQcEIy by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-07-24T02:39:24Z
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@sir that's a whole new level of indirection right there - starting a zoom conference to take control of another machine so that you can view a web page. I'm just wondering why you didn't use a "no log" VPN (oh wait...THAT DOESN'T EXIST).
(DIR) Post #9xcY03RJBtWVZ2LDf6 by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-07-30T18:45:54Z
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Distro hunting: I am trying to choose a good first Linux distro for a friend. I'm planning to set it up for them, so I'm not worried about having "batteries included".I would like to go with #Alpine, since it seems to be small and simple, and I might eventually switch to it myself. However, I'm concerned that it might be too idealistic for someone who just wants to use a computer. Does anyone have an experience report from that perspective?An example of what I'm talking about is with Wayland vs. X. I'm use to fiddling around with newer technology until I get things to work, so I don't mind dealing with the current shortcomings of the Wayland experience. However, I'm more wary of putting a first-timer on Wayland, since occasionally weird things happen.
(DIR) Post #9xnHUowVJdsCwlPC3k by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-04-16T17:51:42Z
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I spent last night and this morning making a faster version of the #NixOS package search page.My version:https://trailingwhite.space/nix-package-search/Official version:https://nixos.org/nixos/packages.htmlMine still lacks the ability to switch between different channels.
(DIR) Post #9xunuCH8G9VtBuuxQe by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-08-08T14:25:42Z
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Can someone help me with what I think is a networking problem?While trying to install Alpine Linux on an ethernet-only machine, the setup script fails during the wget request to get the mirrorslist (the request timed out).I tried to do the same request on my laptop, which is connected to the same switch that the other machine is, and it also timed out. However, if I use the -4 option on my laptop to force using ipv4, the request succeeds.Thus, it seems that ipv6 requests are being held up somehow. Where would that be happening? On my router? On the alpine server?
(DIR) Post #9y3HEislBn7K2xKxBQ by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-08-12T16:34:33Z
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@sir Actually, I use Git to manage my friends. It's great because if I ever make a mistake that has a catastrophic effect, I can always revert to a previous revision. In addition, I can use branches to have multiple parallel universes to see which one I like best.
(DIR) Post #9y3IVy4K4yaK1XX3nk by philipwhite@functional.cafe
2020-08-12T16:48:59Z
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@sir I'm on board, but I take it that since you even attempted to set it up in the first place, your family won't use IRC.I don't care a bit about catering to the masses, except that most my friends are non-technical and will only care to use what caters to the masses.I've been running a Matrix server for over a year; I'm not sure I want to keep at it, since those that I've roped into using it are just using it while communicating with me, so it's not getting much appreciation. However, the alternative is that everyone goes back to SMS.