delotrag

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by delotrag 2mo ago
Thanks for this, awesome to finally be able to guix shell in an Emacs session!
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by delotrag 3mo ago
https://xkcd.com/1112
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by delotrag 3mo ago
> You could say that ipv5 is kinda like if you made v4-mapped-v6 the only way to use ipv6, didn't do NAT64, and then expanded those to >4 bytes at a later time. I guess I don't understand. This seems to boil down to: expand
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by delotrag 3mo ago
What do you mean when you say IPv5 works "instantly" with v4 routing tables, DHCP, DNS, and NAT? I think you're misunderstanding that any way you slice it, there will be a protocol translation. We already have many protocol
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by delotrag 5mo ago
My consumer router uses iptables under the hood, so it accepts a mask in the firewall rule (so e.g. I can do ::0123:4567:89ab:cdef/::ff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff as a target, and when my /56 changes, the rules Just Work™)
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CS Trivia Crossword Puzzles(cstrivia.com)
2 points by delotrag 5mo ago|0 comments
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by delotrag 6mo ago
In a world where everyone by default had unlimited rights to use, modify, and redistribute software, sure, copyleft would be unnecessary. But we don't live in such a world. You believe users ought to have unlimited rights to do what
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by delotrag 6mo ago
It is explicitly _not_ controlling what _users_ do. It is a restriction on _distributors_ of software. As a user of the software, you may use it for any purpose, modify it to your heart's desire, and even redistribute it. You just c
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by delotrag 6mo ago
You seem to misunderstand the GPL. > if people make modifications to the software and keep that private later on, let them. This is perfectly legal under the GPL. What's not legal is redistributing that software you modified but no
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64-bit Hurd support added to GNU Guix(guix.gnu.org)
25 points by delotrag 7mo ago|0 comments
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by delotrag 8mo ago
Great to see Guix finally cut a new release! Lots of changes since the last release and while Guix users get to see these immediately with `guix pull`, this should get some more visibility for the progress they've made and bump versio
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by delotrag 3y ago
Honestly surprised the article didn't mention Nix or Guix. Seems like functional package management solves the exact problems the author is worried about.