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#326 Re: Off-topic » AI Safety » 2024-06-10 12:13:37

@aluma

It won’t work, the FPV drone will attack from above. This is right today, right now...

the Barrett M82 is being used against ground-based targets as per the subject/topic in the previous post

ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrett_M82

fortunately the terminator can't fly...yet

ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminator

#327 Re: Off-topic » AI Safety » 2024-06-08 15:59:25

consider the speed of this machine as it "solves"(picks the correct codes/commands/etc)

ttps://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/06/robot-solves-rubiks-cube-in-literal-blink-of-an-eye-for-new-world-record/

and how mere/puny humans could ever hope to defend against future "killer AI" controlling "killer robots" operating at "eye-blinkingly-fast speeds"

ttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/boston-dynamics-debuts-humanoid-robot-destined-for-commercialization/

Terminator anyone?

ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminator

nothing less than a Barrett M82 is going to be even remotely effective:

ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrett_M82

enthusiast website(one of many):

ttps://1moa.org/

#328 Re: Off-topic » What are you reading/want to read ? » 2024-06-08 15:28:34

after reading this recent wired article:

ttps://www.wired.com/story/inside-biggest-fbi-sting-operation-in-history/

was reminded of operation torpedo and operation pacifier:

ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Torpedo

ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pacifier

also see:
ttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/09/playpen-story-fbis-unprecedented-and-illegal-hacking-operation

#330 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] LXQt user shutdown » 2024-05-04 15:31:35

not familiar with the particulars but did some poking around.

saw there were 83 results to this search:
ttps://forum.freecad.org/search.php?keywords=devuan

also noted from the developer hub webpage:
ttps://wiki.freecad.org/Developer_hub

Roadmap
--------------------------
FreeCAD, though usable in certain areas, is at the beginning of a long way into the CAD mainstream. There is still a lot to do to reach a state where we can compete with commercial software.

#331 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Result of rkhunter check » 2024-05-03 06:39:57

re: suspect -
ttps://www.reddit.com/r/voidlinux/comments/n6eo9m/strange_directory_persisting_in_devshm/?rdt=53428

re: size -
ttps://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=360159

#332 Re: Installation » devuan_chimaera_4.0.0_amd64_desktop.iso installation freezes » 2024-05-01 07:08:07

what is the history of the hardware/machine/unit?
was it new-in-factory-sealed-packaging when you received it?
how did the unit function with the pre-installed operating system(if any)?
how does the unit function while using another/various-other distros(livecd/livedvd/liveusb)?

#333 Re: Devuan » liblzma CVE-2024-3094 » 2024-04-29 16:40:03

re: *bsd

just stumbled across this(video circa 2017):

"Convincing a Linux guy to use FreeBSD" - Lunduke Hour - Feb 9, 2017(approx-1hr15min)
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cofKxtIO3Is

#334 Re: Installation » I screwed XFCE up, xfce panel won't show at all » 2024-04-22 09:11:55

if you run low on space(partition mostly full, for example) things sometimes misbehave.

#335 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » grub boot keyboard » 2024-04-18 17:44:17

what is the model and version of your lenovo laptop?

have you successfully used _any_ other *nix operating system?

which version(s) of Devuan have you tried?

some semi-random webpages that may give some additional thoughts:
ttps://www.forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=70905
ttps://superuser.com/questions/1615364/selecting-entries-in-boot-manager-without-using-keyboard
ttps://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/724678/why-does-grub-fail-to-auto-boot-when-no-keyboard-is-connected
ttps://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/20588/how-to-make-bt-keyboard-available-at-login-and-os-selection-screens

#336 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Assistance with Gufw » 2024-04-18 17:15:26

i don't use sylpheed but do use gufw and am interested in your mediation and conclusion(s)

i have briefly reviewed these but nothing jumped right out:
ttps://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/doc/faq/en/sylpheed-faq-2.html
ttps://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/doc/faq/en/sylpheed-faq-2.html#faq-account-setup
ttps://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/doc/faq/en/sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e1067
ttps://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/doc/faq/en/sylpheed-faq-2.html#d0e937

i use the gufw default home profile which denies all incoming and allows all outgoing
(sometimes make a temporary rule to allow seeding but that is quite infrequent)

#337 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Reliability of desktop vs enterprise drives » 2024-03-14 20:25:24

regarding storage media, this might be important to you

Hard drives were already bad at random access I/O—but SMR disks are worse.
ttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/04/caveat-emptor-smr-disks-are-being-submarined-into-unexpected-channels/

also for your convenience here are the terms i searched at DDG(no quotes):
"arstechnica shingled magnetic recording smr"

#338 Re: Off-topic » Questions about ARM » 2024-03-14 20:03:41

you might enjoy this presentation:

Nezha RISC-V Linux SBC running debian - via - ExplainingComputers
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=613yEF6SrNo

#339 Re: Off-topic » question regarding hyperbola os » 2024-03-14 09:31:15

also as an additional point of reference and/or amusement

visit this forum using lynx(or similar)

further thoughts and/or questions, does a screen-reader(for those who require such) stumble over truncated content?

#340 Re: Off-topic » question regarding hyperbola os » 2024-03-14 09:17:24

@boughtonp, what was that ctrl_del_del supposed to do exactly? it didn't do anything unless there were lines/words after the cursor, in which case it made two deletions. thanks in advance!

