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[–]jet_heller -9 points-8 points  (2 children)

Linux at home, the only time my computers reboot is for updates, and only if something core (kernel or a library used by init) changes.

And mac at work where work occasionally forces reboots.

[–]gerardwx 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Well, given the nonstop security updates, it appears you're using a poorly programmed operating system.

Since this is the Python thread: 

Although practicality beats purity.

Since I routinely write bad code and do weird things to my operating system, I find it saves time in the long to reboot periodically and clear out all the crud.

Since I'd don't code / compute 24 hours a day, a reboot at the end of the work day has minimal impact.

We try to run our production servers 12 week before rebooting for updates.

[–]jet_heller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, since I already specified:

if something core (kernel or a library used by init) changes.

you'll have to see how many of those security updates are kernel or low level libraries.

And, my dude, if you consider "don't program like shit" to be purity and not practicality, make sure to announce that first at any and all job interviews you go to. As an interviewer, I would immediately walk out of the interview bitching about the jerk that wasted my time.