yojimbo

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yojimbo ,

This is ubelievably dumb. Israel is not even a democracy. Yes, they may have some democratic laws, but they are also 70+ years under the state of emergency. There isn't free press. Israelis are getting locked up for protesting for peace, for refusing to fight in a apartheid war, even for liking facebook comments supporting Palestine.
Aplying collective punishment / collective responsibility under such circumstances (as generally under any circumstances) not only doesn't support the plight of palestinian refugees, it goes against it!

I understand their (Maledives) motivation, but this is not the way. You can't punish all Palestinians for the crimes of the few, nor can you punish all Israelies for the crimes of the many.

Go ahead and downvote me.

yojimbo ,

That is exactly the point - I don't think one can use terms like "majority" and "assume" to justify collective punishment, because that is exactly what the Israelis are doing right now.(But I am obviously wrong )

yojimbo ,

Thank you! I don't think I've been this proud for getting down voted lately. And I don't blame you - I hope your motivation is same as mine - to end the tragedy that is currently happening in Gaza ASAP. IMO - You just aren't terribly adult about it, but I trust that you will get there <3

yojimbo ,

IMO the equivalency is in how you've chosen those individuals that don't deserve to live / that are no longer allowed to enter...

yojimbo , (edited )

There were economic sanctions, there was a huge wave of divestment, but all that was pointed at the institutions of the state - not at its citizens ( like this unfortunate decision of Maledives).

Edit: how much sense would it make blocking black citizens of SA from visiting your country -simply because they live under apartheid?

yojimbo ,

South Korea or Brazil also doesn't have regular citizens? How about Switzerland? List of 85 countries that had mandatory military services in 2023.

yojimbo ,

Banning someone from your resort island is the same sort of punishment of civilians as killing them?

No, but punishing population for the actions of their government is always bad, always unacceptable, and specially when the country isn't even democratic like Israel never was. For one thing - this ban does not only affect Israelis, but also 2 millions of Palestinians who live in Israel proper. Wikipedia - Demographics of Israel

yojimbo ,

Nobody is saying we’re going to block the Palestinians from traveling anywhere. Only the perpetrators, not the victims.

Well that is pitty, because they've just blocked 2 millions of Palestinians living in Israel proper - Demographics of Israel, wikipedia

yojimbo ,

And yet your post implied some sort of equivalency.

Equivalency - I have to confess English isn't my first language and I am not sure I understand what you mean specifically/ in what context. Would you please care to explain?

As for the blanket ban - while it wasn't my comment, I don't find it unreasonable - how would you describe a rule advertised as punishing extremist Zionism that also punishes both post Zionists and anti Zionists all the same?

yojimbo ,

I expected to get downvoted, I got downvoted, I am not angry. Reverse psychology? Manipulate? Are you 100% sure you are not talking about yourself?

yojimbo ,

You haven't read the article. It says Israeli passport holders.

yojimbo ,

Please read the article.

yojimbo , (edited )

I meant

Depending how the Maldives is doing this (is it based on Israeli Citizenship or is it based on Israeli Nationality?)

It's in the article - passports!

It doesn't make any difference, since because there really aren't any supporters of Israel in this thread, you will just open on anyone you assume is one with walls and walls of text (with which I mostly agree with you) but on a topic nobody put forward and in this condescending manner that is just meant to offend people. You haven't tried to understand my argument at all, you haven't even read the bloody article, you just want to scream at somebody.

So since you are this terrible at reading - let me put it again just for you and you only, I'll try to be blunt:

The tragedy here is that Israel says in response to the 7/10 that all Gazans are guilty, they all deserve to die. That is not acceptable, that is called collective punishment. And Maledives are justifying Israels approach by doing the same. Now Israel can say:

" Look ! Maledives are also using the same principle of collective punishment / collective responsibility and the World is praising them! "They are all antisemites and they are all using "special meter" on us and different meter on everyone else:". /s

...and what is worst - in this case they have a point! This exactly what we don't need right now. They could have just banned the settlers, or they could have just banned those several settlers Biden has banned and that would be perfectly fine. This is clumsy at best - no - It's just tragically stupid. It's costing us time that Gazans don't have.

