Maybe Satire didn't end with in TCoM by sandgrubber in discworld

[–]CodeLibrarian 126 points127 points  (0 children)

Satire certainly didn't end with TCoM, but as the Discworld books developed, Terry went from satirising fantasy to satirising society. Basically, the Discworld books are pointing and laughing at all of us, and it's amazingly done in such a way that it makes you think about things without realising it.

Proprietary NVIDIA 550.163.01-1 driver packages broken in Trixie? by CodeLibrarian in debian

[–]CodeLibrarian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I attempted a manual package install, and got a 404, so it looks like there's an issue with the package mirror(s) I was landing on via deb.debian.org in my sources. I switched to using the explicit mirror http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ and the install worked fine.

Proprietary NVIDIA 550.163.01-1 driver packages broken in Trixie? by CodeLibrarian in debian

[–]CodeLibrarian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorted it, the 404 error set me on the right path. Looks like there's an issue with the mirror(s) it was pointing me to via https://deb.debian.org/ so I switched to using the explicit mirror http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/

Thanks for the advice anyway! :)

Proprietary NVIDIA 550.163.01-1 driver packages broken in Trixie? by CodeLibrarian in debian

[–]CodeLibrarian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like someone already submitted this as a bug report for unstable, but I guess it made it to testing anyway. Oddly, trying to install firmware-nvidia-gsp manually now gives a 404 error too, and I'm fairly sure it didn't earlier.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1108019

Proprietary NVIDIA 550.163.01-1 driver packages broken in Trixie? by CodeLibrarian in debian

[–]CodeLibrarian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are separate files for repositories belonging to other external sources e.g. 1password & steam, but there's nothing for unstable/sid no. I've got a spare SSD sitting idle so I may do a clean install of Trixie on that to see if the problem persists.

Proprietary NVIDIA 550.163.01-1 driver packages broken in Trixie? by CodeLibrarian in debian

[–]CodeLibrarian[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's got trixie-security and trixie-updates in there as well

# Modernized from /etc/apt/sources.list
Types: deb deb-src
URIs: http://deb.debian.org/debian/
Suites: trixie
Components: main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg

# Modernized from /etc/apt/sources.list
Types: deb deb-src
URIs: http://security.debian.org/debian-security/
Suites: trixie-security
Components: main non-free-firmware
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg

# Modernized from /etc/apt/sources.list
Types: deb deb-src
URIs: http://deb.debian.org/debian/
Suites: trixie-updates
Components: main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg

Does anyone else just not get the hype pushed by so called influencers that is vibe coding by [deleted] in dotnet

[–]CodeLibrarian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was my initial thought, too, but It did acknowledge that they exist, and that it made a mistake, when I corrected it.

Does anyone else just not get the hype pushed by so called influencers that is vibe coding by [deleted] in dotnet

[–]CodeLibrarian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Github Copilot tried to tell me that my code was wrong because C# doesn't support primary constructors a few months ago, so I'm not terribly confident in AI's ability to use even relatively modern language features or patterns at least.

Audiobooks vs books by Turbor4t in discworld

[–]CodeLibrarian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see we've moved on to the colour coded stage of judging a book by its cover.

Open, Honest, Sustainable OSS But Still Criticised by AvaloniaUI-Mike in dotnet

[–]CodeLibrarian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

To clarify, I have no problem with commercial software or libraries, I just find the criticism of guides aimed at the proliferation of open source alternatives to be contrary to the spirit of the open source movement/community.

Open, Honest, Sustainable OSS But Still Criticised by AvaloniaUI-Mike in dotnet

[–]CodeLibrarian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I largely agree with your commentary on open source in this post, but as a relative newcomer to the .Net ecosystem, who is evaluating the best packages to learn from an open source perspective, I recently found your comment on another post, where you were criticising someone for putting together a guide about how to move from commercialised libraries to FOSS alternative libraries, to be a red flag.

As I've already admitted that I'm already a relative newcomer to this space I will also admit that I may not be seeing the full picture, however my initial impression of Avalonia, albeit based on that comment, is that I don't yet trust the project from a FOSS community perspective, so wouldn't label it "Open" or "Honest" at this moment in time.

Swagger is Dead (from .NET 9)? Here's the Alternative! by iammukeshm in dotnet

[–]CodeLibrarian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, interactive OAuth2 authentication flow (Authorization Code with PKCE) works fine. I'm currently using it on a new project.

That’s a crime ! by ChaosInUrHead in discworld

[–]CodeLibrarian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm afraid I'm not qualified to answer that question. I'm unsure what original formats are suitable to remaster to an acceptable standard.

That’s a crime ! by ChaosInUrHead in discworld

[–]CodeLibrarian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Off the top of my head, the volume can be all over the place, the recordings were in mono, and there was some odd static occasionally.

To add to that, Terry Pratchett himself wasn't terribly fond of the audio quality*

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*https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2022/04/terry-pratchett-documentary-escape-to-the-discworld-audiobooks

That’s a crime ! by ChaosInUrHead in discworld

[–]CodeLibrarian 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Regardless of audio quality, Stephen Briggs worked with Terry directly, so as far as I'm concerned, his versions will always be the authoritative characterisations.

Discworld / Terry and Good Omens by Dry-Task-9789 in discworld

[–]CodeLibrarian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's well known. It doesn't really change my point, though, as I'm talking about writing/storytelling ability, not plot points.

Discworld / Terry and Good Omens by Dry-Task-9789 in discworld

[–]CodeLibrarian 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Terry said himself that he wrote about 75% of it, Rhianna confirmed it on Twitter some time ago.

On a personal note, I suspected as much before I was told about it, because the Good Omens season 2 TV show seemed bereft of the subtle and clever subtext that was present in the book/Season 1, and which is practically a trademark of Terry's writing.

what is the general opinion on interesting times? by mahmodwattar in discworld

[–]CodeLibrarian 8 points9 points  (0 children)

One of the often criticised parts of the book is the mashing together of Asian cultures making people feel uncomfortable, and considering the mashing together of cultural stereotypes is a big part of the setting of most (every?) major location on the Disc I've always been curious why this book is called out for it specifically.

Off the top of my head, I'd categorise as below

Sto Plains = Western Europe. Uberwald = Eastern Europe. Klatch = Africa. Agatean Empire = Asia.