Jonathan Corbet
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Jonathan Corbet
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This crime problem really is getting out of hand...it's not even safe to go jogging anymore... https://kdvr.com/news/local/jogger-attacked-by-cows-in-boulder-county/
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Jonathan Corbet
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So I am distinctly grumpy with the Internet for having, for some unknown and inexplicable reason, failed to tell me about NO_COLOR for the last five years or so. Maybe I can finally stop cursing the people who think that yellow text on a white background is somehow legible...
https://no-color.org/
https://no-color.org/
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Jonathan Corbet
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@larsmb Well said: "I'm quite happy to not be welcoming to those who feel offended by rainbow colors."
https://lwn.net/ml/opensuse-factory/zhrxgrswkc44svmgmiiqtgoslnq3gc3evv33kfjdfugssoku36@i2p3owz3gbo2/
https://lwn.net/ml/opensuse-factory/zhrxgrswkc44svmgmiiqtgoslnq3gc3evv33kfjdfugssoku36@i2p3owz3gbo2/
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@itsjustdj There are a lot of better alternatives to Authenticator, there's no reason to keep this sort of security-relevant data in somebody's cloud garden. https://lwn.net/Articles/925870/
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Jonathan Corbet
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*Sigh... we've had a wet spring and for once nothing is even threatening to catch fire ... so of course we have to import our smoke from Canada instead. https://twitter.com/cdpheapcd/status/1659913855190077440 Best of luck to everybody in Alberta, we know what it's like.
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@z3ntu @monsieuricon Patches to improve the docs are always appreciated!
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@z3ntu You're seeing some older holdovers at kernel.org; the droid you're looking for is at https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/core-api/printk-formats.html these days.
@monsieuricon I wonder if some of that stuff should go away at this point? It would break links, which is unfortunate, but showing ancient docs isn't great either.
@monsieuricon I wonder if some of that stuff should go away at this point? It would break links, which is unfortunate, but showing ancient docs isn't great either.
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@drewdevault The only complaints I have gotten are about the sidebar navigation, and I've made some changes to address them.
The text is black on white - *better* contrast than what the RTD theme had. Text width could be tweaked, I guess, but too wide is not good for readability.
Dunno...overall the change was received relatively well. It went through the usual kernel review process. I'll certainly look at patches if you want to adjust the theme.
The text is black on white - *better* contrast than what the RTD theme had. Text width could be tweaked, I guess, but too wide is not good for readability.
Dunno...overall the change was received relatively well. It went through the usual kernel review process. I'll certainly look at patches if you want to adjust the theme.
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@drewdevault If you have specific complaints about the (Sphinx standard) Alabaster theme, let's hear them and perhaps things can be improved.
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Jonathan Corbet
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A conference room with a better view than most - the memory-management room at LSFMM+BPF in Vancouver.
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We lost a longtime family friend, great mountaineer, and all-around amazing person this weekend.
https://www.mountaineers.org/blog/remembering-mountaineer-tom-hornbein
Farewell, Tom Hornbein; the world is a far better place for you having been a part of it.
https://www.mountaineers.org/blog/remembering-mountaineer-tom-hornbein
Farewell, Tom Hornbein; the world is a far better place for you having been a part of it.
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@delroth @LWN Yes, I read the comment the same way.
The thing is, if you suppress comments like that, then you may think that people like that aren't out there, and that they won't use these systems in that way. That, IMO, is a dangerous sort of ignorance. OTOH, I certainly don't want to get to the point where LWN is being used to *promote* that kind of use.
Sometimes I feel like I could step away from all of this and go raise goats in the mountains somewhere.
The thing is, if you suppress comments like that, then you may think that people like that aren't out there, and that they won't use these systems in that way. That, IMO, is a dangerous sort of ignorance. OTOH, I certainly don't want to get to the point where LWN is being used to *promote* that kind of use.
Sometimes I feel like I could step away from all of this and go raise goats in the mountains somewhere.
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@delroth @LWN We've had people like that all along, alas.
Moderating comments is, by far, the worst part of running a site like LWN. Appeasing the Texas Tax Commission was a joy in comparison. We lean toward only shutting down people when we really have to. It can be argued (and often is) that we let too much through, but others complain of censorship; you can't keep everybody happy.
The account in question has been warned before and is definitely on our watchlist.
Moderating comments is, by far, the worst part of running a site like LWN. Appeasing the Texas Tax Commission was a joy in comparison. We lean toward only shutting down people when we really have to. It can be argued (and often is) that we let too much through, but others complain of censorship; you can't keep everybody happy.
The account in question has been warned before and is definitely on our watchlist.
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Jonathan Corbet
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My father was, among other things a mountain climber (on the 1963 US Everest expedition and did the first ascent of Tyree in Antarctica), a skier (Corbet's Couloir at Jackson Hole is named after him), and a maker of adventure movies. Then he was in a helicopter accident and spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair. He used that time to show just how full a life with disability can be, and to help others to do the same.
