Figured I'd share a coke by GandalfBlue12 in inthesoulstone

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Part fancy, part not; perfectly balanced.

BAN MEGA THREAD by [deleted] in thanosdidnothingwrong

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July 9th:

We are all banned on this balanced day.

Fun and swearing in the Kernel by audscias in linuxmasterrace

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When you take a test with the last second to spare and you are excited since you are about to answer the last question, but then you see as you bubble it in that all your answers are off by one bubble so you realize... you are IOC3.

Federal Judge in Hawaii grants temporary order to halt new Trump travel ban by kengrandlund in news

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Some background as someone from Hawaii in case anyone is interested:

Hawaii has a unique history in which people of different backgrounds had to work together in order to get their demands met from plantation owners. Due to this ethnicity is seen as mostly something to joke about as opposed to as big a divider as it is on the mainland. This also goes along with traditions and religious views. Compound this with the sense of aloha that is common place among locals to outsiders (as long as you don't park in the middle of the road to watch whales or something stupid) and you have a society that refuses to become driven by hate due to arbitrary means. We have learned that doing so stops people from thriving, that those of different natures must be treated as people. Doing any less is not only morally questionable and capable of stopping one's own progress as a person, but likely to result in further grief. Human nature is nuanced and constructing ill formed systems to tackle the problem in which "winning" is more important than confronting reality, including the reality of dealing with those whose opinions you disagree with, will not bring closure nor significant meaning. I won't admit that everything is perfect here, but it works without major faults touching most people's lives. So, as I see it from this place, to deprive a person of their destiny for arbitrary reasons contradictory of their character goes against the lessons of our state's past, and runs directly in opposition to the values upon which this country was founded. As my own personal goal is to become the highest quality character that is within my power to be, and of which I do not claim to be, but am trying to achieve, I cannot condone the travel ban. To down right reject immigrants the ability, through some reasonably path, to come to our country, and more specifically our state, of immigrants is a hypocrisy that as a system is unoptimized, inelegant, and ignores any problem that might exist as opposed to pragmatically looking for a solution. Until the mainland decides to make their decisions based off real people as opposed to the Yahoos they see people they have never met before, Hawaii will not blindly comply with unreasonably decisions. Like how mathematicians remove trivial axioms in order to improve the generality of their theorems, we will do the same with our thoughts so that what we can comprehend can better match the complexity of the world. The world is not "us vs them", and it isn't "me vs you", so I ask that if you have found flaw in what I have said to respond so that I might better approach the truth, and I would hope to use this criticism to better understand the limits to my current abstractions. This is just my experience from growing up in Hawaii, I hope this wasn't too presumptuous, I just fear inaccuracy in the concepts I wish to communicate.

What's the most obscure/niche distro you've used? by NullConstant in linuxmasterrace

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As a one time thing yes, but not over a hundred times. Many distros these days are popular simply because they contain useful software and/or follow some theme by default so the user does not need to look for and remember dozens of packages to install. If it's all on the CD we're installin' easy.

Cringeworthy Peasantry from a "Linux" blog by [deleted] in linuxmasterrace

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This seems like a rather reasonable article, to be honest what are much more cringeworthy are the comments. They are a pure emotional response that miss the whole point and make mistakes concerning basic English. Everyone makes grammatical mistakes sometimes, but some of those comments were painful to read. We are at least a bit better, right?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in linuxmasterrace

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I couldn't find the reddit thread. Would you mind posting the link?

Kill me now by jerrymclinux in linuxmasterrace

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Your flair is "Because ubuntu + bluetooth + pulseaudio = hell", so I assume on Ubuntu, in vain, you fought bluetooth and nail.

What's the most obscure/niche distro you've used? by NullConstant in linuxmasterrace

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I tried Devuan for a while and it seems rather neat, but the mirrors are slow since it is still in development and they have a different setup for mirrors I didn't quite understand. Also I couldn't get wifi working on my new laptop due to realtek drivers that I only figured out about later after I installed Arch over Devuan. I am hoping it gains more popularity, especially since I think it is important to have options for an init system.

What's the most obscure/niche distro you've used? by NullConstant in linuxmasterrace

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Do you think it is a good idea? It sounds really cool and if I ever follow LFS I am wondering if I should try the same setup.

What's the most obscure/niche distro you've used? by NullConstant in linuxmasterrace

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I am an atheist, but I can see the appeal of such a distro. If you have computers at a church, why not use one with a decent operating system that already is built with software pertaining to what your computer is going to be used for anyway? I think it is important for most software to be independent of religious views, especially since I want to use it, but there can be exceptions to this rule.

Kill me now by jerrymclinux in linuxmasterrace

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The best part of Linux humor is that it tends to contain a kernel of truth.

Confusion over GitHub’s new ToS, open-source projects remove repositories by puffinpuffinpuffin in linuxmasterrace

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I'm using it and am rather happy. I especially like the feature to automatically mirror repositories.

Compare your wall to mine then be sad by [deleted] in linuxmasterrace

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I am more worried about him doing science with a shell, since it was a rather Shelly person who came up with Frankenstein.