read a filename from the user
Honestly for something repetitive like this I’d suggest trying to avoid user interaction completely. It’s probably better to get that info from the DVD drive itself (blkid -o value -s LABEL /dev/dvd), or if that fails assign a number.
First they came for 486, and I did not speak out - because I’ve never actually owned a 486…
UK libel laws sound way more reasonable to me. They force you to take accountability for your speech. Generally opinions and even hyperbole are fine (e.g. in this case, it’s likely OK to say that you think this person is Darth Vader). But if you spout some nonsense factoid about someone, be prepared to have some proof. US could definitely use some of that (it would put a lot of right-wing media companies out of business immediately, and I’m all for it)
claiming the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, said they would “not be blowing up ships anymore.”
Is there any confirmation from them, or is he making shit up again?
* IF the EC decides to move forward with the review and IF the review recommends suspending it and IF the EU Parliament votes to suspend it; each if being significantly less likely than the previous.
Not even a review. It’s a call for a review.
Can someone explain with less legalese? In my reading, the court decided that it did not have the jurisdiction over it because… UAE decided that it didn’t want the court to have jurisdiction over it? That shit would be funny if it wasn’t so sad.
I’m all for ridding our society of marriage and transitioning to civil unions instead. It’s a dumb-ass concept to promise to love someone for your entire life when both of you are bound to change a lot, sometimes becoming unrecognizable. The only reason it “worked” in the past is because the primary concern wasn’t actually love or happiness but rather performing the duties assigned to genders by patriarchy.
On a more philosophical note, did the marriage really “fail” if the person you promised to love changed so much so as to become a different person in the same body?
Depends on the situation
I would say rather it depends on the mode of “failure”.
marriage is something I would see as for life so that absolutely is a failure
Nah, people can change a lot even within a couple of years, let alone their entire lives. Sometimes it just so happens that people are no longer compatible, or grow bored of each other, whatever. What I would consider a failed marriage is if it was abusive from the start or otherwise made one of the spouses unhappy, or if it ended because of some gross misconduct (cheating, domestic violence, etc). If a marriage was fun for a while and ends amicably I’d say it’s a success overall. Consider the alternative: the marriage becomes a chore, spouses start to hate each other and be miserable, but continue living together just because “marriage is for life”? That’s exactly what I call a failed marriage, not one which ended on good terms.
if you are bankrupt that is a failure
If you are bankrupt because you did some stupid/illegal shit, then yeah. If the circumstances changed to the point that the business couldn’t continue being profitable, it’s totally fine to downsize or even close the business. If you performed some services or sold some goods that made people happy for a while it is a success. Once again, consider the alternative: the business is no longer profitable but you continue running it, paying out of pocket?
If you oppose the genocide GO HOME
So that anyone with even a shred of decency is gone and only the most rabid genociders remain? I think organizing a protest - even as meek as this - is better than just running away.
Yeah, kind of. However under capitalism getting regulations passed is at best a temporary fix until the capitalist hands out enough bribes. Unless by “getting involved in politics” you mean “join your local socialist party”.
“Created”? There’s been a duopoly since the inception of smartphone. This ruling does literally nothing to change that. Even sideloading wouldn’t fully fix that. The only true fix is to force manufacturers to provide an unlocked bootloader and drivers (at least binaries), but I can’t see this happening.
Thanks! I will try and report the results back to you.
Good for the environment? I recycle everything I can. I don’t use plastic bags or single-use cups. I avoid using heating in the winter to save on CO2 emissions (used it for 2 days this winter when my gf was sick). I stave off aircon in the summer for as long as I can to save electricity. I’m vegan (mostly because of ethical concerns but also because meat is awful for the planet in general). I avoid using my car when there’s an alternative (cycling/public transit).
Good for me? I do at least some exercise (stretching, workout, jogging, cycling) every workday and hike on the weekend. I brush my teeth twice a day, floss weekly, and get a full dental cleaning annually, and because of this (and genetic luck I suppose) I never had any issues with my teeth (don’t have even a single filling). I don’t drink alcohol or smoke at all. I avoid caffeine and sugars when possible.
I feel privileged to be able to form those habits, and also often blame myself that I don’t do better. I’m addicted to fat and carbohydrate-heavy foods, can’t bring myself to clean the apartment with any regularity beyond the most necessary, and can’t form a habit of regularly reading books. Sometimes I wonder how other adults manage when they have a 9-5 office job with commute times, kids, etc.
Do I have to build all other parts myself before then? (I’m trying to package it for Nix so that other people can also build it more easily)
Are there any instructions on how to build this all to get the ventoy installer binary that can replace upstream? Or is the project not up to this stage yet? I can go without Windows and FreeBSD support.
We’ll see. Given how locked down the Apple ecosystem is, often there’s no real alternative for a given software, so the pricing model is “how much can we charge” rather than anything competitive. There’s simply no incentive for companies to bring the cost down when people buy the software already. So yes, costs will be cut, but the prices will not, all for the line to go up.
Honestly who cares. IDGAF if some shitty corpo has to pay another shitty corpo a cut to sell stuff on second corpo devices or not. I don’t think it would materially affect pricing, it would just serve to increase profits of sellers. Either way the user is stuck in a walled garden curated by Apple to make sure you can only get corporate proprietary overpriced bullshit. If they forced Apple to allow sideloading/alternative app stores, and also EU got its shit together and enforced user-replaceable batteries, I might consider an iPhone.
AppImage suffers from the same problem that Flatpak does, the tool do work offline aren’t really good/solid and won’t save you for sure
I’ve been using my laptop in areas without internet for days. It works fine.
It also requires a bunch of very small details to all align and be correct for things to work out.
I have appimage-run from nixpkgs installed, which handles all those details. They are also not too hard to figure out manually should you need to.
Imagine the post-apocalyptic scenario, if you’re missing a dependency to get something running, or a driver, or something specific of your architecture that wasn’t deployed by the friend alongside the AppImage / Flatpak (ie. GPU driver) you’re cooked.
GPU drivers are emphatically not part of the AppImage. They are provided by Mesa, which is almost guaranteed to be installed.
Meanwhile on Windows it has basic GPU drivers for the entire OS bakes in, or you can probably fish around for an installer as fix the problem
It’s actually the other way around - if you want your GPU to work properly on a new Windows install, you have to fish around for AMD/NVidia drivers. On Linux Mesa is pretty much pre-installed on all distros.
It is way more likely that you’ll find machines with Windows and windows drivers / installer than Linux ones with your very specific hardware configuration.
LMAO, try moving a windows installation from Ryzen+AMD GPU to Intel+NVidia GPU and let me know how it goes (hint: you will have to manually uninstall, and then install a shit ton of drivers, for which you will need internet).
Meanwhile I’m typing this from a (Ryzen+AMD GPU) desktop which has an SSD from my (Intel+integrated graphics) laptop. When I plugged it in, it booted into sway just fine, with complete GPU support and all, and the only reason I had to update my config is to make it more convenient to use on the desktop.
Linux is not the best “apocalypse” OS, but it sure is better than Windows.
If by GNUIX you mean GNU Guix, they yeah it’s good enough. I’ve tried it on real hardware and didn’t find any issues. I would consider switching to it, but my day job is Nix-related so I’m running NixOS to make things easier. The learning curve is really steep for both Guix and Nix but I think their approach is great in the long term and worth investing some time into.