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vettnerk , (edited )

FYI, the H&K variant is called G3A3. AG3 is a noggie term for the licensed design named “Automatgevær 3”, which are locally manufactured.

Source: I’m also a noggie and former AG3 enjoyer.

vettnerk ,

99% of my code is in perl. My local power source is 100% hydroelectric. I therefore choose to believe that nuclear energy would result in my code quality improving.

vettnerk ,

Don’t know, and to be frank I don’t feel so strongly about it either. I use perl because it’s the language I happened to become fluent in some twenty years ago, and nowadays when I want to put together a simple utility script in python I usually just say “meh, fuckit” after ten minutes and finish it in perl instead.

vettnerk , (edited )

An updated Samsung Galaxy Note with a quality stylus (Similar to the one for Note 2), and no bloatware that cannot be uninstalled.

Samsung always has tonnes of bloatware, and the newer Note styluses are (and feel like) cheap plastic. Give me back the aluminum stylus, ffs.

vettnerk ,

The same people who told you that now do fact checking on facebook instead

vettnerk ,

On servers I like to have /var on its own partition. Partially as a habit from the olden days of using FreeBSD in the 90’s, but also because that means that / will mostly be left with things that don’t really change. I’ve had to clean out clogged up / too many times. So in effect, my partion schema for a typical production server looks like this:

/ ext4
/local xfs
/global usually beegfs or nfs, but sometimes a local xfs.
/var ext4
/home ext4

vettnerk ,

/var was originally for files of varying sizes, but today it’s more of a general purpose storage for the system, such as log files. It used to make sense to have this as its own partition as read and write operations were generally expected to be small but many, as opposed to few and large for the rest of the storage areas. With its own partition it’s easier to adjust the filesystem to accomodate the I/O. Today it’s mostly used for logs.

/local used to be similar to /usr/local on some systems, but that’s not really the case anymore. It’s a directory we use at work for local stuff, as opposed to /global which is shared with the entire server cluster.

You can have any directory as its own partition, just make sure the mountpont reflects it. /home is a very common example of this - using this as a mountpoint instead of just a normal directory named /home prevents regular uaers from filling up the root filesystem and borking normal operation.

Swap is what your PC uses when it runs out of RAM. It can be a partition, or it can be individual (large) files. As an example, I have a rather huge and demanding factorio save which takes up more memory than I have on my laptop, so when I want to play it I have to add additional swap space. It’s similar to what windowa refers to as the pagefile. It’s slow compared to RAM, but it enables the PC to operate relatively normal despite being bogged down with loads of allocated memory.

vettnerk , (edited )

If you already kinda like mint, I suggest moving out of a VM for a proper OS install.

Linux in a VM is just that: A VM. It has the same use case as VMs in general. If you want the Linux experience i think you’re better off allowing linux to properly talk to your hardware.

What to try depends entirely on what you normally do with tour PC, be it steam, deluge, or libreoffice. Use your mint installation for whatever you usually do with Windows.

vettnerk ,

I for one refuse to care about this game until six months after release, when reviews are in and first batch of patches have been added. Skyrim may be great today, but it was a buggy mess upon release.

vettnerk ,

After mostly playing BG3 lately, I’m now back to Factorio. I figured that since my angelbob mainbuss save passed 1GB, it was time to start something new, so I decided to give Space Exploration a go. I hope to have it completed by the time the space expansion for Factorio is released.

Looking for a thermometer or home weather center with indoor and outdoor temp sensors, and that can record and export the data, does anyone know of such a device?

Title. Having some issues with inadequate heat in an apartment and need to compile some hard data. Can’t seem to find something that checks all the boxes. Needs to be under $100....

vettnerk ,

Probably a bit overkill for your use-case, but I use a bunch of these to monitor and log server rack temp and humidity at various locations at work. External probes optional.

[Question] Which shell prompt do you use and why?

Hi. I’ve been using powerlevel10k for a long time, but a few days ago, I decided I wanted to customize it a bit. I opened the .p10k.zsh file, and I was shocked. It’s really massive, with TONS of options. I’ve been digging through for a few hours already, and it’s absolutely amazing how much you can customize it without...

vettnerk , (edited )

I used variations of the same homecooked bash prompt ever since my FreeBSD days 25 years ago, up until Parrotsec made me realize that a prompt doesn’t have to be confined to one line.

So now I use:

username@host:/full/path #
:

…with a bunch of colors and special characters to make it more readable at a glance. That colon represents the input line.

To conserve some space I only used last part of CWD before, but now that it’s multiline I can use the full path, making it easier when I need to copy-paste an scp-friendly path, as I’m usually working across a bunch of different usernames and hosts.

How can I find the reason my PC crashes?

Lately my PC has started crashing while it plays videos. It freezes completely, screen frozen and not responding to any input (keyboard, mouse), I mean I cannot change TTY (alt + ctrl + F(1-2-…)), and it cannot even respond to alt + PrntScr + REISUB. I have to force power off by holding down the power button....

vettnerk ,

Had issue with my storage recently, and the symptom was similar to what OP described. Syslog didn’t reveal anything, as the root filesystem was read only, so troubleshooting it was hard. Coincidentally I needed a newer kernel, and after the upgrade the problem disappeared.

vettnerk , (edited )

Looks like you just met your new room mate and best friend.

