if it is a magnum, shouldn’t it be bigger? /s
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They are a record of the process of adding to the Linux kernel. Such background can be used to trace the history of contributions if those contributions turn out to have had malicious intent or were derived from code that came from sources that were not compatible with the GNU license that the kernel is released under.
jdnewmil@lemmy.cato Mechanical Keyboards@lemmy.ml•Looking for a linux compatible programmable keyboard1·19 days agoCan’t really help much there… I haven’t bought a keyboard in years. But once you drop that first qualifier the availability of options just goes bananas!
jdnewmil@lemmy.cato Mechanical Keyboards@lemmy.ml•Looking for a linux compatible programmable keyboard3·21 days agoI suggest that you should spend less effort looking for special hardware and more effort learning how keyboard mappings work in your OS (e.g. [1][2]). “Linux” is a very powerful chameleon because hardware vendors almost never cater directly to that market.
[1] https://linuxconfig.org/reprogram-keyboard-keys-with-xmodmap [2] https://github.com/xremap/xremap
jdnewmil@lemmy.cato Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.world•ELI5: What the heck is linux?English6·22 days agoAgree, but this is the ELI10 explanation, not the ELI5 explanation. ChromeOS and Android are both operating systems that look and act very different than an operating system like Debian or Fedora, but all four of these examples use the Linux kernel.
jdnewmil@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computersEnglish12·1 month agoJust a note: Windows software for controlling hardware is highly likely to assume a)direct access to the hardware (sometimes mediated thorough ancient APIs and assuming the existence of defunct expansion slots) and b) assume meatspace time can be counted using OS timing ticks (which get stretched out as modern VMs timeshare with other processes underneath the virtulized hardware). It is awfully tough to replace them sometimes.
jdnewmil@lemmy.cato politics @lemmy.world•California man ordered to leave the U.S. ‘immediately’ despite providing birth certificate: ‘I’m not trying to be one of the government’s mistakes’13·2 months agoFailing to provide the name of the person in the body of the email is incomptetence.
Fox included the disclaimer about contact email… but IMO the person who built the mail merge was incompetent and that will not prevent ICE from coming after Aldo.
Stick with Windows. Microft will deliver paradigm shifts and you will have no say in the matter. They are already removing options for disabling Copilot, and for all the promised backward compatibility they are letting go of features that lots of old Windows software depended on, as they introduce features similar to ones in Linux. I cannot really fault them for all of these changes, but the difference is actually one of choice and privacy, and not really the one you seem to think it is.
jdnewmil@lemmy.cato Linux@lemmy.ml•TIL last-modified timestamp of a dir updates when a file/subdir is added/renamed/deleted1·2 months agoIt is not recursive though. A directory is a special kind of inode that enumerates file inode numbers and when that list changes then the contents of that “directory inode” change. But if /home/user/.bashrc is deleted then the timestamp for /home will not be affected because the timestamps are associated with inodes rather than directory entries (assuming no symbolic links are involved).
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/inodes-linux-filesystem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/inode
Perhaps re-frame the question: is it expected that you should partake of marijuana on the first date?
Really, a date is about getting to know each other, and any assumptions about the suitability of these kinds of social lubricants may indicate a divergence or convergence of cultural norms.
In other words, arranging a to meet at a bar sends a signal well before the “date” actually begins about how you approach life… if such a proposal is accepted then the other party is at least open to you consuming.
There are quite likely a lot of people who will breeze right past this and proceed to get tipsy to provide a cover story for embarrassing mistakes… and every but of this is fodder for judging how well you will get along if there are further dates. Don’t get depressed if the other person decides against future dates… no matter your feelings if they don’t feel likewise then best to drop it early.
The important thing to do is communicate the kind of person you are… forgiving, uptight, loose, teetotaler… and learn what kind of person the other is… preferably without conflict, and with respect. If alcohol fits with your persona, don’t hide it.