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The IDEs we had 30 years ago... and we lost
  • Vim is mentioned 5 times in the article!

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    Random raspberry pi freeze
  • OP mentioned a Minecraft server, iirc that can be pretty noisy in the logs.

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    Random raspberry pi freeze
  • If it’s running off an SD card then it’s very likely the SD card is broken. It’s better to run a pi off a USB SSD drive. Hope you have backups. Good luck either way.

    Edit (more context):

    https://hackaday.com/2019/04/08/give-your-raspberry-pi-sd-card-a-break-log-to-ram/

    https://hackaday.com/2022/03/09/raspberry-pi-and-the-story-of-sd-card-corruption/

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    Goldilocks distro?
  • I’m building a batteries included desktop OS based on NixOS. A bit like ZorinOS, ChromeOS or Mint but with NixOS as a base. It’s a bit ambitious and still in an early stage, but it’s been great fun for me using the Nix package manager as a solid tool to build stuff. Check it out at https://nixup.io/ or https://github.com/nixup-io/desk-os if you’re curious. Anyone with the nix package manager installed and flakes enabled can just execute nix run github:nixup-up/desk-os to spin up a VM with a demo.

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    Linux Directory Structure - FHS
  • NixOS enters the room wearing a “/nix/store” t-shirt.

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    Ladies and Gentlemen, the sate of AI.
  • I checked it, it’s true. Side note: it’s “the saté of AI.” FTFY. From what I’ve heard it’s even better than 🍿to sit back and watch this farce unfold.

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    Matrix let-down
  • Me too! When I’m scrolling in a room reading a backlog it will jump all over the place. I don’t know why but that is super annoying. It’s as if it’s some html / css anchoring going horribly wrong or something. First I thought it was caused by the client, but it happens in Element as well as Fluffy chat. I try to avoid Matrix as much as possible because of that.

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    Nix develop shell not using custom TSL certificates
  • It’s almost as if you’d like OP to provide a reproducible example. If only there was a tool for that /s

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    Nix develop shell not using custom TSL certificates
  • It’s almost as if you’d like OP to provide you with a reproducible example /s

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    Is NixOS at the advent of an implosion? | Community inquiry on recent drama
  • Understandable, maybe to some. But no matter how hard the activist core currently in charge of the moderation team would like me to believe it, not everyone brings political activism to the table on this project. And that’s a good thing. It is still perfectly possible to enjoy working with good tech and build cool stuff without bringing a soap box alongside your laptop.

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    Is NixOS at the advent of an implosion? | Community inquiry on recent drama
  • I believe there is a much larger, silent majority of nix users, contributors and enthusiasts that are not affected by this drama. Here’s a post that resonates with me: https://nrd.sh/blog/nixos-policy-breakdown/

    Over 20 years in this technology space, I’ve come to recognize software built on very solid foundational concepts. Nix is one of those. It’s not going anywhere and neither is NixOS. I encourage anyone interested in Nix to read Eelco Dolstra’s thesis: https://edolstra.github.io/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf

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    I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again
  • Also, why does this keep appearing in my feed. Every time I read this aggressive title I’m like jeez…

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    How do you like to tell people about the fediverse?
  • The first rule of the Fediverse.

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    Copilot Recall and it's consequences
  • “Copilot Recall and its consequences” https://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

    Good question though 👍

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    Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search
  • You’re holding typing it wrong!

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    Has anyone here ever tried Linux From Scratch?
  • NCommander did it for a Christmas charity stream a few years back: https://www.youtube.com/live/tCh0XjyIAKU

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    Microsoft opens a "high priority" bug ticket in ffmpeg, attempting to leech the free labour of the maintainers
  • No, I wasn’t joking. I only see the title and the link to the bug tracker issue. I don’t see a tweet anywhere, maybe that’s on me. (I’m not on Twitter / X). All I see is a link to a bug tracker issue that’s 11 months old. That’s why I think OP could have provided more context. But it’s all good now.

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