@tmarble
If "working code and dogged determination" can be described as a miracle then yes.
The code is available though! You can release your own event video with it! https://salsa.debian.org/debconf-video-team/sreview
@fosdem
If "working code and dogged determination" can be described as a miracle then yes.
The code is available though! You can release your own event video with it! https://salsa.debian.org/debconf-video-team/sreview
@fosdem
As my account has been removed, it's now official: I am no longer a FOSDEM organiser.
This was my choice. I wish the organisation all the best for the future, and if time and money allow, might come again as a mere visitor, for the first time in 22 (!) years.
This was my choice. I wish the organisation all the best for the future, and if time and money allow, might come again as a mere visitor, for the first time in 22 (!) years.
@hyc
Doesn't surprise me, PL/I is the brainchild of a meeting room full of IBM execs who were like "why do we need all these programming languages, let's design one big one that has the features of all the other ones and we can get rid of all these compiler teams"
Of course they then discovered https://xkcd.com/927/ but hey
@martyh
Doesn't surprise me, PL/I is the brainchild of a meeting room full of IBM execs who were like "why do we need all these programming languages, let's design one big one that has the features of all the other ones and we can get rid of all these compiler teams"
Of course they then discovered https://xkcd.com/927/ but hey
@martyh
@chris
Welcome to the world of DST-free life! I discovered (after moving from Belgium, which has DST, to South Africa, which doesn't) that it affected me for months after the DST change in many more ways than I thought.
Getting rid of it is good for your health in so many ways.
Welcome to the world of DST-free life! I discovered (after moving from Belgium, which has DST, to South Africa, which doesn't) that it affected me for months after the DST change in many more ways than I thought.
Getting rid of it is good for your health in so many ways.
@foone
OTOH, given that the two largest nuclear powers in the world currently have idiots at the helm...
OTOH, given that the two largest nuclear powers in the world currently have idiots at the helm...
If I wanted to do some pen testing, I'd need to get some gloves to protect my hands. But I don't like to ruin gloves, either, and I don't want to use disposable ones. This is why I don't do offensive fountain pen security. Even if water soluble ink stains aren't very long-lasting.
@foone
History is no guarantee for the future.
Not saying it's definitely going to happen, but the chance is probably higher than that of 'Utah may be nuked'
History is no guarantee for the future.
Not saying it's definitely going to happen, but the chance is probably higher than that of 'Utah may be nuked'
@futurebird
So you can plug in a USB WiFi adaptor.
And there's two because there *might* be a source of interference nearby.
So you can plug in a USB WiFi adaptor.
And there's two because there *might* be a source of interference nearby.
@foone
The company behind ancestry dot com might go bust though and then you *would* lose everything there...
The company behind ancestry dot com might go bust though and then you *would* lose everything there...
@voltagex in my experience working with computers, persistent is basically the same as smart
@voltagex
This only works for arrays allocated on the stack, not for a pointer to a 40-byte region, as for that sizeof(x) returns the size of the pointer, which is a constant that has nothing to do with the size of your array.
I'm sure you didn't need to know any of that, but now you do 😂
This only works for arrays allocated on the stack, not for a pointer to a 40-byte region, as for that sizeof(x) returns the size of the pointer, which is a constant that has nothing to do with the size of your array.
I'm sure you didn't need to know any of that, but now you do 😂
@voltagex
It's a standard trick to get the number of elements in an array:
sizeof(x) returns the allocated memory for the whole of the array. If your array has 10 elements and an element is a 32-bit int, then it returns 10 (elements) times 4 (bytes in a 32-bit int) = 40
sizeof(x[0]) dereferences the array to get the size of the first element. So in the same example, you get back 4.
Dividing 40 by 4 yields 10, the number of elements
It's a standard trick to get the number of elements in an array:
sizeof(x) returns the allocated memory for the whole of the array. If your array has 10 elements and an element is a 32-bit int, then it returns 10 (elements) times 4 (bytes in a 32-bit int) = 40
sizeof(x[0]) dereferences the array to get the size of the first element. So in the same example, you get back 4.
Dividing 40 by 4 yields 10, the number of elements
@zrb "losing all your data" is A backup strategy, it's just not a good one
@lxo
Great. I'm glad that you find my suggestions acceptable and that you can see the benefits in them.
If there's anything I can do to help with making that a reality... I can't promise to do much but I can try, and would be happy to be kept in the loop regardless. s/pleroma.debian.social/debian.org/ for my email.
Also, thanks for ignoring the accidentally missed 'non' in my last post. No we don't want to rid the world of free software 😲😂
@mjg59
Great. I'm glad that you find my suggestions acceptable and that you can see the benefits in them.
If there's anything I can do to help with making that a reality... I can't promise to do much but I can try, and would be happy to be kept in the loop regardless. s/pleroma.debian.social/debian.org/ for my email.
Also, thanks for ignoring the accidentally missed 'non' in my last post. No we don't want to rid the world of free software 😲😂
@mjg59
@lxo
I just came up with these during my breakfast this morning. I'm sure you can come up with more if you need to.
The point is to reward and encourage people to rid the world of free software. I know you want this. I want this.
Or, I don't know, your can keep your head in the sand and wait until the fsf is completely irrelevant because everyone knows they don't really care about free software.
🤷
@mjg59
I just came up with these during my breakfast this morning. I'm sure you can come up with more if you need to.
The point is to reward and encourage people to rid the world of free software. I know you want this. I want this.
Or, I don't know, your can keep your head in the sand and wait until the fsf is completely irrelevant because everyone knows they don't really care about free software.
🤷
@mjg59
@lxo
In this, have some allowance so that hardware manufacturers don't have to choose between losing the ryf badge or destroying stock when someone announces free firmware for something not in their device.
Introduce bonus points, or stars on the badge, or some such, for each piece of free firmware that's used by the device. Simple, but could be effective.
@mjg59
In this, have some allowance so that hardware manufacturers don't have to choose between losing the ryf badge or destroying stock when someone announces free firmware for something not in their device.
Introduce bonus points, or stars on the badge, or some such, for each piece of free firmware that's used by the device. Simple, but could be effective.
@mjg59