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[He/Him, Nosist, Touch typist, Enthusiast, Superuser impostorist, keen-eyed humorist, endeavourOS shillist, kotlin useist, wonderful bastard, professinal pedant miser] Stuped person says stuped things, people boom

I have trouble with using tone in my words but not interpreting tone from others' words. Weird, isn't it?

Formerly on kbin.social and dbzer0

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Mary Trump: Kamala Harris terrifies my 'flailing' uncle to the 'point of incoherence'
  • 250‽ That’s two times the classic Star Wars novella “Heir to the Empire”!

  • Mary Trump: Kamala Harris terrifies my 'flailing' uncle to the 'point of incoherence'
  • Hate fares good for the algorithm.

    It’s an interesting enormity how you call the system unified in this time of great polarization.

  • Mary Trump: Kamala Harris terrifies my 'flailing' uncle to the 'point of incoherence'
  • You’re the only one bringing up whether Trump has racial and misogynistic prejudice on potency here.

  • Mary Trump: Kamala Harris terrifies my 'flailing' uncle to the 'point of incoherence'
  • He said these things with strong confidence and conviction in the face of convictions. Meanwhile, Biden practically got “you care about golf, I care about the people” handed to him on an orange platter of pudding and still resorted to stuttering on country clubs and abortion rights, the most favorable points voters of this country see.

  • Anyone can Access Deleted and Private Repository Data on GitHub
  • If you meant receive CI results... just send these via email? Every major platform (Gerrit, GitLab, GitHub, Gitea...) already does that for notifications IIRC.

  • Quantum Lock suspends sales due to developers losing access to source code
  • I'd doubt that this has creds, though. IIRC Steam multiplayer generates its own creds.

  • Anyone can Access Deleted and Private Repository Data on GitHub
  • Why would you need to control these through a mailing list? The maintainers should have accounts (I don't see the point in federating maintainers instead of just discussion, especially when this is self-hostable), and only those with permissions should be setting up labels, assignees, inline reviews, and CI. And yes, sourcehut has a UI for this, though alternatives through email commands are also available.

    And no, I do not see the point of reactions. If you really need a vote, use a voting service.

  • Genie dislikes cloud
  • The political campaign is actually the innovation of the film, which was an adaptation.

    ending

    And then he realized that winning would break the rules, as the salary makes the position considered an asset, so he campaigned for "none of the above". At the end of the movie, that option wins.

  • Quantum Lock suspends sales due to developers losing access to source code
  • No, they lost the code and couldn't get it back because they didn't use Git or upload it.

  • Anyone can Access Deleted and Private Repository Data on GitHub
  • Mailing lists offer everything needed for a discussion: sending words, threading discussion (that’s already better than every competitor!), and receiving words. All of this is done fast with modern email’s push syncing. Sure, it’s not instant messaging, but development discussions shouldn’t be chatty. Sure, it’s not good for voting, but one can and should just link to one of these online polling services that guarantee integrity instead.

  • Mary Trump: Kamala Harris terrifies my 'flailing' uncle to the 'point of incoherence'
  • Thing is, one has to stop hearing him talk to take in her talk, a surprisingly hard act for many.

  • Quantum Lock suspends sales due to developers losing access to source code
  • IIRC it was made by two people, only one of which was a developer.

  • Anyone can Access Deleted and Private Repository Data on GitHub
    1. Git has bundled tooling to support pushing MRs to mailing lists.
    2. Email is existing infrastructure. I’m the kind of guy who hates the powerbanks solar route and prefer selling excess solar power to the grid instead. This also has the benefit on allowing you to customize your notifications from subscribed repositories however you like.
    3. The reason we’re not on a mailing list is because we have an extra feature mailing lists can’t offer: reacting, be that upvoting, downvoting, or bookmarking/boosting. Meanwhile, you don’t need that on a development forum. You do have editing, though. Hopefully everyone’s using a client that supports undo.
    4. IMO, the slower speed of email makes people think more before they send.
  • Mary Trump: Kamala Harris terrifies my 'flailing' uncle to the 'point of incoherence'
  • If you didn't realize that when you heard him talk

    That’s the thing. He was miles ahead in the debate, even though I highly disagree with the argument.

  • Anyone can Access Deleted and Private Repository Data on GitHub
  • It also supports browsing without JavaScript, if that's your thing.

  • Quantum Lock suspends sales due to developers losing access to source code

    store.steampowered.com Quantum Lock - Quantum Lock Shutting Down Purchases - Steam News

    Hey Everyone, QL was our first game and although it was a big milestone for us, it was created at a time before we understood version control software. We do not have access to the source code anymore and cannot make any fixes or changes to the game. Because of this, we have decided to disable the a...

    Quantum Lock - Quantum Lock Shutting Down Purchases - Steam News

    > > > QL was our first game and although it was a big milestone for us, it was created at a time before we understood version control software. We do not have access to the source code anymore and cannot make any fixes or changes to the game. Because of this, we have decided to disable the ability for anyone to buy copies of the game. Thank you for your time and feel free to reach out to us. > >

    The trailer looks like an awesome vaporwave freeze tag indie game.

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    🏳️‍⚧️

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    > > > Windows 3.1, launched in 1992, is likely not getting any updates. So, when CrowdStrike pushed the faulty update to all its customers, Southwest wasn’t affected (because it didn’t receive an update to begin with). > >

    > > > Aside from Windows 3.1, Southwest also uses Windows 95 for its staff scheduling system. > >

    > > > One X user suggested that the company switch to Windows XP—it’s also no longer updated, and it can run Windows 3.1 applications via compatibility mode. > >

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    Why ISO was retired

    ...from EasyOS, a Linux distro, which moved to the .img format.