I would like to point out that for some time I've felt bad for also wrongly accusing somebody without reading it all ironically also in regard to the Gaza conflict, but you are so much worse than I am.

yojimbo ,

They are flying in "angle" mode? I can't make even a half decent turn in angle mode. Somehow I suspect it isn't because lacking skill. Maybee spotty connectivity makes drone in angle mode more reliable?

yojimbo ,

archive.is

yojimbo , (edited )

Not sure it actually demonstrates the extend of the issue. My favourite way to look at it (via ThunderF00t@youtube I believe):

  • dry ice is essentially frozen CO2 ( CO2 in solid form)
  • cca 40 billion tuns per year (cca 5t per person / year, 8 billion people)
  • 1km side cube of dry ice weights cca 1.5 billion tuns (1.560 kg/m3 says wiki)

=> Burj Khalifa has 830 m - imagine huge cube of dry ice 20% taller ( or 3x eifell tower)- all that CO2 boiling off in massive clouds - than add 25 of them - each year. We've been doing this at some scale for decades....

finn1sher , (edited ) to Everyday Carry. What essentials do you carry on a daily basis?
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The Victorinox swiss army knife is simply the best pocket tool! (Edit: no one tool is everyone's best)

@edc

The more I look at alternatives, the more I realize, nothing can give you this much functionality in this small a package, while being so high quality and reasonably priced. Popular (machine-assembled) versions regularly go for $25.

The one caveat is that it falls behind modern knives in terms of safety and ease for opening/closing. I'd love to see a next-gen SAK without nail nicks.

yojimbo , (edited )

I am no longer objective: I love these, I've been IDCing specifically the 91mm versions (like yours) my entire adult life. It has become a true extension of my body. I wouldn't consider a change simply because the muscle memory - this thing jumps into my hand safely and reliably without me ever getting to think about it no matter if I am drunk/ stoned or anything. The rule is that when I no longer can find the beer bottle opener - it's the most tricky one on the knife IMO - I should consider going home. Nothing gets close, different knifes can actually get dangerous for me now because I ain't used to the shape and I ain't any longer used to watch my hands operating a knife - I watch only when the cutting is done.

Anyway, I find the old-school opening "an important feature". These Victorinox knives are widely recognized around the world as not suitable for self-defense (at least not an effective one), which makes them perfect to bring places, where "regular" eg. "liner lock" knives might get you strange stares if not straight up confiscation. Places like government buildings, schools or guarded server rooms. The 58? mm models are too small for effective use, the bigger ones tend to have locks. I am an admin.

yojimbo ,

Lenovo Ideapad Duo 3 - x86 tablet, 4core no hyperthread CPU and 8Gb ram, no fans, detachable bt keyboard, runs Fedora 39out of the box, everything works even autorotation. I love mine.

yojimbo , (edited )

Pretty much regular x86 laptop:

  • regular BIOS (press F2)
  • two usb-c ports, both will charge, both can be used to charge other device. I haven't done it extensively, but it will support additional QHD resolution dispaly if it mattered...
  • has a SIM card slot
  • I honestly don't know about the battery, I use it mostly around my home, I use it for watching movies and youtube around kitchen - It can do two movies definitely - 3-4 hours screaming at full blast - more - i'd have to try. But i recall that when I got it I was impressed by its battery life. I have the 10IGL5 version. The CPU has 6W TDP.
  • I don't expect that you would be using the included keyboard very much - way too flimsy for your application - but I can imagine suitable rugged bluetooth or wired keyboard / mouse combo would do ...
  • There are no "holes" on the device used for heat exchange and there is (AFAIK - haven't opened it) any fan. There are some holes for speaker on top left & right corner, but if those get cloged can't be critical. The whole chasis is sturdy you can press on it hard and it doesn't give, it can resist a bit of twisting but yeah - it's an Ideapad - not a Thinkpad w/ magnesium rollcage. It definitely doesn't mind being splashed with liquids around kitchen.

I am a hardcore thinkpad / debian / xfce aficionado, I wouldn't go and search for a device like this myself. A colleague of mine was trying to get rid of his, he bought it for his kid but running windows 10 the thing was bloody useless. I've googled somewhere that it does linux good and after limited success with Ubuntu i've tried Fedora. I recall trying a touch interface with linux long time ago (around 1st iPads) and it was a laughably misserable experience. This was amazing - IMO deffinitely better than what windows had to offer even though I understand the bar is low here. Better interface, at least as reliable (more). I've bought it off my colleague for cca 200 USD / 5000 CZK. I can imagine I would be confident enough bringing it with me on a holiday instead of full 14" thinkpad for mobility & battery life.

yojimbo , (edited )

Not at all 😉.

I've installed FlatHub originating FreeCAD 0.21.2 from "Software" app (very AppleStore like experience minus the signing in). It spinns up in cca 10 seconds. I've opened the "ArchDetail" demo example it offers, after discovering the "Gesture" option in the bottom right corner I can rotate and zoom the model freely using fingers with no impact on performance - no matter how quickly I "twich" with the model I can't get more than 30% CPU load spike, maybe 25% ( Fedora39 default Gnome3 windowing, CPU scaling on "power saver").

