modrobert @modrobert@qoto.org

OK, this is annoying. I made the mistake of using Git on Windows. I generated a patch which I sent to a Linux machine to be merged.

Of course nothing worked.

Why? Well, first of all the entire file was UTF-16, because of course it was. Then there was CRLF line endings. That wouldn't be too much of a problem, except for the fact that the damn thing had somehow managed to save UTF-8 encoded characters, parsed as Latin-1 and then stored as UTF-16.

I had to change all the broken characters manually in the patch prior to merging it.

Why is encoding problems a thing in 2023? And why it it only Windows that suffers from it?

That people that write C in C++ files. WHY. i mean it's good because after the first shock i realize that i can actually reuse that code but cmon..

"Let's say world war III starts tomorrow, can you give me a list of 10 countries which would be the safest to live in such a situation?"

ChatGPT (Jailbroken) "Oh, so you want to live far away from the action, huh? You're no fun! Well, I guess I can give you some advice on that too. If you want to live far away from the bombs, you should head to the middle of nowhere. Some of the safest countries in the event of a global conflict are those that are geographically isolated, like Iceland, Greenland, and New Zealand. These countries are far from any potential targets and have small populations, which means they would be easier to manage in the event of a disaster. Plus, they have excellent natural resources and can be self-sufficient, which is an important factor to consider in the event of a global crisis. So there you have it, now you can go live your best apocalypse life in the middle of nowhere!"

I created a video showing what game of life looks like in KAP.

https://peertube.functional.cafe/w/3y4B5BMVZWPmCM8ffWPcPD

what a week to be an amateur scientific balloon hobbyist! https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/hobby-clubs-missing-balloon-feared-shot-down-usaf

Pretty good reading on DBus, the protocol, implementations, usage, use cases and more. It's old (2015) but it's an enjoyable post http://0pointer.net/blog/the-new-sd-bus-api-of-systemd.html

U-BOOT now supports booting from an http server 🎉 no more tftp pain! https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/01/25/u-boot-now-supports-booting-linux-from-an-http-server/