A kernel update didn’t generate the initramfs

This sounds like a bug on Nix configuration, or the kernel build process.

If NixOS had caught the error, you wouldn’t have gotten a faulty generation at all. This is different from pacman/apt/dnf, which will happily continue the upgrade, resulting in a broken system with no easy way to fix it.

Sorry, out of the loop. What does MAP stand for ?

The United States paid nothing for these shares

There is actually a technique called steganography, that does exactly that. It is used to hide arbitrary binary info inside images, while still fooling your eyes into thinking there is nothing sketchy there.

When I use Debian/Ubuntu, I prefer installing missing/outdated software from Nix package manager or Flatpaks.

This way, I can keep a stable core, while being able to enjoy all the latest versions of the apps that I need.

nix flake update
nixos-rebuild --switch --flake .

# Just to keep an update history
git add flake.lock
git commit -m "update"

This may seem like too much work, but it guarantees an all-or-nothing procedure. If some package is broken, the entire upgrade process is canceled, and the system remains in the state that it was.

I have had a couple of partial upgrade cases on Arch. It was not fun live booting to repair it, every time this happened.

You can’t block VPNs without blocking the entire internet. You can block known VPN services, but you can’t prevent people from hosting their own.

Some known VPN protocols could be blocked, using introspection tools. However, this would just render corporate VPNs useless. VPN traffic is just bytes, and so is WebSockets. Good luck figuring out whether my HTTPS traffic is legitimate internet traffic, or masked VPN traffic.

It is indeed very suspicious that they talk about “median” and not “average”.

For those who don’t understand what the difference is, think of the following numbers:

1, 2, 3, 34, 40

The median is 3, because it’s in the middle.

The average is 16 (1+2+3+34+40=80, 80/5=16).

To waste electric energy. All those power plants produce immense amounts of energy that needs to be consumed. If we didn’t have LLMs, the pollution of those plants would be for nothing. At least now, there is an attempt to put it in good use.

As a Debian and NixOS user, I can confirm that Ubuntu sucks

I don’t expect Arch Linux ARM to have wider support than Ubuntu Touch or postmarketOS.

The later 2 projects aim to support Android devices, while (based on my understanding) Arch Linux ARM mainly targets SBCs (single board computers), like Raspberry Pi.

Arch Linux ARM nowadays, probably, also serves as a base for Asahi, but this does not help with Android device compatibility.

All those kernel level protections go out of the window, if the motherboard itself is compromised

Me on Dirt Rally, before hitting a tree because I ignored the “don’t cut”

People make a complete mess of DIY with powertools, that doesnt mean that the powertools are the problem.

But I didn’t blame AI itself. I explained why I believe the hate is not caused by ego, and I talked about the marketing push for AI tools.

DeWalt never claimed that anyone can become a woodworker, by buying their tools. There are however AI dev tools, that promise exactly this.

Their headline is “Create apps and websites by chatting with AI”. This is the tool that the people, who hire me to fix bugs, use.

If you are smart enough to realize that you don’t know how to sculpt with a chainsaw, you should be able to understand that you can’t develop shit by just explaining it to an AI.

I am occasionally getting hired by vibe coders, to fix their AI’s mess. It’s not ego. AI is just not smart enough to replace my job, and many others.

My anti-AI rage is caused by the marketing, trying to convince people and investors that AI can do the work of humans with lower cost. Many companies, especially those developing software, fired a large percentage of the work force, and then they were trying to hire them back to fix the AI’s shit.

Another reason for my hate is its energy needs. There was another post, that was talking about an estimation on how much energy GPT-5 needs. It’s thought that it needs the power of 2 nuclear reactors. This much energy to barely be able to do any job.

nix run --no-write-lock-file github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable#neofetch

If you want to make sure that you run the latest version

nix-shell -p neofetch

Until you realize your life is in fucking danger there. Nearly every summer, in Greece, we are dealing with wildfires.

Last year, there was a fire in Rhodes during September. People were jumping in the sea to save their life. The response of the government was to provide vouchers to tourists from foreign countries, so that they will visit again next year.

The government gave no shit to Greek people, and I don’t really think people from other countries dared to come again.

Besides the issues with emergency services, there are also pricing problems. I only know about Greece and Turkey. In tourist areas of those countries, all prices are inexcusably high.

If you want to support a webpage, then donate to it. This ad-based business model should die.