Israel-Hamas War: Piers Morgan vs Bassem Youssef On Palestine's Treatment | An unexpected interview - dark humor and eye opening (www.youtube.com)

Very unexpected interview. Usually I watch these because I like to hear a counter argument to my views. But this interview is fascinating! Such a heartfelt conversation, wrapped up in pain and dark humor

vettnerk , (edited )

Bassem Youssef is a gem. I’ve seen him before, and I get the impression that he’s going for an egyptian equivalent of John Stewart and nailing it.

What shitty things have your favourite bands/artists done?

Discovered recently that Electric Wizard were kinda dicks back in the day. “At the time, we were pretty bad people. I got arrested for arson of a car, outside a police station. Tim [Bagshaw] went to nick a crucifix off a church roof so we could use it onstage…”...

vettnerk , (edited )

Ian Watkins, the lead singer, is now in prison for sexual abuse of children. We’re not talking the typical groomer here, he actually raped kids as young as toddlers. He’s a monster. A lot of their songs are absolute bangers, but knowing about him makes it hard to listen to them.

The rest of the band (to my knowledge) are decent, though. They broke up the band upon learning the truth about Watkins, and has since formed a new band.

Distro for experienced Linux user

Hi, I’m looking for a distro for my laptop. My first distro was Pop!_OS, then I switched to Fedora, then Arch for a year and 2 months ago I switched to Fedora Silverblue, because I wanted to try immutable distro that relies on containers and flatpaks to be usefull. Silverblue is great but not so much for me, its not flexible...

vettnerk , (edited )

I’m sure many petrol heads enjoy fine tuning combustion and make sure the suspension is tailored 100% to their neighborhood roads and all… but sometimes they just need a car with which to pick up some groceries.

Two decades here as well. And I run mint.

vettnerk ,

I simply refuse.

I work in a niche part of the IT world, and I have plenty of niche skills, so if they wanted me to do that kind of stuff they’re paying for the skills for which I was hired, while using me for something they could get someone much cheaper to do.

I’ll stick to my clustered storage racks and make things work in harsh environments. I like it, I’m good at it, it pays well, and I don’t have to deal with the awful shit that often falls under IT.

vettnerk ,

Are they different from normal backpack, or is it the upgrade in quality that matters?

vettnerk ,

A house. My mortgage is cheaper than rent, and now I get to actually address annoyances with my living conditions.

It’s almost 100 years old, and a bit of an fixer upper, but the important stuff is solid. Last summer I invested in proper drainage around the foundation so that I can start making the basement livable. This year I invested in a proper bathroom. Next year it’s a new kitchen. And if time allows I’ll start rebuilding the basement mainly for one extra bed room and an office.

vettnerk ,

No connoisseur here either, but I am in dire need of a new one for work, as my current one is falling apart. I’m keeping my eyes open, in case I find one that matches these specs:

  • Durable as hell
  • 1x compartment that can fit two 15" laptops. Chargers can go in a different compartment.
  • 1x general purpose compartment for misc cables, SFP modules, connectors and other work related junk
  • 1x compartment for a change of clothes
  • 2x easy access pockets for things I might need to reach while on the go
  • 2x zippable easy access compartment for things such as keys, battery bank, etc
  • must be small enough to count as carry-on with most airlines

I’m leaning towards getting one of those pilot backpack, as they’re built for people who are on the go.

vettnerk ,

When I have loads or large hardware I usually check in a pelicase or two. The backpack is mostly for short-term in-transit stuff plus bits and pieces I usually need for short stays.

vettnerk , (edited )

Best summary I’ve seen so far. I hope one day that Palestinians will be free from living under a fascist government. I just don’t think the terrorist local government is the right vessel for change. Call me naive, but I miss PLO.

vettnerk ,

Another indigenous population beginning with P who got fucked over by brits who had never been to the area. Easy mistake to make.

vettnerk ,

No. Nothing good can ever come from increasing activity there.

vettnerk , (edited )

This. I have two laptops that I use daily; they’re both 15", but the main difference is that one is for work, while the other is for personal stuff (Columbian fart porn, obviously).

The work laptop is not only of a much more practical weight for when I’m out and about for work-related purposes, but it’s also encrypted, on a domain where everything is SSO, and if it gets lost/stolen I can phone up a coworker to have him wipe it. It’s a dell latitude 4something.

Of course, my other laptop could have the same setup, but the fact that it’s a gaming laptop makes it considerably heavier, more power hungry, and not even close to practical to haul around all the time.

vettnerk ,

That already happened on Feb 1, 2003.

