[-] drndramrndra@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 4 months ago

You never saw an IRC chatroom archive?

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by drndramrndra@lemmygrad.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Idea: Debian + Nix == stable and funky fresh

I first came across Declarative Package Management in the manual. So I started making these packages based on it.

The install works (nix-env -iA nixpkgs.my-emacs), but nix-env -u doesn't update changes (adding and removing packages from the paths). Do I need to reinstall my- packages to get updates as well? Does nix-env -u update package definitions (apt update)?

After that I came across zero-to-nix. This approach wasn't mentioned at all in the quick start, and I came across comments that people shouldn't use nix-env anymore. Should I create flakes instead of packages, and export their paths to have them available globally?

How do you use Nix to manage your packages? Do you have any examples?

nix-env/nix profile/home-manager?

[-] drndramrndra@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 5 months ago

Like, okay, even if I BLATANTLY ran it I can't even justify 200 fucking dollars for it.

In my third world country that would cost you at least twice as much, and you'd also lose your licence for at least 3 months.

But on the other hand the traffic cams won't record you unless all 4 of your wheels were in front of the traffic lights when they turned red.

[-] drndramrndra@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 months ago

I could maybe get Bulgaria, but Albania... Now that's just not going to end well

[-] drndramrndra@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 5 months ago

Also, can't you just delete posts and comments like on Reddit?

Not really AFAIK. Your comment is spread across many instances, and they're not required to follow your deletion request.

[-] drndramrndra@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 5 months ago

That's one of the main draws of socialism and communism for me. Doing shit because you want to do it, not because you have to. Automate everything nobody wants to do.

Years ago I've read a brilliant short story about an American immigrant moving to socialist post-scarcity Australia. I tried finding it again many times, but never could. From what I remember it showed the mental transition really well.

[-] drndramrndra@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 5 months ago

Don't forget that Ubuntu was the first distro to both sell user data to Amazon, and show you ads in the terminal. But it seems like everyone forgets about it as soon as canonical goes "whoops, our bad, we didn't think you'd mind, it's opt in/out now".

On top of that I've seen allegations that they're illegally collecting data from Azure Ubuntu users to send them spam about Ubuntu enterprise.

[-] drndramrndra@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 months ago

That would explain why beer was always so much worse than liquor.

I think there might also a connection between alcohol dilating blood vessels and nicotine constricting them.

[-] drndramrndra@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 months ago

sysadmin

Bossmang, I know that we're paying more for RHEL licences than for the entire IT department, but if we switch to Arch we'll cut down the costs significantly.

Gets fired immediately

devops/sre

~~FROM: ubuntu:24.04~~

FROM: debian:12.4

Such distro, much hopping

[-] drndramrndra@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 5 months ago

Coffee was never too bad for me, beer on the other hand is pure hell.

[-] drndramrndra@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 5 months ago

Meat stickers that detect ammonia and block the barcode if the meat has spoiled.

[-] drndramrndra@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The stopwatch is only working while it's on the screen and the screen is active. Notifications stay there until you manually discard them. The heart rate sensor is a complete toy since you can only manually trigger it, and it took 2 years for the infinitime devs to read the sensor docs and realise their algorithm is bad. The step counter can only automatically sync, so when it fails to do so for half a day you need to walk around and shake your wrist while keeping you phone and watch screens active. And the list of fails continues beyond that.

On top of that it costs 65€ ($75) when ordering from the European warehouse, and they don't allow you to order from the main one because it would end up cheaper. Don't waste your money unless you need a reason to practice cpp.

[-] drndramrndra@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 5 months ago

OP: I've tried mint tea, what other drink do you suggest?

You: if you want an interesting cocktail, try a mix of ayahuasca and peyote.

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