#341 Re: Off-topic » Questions about ARM » 2024-03-13 12:31:37

this is a few years old but still very thought-provoking:

ttps://hackaday.com/2020/08/12/degrees-of-freedom-booting-arm-processors/

enjoy

#342 Re: Off-topic » question regarding hyperbola os » 2024-03-11 16:14:06

@aluma, re your reply "I do it differently, I just paste the URL into the Quick reply window, the forum itself adds the url tag to it."

here is a link to one of your recent posts where the URL is truncated and, as such, in a screenshot it is impossible to know what the real complete URL is(hopefully this makes sense and helps to explain more fully what was explained earlier):
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=48767#p48767

nevertheless, thanks for the thoughts and posts!

#343 Re: Off-topic » question regarding hyperbola os » 2024-03-11 15:32:39

re: purposefully dropping the "h" in link(s)/URL(s)

if you review these two previous posts:
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=46316#p46316
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=46353#p46353

you will see that the forum software truncates the complete URL which means that quick screenshots don't acquire the URL properly and so to make sure that the URL is not truncated most people just drop the first "h"

it is much less frustrating to add the "h"(which you always know should be there)
versus
attempting to come up with a correct and complete URL from a truncated screenshot(?)

#344 Off-topic » question regarding hyperbola os » 2024-03-10 21:48:22

does anyone know why hyperbola won't install on air-gapped equipment?
(tried to install but it requires an internet connection just to install?!?!)

after reading:
ttps://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=46559#p46559
and visiting:
ttps://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:project:social_contract

and further reading/reviewing of many of the additional links/webpages/philosophy/etc:
(including this installation page)
ttps://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:manual:reference_installation

perhaps there are air-gapped instructions somewhere that we have missed?

#345 Re: Off-topic » The Joke Thread » 2024-03-10 10:00:51

explain xkcd has some interesting tidbits:

ttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/149:_Sandwich

one such tidbit(near the bottom of the current webpage):

Alexbuzzbee (talk) 02:50, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

    It also reminds me of the Star Trek: Voyager episode where Q tampered with the ship's replicators:

        Janeway: "Coffee, black."
        Replicator: "Make it yourself."

(But she didn't try "Sudo coffee, black.") - Mike Rosoft (talk) 18:14, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

#346 Re: Installation » radicale not starting with init-script » 2024-03-09 10:33:38

had a moment and curiosity got the best of me

ttps://radicale.org/v3.html

that webpage has an incredible amount of information
(good to take it all in when you have the time, especially the "about" section)

also of additional note:

attempted to visit one of the links on that webpage:
ttps://openports.se/productivity/radicale

and failed to find anything related to radicale but there was a notice dated 20230130 at ttps://openports.se/

2023-01-30

Time to say goodbye
We started NetBSD.se 20 years ago and it's time to say goodbye to this small swedish community. None of us really have interest in doing this any longer and to be honest none of us run NetBSD anymore either ;-).

It's been a fun journey, it's been many services over the years and today we more or less only have pkgsrc.se and openports.se left.

Some statistics of pkgsrc.se over the years,
* 45 566 updates has been done since 2007 with an average exec time of 820 seconds
* Tracking 64 braches and 865 029 packages
* 69 843 995 changed detected in pkgsrc over the years
* 255 072 commit mails

Thank you for these 20 years.

Fredrik & Viktor

admin (a) netbsd DOT se

2023-02-03
We would like to thank you for all the emails we have received in the last few days. It means a lot to receive positive response to the services we have provided over the years.
Special thanks to Thomas Merkel [1] who will continue to provide the pkgsrc.se service.

[1]
tm (a) netbsd DOT org

#347 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Stupid music player tricks » 2024-03-09 09:43:15

had a moment so searched(duckduckgo) "linux WMA Lossless Audacious has become unreliable"

and this was one of the more recent(date-wise) results that might give/have some clues/insight:

ttps://forums.slimdevices.com/forum/user-forums/linux-unix/109213-picoreplayer-issues-with-native-playback-of-wma-lossless-and-wma-pro-files

#348 Re: Off-topic » fantastic evolutions: one of the best ones - Refractasnapshot » 2024-03-06 11:16:14

@oui(and for future readers of this thread), EasyOS is _not_ whatever "easy linux" you might be referencing(for the record)

links:

ttps://easyos.org/

ttps://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=easyos

#349 Re: Off-topic » fantastic evolutions: one of the best ones - Refractasnapshot » 2024-03-04 11:39:34

go Puppy! Arf Arf

and from Barry Kauler more recently:

ttps://easyos.org/

#350 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Beowulf to Chimaera - precautions » 2024-03-04 11:35:42

re OP and re HARDWARE... nice!

you might enjoy this commentary:
ttps://sdf.org/?faq?BASICS?02

re backup/clone/copy/etc tool(s), we happily pay for and use:
ttps://partedmagic.com/

(have used and trusted PartedMagic throughout it's existence, in the early days it was no-charge but now it is well-worth the small fee!)

re kingston ssd

we're also using 120gb-ssd from various name-brands and have only had one expire/drop-dead so far(knocking_on_wood) over 7 years.
(still operating under the consideration that at any moment it/they will go dark forever...always a little unsettling whenever it does happen)

running Beowulf and Chimaera machines presently but with the direction of linux/systemd/wayland/redhat/microsoft/etc will need to move to something else eventually(another learning curve...sigh)

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