josemanuel @josemanuel@qoto.org
I am, without a doubt, the most interesting person I know.
Joined Sep 2020
They'll do everything to avoid the real solution: emoji reactions.
Mastodon favorite star ⭐ interaction is changing to the heart ❤️ in the upcoming Mastodon version. With Mastodon Bird UI I have already built it w...
My favorite line in Barenaked Ladies' _Jane_ is the one that goes: “No Juliana next to my Evan” because I'm one of the very few people alive who gets the reference and that makes me feel special.
It's a great song. You should listen to it (and then ask me about that line if you want to. I'd be delighted to fill you in):
My favourite thing when using social media is getting people in contact with other people.
I feel really satisfied when someone asks: “How can I do this?” or “Can someone help me with this?” or “Where can I buy this?,” and I get to reply: “Well, I just happen to know this guy...”
In case you missed it, too, the point is: Go read Kurt Vonnegut's _Cat's Cradle_.
...And that's how everyone missed the point.
Ken Thompson's original Unix backdoor of "Reflections on Trusting Trust" fame was apparently never published. 40 years (!) later, here it is: 99 l...
Are you sure you're interesting enough to be hated?
Esto me recuerda a una anécdota: hace una pila de años, una periodista me bloqueó en Twitter porque le dije que los usuarios de Ubuntu eran una banda de pijoprogres que querían la credibilidad de no usar Windows sin tener que pagar lo que cuesta un Mac. Hoy me reafirmo en lo dicho y quien quiera bloquearme es bienvenido.
No hay ninguna diferencia entre usar Ubuntu y tapar la manzanita con una foto de Gramsci. Bueno, sí: que si usas Ubuntu además de hipócrita eres un tacaño.
(La verdad es que se lo dije medio en broma, medio en serio, pero el hecho de que me bloquease me radicalizó en mi opinión.)
Odio los artículos titulados “Ha pasado X... y eso es bueno”. Porque que pase X nunca es bueno, y este artículo no es una excepción.
Os lo resumo: “Ya no hay tanta documentación sobre Linux como antes, y eso es bueno porque significa que ya cualquiera puede usar Linux sin necesidad de leerse un manual.” ¡No! ¡Es malo! Porque significa que a nadie le interesa profundizar en el funcionamiento de su sistema operativo.
Además, ni siquiera es cierto. ¿O acaso los foros de Ubuntu no están llenos de gente que pregunta cómo pueden hacer las cosas más básicas?
Linux se ha vuelto aburrido… y eso es bueno #Linux #SoftwareLibre #blog https://thecheis.com/2023/10/21/linux-se-ha-vuelto-aburrido-y-eso-es-bueno/
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+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
people laugh at me for using 
but at least i know what is happening 
We have used too many levels of abstractions and now the future looks bleak L: https://unixsheikh.com/articles/we-have-used-too-many-levels-of-abst...
I was just thinking that while in the bathroom earlier. No joke.
W. Richard Stevens' _TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1_ dedicates a grand total of four lines of text to the World Wide Web. He devoted more space to something called Veronica (Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Netwide Index to Computerized Archives).
That's one of the many reasons his books are true classics and works of genius.
That said, there is no mention of IRC in the whole thing, and NNTP only appears in a table without any significant detail added, which goes to show that geniuses make mistakes too.
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A reminder that browsers should never try to simplify or hide the URL from the user.
I understand now why grandparents and grandkids get along so well. There comes a moment in life when one starts to feel out of place talking to young people or other adults. I think that's because they take themselves too seriously. On the other hand, old people and children take everything seriously but themselves, and that's why they can be silly together.
Well, first problem detected: for some (obviously stupid) reason GRUB decided that having NumLock on is too wasteful and turns it off for the planet's sake.
It's easy to modify rc.local to set it on again, but I didn't have to when I used lilo. And what if I wanted it on from the very start?
Also, if GRUB turns it off, shouldn't there be an option in GRUB to revert that? If it exists, I can't find it.
The reason I use Slackware is because I understand why everything happens. I could look at lilo.conf and understand what it did and modify it according to my needs. I can understand GRUB configuration, too, but then these things happen out of nowhere and I feel cheated.
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More children have died in a single week due to Israeli bombing of Gaza than in almost eighteen months of war in Ukraine.
According to UNICEF spokesman James Elder, over 700 children have now died in Gaza.
According to the UN, 555 children have died in the Ukraine war.
Now remember back and think how western politicians and the media have spoken about both conflicts.
Sources:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/news/2023/09/ukraine-civilian-casualty-update-24-september-2023
I know I am fucking idiot. If sometimes I may seem smart, it's only by comparison.
So, today I went back to the relevant thread on LQ (https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/grub2-in-slackware-discussion-and-instruction-4175727986/), because I thought I could finally understand what they were talking about, and was amazed at the amount of spaghetti people write to solve what it turned out to be a very simple task.
I guess the moral of the story is: read the documentation. It really pays off.
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Esta noche, en el Wurlitzer Ballroom, calle Tres Cruces, Madrid. Apertura de puertas a 21:00 horas
Today marks the end of an era for me. I said goodbye to my beloved lilo (which never, ever gave me the slightest problem in almost 25 years of use) and installed GRUB, which doesn't feel as comfy, to be honest.
I am, without a doubt, the most interesting person I know.
Joined Sep 2020
