@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe2025-11-15 19:03:22
From <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=290344#c5>:
＂Without force: deleting all packages may cause removal of the one and only kernel …＂
In other words, if I'm not mistaken, flagging FreeBSD-base meta packages as vital does not necessa…
@DieGesellschafterinLang@swiss.social2026-01-16 07:27:37
@seeingwithsound@mas.to2026-01-14 09:24:23
While Elon Musk is pushing hard to get the Neuralink Blindsight brain implant out, The vOICe vision BCI can grow organically, no matter how long it takes https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm Applied psychohistory
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social2026-01-14 08:51:25
It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wodensday! 🐺🐺
"Another great abode is there, which is named Valaskjšlf. Odin possesses that dwelling. The gods made it and thatched it with sheer silver, and in this hall is the Hliðskjšlf, the high seat so called. Whenever Allfather sits in that seat, he surveys all lands."
Prose Edda, Gylfaginning
🏛 Odin on his thro…
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe2026-01-15 19:49:40
@… the intention was (still is) for base packages to be protected against by deletion by people who wish to run an operating system without an operating system.
OSlessness for leanness, and itsnotmyfaultability.
If my description is not helping: my work here is done 😉
@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza2025-11-14 14:11:44
I'm not a proponent of software stores, but whilst updating FreeBSD KDE (in the cli) tonight a notification from Discover popped up about updates.
And, to my surprise, it showed all available updates: FreeBSD base, FreeBSD packages, like micro, obviously KDE applications, as well as an update for the theme I'm using.
Never seen that before on Linux, wonder if that's a FreeBSD specific thing 🤔
Either way it looks like the software store is finally reaching full pote…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2025-11-08 15:07:40
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115510783495155340
One thing that, to my surprise, sells really quickly is old computer books from the 1980s (stuff like "Machine Programs for the Apple II").
I guess perhaps they're cheap to ship (in the US, the post office has a special low rate for packages with books or music) and nice small treats for people?
Regardless, it's a nice win, I free up space and get some pocket money, the books go to someone who will love and care for them. :)
@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info2026-01-13 03:00:34
I bought a pair of 25' Intellitron stainless steel whip antennas from GigaParts while they were on sale ("two is one and one is none" and the second one tipped me me into "free shipping" making its marginal cost pretty low). On removing them from the packages, however, loose roll pins fell out, and the bases fell off the antennas. Both of them.
A roll pin is an inappropriate fastener to use to connect two concentric thin-walled tubes, so this is a design failure. And the roll pins are …
@patrickquin@furry.engineer2026-01-13 03:43:17
Shot https://bsky.app/profile/askaubry.com/post/3ltfcayubbk2j
Barely related (mind the evo-psych eugenics towards the end) chaser
https://
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2025-12-07 18:19:23
Extreme #Hitze gefährdet nicht nur die #Gesundheit, sondern auch die #Produktivität von Millionen Beschäftigten.
Besonders betroffen sind Menschen in Branchen wie
