May you live in interesting times... https://no01.substack.com/p/march-19-21-god-is-a-comedian Three weeks into the Iran war, reality has passed through the looking glass, out the other side, and is now selling tickets to the gift shop. What follows is not satire. Satire requires exaggeration, and you cannot exaggerate something that is already operating at maximum absurdity. This is simply the news, and nothing but the news. Told straight, in a universe that has clearly stopped taking its medication.
Just remember what happened in Hawaii in the late 19th century: non Hawaiian citizens were allowed to vote and even run for elections, which then resulted in the Hawaiian government being overtaken from within by American ministers who were loyal to the US, not to the kingdom of Hawaii.
Allow non citizens to vote, sure, but within reason!
@wiebiwetter
That's probably impossible.
Douglas Adams said it best when he said,
> There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
Travel Whining
I'm not that frequent a flyer, but frequent enough that I managed to get on the lowest loyalty rung with a single airline, barely.
Unfortunately that airline is Emirates, which was a good choice in South Africa until the recent exploits of the trumpet.
Considering focusing on Star alliance now, but not sure if my three SA<->Europe flights a year will be sufficient to get similar status...
One advantage which FreeBSD has over Linux is that due to its smaller community, they can focus more on certain things. Linux has people pulling it in all kinds of, sometimes conflicting, ways. This is not as much of a problem for FreeBSD.
@safigo @purpleidea
There are benchmarks, e.g., https://openbenchmarking.org/result/2406146-NE-2406131NE13&hni=1&sgm=1&sor#r-542e6001bf05f1eaa298d6ffc8001da894c3a653, in 'geometric mean of all benchmarks' at the bottom shows FreeBSD on top. The difference is small enough to not matter to most people, but large enough that if you run gazillions of machines it might matter.
@safigo @purpleidea
FreeBSD still outperforms anything Linux can throw at it at the high end though.
And https://people.freebsd.org/~gallatin/talks/OpenFest2023.pdf talks about 800Gb/s servers, where performance matters.
@safigo @purpleidea
In fact, that article states that 'contributing upstream' is part of what Netflix considers core to its success in using FreeBSD, which basically negates any so called benefit you might have in not being bound by the GPL...
@purpleidea @safigo
Don't think they're available, no.
The best I know of is https://freebsdfoundation.org/end-user-stories/netflix-case-study/
No, Debian's kFreeBSD port is dead dead dead.
@safigo @purpleidea
They've given talks on how using FreeBSD gives them technological advantages over and above what Linux could give them.
Could the license be considered an advantage by their business people? Maybe. But I don't believe it's their only reason, or even their main reason.
@safigo @miekg
The Belgian recepy:
Peel potatoes.
Cut potatoes into something fry shaped. Preferably with a tool to do so if you want to save time, but with a sharp knife works too.
Deep-fry at 160°C until soft throughout.
Let cool to room temperature (even if you want to eat them the same day).
If you want to marinade, do so now (but I wouldn't).
Deep-fry at 180°C until golden brown (and yummy crusted)
Serve and eat.
LOL this is hilarious! Location of French aircraft carrier revealed by sailor's Strava run log.
It's just about the money.
Digital books are cheaper, because no physical object changes hands.
Brick and mortar grocery shops are cheaper, because no delivery takes place.
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Enshittification doesn't work if there isn't a single party controlling (almost) everything. You try to provide a shit service, I will move to a different instance (or roll my own).
Somewhere, someone finally made this and I think it's beautiful: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4687836
We are the same height!
Interestingly, whenever I stand next to a person approximately my own height, I suddenly feel small.
@NanoRaptor