(Sorry, I couldn’t resist)

‘Unprecedented’ rail traffic between North Korea and Russia suggests military transfers (www.politico.eu)

Pyongyang could very well be helping Moscow to gear up in its war with Ukraine, according to satellite imagery of the Tumangang rail facility at the border with Russia recorded by the U.S. think tank Beyond Parallel and made public on Friday....

vettnerk ,

Or maybe, of all things Russia is running low on, North Korea is supporting them by supplying train loads of desperately needed tarps.

vettnerk ,

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/61afedc1-c62f-4cb5-9dd2-de0f4e3b68ed.jpeg

vettnerk ,

None-star trek reference: That’s a shot full of promicin.

vettnerk ,

I haven’t seen it since I pirated each episode as it was released. Nowadays I find myself onboard incontinental flights every so often, so I think 4400 is next on my rewatch list. Long flights is mostly spent bingewatching.

vettnerk ,

On a serious note, it happens to me often. We’re a small crew of field service employees, and our meals are covered when we’reout and about, so when it’s my time to get lunch, I need the receipt, and sometimes it lists donuts.

On an even more serious note, that font really gives me a dyslexic attack. And I don’t even have dyslexia.

vettnerk ,

That’s usually what I do, but because of some bureaucratic reason I never understood, some projects don’t allow per diem, so we have to provide specifics instead.

vettnerk ,

I76, oh yeah!

vettnerk ,

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunt_Island

Stunt Island is a plane sim based around the concept of being a stunt pilot in the movie industry. You get specific instructions on how to fly what and where, and you need to pull it off.

My favorite mission was to fly a duck, drop an egg on the police car. Another one was landing a cessna on a street and pulling up to a burger joint.

Or if you didn’t feel like completing these contracts, you could just grab whatever you wanted, and explore the island.

vettnerk ,

NaN: A fire extinguisher

vettnerk , (edited )

Seconding this gentlepreferredgenders answer. Logistics is normally easy: don’t send soldiers past your logistical reach. The extent of this reach is what determines an armys capacity for offensive maneuvers.

One side of US military is its capacity to project power all around the world, and support that through its logistics apparatus. Few countries can project power in the same way (France and UK, mainly. And to an extent Indonesia).

Russia has its military, including the logistics portion, based around rail transport (For example, the IS10 tank was a good tank for its time, but couldn’t be transported very easily like the lighter tanks could, which is one of the factors that lead to USSR shifting her strategy away from heavy tanks). Having a logistics network based on rail makes sense from a defensive perspective, but run into problems when on the offensive - now you have to secure rail infrastructure to expand the logistical network as you go, as well as keep it maintained and not sabotaged. this is resource intensive when dealing with insurgencies.

And even if you get decent control of a decent rail network, then the issue becomes delivering that last mile - in theory easy, but you need logistics hubs that can offload trains and load stuff onto trucks. Even after russia got (some of their) shit together, this was a bottleneck that was struck by himars several times, and videos have shown that even the unexploded logistics hubs are highly inefficient, because for reasons I cannot understand, a lot of the goods aren’t stacked on standardized pallets that are easily moved by forklift. Instead you see things such as offloading a truckfull of landmines (probably without their detonators in) the same way you would a pile of gravel; tip the flatbed, and let everything slide off onto the ground, ready to be moved by hand.

Source: i used to be in army logistics. And I like trains.

vettnerk ,

Sideræl, substantiv; når dama du holder på med på si er noe skikkelig ræl.

Iran can produce fissile material for nuclear bomb in 2 weeks - US says (www.jpost.com)

Iran can produce fissile material for nuclear bomb in 2 weeks - US says Report: Iran not pursuing a weapons program at this time, has the capacity to produce enough fissile material for a nuclear bomb in less than two weeks. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF OCTOBER 1, 2023...

vettnerk ,

Unfortunately that agreement held the signature of someone the regressives didn’t like.

vettnerk ,

I would’ve jumped on this instantly, but I finally landed on a Min21 configuration that works well. New laptop => new hardware => need new nvidia driver => need new kernel.

Which kernel does LMDE currently ship with?

vettnerk ,

I’ll probably give it a go, then, if I need to reinstall.

vettnerk ,

Seconding mint. Been using it on my gaming PCs since 2015 or so, including my brand new one.

vettnerk ,

Stickthathadastrokeroll

vettnerk ,

Back in April a bunch of us from work went over to Singapore to rig up backdeck equipment to mobilize this ship ready for work. Upon meeting the captain of the ship we had chartered for the operation, we learned that his last name was Kirk.

YouTube is axing its ad-free Premium Lite subscription plan - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

I was happily using this for a year or so now. Feels fairer than using an ad blocker. But now they apparently want more money out of people. Feels like some sort of internet video apocalypse is happening, where the services become extremely fragmented and expensive, like YouTube, netflix, hbo, Hulu, Disney+ and whatnot. Each...

vettnerk ,

One word: reVanced

More words: No need to thank me. Thank the developers instead.

vettnerk ,

Mint it into an NFT just to shit on crypto bros while you’re at it

vettnerk , (edited )

I trained a serial killer. Hang on, I’ll link to another comment I made regarding that…

EDIT, found it: lemmy.ml/comment/3725228

Another edit, just to clarify: I trained him at the job, not the killing part

vettnerk ,

Curious myself. I played it shortly after launch, and while the atory and the worldbuilding was really great, the gameplay was flawed due to the severe lack of polish.

I concluded back when the DLC was announced that the game deserved a revisit, especially now that I have a proper PC on which to run it, so here I am.

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