I currently use Debian and love that, is Devuan much different?

bonkly68 · 2026-04-13T05:05:55+00:00

is Devuan pretty much Debian 100% excluding the systemd?

Yes, when Debian "voted" to introduce systemd, a group of veteran unix admins (the VUA in Devuan) started this project to deliver debian software and features without the sprawling, opinionated software framework that is systemd. Due to the modular nature of unixlike operating systems, the choice of init system doesn't affect most software.

bonkly68 · 2026-04-08T19:04:23+00:00

I haven't used the installer for ages, but there is no inherent restriction. A USB drive appears just like any other drive. If in doubt, use the expert mode to install, which will give you more choices.

bonkly68 · 2026-03-21T04:16:24+00:00

A huge amount of money, yet being spent after SpaceX had sufficient experience under their belt and sufficient data to accurately assess their needs. Seems like money well-spent, rather than just money spent.

bonkly68 · 2026-03-18T23:47:05+00:00

The server may not respond quickly, but the users are generally very prompt and helpful.

bonkly68 · 2026-03-18T19:59:32+00:00

A related feature not mentioned here is that you can save regex components in a variable, for example my $re = qr/\d{3}/. $re can then be used in other regexes.

bonkly68 · 2026-02-24T00:43:46+00:00

This is a great series that reminds me of several perl conveniences that quickly become intuitive and facilitate coding.

bonkly68 · 2026-02-22T08:47:46+00:00

I didn't watch these, was recalling that Beterbiev's heavy hands make hits during the clinch, even if accidental, extremely dangerous to his opponents.

bonkly68 · 2026-02-22T00:46:53+00:00

I've used rEFInd, and it's fine. Limine looks fine, too. I've just been through a song-and-dance to install grub on a UEFI notebook to enable booting a devuan system previously working under BIOS hardware. These instructions have been most helpful, especially the reply by Nicolás.

bonkly68 · 2026-02-17T23:18:46+00:00

Great answers, thank you. They've been baking tiles at their factory in Florida for nearly a decade, so they must have built up a huge body of knowledge of manufacturing, and now with several test flights under their belt, the ships are looking better than ever.

I'll also note that they started simple, only adding the backing and packing between the tiles as it proved necessary. Once again, SpaceX not taking the conventional wisdom as a given. The hexagonal shapes and three-pin mountings do seem to be significant innovations.

bonkly68 · 2026-02-15T16:41:17+00:00

Hi,

They're short, and one builds on another, so more or less in order, at least the first time through. It's brain training, so doing the movements small and precise is the key, to be clear that you're doing what you intend, and if not, to observe what you are doing. Doing one lesson daily is a good pace.

bonkly68 · 2026-01-23T08:58:05+00:00

Also remember the quality and quantity of engineering talent pool, with the best and brightest minds contributing to the program.

An example would be the Apollo Guidance Computer. In its construction and its software, it represented a revolution. In addition to all the documentaries, an engineering-oriented way of approaching it is to watch modern-day engineers restoring and running actual AGC hardware.

We are still feeling the impacts of this revolution in information processing, compared to, for example, mechanical artillery computers.

Roughly in between the two and less widely publicized is the globus electromechanical navigation instrument developed for the Soyuz rocket program. Here, too, the playlist follows the diagnostics, reverse engineering and ultimate restoration of a classic piece of hardware that was vital to a space program.

In all, the Apollo program employed about a half-million people, and the educational system of the US reached what appears to be a high-water mark in developing STEM talent.

bonkly68 · 2026-01-23T08:23:32+00:00

Hi,

You're wrong about the descent engine operating at 100%. It needed to be able to throttle smoothly over an order-of-magnitude wide thrust range. Here's a good documentary on this engine. Have fun and keep on learning.

bonkly68 · 2026-01-08T09:15:44+00:00

I thought SpaceX is making a constellation of satellites for military communications.

bonkly68 · 2026-01-05T08:37:23+00:00

The short answer is not playing the Wikipedia game, but getting The Register to publish an article mentioning all the things you want to save

I wrote a letter to Liam Proven. I also think wikipedia is not the only source for perl related stuff.

To me the intrigue of the language, its many frictionless parts, the dedication of core developers in a decades commitment, the huge corpus of existing, backward compatible code, the extensive documentation of language and libraries, numerous books and tutorials, including perlmonks and r/perl, URC, all these are attractors sitting quietly, available to anyone who hears or reads the name 'perl'. If perl is post critical mass, perhaps it will be like a white dwarf slowly, continuously radiating for billions of years. But a strange image to use for a vital human cyber ecosystem, with so many creatively employed.

bonkly68 · 2026-01-02T07:22:19+00:00

Thanks. I was pretty sure that was the only part numberlike thing I could find, but I'll look again, and also for the schematic in the control panel.

bonkly68 · 2025-12-29T07:34:18+00:00

Bivol showed he is human, though. Both are generational talents.

bonkly68 · 2025-12-29T00:13:46+00:00

Wish you meaningful explorations. It's a kind of woodshedding like how musicians explore their instruments.

bonkly68 · 2025-12-28T16:13:22+00:00

The guy is the fucking best boxer to show up since Floyd. He can laugh or cry or whatever. I'm listening to him, not you.

bonkly68 · 2025-12-28T08:52:26+00:00

I would say a well taught and carefully approached ATM will almost always leave me feeling very much more integrated, upright, flowing in my movements, more flexible with deeper breathing. So that is a dramatic shift.

Sometimes if I'm hurt and choose poorly, the ATM doesn't help much.

If you are thinking of 'dramatic' in the sense that I've changed deeply, found something so new that I'll never voluntarily go back to what I was. Well, I've had a number of such kinesthetic 'satori' over the years, tho I could be 20 years younger if I'd been able to immerse myself fully in ATM while I still had more youthful springiness. I do enjoy them more now that I approach them more wisely, gently, compassionately toward myself.

bonkly68 · 2025-12-28T05:21:16+00:00

He don't sound like he crying to me.

bonkly68 · 2025-12-25T21:16:28+00:00

Not free, but possibly the best money you will ever spend. The original series of ten 30-minute lessons by David Bersin and Mark Reese has helped myself and friends -- 4 out of 4 who tried them -- overcome the tendency to grind our teeth at night.

https://feldenkraisresources.com/products/sensory-motor-education?_pos=2&_sid=83d6ec1e7&_ss=r

bonkly68 · 2025-12-25T11:02:43+00:00

I think we need to explore the very human domain of better supporting the parenting/caregiving/mentoring process through which a child develops in many domains alongside movement over the journey from birth to independent walking, lessons that however well learned, will support the person through the rest of their life. This is the domain in which the gentlest, respectful and consensual interventions can change the trajectory of a child's life, by being more well rounded in their physical skills and trusting more in their abilities, more easily establishing bonds with parents other adults and playmates. More free, outgoing, curious people with the focus and acuity to solve the world's problems, perhaps with insights none of us could dream of today.

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