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[–] [email protected] 2 points 40 minutes ago* (last edited 39 minutes ago)

The difference would be that RMS is extremely well-versed in computer technology. He understands the problems with non-free software.

Someone with his knowledge could choose to disregard those issues for convenience, but Stallman is willing to make great sacrifices.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

But now it's too long for a power user.

Short and Long options are a thing.

Ex: GNU rm can use

--recursive
-r

or

--force
-f
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

To be fair, that is an issue with the implementation of the given commands, rather than the concept of the command line.

You could create a program that operates like so:

remove-file --dont-ask-for-confirmation house.png
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Linux is software.

It doesn't contain this intrinsic meaning you refer to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's self-explanatory to you because you're already familiar with the logic, language, conventions. I'm guessing, you grew up with all that from childhood...

This argument can be used as a reason to implement GUIs.

If we wish to market to an audience that has had some basic experience with using Windows and Mac, we can skip some of the reteaching by implementing familiar GUIs

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Lemmy is a piece of software. Who "cares" or doesn't is dependant on the people administrating instances you use or communicate with.

Decentralization. Don't think there's a place for your speech? Run your own server.

 

Helix is great, but please why can't indentation just be what is set in the language.toml file?

[[language]]
name = "zig"
indent = { tab-width = 8, unit = "\t" }

Changing indent-heuristic doesn't fix it. Why does helix give me the option to set the indentation style and then proceed to overwrite it, Instantly resetting it to 4 spaces instead of what I told it.

The behavior that is occurring is extremely weird and would be instantaneously solved if helix would just use the value in the file.

I don't want your garbage heuristic, I just want you to leave my file alone and do what I told you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

This might go well with a buff to fall damage caused by the airblast + marked for death on the victim.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Hearter executes screen cast to living room TV!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Here is a page for screen lockers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can't be pardoned for something you didn't do.

Sure you can.

Even ignoring stuff like preemptive pardons, a pardon relinquishes you from the Justice System's punishment. Conviction doesn't mean you did it.. So there exists the potential for a pardon to be issued for someone that was wrongly convicted.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

Disappearing messages people!

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Security is much more effective and adopted when it is simple. My understanding is that SELinux is not.

This means not only will fewer people use it and more people turn it off if something doesn't work, it means more people are at risk of misconfiguring their system to allow something they didn't intend to.

This is somewhat mitigated from the fact that, from my experience, Linux Security Modules cant ever make you less secure than without it. But it still can provide a false sense of security if you misconfigure it.

Here is a good article showing what I am referring to, and providing a solid security tool: BSD pledge/unveil on Linux.

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