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cbarrick, to mildlyinteresting in "Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-report

So PA is a weird one because it’s so wide.

Yes, Philly is undoubtedly on the east coast.

But Pittsburgh is on the other side of the mountains.

I wouldn’t call Pittsburgh the “east coast”.

cbarrick, to comicstrips in Equation by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

The Bellman Equation describes a “principle of optimality" for decision making.

Essentially, choose the action that maximizes your expected future “value.” The problem is how you choose your value function, and how you estimate the outcomes of your actions.

Image of the Bellman Equation from Wikipedia

cbarrick, to linux in Random application segfaults on Arch

Yeah, this sounds somewhat like unstable hardware.

Definitely start with a stress test or memory test.

cbarrick, to linux in Integrity and config errors Ubuntu

X.509 certs are commonly used in TLS/HTTPS.

Why is one needed in your boot process?

Is your drive encrypted?

cbarrick, (edited ) to linux in How safe are my data if my hard drive isn't encrypted?

An encrypted hard drive means that someone cannot physically steal your hard drive and read its contents.

Encryption-at-rest is generally moot against RCE exploits, because your OS will happily decode files that your programs have permission to read.

That said, on modern systems, encryption is cheap. So set it up if you can.

Edit: I replied to the original post.

cbarrick, to comicstrips in JPEG

Dunno. Haven’t had the chance to try the argument.

But like, I’ve literally never heard someone say “jay-pheg”.

cbarrick, to linux in Why do you use the terminal?

I’m a software developer. I think about my interactions with computers as language. And Posix shell is a pretty good programming language.

So interacting with the computer this way just makes sense to my monkey brain.

cbarrick, to linux in How to switch thr state of Fn keys?

i have yet to encounter a user request to change Fkey to Fn.

It’s me. Hi. I prefer Fn over Fkey.

The only software I use that recognizes F-keys is htop, but it also supports other key codes.

On the flip side, I use the volume and brightness controls on my Fn keys all the time.

cbarrick, to linux in Suggestions for consumer cloud syncing on Linux?

It looks like there’s also a 3rd party FUSE driver for Box:

github.com/drotiro/boxfs2

OP, if you’re not aware, FUSE is a type of filesystem driver. It lets you mount things just like an external drive.

cbarrick, to linux in Stat command shows birth *after* modify time?

Ooo neat. I was not aware of this syscall. TIL!

cbarrick, (edited ) to linux in Integrity and config errors Ubuntu

Did you try to set up that container to serve HTTPS?

It sounds like you have some service configured to serve HTTPS, and it’s having trouble starting because the cert is broken.

Only that particular service will be broken. The rest of the system is fine.

Check systemctl status --failed for more info.

Edit: I’m only talking about the X.509 error. The AMD error is probably related to your hardware.

cbarrick, to asklemmy in Whats the best Chromebook for the money?

The HP Elite Dragonfly is the best Chromebook currently.

But, as always, the “best for the money” is always relative. The Elite Dragonfly is the best, but the price reflects that.

www.hp.com/us-en/shop/mdp/hp-elite-dragonfly

cbarrick, to mildlyinteresting in Hotel Complex in Sanya City, Hainan, China

Wait, really?

I always assumed China had these massive complexes because of the population density.

cbarrick, to opensource in Any bookmarking solution?

What’s the difference in bookmark management versus read-it-later? Do you need compatibility with a specific browser?

Do low tech solutions work? Like passing a JSON or something around with rsync?

cbarrick, to linux in Why do you use the terminal?

Shell and Haskell are for different purposes.

Shell is for composing tools that work on text streams.

Haskell is for writing new tools or for programming against other (more structured) data models.

Also, shell programs are small. The interpreter can be tiny. Re-compiling every new tool can add a ton of bloat.

Also also, the key to effective shell programming is to recognize it as a macro language.

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