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New account since lemmyrs.org went down, other @Deebsters are available.

  • KDE Plasma 6 upgrade for stable Gentoo Linux

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  • it would’ve been nice if Gentoo’s docs were better than/highly competitive against Arch’s docs.

    I think it's fair to say that the Arch wiki is larger and covers more areas, but if there's a Gentoo page on the same topic, the Gentoo one will be as good/better.

    Arch is more popular, and so has more contributors (e.g. recent edits for Gentoo vs Arch).

  • 'Boneless' pizza can have bones, US court rules

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  • It's good to see the Beeb join the hallowed ranks of The Onion and The Daily Mash.

  • KDE Plasma 6 upgrade for stable Gentoo Linux

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  • Ha, yeah - the Arch wiki calls it a "service manager" although OpenRC describes itself as a "dependency-based init system". When I wrote that reply I'd started to be more pedantic about the terms but changed it to reflect my core problem that it's not an apples-to-apples comparison to compare all of systemd to the underlying init system (you see loads of "are you using OpenRC or systemd" posts but never systemd vs sysvinit).

  • Carrots help you hear better.

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  • That doesn't sound heatlhy.

  • KDE Plasma 6 upgrade for stable Gentoo Linux

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  • Both distros [...] are based on the Linux kernel

    Err, bad start.

    The kernel section is confused or just wrong. Arch has you use pacstrap to install a pre-built kernel (there are options from almost-vanilla to more custom), whereas Gentoo gives you the choice of using vanilla or Gentoo kernel sources (optionally with custom configuration) or just using a pre-built binary.

    The Gentoo wiki used to be the gold standard, even for non-Gentoo users, but it was an unofficial wiki and a hard-drive crash (if memory serves) killed it with no backups. It was mostly restored with help after that.Nowadays, I think more people use the Arch wiki.

    Gentoo has package binaries available, although that's a newer thing and if you use unusual USE flags you'll need to compile your own anyway.

    By default, Gentoo uses the older sysvinit system

    Weird to put it this way, since Gentoo is well known for its use of OpenRC which is what you'd use instead of systemd. Both are common on Gentoo systems.

    I'm stopping here - the whole article feels off, perhaps it's AI-written? I'd recommend finding a better source.

  • Staticrypt: Password protect a static HTML page, decrypted in-browser in JS with no dependency. No server logic needed.

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  • Well yeah, you need to do the computation somewhere and it's not doing it on the server so...

  • Vimium like plugin for firefox with favicon support?

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  • I've been using Vimium C, but as it's based on Vimium it may have the same problem.

  • End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell

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  • Ah bollocks, another trusted voice silenced. Now it'll be that slight bit harder to find a review that isn't just parroting stuff from the press release.

  • Building a Multithreaded TUI With Rust and Cursive

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  • I'm of the belief that spawning threads on demand is an anti-pattern; threads should spawn on program startup, and sleep until they have work to do.

    Hmm, I need to think on this to decide whether I agree. What's your reasoning for this opinion? Is it just based on lower latency, or is it more of an architectural/correctness thing?

  • Man banned from touching cars in Sheffield

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  • Russian advances prompt public criticism of Ukraine’s Kursk push

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  • Ukraine have destroyed three bridges in Kursk, which will affect Russia's ability to get supplies to their invading forces, but they're also over rivers where it's fairly trivial to set up temporary bridges (unless they are destroyed by drones).

  • [Ahoy] Nobody Knows How Many Amigas Commodore Sold

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  • I thought it was clever, but now I'm seeing what I assume you're seeing.

  • Man banned from touching cars in Sheffield

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  • A little disappointing that this isn't mechanophilia. Anyone see David Cronenberg's film Crash?

  • Flipple #85

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  • I just remembered about this and today's was more challenging.

    Flipple #90 ⬇️🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩flipple.clevergoat.com 🐐

  • Air Con: $1697 for an on/off switch

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  • I love that he also had to sort his SSL, so he could resurrect his blog, just so he could post about this and spread the word/shame.

  • IL marshmallows are a 4000 year old food beginning in ancient Egypt AND originally they were made from the sap of a mallow plant…that grows in marshes…

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  • It's saying modern marshmallows are made with corn syrup, starch, sugar and gelatin but originally it was made with mallow plant.

    Now I want to try the mallow version - has anyone here tried them?

  • TIL although the idea that Adam and Eve ate an apple is common, the Book of Genesis never mentions the identity of the forbidden fruit.

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  • Including English: æppel meant any kind of fruit, which is why you have names like pineapple and elephant apple.

  • Utrecht, Netherlands, now and then

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  • Pretty much, yes - the Stadsbuitengracht was a defensive moat originally, then they converted part of it into a motorway in the 70s.

  • Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Arrested in France

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  • There's moderation per community and per server. There's no "fediverse moderator", of course, but I think you're vaguely worrying for nothing.

  • Flipple #85

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  • First time playing and today's seemed very easy. We'll see if they throw in more difficult puzzles, since I'm curious what happens if you're wrong (I assume there's only one valid route and you have to guess each step until you match).