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scytale , in Why Are People Hating on Julian Assange?

From what I've read, it was good at first, then he started cherry picking and only releasing leaks that were convenient for him and aligned with his views.

MotoAsh ,

Who are the ones determining what is "convenient" to Asange and what are their politics? Just because someone will make the accusation does not make it truth.

He's a leaker. He HAS to be selective. He might not even be getting valid info. He might be getting doctored info that would expose his sources if he leaked it, etc, etc. There is every valid reason he has to not publish something that people ignore when they make such accusations.

AnneBonny ,

Wikileaks is accused of not releasing information that would be harmful to the reputation of Russia.

MotoAsh ,

OK? and that magically makes his other leaks invalid?

scytale ,

I don't think people are saying the leaks he released are invalid. What they are saying is that him being selective with what he releases is the problem. If it doesn't align with his political views for example.

PP_BOY_ , in Edward Snowden: Why did he have to leave USA & go into hiding? Where is he anyway? Who is taking care of him? How does he earn money to survive? What is he doing?
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This doesn't really seem like OOTL and more like "I need someone to Google this for me." I usually hate snarky answers like the one I'm writing right now, but come on.

jasep ,
dbilitated ,
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Snowden later made contact with Glenn Greenwald, a journalist working at The Guardian.[111] He contacted Greenwald anonymously as "Cincinnatus"[112][113] and said he had sensitive documents that he would like to share.[114] Greenwald found the measures that the source asked him to take to secure their communications, such as encrypting email, too annoying to employ. Snowden then contacted

what the fuck, Glenn.

0x4E4F , in Arch Linux is suddenly the butt of a lot of memes?
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No, people just realized Void exists.

kogasa ,
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I fail to see any reason to prefer Void over Arch. Few people really care about using systemd or glibc.

0x4E4F ,
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Ummm... it's faster and more reliable maybe...

And Void also has a glibc version, not just musl. In fact, most users use the glibc version. More advanced users use musl with a glibc chroot.

kogasa ,
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Uh huh.

okamiueru , in Arch Linux is suddenly the butt of a lot of memes?

Blocked most Linux communities on lemmy, as most of them are low hanging dumb image memes that lost their relevancy about 10 years ago. Haven't ran that much into this since.

That said, I use arch, and I'm very happy with it.

dustyData , in Arch Linux is suddenly the butt of a lot of memes?

Arch Linux has always been the butt of a lot of jokes and memes. Anything that becomes popular and has lots of cheerleaders will become a target for jokes. You're just noticing now because it's peaking on attention on the places you look at. It's the natural ebb and flow of memes. It has no rhyme or reason. Trying to predict or explain it is a fool's errand.

Remember, "I use Arch, btw" was born almost the same year Arch was invented. And the first time, it was uttered without a single lick of sarcasm or irony

teawrecks ,

I consider it the Linux version of "How can you tell someone is vegan? They'll tell you."

(I use arch, btw)

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

How long since you last compiled the kernel?

almar_quigley ,

I thought that was just all Linux users…

Cenzorrll ,

I installed arch back in the day when I was at university. It was neat, but I had classes and needed to be able to get work done and use wifi, so I installed Ubuntu.

Hazor ,

As an Arch-using vegan, ...I have no retort.

(I use arch, btw (also I'm vegan btw))

darreninthenet ,

Are you also an airline pilot by any chance?

insomniac_lemon , (edited ) in Arch Linux is suddenly the butt of a lot of memes?
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I don't know, but I am here for it. I feel the same way, but also it seems unlikely anything will compete with package availability without introducing some other issues. I tried Tumbleweed and didn't like package management there either, specifically because of patterns. Some of my issues might be fixed in a newer install or could be done manually with help via the wiki, like auto-updating mirrors so there never is an issue, but honestly I just haven't bothered.

Well, some of my issue is probably just having DSL internet (6-8Mbps, also up to 3 other people using it) making updating more of a pain than it needs to be (including update frequency, trying other distros). Package sharing might be easier if my house had ethernet hookups, too (I'm using a not-very-good method now, a more official method that may be better was probably bugged when I tried it).

