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Great American humorist. C# developer. Open source enthusiast.

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“May have just legalized murder by one individual”: Experts alarmed at “stunning” SCOTUS ruling
  • The Supreme Court isn't really interested in arguments, it seems. They're starting at conclusions and working backwards. In a sane world, you're probably right with the logic. But in a sane world we wouldn't have made it to this point to begin with.

  • To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial Board
  • All men are apes, but not all apes are men.

  • Interview: Digital Eclipse On Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Rita's Rewind
  • I know it's pandering to my millennial nostalgia, but they're doing it so well.

  • What everyone gets wrong about the 2015 Ashley Madison scandal
  • Both definitely are true. I don't mean to indicate that one view is right. One feeds into the other. This is just he natural outcome when one sex is a sexual selector and one is not. I don't envy either group online dating, but for different reasons.

  • What everyone gets wrong about the 2015 Ashley Madison scandal
  • I remember online dating looking more like this from a male perspective.

  • Systemd 256.1 Addresses Complaint That 'systemd-tmpfiles' Could Unexpectedly Delete Your /home Directory
  • I'm gonna be real. I dont think home directory files should handled by something named tmpfiles.

    But... but... it was in the documentation! /s

    What killed me about the whole thing was how defensive the dev was about the whole thing, basically calling the reporter a moron for running a command without extensive knowledge of the entire system. I don't care how good the documentation is, if open file proceeds to format your hard drive in some circumstances, you done goofed as a dev.

  • Recommendation for a high-quality webcam for Linux
  • You'll have to forgive me, as I haven't tested this personally on Linux yet, but this webcam is a USB 3 device and doesn't have any special drivers. It should work plug-n-play.

    The reason I bring it to your attention is that it has a nice physical lens for focusing, aperture, and zoom; all separate. It's 4k 30 fps and I can confirm that the picture is really nice.

  • Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's former chief scientist, launches new AI company
  • His body has put all its resources toward growing neurons. There's simply not enough left for hair. Good trade off, imo.

  • With GPL, you're programming Freedom. With MIT, you're programming for free.
  • Because I don't know why it is closed source. Is it a personal project? A private project? A sensitive project? I don't see a moral imperative for any of those to be free and open to all users.

  • With GPL, you're programming Freedom. With MIT, you're programming for free.
  • If I release something free of restrictions to the world as a gift, that is my prerogative. And a third party's actions don't affect my ability to do whatever I want with the original code, nor the users of their product's ability to do what they want with my code. And the idea of "property" here is pretty abstract. What is it you own when you purchase software? Certainly not everything. Probably not nothing. But there is a wide swath in between in which reasonable people can disagree.

    If you are an intellectual property abolitionist, I doubt there is much I can say to change your mind.

  • With GPL, you're programming Freedom. With MIT, you're programming for free.
  • I'm not sure what you are referring to about ontologically bad. Has someone said this?

    I'm going by the vibe of the comments of people here who are generally anti-MIT. That the very nature of allowing someone to use your code in a closed-source project without attribution is bad. Phrasing it as "hiding their copyright infringement", for example, implies that it is copyright infringement per se regardless of the license or the spirit in which it was released.

  • With GPL, you're programming Freedom. With MIT, you're programming for free.
  • Not all of us write code simply for monetary gain and some of us have philosophical differences on what you can and should own as far as the public commons goes. And not all of us view closed derivatives as a ontologically bad.

  • Rule!
  • dolby atleas

  • [Question] Using DD to make a backup of an OS drive?
  • I don't know off the top of my head. I think that Clonezilla can modify images in such a way as they can be booted on a different type of device. My knowledge of the black magic of boot sectors and partition stuff is lacking. Also, you'd have to make sure the motherboard/BIOS is properly configured for reading the device in the same way that the original device was read. UEFI/BIOS stuff can be a pain in the ass to get right.

    So my short answer is probably, but I wouldn't be able to walk you through something like that. Wish I could be more helpful.

  • [Question] Using DD to make a backup of an OS drive?
  • Would this work

    Yes.

    or would I have problems

    Also yes.

    I used to do this backing up my "servers". By that I mean some Raspberry Pis and random old PCs running Debian. I even did so successfully when needing to restore the images. But it was fragile and also failed at times, sometimes to great inconvenience when it was a machine serving something important.

    I've since moved to a different backup strategy for servers, but if I were to do this with a bare-metal machine I want to preserve, I'd use something like Clonezilla. The maintainers of that project know a whole heck of a lot more than I do of the ins and outs of disk management, backup, and restoration than I do with my simple dd commands. If it is something you're just wanting to do for fun and experience, dd can work. If you're concerned with the security of your data/image, I'd use Clonezilla.

  • Boeing sales tumble as the company gets no orders for the 737 Max for the second straight month
  • The investors that matter, probably. I have little doubt it will be the "little guy" who has a 401k with Boeing investments that takes the hit. The C-suite executives will have golden parachutes, and anyone powerful/rich enough will either insider trade it away or get bailed out.

  • Anon interviews for a job
  • the dr. who thing?

  • Biden considering separate hostage deal with Hamas, potentially bypassing Israel
  • Don't we provide all the weapons? We could definitely stop doing that and at least force Israel to find another source for weaponry if they insist on continuing.

  • U.S. Considers Expanded Nuclear Arsenal, a Reversal of Decades of Cuts
  • Just recommended the audio book to my library. Thanks.

  • Convicted Felon Trump Tells Putin to Keep Wall Street Journal Reporter Hostage Through Election
  • figured better to not bother than to “um, akchually” this one

    gonna get the internet police sicked on you for sure.

  • Baltimore bridge collapses after ship strikes it, sending vehicles into water

    www.ocregister.com Baltimore bridge collapses after cargo ship rams into support column; 6 presumed dead

    The ship’s crew issued a mayday call moments before the crash took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, enabling authorities to limit vehicle traffic on the span, Maryland’s governor said.

    Baltimore bridge collapses after cargo ship rams into support column; 6 presumed dead

    A large vessel crashed into the bridge, catching on fire before sinking and causing multiple vehicles to fall into the Patapsco River.

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    www.ocregister.com Baltimore bridge collapses after ship strikes it, sending vehicles into water

    A large vessel crashed into the bridge, catching on fire before sinking and causing multiple vehicles to fall into the Patapsco River.

    Baltimore bridge collapses after ship strikes it, sending vehicles into water
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