The CPU/performance IMO feels really good and not what I would expect from Intel CPUs. 1.1 GHz Base Freqency, 3.1Ghz Burst (single core I believe), some Intel graphics that can take Gnome 3 "zooming windows" with perfect fluency and all that in cca 5 Watts and no fan. The performance feels an order of magnitude better than what RPi3 would provide IMO.

https://sopuli.xyz/pictrs/image/4dc6ff31-7875-4bea-a3a1-8f97237f146f.webp

yojimbo , (edited )

Damned, now I am afraid that I've oversold the thing. I'd hate if it came in the mail and you ended up disappointed.

There is actually one significant glitch with the picture jerking up and down on the display.

https://sopuli.xyz/pictrs/image/64d2b95c-9709-45a8-80e7-85d2b733b280.webp

I believe it is a software glitch because I can fix it by maximizing a window on the screen or tilting window left / right. I never get to see it really, because right after login Mattermost client fills half of my screen.

Now i believe this has actually worsened since before. On previous versions (not sure 37/38) this has happened only seldomly, you had to play with the device a bit to replicate. But I believe it happened both in landscape and portrait mode.

On Fedora 39 it is absolutely unavoidable in landscape mode - it starts immediately sometimes "jumping up/down" angrily, but does not happen at all in portrait mode.

I've tried to replicate by booting Fedora 38 workstation live from flash drive - but I don't thing that was a good method looking into it - the "autorotate" didn't work whitch I am sure works after installation and I couldn't replicate the jerking at all and I am sure it was there already before. I haven't done full reinstall since I got it, it is possible it has already gone throught 37 upgrade 38 upgrade 39 and this is something I've picked up along the way but I'd be surprised. (Also don't use Unetbootin to create Fedora boot drive - I keep learning that over and over again.)

When you mention susped - I've never bloody noticed - it does not suspend automatically! My xfce systems have "presentation mode" always activated so I thought it is something i've switched on - but if so - I don't see obvious way to switch it off. I may have seen some error messages about suspend in the past? I press the power button shortly and it suspends light blinking, i press it again and it goes on again. This feels fixable but I don't mind atm. It suspends reliably when the keyboard folio closes over it too.

Finally when the keyboard is away on BT for long it runs out of juice. You have to reconnect it to charge up for few seconds and then disconnect/reconnect again to make it work.

The chasis feels sturdy enough to me, but it ain't as sturdy as a tablet (iPad / Boox ) with one piece metal backplate. Bottom half of the device back connecting kickstand is made of metal (I suspect that is where the heat exchange happens) and that is where a lot of it robustness comes from.

I am an admin by trade so I may not be objective. I have heard about but have never used Mint - I love my "xface". I do exist in deb based environment like you though and I do know default Ubuntu. I've played with Fedora before because curiosity and I think the switch is painless. Pretty much same systemd, same Gnome 3, just watch out dnf update upgrades packages unlike apt. Installing this thing I haven't done a single "smart" thing. Out of the box it was better user experience than installing windows and everything except that jerking whitch before I had to notice over time worked marvelously. I think I recall looking for activation of hw acceleration in firefox and finding out it was already on. I may have used nmcli to set my wireguard vpn profile but that may have been the total I've done in shell except using dnf for speed and using ssh / tmux.

I recall trying Ubuntu on it but while not useless it was far from Fedora. On Ubuntu I kept oscilating between x11 where everything worked but the touch interface was jerky and somewhat useless or wayland where touch was fine but not everything worked as I wanted. Under both scenarious the bluetooth keyboard didn't work over bluetooth - only connected, and the auto rotation was a no-go. (No "jerking" if I remember correctly!). Fedora provides the best Wayland experiece I've seen. IMO well worth learning to deal w/ dnf - even though it's only one device.

yojimbo ,

achive.is

How often do you make a back up?

I was wondering how often does one choose to make and keep back ups. I know that “It depends on your business needs”, but that is rather vague and unsatisfying, so I was hoping to hear some heuristics from the community. Like say I had a workstation/desktop that is acting as a server at a shop (taking inventory / sales...

yojimbo ,

Backup on different levels, one of my clients who I would say has similar ifrastructure uses following approach:

  • backup on the vm level - backing up snapshot of the entire virtualization guest - at least once a week, always before update/upgrade. These can be big - consider ZFS pool w/ compression and deduplication active - but that is also hw intesive. On the other hand, I don't think you need to keep more than last two successfull backups.
  • filesystem level - run rdiff-backup against the / of the filesystem several times a day. SInce it is essentially versioning, you are only backing up new changes. No zetabyte needed here, ext3/4 will do.
  • drop database somewhere ideally several times a day - even if there are no incidents, your developers will love you.

The recovery strategy is as follows:

  • pull the guest out of the last vm backup
  • sync up the files from last rdiff-backup run
  • discuss w/ the developer DB recovery - or just recover the last backup and hope for the best..
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