"Full Circle" is a movie about him, and about Trevor Kennison, a young adventurer who has suffered a similar injury, and who is similarly unwilling to let it stop him:
https://fullcirclefilm.co/
It's a great film. But folks who wanted to see the screening in Denver were denied the chance when the theater canceled it. It seems that they were unprepared to deal with an audience that, it was expected, would include a large number of people in wheelchairs; they said it would be "unsafe for the community".
Not impressed. Hopefully they will be able to find a more enlightened venue sometime soon.
"Full Circle" is a movie about him, and about Trevor Kennison, a young adventurer who has suffered a similar injury, and who is similarly unwilling to let it stop him:
https://fullcirclefilm.co/
It's a great film. But folks who wanted to see the screening in Denver were denied the chance when the theater canceled it. It seems that they were unprepared to deal with an audience that, it was expected, would include a large number of people in wheelchairs; they said it would be "unsafe for the community".
Not impressed. Hopefully they will be able to find a more enlightened venue sometime soon.
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@securepaul My question: do we really need fully stackable security modules? What for? If the feature is truly valuable, why has implementing it been a single-developer quest for over a decade?
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@lina @gfxstrand I'd be careful, that approach can get you into trouble. About the only "throw up your hands" situation is if there is no way to continue without risking data corruption or other unpleasantness.
Seriously, you might want to look at some of the linux-kernel conversations around BUG_ON; https://lwn.net/ml/linux-kernel/CAHk-%3Dwhfor49J0YTYi6zauiJ_MWwF-XwhSty%2BHvD4CzxFQ_ZGA%40mail.gmail.com/ is one of the more polite responses.
I'm not trying to lecture on the "right way" to do things here... I very much want to see the Rust work succeed, and I'd hate to see it run into merge-window explosions. Sprinkling BUG_ON() or equivalent calls is a direct path toward that kind of explosion.
Seriously, you might want to look at some of the linux-kernel conversations around BUG_ON; https://lwn.net/ml/linux-kernel/CAHk-%3Dwhfor49J0YTYi6zauiJ_MWwF-XwhSty%2BHvD4CzxFQ_ZGA%40mail.gmail.com/ is one of the more polite responses.
I'm not trying to lecture on the "right way" to do things here... I very much want to see the Rust work succeed, and I'd hate to see it run into merge-window explosions. Sprinkling BUG_ON() or equivalent calls is a direct path toward that kind of explosion.
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@gfxstrand @lina Bear in mind, of course, that BUG_ON() tends to be fairly firmly frowned upon as well. Adding calls can lead to ... negative review comments. Kernel code needs to detect problems and continue on as gracefully as possible.
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@downey In-person events are the lubricant that makes our global, distributed community actually work. It is how we come to know each other, and how we solve our hardest problems. Without it, our effectiveness is reduced, misunderstanding multiply, and it is harder for new developers to find their place. And that may even have climate implications of its own.
I helped organize a couple of online-only conferences during the pandemic. By most accounts we were wildly successful. But nobody thought it was anything but a second-best fallback that failed to fill the role that conferences play in our community.
The carbon impact of everything we do has to be closely examined, and that certainly includes conference travel. If you have ideas for how we can knit the development community together into an effective whole without getting together in person, a lot of us would be interested in hearing them.
I helped organize a couple of online-only conferences during the pandemic. By most accounts we were wildly successful. But nobody thought it was anything but a second-best fallback that failed to fill the role that conferences play in our community.
The carbon impact of everything we do has to be closely examined, and that certainly includes conference travel. If you have ideas for how we can knit the development community together into an effective whole without getting together in person, a lot of us would be interested in hearing them.
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Jonathan Corbet
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Went for a bike ride this morning; quite windy, but nice anyway. The world is *finally* turning green.
Reflecting on the experience... on a bike, it's easy to notice (and complain about) a headwind. Tailwinds, instead, are much harder to notice. They can be a "I'm feeling good today, maybe I'm not in as bad a shape as I thought" experience, where you don't realize that you're getting help - until you turn the corner.
Life is kind of similar. It's easy to notice the headwinds (bad luck, discrimination, etc.) but just as easy to miss the tailwinds that make your experience easier and smoother than it could be. Tailwinds that others may not have.
A key to a good life (and a good bike ride) is to notice and appreciate the tailwinds.
Reflecting on the experience... on a bike, it's easy to notice (and complain about) a headwind. Tailwinds, instead, are much harder to notice. They can be a "I'm feeling good today, maybe I'm not in as bad a shape as I thought" experience, where you don't realize that you're getting help - until you turn the corner.
Life is kind of similar. It's easy to notice the headwinds (bad luck, discrimination, etc.) but just as easy to miss the tailwinds that make your experience easier and smoother than it could be. Tailwinds that others may not have.
A key to a good life (and a good bike ride) is to notice and appreciate the tailwinds.
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