The search for invariants
Virtual private servers running the new 2026 "Magic LAMP" release of Gales Linux are now available to clients of the hosting service. Preloaded software weighs in just around 1 GB of storage and includes: Most of the basic recommended gports for a comfortable and functional working environment such as less, vim, tmux, openssh, man pages and development [...]
For a fresh glimpse at the lengths to which I'm going to ensure smooth sailing in the Gales of MySQL, get a load of this mud pie, straight from the official mysql-test suite: main.mysql [...]
Day changed to 2026-08-03[20:34] nekoluce: guys coldcards are being attack according to news[20:34] nekoluce: is not the same as btc wallets right?[22:09] dorion: coldcard is/was a vendor of btc wallets.[22:24] nekoluce: https://newsroompanama.com/2026/08/03/the-first-water-fountain-generated-by-atmospheric-humidity-was-unveiled-at-omar-park-in-panama/[22:50] nekoluce: are you guys okay because of…
Day changed to 2026-07-05[18:59] nekoluce: https://camelcamelcamel.com/ good for amazon offers[18:59] nekoluce: https://mynoise.net/ good for noise concentration[18:59] nekoluce: https://www.supercook.com/#/desktop nice for cooking[19:33] nekoluce: https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-cadmium-in-dark-chocolate-a8480295550/ there could be lead or cadminum into…
Day changed to 2026-06-02 [00:07] jfw: just dropped $80 on 98% organic cotton socks, because apparently that's just what inflation has come to if you stick with natural fiber. suck it, rockefeller. [00:13] jfw: and from what I gather, the 2% nylon/spandex/elastane/whatever is legit, it's for the select fibers that give the neck its stretch cling [...]
Day changed to 2026-05-01 [19:29] jfw: welcome matthewjablack, how did the irc client selection setup go? [19:30] matthewjablack: it ended up being pretty easy [19:30] matthewjablack: had limechat already downloaded [19:30] matthewjablack: just entered server details [19:31] jfw: alright, not bad [19:31] jfw: hm, looks like the topic message got lost somewhere along the way here, I should take…
Day changed to 2026-04-01 [08:59] cruciform: dorion, wrt installation system - I've been trying to get Ubuntu 24 to boot on an old laptop; may switch to Xubuntu 24.04.1 LTS as that's a known-working environment [12:14] dorion: cruciform, nice. from my pov, I don't know how I endured gnome, tbh. before going to xubuntu a coupla years [...]
Day changed to 2026-03-02 [18:41] nekoluce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia [18:41] nekoluce: She taught plato and aristotles [18:55] nekoluce: https://luz713.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/they-are-all-the-same/ [21:11] dorion: nekoluce, that's bs. how could she have taught them if she lived 700+ of years after them ? [21:20] nekoluce: yeah you are right dorion seems my research was out of…
Day changed to 2026-02-02 [22:51] jfw: I think I've found the right cut for the timekeeping knot on my Gales machines, which so far have had freely significantly drifting clocks, while I still set my watch from a legacy system running the bloaty and bug-ridden ntpd [22:53] jfw: I'm porting djb's 'clockspeed' which basically serves to [...]
Day changed to 2026-01-01 [05:17] jfw: happy new year, 1st post!! [18:25] nekoluce: Happy new year ! Day changed to 2026-01-03 [12:26] nekoluce_phone: Donald Trump capture maduro! [14:41] jfw: indeed; remains to be seen how the subsurface machinery will respond, but seems promising for venezuela. [14:43] jfw: 'Venezuela's left-leaning, yet autocratic and at times violent, regime' says CNN, as…