EDIT: I also wouldn't say I can feel the bloat on my system, but I do have some dread about lots of dependencies it seems I can't do much about (seeing a ton of python or KDE packages on update). The bigger issue is that I never have much luck updating the AUR stuff, also no-longer-available stuff (it got a bit better once with a re-install, but now it's back to where it was). I tried flatpaks at one point but I got tired of updating those separately (I don't know if hooks were added later or available manually, though I do wish I could choose major-versions only or some other way for less frequent updates of certain software).

nailoC5 ,

I tried Tumbleweed and didn't like package management there either, specifically because of patterns.

I thought patterns are just meta/group packages. Do they do anything else differently?

The bigger issue is that I never have much luck updating the AUR stuff, also no-longer-available stuff (it got a bit better once with a re-install,

what issues do you have updating them? are the no-longer-available packages orphans?

insomniac_lemon , (edited )
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I thought patterns are just meta/group packages. Do they do anything else differently?

It's been a while, but I remember patterns trying to re-install things that I removed and I didn't like the work-arounds listed. I can't remember what exactly it was, but I don't think it was anything I really needed even with whatever other thing it was grouped with.

Doing a search and it seems other people have been annoyed by patterns because of "recommended" packages, I don't know if it changed though.

what issues do you have updating them?

Some of it is the internet again (especially pulling down things from git that are quite large), some of it is stuff that just fails during building. Basically I can do a system update just fine, but I can't really expect the AUR update to go smoothly. I just pick-and-choose what of the AUR I try to update most of the time, luckily things often just continue working.

are the no-longer-available packages orphans?

That's an issue too, but no in this case I mean packages that have most likely changed names (or maybe removed) so replacements must be manually found. Unless there's some tool I'm unaware of. Otherwise, they will just never be updated, which is often fine. A lot of them are libraries that I'm not even sure about.

nailoC5 ,

I don't know if it changed though.

No, I think that's the default behavior but I believe I read somewhere that there's a way to stop zypp from reinstalling these packages.

Some of it is the internet again (especially pulling down things from git that are quite large), some of it is stuff that just fails during building

Do you know about chaotic-aur? It should solve most of your aur issues. There's no pulling or compiling. When a dependency is removed from the extra repo you wouldn't be able to install the chaotic-aur package until it's manually fixed but I don't think you'll have any issues updating already installed packages.

GeekyOnion OP , in Arch Linux is suddenly the butt of a lot of memes?

Thank you all for your responses! Seems like I'm just having some bias based on changes in my Fediverse viewing habits!

son_named_bort , in What is going on with golf courses being shit down?

Well, there's a lot of trees on most golf courses, which attract birds. Birds have to poop too, and well gravity lead the shit down to the golf courses.

DarkThoughts , in What is going on with golf courses being shit down?

I guess it has to do with the possible seizure of Mar-a-Lago since Trump can't pay up his legal fees. I doubt any of those conservitards ever visited a golf club though.

doc ,

That's not really a possibility either. He's not suffering from lawsuits in the state of Florida. New York, where that bond is owed, doesn't have jurisdiction over Florida to affect his properties there.

Kbin_space_program , (edited )

Mar-A-Lago is in Florida.

The golf course that was at risk is one in New York State.

I think it might be the one that his head lawyer(Alina Habba) conned a victim of years long sexual assault by her(the victim) manager to accept a shitty deal that forces the victim into silence and to accept a fraction of what she is owed. Which, incidentally, is how she became his head lawyer.

Jaysyn , in What is going on with golf courses being shit down?
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wesker , in What is going on with golf courses being shit down?
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SHIT 'ER DOWN

Syd , (edited ) in What is going on with golf courses being shit down?

Disc golf is better anyway, natural terrain just improves the experience.

xantoxis , in What is going on with golf courses being shit down?

I suspect it comes from Trump "winning" at his own golf course, and Biden mocking him for it, leading to fake outrage that the noble institution of golf is being disparaged. Conservatives are fucking stupid, just move on.

NOT_RICK , in What is going on with golf courses being shit down?
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First I pretended they came for my gas range, and I said a lot of stuff because I’m addicted to outrage.

Then I pretended they came for my country club, and I said even more thanks to my throbbing outrage boner…

ivanafterall ,

When they came for my driving range, there was no one left to speak for me.

OutsizedWalrus , in What is going on with golf courses being shit down?

It’s an easy target to generate outrage. Most courses that are closing either aren’t profitable or the owners feel are better selling for the land.

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