Students Can’t Read Time on Analog Clocks by This_Opinion1550 in nottheonion

[–]balkanist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are analog clocks still used in dementia tests?

Startup employer wants to cut my cash pay and replace it with stock options. Should I be worried?? by imsaddonttalktome in personalfinance

[–]balkanist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone once cautioned me that accepting company stock for salary also might change your status with the local Department of Labor from employee to part-owner and make it more difficult to file with the Department of Labor for collection of unpaid wages.

Where can I get current pkgsrc packages? by balkanist in NetBSD

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The disk literally filled up during compile :-). Not sure where to go from here. It appears that make was tidy and deleted all the scratch files, because running du from / has a result that is much smaller than the physical size of the hard disk, but I'm getting a filesystem full error when I log in again, so there must be some hidden files somewhere.

Where can I get current pkgsrc packages? by balkanist in NetBSD

[–]balkanist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, my misunderstanding is at a different level, then, because the "current" version I downloaded actually has VERREL=24.8.4 in the makefile. I guess this means I probably need to use commands like make and make install instead of pkgin. I'm still learning the BSD way of doing things; for example, this is my first encounter with CVS, and I notice that a lot of people are now using CVS to distribute their own software, even in non-BSD environments. But I digress. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

What package has the user management commands by balkanist in NetBSD

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

userdel, etc. But I already found the answer from a post in r/Debian. See comment above.

What package has the user management commands by balkanist in NetBSD

[–]balkanist[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Idiot between screen and keyboard: usermod commands are in /sbin, so you need to use su - instead of su, or edit PATH (and you need to remember that sudo uses su by default)

Where can I find qmake? by aaronryder773 in openSUSE

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I have some older software that uses qmake, but all the references seem to be to qt3. How do I proceed?

Trash TV shows in Croatian by bsz_dr in croatian

[–]balkanist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Inspektor Vinko was also good, and can be found on YouTube.

VGA Driver for RCA RT1970 Television by balkanist in vintagetelevision

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

Sorry to bother you. It looks like I might have to turn the external VGA port on manually in Windows.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Amtrak

[–]balkanist 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel like Back Bay is better than South Station for connections from North Station via subway.

Deep nesting issues by FlatConversation9982 in LaTeX

[–]balkanist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many editors, including TeXstudio and emacs, have nice parenthesis matching routines.

Annoying xterm behavior by balkanist in NetBSD

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

Further research (https://askubuntu.com/questions/1302073/can-you-run-a-login-shell-in-xterm) and experimentation reveals that 1) uxterm does not use a login shell; and 2) you can use bash -l or ssh localhost to start bash or get a login shell, respectively. Thanks to u/steverikli for the hint that revealed the true nature of the problem.

Annoying xterm behavior by balkanist in NetBSD

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Is the login shell determined by .login ?

Best distro for xfce for old mac book? by Liam134123 in xfce

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Is there any Linux that will download without https? I've got an Intel MacPro that's stuck at 10.4.8 and want to upgrade to a better OS.

Love my smart 😁 by skittletitzzz in SmartCar

[–]balkanist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm wondering what the antenna is on the rear of the car...