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bluewing

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  • Toxic linux communities moment:

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  • There is a lot of merit in reading man pages - as long as you understand what they are talking about. Something most newcomers lack. I've read more than one man page that was so poorly written that unless you were a top developer, I was worse off than before I started.

    Technical writing is an art form and very few in the FOSS world, (and even the rest of the world), are really good at it. It always pays to be mindful of just how unskilled your audience is.

  • Update: IRS successfully launches their own free Direct File - now ALL of my fellow 'murcans are eligible for 2025

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  • I would suggest you get hired by the IRS and start rewriting all their ancient code to build in and allow every deduction rule and that it's applied correctly every time so everyone can use it.

    The tax laws are so large and so complex and the code running all this stuff is so old and now locked in because they didn't keep up with updating their software as they went along. I'm amazed they got this far. Oh, and like you, I can't use it either. But that's why I have an accountant.

  • Russia Says It's Assembled a Lithography Machine, Will Make 350nm Chips Soon

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  • Yep. Look at it this way, those $100,000+ machining centers that make nearly everything you use and own, are running on basically 486 chips. And they only transitioned from the 386's because the dies wore out and the chip manufacturers said they weren't going to remake them. It caused a noticeable amount of angst in manufacturing when the news got out.

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  • I have Fedora KDE Plasma 40 on a laptop with a nVidia chipset, (I need to have it defaulted to Nouveau and the base Intel chipset). Maybe by the middle of next month they MIGHT have something cobbled together to get a decently working experience for the majority of users. Otherwise, don't be surprised if your screen flickers, has missing parts of your display, or just a black and blank screen.

    Wayland and nVidia - two piles of stupid that are meant for each other.

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  • At this point with Wayland, none of them..........

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  • Pretty much. It's what makes all those Linux Experts so Expert! Besides, ain't no one got time to memorize and understand what all that stuff does.......

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  • Best advise I can give after 20+ years of distro hopping is to be ready to try a few different ones to see which one might resonate the best with you. Because not all of them will feel right. But you will find one that fits you best. It might be Debian or Ubuntu or Fedora or Suse or Mint or even Arch. (I don't run Arch BTW)

    In the long run, it don't matter which distro you use - they are all Linux under their petticoats anyway. Just choose the one that works for you and makes YOU happy. And if you decide to change your distro of choice at any point for something different, that's all good too.

  • 📄 rule

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  • Yes, yes we DO use the metric system officially. In the early 1970's the metric system was made the official standard for weights and measures.

    What we didn't do was force everyone to use it at 3:11AM 11/21/1974. It was decided to take a longer approach and let the change happen naturally and it has happened.

    Everything in the grocery store is marked with metric weights and volumes. We buy butter by the gram, soda pop by the liter and whisk(e)y buy the milliliter. And everyone is looking for that same missing 10mm socket/wrench. (Where does do those things go anyway?)

    How much more metric do we really need to adopt?

  • DuckDuckGo is down. Is there any info about it?? [EDIT: IS BACK]

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  • Ask your doctor homeopath doctor

  • California is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco − and that could put a dent in gun violence

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  • I don't know. But you do you.

  • California is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco − and that could put a dent in gun violence

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  • Don't talk like a fool. Make a better argument than trying to be flip and condescending.

  • California is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco − and that could put a dent in gun violence

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  • If you intend to "Eat the Rich" and prevent wage theft, you will need more than a cardboard sign. Even Tankies understand that to defeat the rich you need more than slogans.

  • California is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco − and that could put a dent in gun violence

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  • And makes it so only the wealthy can afford them. Increasing the class divide. Which would give the wealthy even more power over the average citizen than they already have. On the other hand, it should increase money for the politicians to dole out to their best buddies. It also might reduce the population a bit as this might be the last straw for some. Not that criminals care. They ain't buying them in a store.

    How about if we make it totally illegal for people who live in cites over 40,000 populations to own any type of weapon. That would seem to solve most issues with city violence. Or is there a problem there also?

    Just food for thought. What is seen a good idea at first glance almost always have some kind of unexpected effects that need to be taken into account. Some of which might not be seen until much, much later.

  • Ambulance collides with moose while responding to another moose collision

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  • Someone wasn't listening when they were supposed to learn the Golden Rules of EMS -

    'You are there to be a part of the solution. Don't become part of the problem.'

    And for those that are wondering about the rest of the rules:

    'If you think you understand what is going on, you haven't been paying attention'

    'PPE! All the time, every time!'

    And finally - '..............into the recovery position - Always roll the patient towards you partner so you don't get puked on.'

  • Texas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energy

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  • While I don't think the way Texas has the regulations setup is a good idea, one has to look more at the 'whole picture' and do the math. Is the low cost periods low enough that when you get 'gouged' by the spikes, what was the total average cost? If the spikes are taken as a average over time, then maybe it works out in the consumer's favor or at worst break even, then it might be worth it. Or maybe it doesn't But I honestly don't know. I don't have the numbers in front of me to do the math, I'm a 1000+ miles away from Texas.

    Edit to add: I don't know just how much extra electricity Texas will need to buy, but I would assume they will be buying a noticeable amount. And the cost of electricity is VERY expensive in the spot market. It's why my co-op is doing major upgrades to the hydro-electric dam. To increase the efficiency and reduce the need to buy expensive spot market power.

    And without a good way to store the excess power generated, solar and wind aren't very good for peak loads. You can't merely flip a switch and spool up more power than a solar panel or wind generator can produce. Clouds reduce efficiency, insufficient or too much winds shut down wind generators. And despite having more alternative generation than everyone's hero - California, it still not enough to carry the whole load. Consumers are raising demand far faster than enough infrastructure can be built out to supply that demand. So for peak loads, natural gas generators are used because they can be turned on and off quickly as needed. This adds excess cost.

    The installation of storage batteries farms is fantastic. But it will take time and it will add cost to consumers electric bill.

    And despite some tankie's beliefs, nothing is free - it all costs something. I'm a member of a tiny rural electric co-op. The co-op needs to make a profit to afford maintenance and upgrades to our tiny grid. Our power is generated by a hydro-electric dam and my rates have gone up this year to to cover the costs of some major maintenance on the dam and the addition of 3 new linemen to keep the electricity flowing to my heat pump that the co-op incentivizes and highly encourages.

  • Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source code to enable collaborative development of its legendary player for Windows

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  • Thanks for the explanation!

  • Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source code to enable collaborative development of its legendary player for Windows

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  • Judge strikes down anti-trans sports ban after roller derby team fights for its members

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  • I have long been puzzled by the word "Test" being used also. Best I can figure is that a Cricket match is a test of of the players know how to play correctly and a test for the fans in watching a whole match.

  • Biden announces 100% tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles

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  • First, the countries where they are popular tend to have limited higher speed roadways and the general population doesn't want to own one anyway. And some countries simply do not care if you die in one. It is pretty hard to get seriously hurt of killed at 20mph speeds.

    Second, trying to legislate where people might drive those things will prove to be futile. We both know Bubba and Ken will think "it's only a little ways" and try to get one of these those things up on a highway speed roadway in a grossly overloaded tiny little pickup. Only to be run over by an 80,000lbs semi or smacked in the rear-end by Karen in her Suburban doing 70 mph in a 50mph zone. This is probably a very good case where the rules banning them from roads are to protect people from their own stupidity.

    We kill enough people every year in the highly engineered for safety vehicles we already have. And besides, I have seen people drive and most of y'all shouldn't.