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🧵 5/9

## Bare bone nature of Debian

Debian's bare bone nature is shocking and refreshing at the same time. When coming from a feature rich system like Fedora, one thinks that lots of terminal functions are a given.

Learning that tools like `git` and `curl` are not default tools on every system is surprising.

This is a good thing to know since Debian offers the perfect environment to test out how good one's project setups truly are. Just start a , install the bare minimum tools, and see if the script runs without any other tweaking from one own side.

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barefootstache

🧵 4/9

## Why is it not so easy as plug'n'play?

The trickiest part of installing any other system onto a Windows system is learning how many road blocks Windows places to void the attempt. The goal is to get into the _Boot Loader Menu_. From here one can reboot directly into the specific device, which in this case is a USB-stick.

Getting through the installation process of Debian is straightforward.

Network management gave some errors, since I decided to install without Ethernet connection. I was hoping to use the existing option on Windows over wireless. Seems like it is not that straightforward.

Setting a timezone is a bit annoying, since it is based off of language. After choosing US English as the language, I am only given the timezones within US territory. This didn't bug me too much, since I knew I can adjust it post install.

Getting through installation went quite smooth and after the reboot, I was hoping to be greeted by the sign-in mask of the desktop. Only to be surprised by the terminal login options.

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barefootstache

🧵 3/9

## Why Debian?

I am a long time user and have a couple of servers. I want to change the servers to Debian because it potentially can have longer LTS over Ubuntu and like the nature of Debian over the other two. Plus the 6-12 month version upgrade cycle of Fedora is just too frequent for my taste.

One downside of the system so far is that the documentation is not beginner friendly. E.g. had difficulty downloading the ISO, since I was being navigated towards the documentation over the home page.

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barefootstache

🧵 2/9

## Getting the laptop

I received an old laptop built in year 2015 with .

The first challenge is to get the laptop in a stable state that it does not constantly crash. The issue is that the battery light is flashing orange.

The obvious solution is to let the laptop charge. Though after letting it do exactly that over a couple of hours without any resolution a deeper dive is needed.

The next check is to see if the charging cable could be the issue. Sadly do not have a complete duplicate cable and am only able to replace the cable to the surge block. Due to the fact that the model is quite old it does not use USB-C connector as the charging option.

No progress with the cable option. Next I try running the laptop battery free. This is where I realized that newer models do not always have the option to remove the battery.

Removing the battery created the most stable option to test and/or clean up the current system before over writing it with Debian.

This is where it is brought to my attention that the laptop does not have the specs to run Windows 11. Thus, any will do just fine.

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barefootstache

🧵 1/9

# Challenge in August: setup developer environment on Debian

How hard can one make this challenge!?

The only prep is installing 12 on an USB stick and hoping for the best.

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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿

It has come to my attention that there are younger folks who haven’t heard of Five Geek Social Fallacies.

It was written in 2003 and the social dynamics stay real. Once you read it, you’ll see them everywhere.

plausiblydeniable.com/five-gee

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daniel:// stenberg://

We are now down to 4, I repeat FOUR, open issues for #curl.

github.com/curl/curl/issues

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barefootstache

(55/100)

Mastodon:

- MyRuckClub: 2 entries
- OSM: 1 article, 1 summary
- Qoto: 1 article

Projects:

- plumifrons: codeberg.org/barefootstache/pl

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Carl T. Bergstrom

Allowing police officers to submit LLM-written reports reveals a remarkable misunderstanding of what LLMs do, a profound indifference to the notion of integrity in the communications of law enforcement with the justice system, or both.

Given how readily subject to suggestion human witnesses—including police officers—are known to be, this is a disaster.

Yes, police reports aren't always the most accurate, but introducing an additional layer of non-accountability is bad.

apnews.com/article/ai-writes-p

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Kevin Lyda

Working from home is a massive climate benefit and a massive benefit for cities with poor public transit systems. It takes loads of cars off the road which reduces emissions and traffic. It blows my mind that we want to throw that away.

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skribe 🇺🇦 :verified_mustard:

Australia's right to disconnect comes into effect today. It means workers are no longer forced to respond to emails or calls after hours.

I'll never have to answer another email or call again. It's always after hours somewhere in the world.

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barefootstache

One reason why squashing moths is a bad idea is that they can stain the surface they are on, especially if it's drywall. Scrubbing the stain after the matter usually makes the stain worse.

Instead of squashing moths a preferred method it to use an electric fly swatter and zap them in flight.

When moths are on the wall they have a tendency to fall/jump downwards. With this knowledge one takes the swatter while being live (active) and slowly travel upwards until one barely touches the moth. In the best case the moth will jump down and get instantly zapped. In the case it flies away, the racket is in the position to quickly flick the wrist and zap it in mid flight.

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Frank Bajak

Why is there an acute mental health crisis in the U.S.? Perhaps because it’s not a profit center for private insurers? “More than a dozen therapists said insurers urged them to reduce care when their patients were on the brink of harm, including suicide.” Glad to see @ProPublica and @NPR speak to 500 professionals for an authoritative take.
projects.propublica.org/why-i-

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Jason Gorman

When I hear developers complaining about a colleague who's a "perfectionist" that is "slowing them down", even just a cursory investigation usually reveals that the team has low standards and that the "perfectionist" keeps trying to raise them.

This is normally when things like "pragmatic" and "just get it done" get bandied about to try and make it sound as if the developers who've been checking in untested code are the real professionals in this set-up.

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barefootstache

(54/100)

Summary:

MyRuckClub: mention the upcoming events

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barefootstache

(53/100)

Summary:

- Tutorial: How to add quick actions trays in : en.osm.town/@barefootstache/11
- 1 devlog: progress towards app with implementation of

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barefootstache

(52/100)

After completing the for a year a couple of days ago, I will continue the practice of blogging on a weekly basis. This has been proven quite fruitful when doing the switch during the .

I am currently uncertain how the challenge shall continue, if it shall just be a summary over the week or a fully developed post.

The only goal that I will be placing onto myself is writing out one long form piece of content that is post worthy onto the barefootstache website. The couple that I did achieve to post in the past year, I really enjoyed the process much more than doing the daily posts.

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Johann Dr.EO

Current state of our [#AI] hype cycle:
☒ toy problem solved
☒ early adopters oversell
☒ medias spread optimistic propaganda
☒ people starification
☒ everything under an umbrella term
☒ capture research fundings
☒ early producers lie about performances
☒ wannabe seers
☒ late adopters push it everywhere
☒ bad products shoehorned into market
☒ medias circulate how bad everything is
☒ companies notice it is actually more costly
☐ economic bubble cracks
☐ fundings cut
☐ umbrella term cancelled

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☮️ Annie R U OK ☮️

Rant about Social Media BS 

Please keep in mind the snippets of people's lives they choose to share on Social Media does not accurately portray the full truth of their lives.

You may be comparing your life to a narrative you've created in your own head of what their lives might be, or what they want you to think their lives are.

(From someone who's been on Social Media since '95)

---end rant---

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Flipboard Culture Desk

While some athletes have raved about the muffins and others have complained about the cardboard beds, some American Olympians are taking advantage of the free healthcare. Team USA rugby player Ariana Ramsey didn't just get a bronze medal in Paris — she's had a pap smear, X-ray, teeth cleaning, and an eye test. She's posted about this on TikTok, influenced other athletes in the Village to visit medical professionals, and now plans to fight for universal healthcare in the U.S. Here's more from Sports Illustrated.

flip.it/AIB6n7

#Olympics #Sports #USA #Healthcare #UniversalHealthcare

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