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    TIL “The Dark Side of the Moon”’s cover is apparently public domain if you slapped the letters “CGI” on it

    Some government employee made the “new logo” in the 90s for NCSA software (the Common Gateway Interface), and government work is public domain.

    Just more evidence that big brother shall releaseth thee work and soul /s

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    CrowdStrike downtime apparently caused by update that replaced a file with 42kb of zeroes

    twiiit.com christian_taillon (@christian_tail)

    You're correct. Full of zeros at least.

    …according to a Twitter post by the Chief Informational Security Officer of Grand Canyon Education.

    > > > So, does anyone else find it odd that the file that caused everything CrowdStrike to freak out, C-00000291- > 00000000-00000032.sys was 42KB of blank/null values, while the replacement file C-00000291-00000000- > 00000.033.sys was 35KB and looked like a normal, if not obfuscated sys/.conf file? > >

    Also, apparently CrowdStrike had at least 5 hours to work on the problem between the time it was discovered and the time it was fixed.

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    graphite.dev Why Facebook doesn’t use Git

    Explore the journey of Facebook's transition from Git to Mercurial, uncovering the technical and social dynamics that influenced one of the tech industry's pivotal decisions in source control management. This post delves into the reasons behind Facebook's shift, the challenges of scaling Git, and th...

    Why Facebook doesn’t use Git

    Monorepos, performance problems, and a lot of asking

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    windows95tips.com

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    > > > “SiegedSec account suspended,” vio wrote. “this current account will be used as a backup until a new one is set up :3.” > >

    The entire article is worth reading for once.

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    wikipedia today (ordered by date descending, a.k.a. recent first)

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    shake shack should bottle up their water and sell it

    it's fucking majestic. best water i've ever had and the best item they've ever had

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    Anthony Bray sentenced to four months for possession of replica Master Sword

    WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND—Bray claimed that the sword was a “fidget” – something to keep his hands busy. He had bought it online as a fidget toy. On 8 June 2024, officers were made aware through CCTV operators of a man – Anthony Bray – walking down Queens Road, Nuneaton with something in his hand. Bray approached officers with the item in his hand visible, at which point he was arrested as he was carrying a bladed article.

    > > > Officers tried to explain to Bray that, despite its intended purpose, it was in fact a sharply pointed item which could be used as a weapon and might put others in fear of it being used against them. > >

    > > > In addition to the four months in prison, Bray is required to pay a victims’ surcharge of £154. > > > > Sgt Spellman of the Patrol Investigations Unit said “We take a zero tolerance to bladed articles in public, and Bray has fallen afoul of this. > >

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2024/07/03/zelda-master-sword-gets-man-4-months-prison-time-but-theres-more-to-the-story/:

    > > > What’s missing from every report about this I could find, and what is so crucial to understanding this story, however is that Anthony Bray is a repeat offender with a long rap sheet and numerous prison sentences, several of which were for burglary including serial burglary. In 2011, Bray was convicted and sentenced to four years in prison after getting “three strikes” for burgling residences. But his run-ins with the law go back to 1989 and he was in court numerous times throughout the 90s as well. > >

    > > > The last wrinkle to this story is the very real problem with knife violence in the UK. Warwickshire is in the Midlands where knife violence is higher than any other region, higher even than in London. There were 5,234 knife offenses in the region in 2023 alone including a number of murders. Perhaps it is through this lens that we should view the arrest and prison sentence of Anthony Bray. > >

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    breaking news: melroy of mbin is moving to linux mint from ubuntu!~1 twist of the microcentury!

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    shiver me timbers

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    protocol

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    you know what

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    Ubuntu App Center adds a UI for installing third-party deb files

    github.com feat: implement UI for 3rd party debs by d-loose · Pull Request #1681 · ubuntu/app-center

    Adds a first skeleton for the local deb package UI. As we're in the process of refactoring the entire app to follow a more standardized riverpod-based architecture, things in this PR might change a...

    feat: implement UI for 3rd party debs by d-loose · Pull Request #1681 · ubuntu/app-center

    It's a merged pull request made by a member. Dunno which release it'd be in. This means people can double-click deb files to install again (with a warning). c.f. https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-24-04-disappointment/

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    cross-platform compatibility

    somebody draw a semi-transparent pufferfish or a penguin belly-sliding down the left hill or a random red tie y'know

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    TIL that in 2014, a photographer tried to copyright a monkey's selfie and sue Wikipedia for it.

    The EFF soon created a crossword, overlaid it on top of the monkey, and featured it on their website.

    > > > August 2014 – Photographer David Slater sent a copyright takedown notice to the Wikimedia Commons over a photograph of a Celebes crested macaque taken on one of his cameras, which at the time was being operated by the macaque, resulting in a "monkey selfie". The Wikimedia Foundation dismissed the claims, asserting that the photograph, having been taken by a non-human animal, rather than Slater, is in the public domain per United States law.[277][278] Subsequently, a court in San Francisco ruled copyright protection could not be applied to the monkey and a University of Michigan law professor said "the original monkey selfie is in the public domain."[279] > >

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey\_selfie\_copyright\_dispute :

    > > > In September 2015, PETA filed a lawsuit against Slater and Blurb, requesting that the copyright be assigned to the macaque and that PETA be appointed to administer proceeds from the photos for the endangered species' benefit.[6] In dismissing PETA's case, a federal district court ruled that a monkey cannot own copyright under US law.[7] PETA appealed. > >

    > > > In May 2018, Condé Nast Entertainment acquired the rights from Slater to make a documentary film related to the monkey selfie dispute. The project was being overseen by Dawn Ostroff and Jeremy Steckler.[55] > >

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    guess who

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