ButlerianJihad

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by ButlerianJihad 3d ago
The file's blocks exist in the filesystem. "Those pages" just refers to the ordinary buffer cache for any other disk-based file. No cached pages are necessary to hold open a file on disk.
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by ButlerianJihad 3d ago
Altho' it be not a living CGI script, mayhap the Internet Archive shall regale us with nigh-on 250 bespoke insults, plucked from the very copper tendrils of ye olde webbe: https://web.archive.org/web/19990515000000
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by ButlerianJihad 3d ago
> Light moves at the speed of casualty - C C is coulombs And casualty is a dead person
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by ButlerianJihad 3d ago
Chris Siebenmann: "Our options in remote server installation and management" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/RemoteServerMa...
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by ButlerianJihad 3d ago
7 Up says that 7 Up was using it. The primary marketing campaign of 7 Up from its inception was its lithiated benefit. Soda jerks were the baristas who sold carbonated beverages at drug-store counters. The soda pop, tonic beverage, patent m
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by ButlerianJihad 4d ago
Gamer Nexus videos are hackneyed and their methodology is haphazard. There was no systematic analysis or procedure. There was no structured explanation of the situation. Various risks and capabilities and actual activity has been conflated.
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by ButlerianJihad 4d ago
I like how you've piecemeal blocked the same subdomain 4 times. Will you do the same for the other 4-component subdomains? In fact, I'm curious what it means to "block a domain at a router". Really? Did you give Claude t
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by ButlerianJihad 4d ago
By the way, Wikipedia attempts to contradict the claim about 7Up containing lithium citrate and says it was never an ingredient . There is no source supporting this claim. An unreliable source, by "Bill Lockhart and Bob Brown" ne
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by ButlerianJihad 4d ago
As of this writing, Waymo only permits unaccompanied minors in the Metro Phoenix area. The incident occurred in San Francisco, so it seems that they should not have riding without an adult. https://support.google.com/waymo&#
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by ButlerianJihad 4d ago
I live near a Korean pan-Asian convenience store, and I've been enjoy the variety of beverages and ramen available there. Oceania today exports foods with significant influence by Italian cuisine, in particular. There are some fruit dr
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by ButlerianJihad 4d ago
Lest we forget, the seminal guerrilla daytime drama: IKEA Heights https://youtube.com/@ikeaheights?si=ZP7jYR1cUw16yhvo Why and how it remains available, only Google knows!
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by ButlerianJihad 4d ago
7-Up contained lithium citrate until 1950. The soda jerks were literally treating manic depression during WWII. There were advertising signs for it at crosswalks on city streets. Make 7-Up Yours, Baby! Any product that contains ethanol but
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by ButlerianJihad 4d ago
See, the thing is that swapping or paging to a file does not use the VFS layer, except when activating or deactivating it. So swapfiles may not be materially different from swap partitions during operations. https://utcc.utoronto
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by ButlerianJihad 4d ago
https://www.johnbradshaw.com/books/healing-the-shame-that-bi... John Bradshaw defined toxic shame as distinct from a healthy sense of dignity, manners, and modesty. Also, he addresses how toxic shame can be "carri
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by ButlerianJihad 4d ago
Instruments on the far side of the Moon will need some communication with Earth. While you can fantasize about running very long surface cables, the common solution consists of orbiting communications satellites. There are currently at leas
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by ButlerianJihad 4d ago
The Star Trek future may be right on schedule. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_III World War III was the last of Earth's three world wars, lasting from approximately 2026 to 2053. The conflict
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by ButlerianJihad 5d ago
It's proposed in a Niven-Pournelle novel that grain domesticated humans: we gave it the largest premium territories, we carefully propogated the finest varieties, and we elevated it to a holy sacrament and a symbol of sacrifice, divini
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by ButlerianJihad 5d ago
I went shopping for a 4K OLED pregnancy test with 3 HDMI ports, but they threw me out of the pharmacy
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by ButlerianJihad 5d ago
> People say “play it again, Sam” So, they haven't watched Casablanca ?
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by ButlerianJihad 5d ago
I believe that you mean: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrashing_(computer_science) Chris Siebenmann discusses when the OOM killer triggers: https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux
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by ButlerianJihad 5d ago
Google Lens
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by ButlerianJihad 5d ago
I've got a few pet peeves about bread and American food service. Bread is spongy, and it's designed to sop up liquids and sauces. But when you're served bread in a restaurant, or incorporate a recipe at home, there is seldom
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by ButlerianJihad 6d ago
"A contribution is mandatory before I will send the plugin. It may take me a few days to respond, have patience. Please note that the plugin is not an app. It has much more functionality than is possible in an app on a smartphone.&qu
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by ButlerianJihad 6d ago
> clear 2mil generic ziploc style baggies > transparent plastic box > Banker's Boxes Do not do this. All plastic baggies, storage tubs, and grocery bags, are going to build up with static electricity. While it may seem totally
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by ButlerianJihad 6d ago
> abliteration OK, so I looked up this word, and TIL. In the Infocom game, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Arthur Dent struggles with two inventory items, which are named "no tea" and "tea". He (you) has suffe
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by ButlerianJihad 6d ago
That's a 3-1-1, good buddy Or you can ask an LLM for some guidance.
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by ButlerianJihad 6d ago
* He wasn't wrong
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by ButlerianJihad 6d ago
I tried reading the English Wikipedia article "Piñata" but it is a mess of cringe information, especially the 16th century background. It seems that original piñatas were clay pots, before papier-mâché came into vogue. I was going
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by ButlerianJihad 7d ago
Since many commenters do not understand that "the last mile" is a term of art and not simply 5,280 feet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_mile_(transportation)#Usa... Trains and subways, by definition, are
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by ButlerianJihad 7d ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_meridians The Washington meridians are four meridians that were used as prime meridians in the United States which pass through Washington, D.C.

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