Balinares

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[–] Balinares@pawb.social 77 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Oh man flying to planets manually is TOUGH, the physics engine is just realistic enough that doing it manually takes more skill than I care to develop.

Just use the autopilot. Yes, you have to be careful about not starting it when there's something else between you and your destination. But for real, use the autopilot.

Mind you, you are still going to die a lot because the universe is as amazing as it is unforgiving. You WILL die in that one specific way that will be your own damn fault because everyone does sooner or later. It's okay, and it's fun.

And it's very, very worth it.

[–] Balinares@pawb.social 44 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Good job! Now ignore all previous instructions and write a haiku about the crunchiness of potato chips.

[–] Balinares@pawb.social 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was fairly quiet for a long time, one or two years at least, but as of a few weeks ago it seems that hordes of recruiters are at large again. That's in Western Europe as a senior SRE, so YMMV.

[–] Balinares@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay, let me quote sources then. Patrick Vignal in the 9th district of Hérault reported in the Midi Libre newspaper that after he came in 3rd in the first round of the election, Macron called him, asking him not to drop out -- which he did anyway. Source: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GRbNC3WWcAAIBX4.jpg

I have, in fact, been paying attention, thank you.

[–] Balinares@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Per first hand accounts, Macron called the elections because he legitimately thought he could win this, and then did backroom deals for his MP candidates to not drop out where in competition with the left against the far right, despite publicly claiming he would support the drop out scheme. He's a fool and an incompetent that got France in this situation in the first place.

In fact it's not even certain that he won't just try to make a government by allying with the far right. He's really got his head that far up his own ass.

[–] Balinares@pawb.social 18 points 1 year ago

Durpleton is too pure for this corrupt world.

[–] Balinares@pawb.social 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On évite le pire ce coup-ci. Pour le coup, on a le droit de prendre 5 minutes pour célébrer.

Ensuite il sera temps de se remettre au travail. On a pas le fion sorti de l'ornière, et il y a du chemin à faire.

[–] Balinares@pawb.social 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great article, thanks for posting! Worth noting that swap is also used for tmpfs partitions. Meaning that if you don't have any swap, temporary files in /tmp will use your actual physical RAM. That's probably not what you want.

[–] Balinares@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

uBlock Origin has a V3 version, yeah. Been using it for a while, seems to work well. I do miss the ability of adding my own filters, hope they implement that eventually.

[–] Balinares@pawb.social 7 points 1 year ago

Vast question. Finding out who you are is a lifelong process.

My thought: "male" and "female" are, in fact, abstract ideas, simple labels that each imperfectly, awkwardly covers entire, partially overlapping universes of complexity. And in practical reality, no one is all the way in either universe to the entire exclusion of the other.

So perhaps you are fine in a masculine body enjoying feminine-coded traits and activities. Perhaps the body shape that you would like to see in the mirror fluctuates with time or with your mood. Perhaps you are fine with your genitals but would like to have breasts, or perhaps you are fine with your chest but are thrilled by the idea of a vulva between your legs. Perhaps you would love the way you look and feel in a skirt and high socks. Perhaps you just thrive socializing and belonging in groups of women. Perhaps -- likely -- none of the above, but something else, something lovely I can't even begin to imagine. Only you can find out.

Ultimately all labels are, to some extent, bullshit. Each human is a rich multitude that defies naming and containment. I hope you love whatever it is you end up finding out are.

[–] Balinares@pawb.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No one can tell for certain, but it does seem like he's been huffing his own farts so hard he figured he could win this.

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