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What do you guys do when you want to run unmaintained programs?

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  • Glad you found a fix :)

    FWIW I was running "xbps-query -s gtk2" out of curoisity last night and only saw "gtk2-engines", which I thought was odd.

    • What do you guys do when you want to run unmaintained programs?

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  • A method I have not seen mentioned yet (for when you have an old precompiled version of an app):

    1. Identify the missing libs. You can run the program, but sometimes it's easier to use ldd
    2. Use your web browser to download the missing libs from Debian's repos (stable or older if need be). Unfortunately you often also have to grab their deps too.
    3. Extract the .debs
    4. Move all of the .so files into the same folder as the old program you are trying to run
    5. export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(pwd)"
    6. Now try running the app

    It often takes a bit of fiddling, but it's worked for me a few times and you only need to fetch the few libraries you are missing. For bigger things however it can be a dependency hell, you might as well use the distro's actual package manager inside a chroot.

    Note: You don't need to be using Debian as your host distro, I don't. As long as it's a glibc based distro you should be mostly fine (glibc is mostly backwards compatible)

    • What do you guys do when you want to run unmaintained programs?

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  • My distro recently dropped support for gtk+2 (which I am fairly pissed about, since it’s the last good version of GTK+)

    Stuff like this completely throws the shared libraries idea in the bin. There are lots of benefits, sure, but none of them matter when your program won't even start.

    Please name and shame your distro. GTK2 is a core component of userspace for many users, just as important as glibc and bash. Maintaining it might be annoying, but it's the lesser of two evils.

    My distro (Void Linux) dropped support for qt4 a few years back. Now I'm running QUCS in wine. "win32 is the only stable ABI in Linux"

    (And yes you're right 2 is the last good version of GTK+. Gtk3 and 4 look and feel so much worse, they make me feel like I'm being punished.)

    • Let's hear some fun ideas for confusing connector sleeves!

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  • Lawful good: Please don't use 8P8C for anything other than 10/100/1000BASE* compatible protocols, especially on network devices. It's confusing.
    Chaotic good: Please don't use ethernet cable for anything other than ethernet compatible protocols, especially on ethernet devices.
    Lawful evil: That's a valid use of Cat5 cable.
    Chaotic evil: Let's talk about RS-485

    True neutral: Wires are just wires and standards are just standards. In a parallel dimensions, somewhere, cat5 is used for 8-phase delta mains power.

    • Computer RAM gets biggest upgrade in 25 years but it may be too little, too late — LPCAMM2 won't stop Apple, Intel and AMD from integrating memory directly on the CPU

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  • We already have memory wafers glued to our CPU wafers in the form of L3 cache. It's lower latency, higher throughput, up to a few hundred MiB in bigger models and can potentially be used without external RAM sticks (but I've not heard of using that feature outside of BIOS firmware early boot -- that's probably the only change we'll see). Sometimes it's DRAM, sometimes it's SRAM, its size varies quite a bit.

    • A hospital recruiter sent me a sales pitch to get me to apply to a surgical tech position - this image was attached, and the more I look at it, the worse it gets. Breakdown in comments.

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    • The giga crystal

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  • The Timekeeper

    • Permanently Deleted

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  • Agreed - you need to tell users why you exist, don't expect them to know everything.

    • Some Beeper users say Apple banned their Macs from iMessage

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  • Conversations

    • Small Android Phone

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  • I would like a smaller phone, but they're aiming too cost-premium for me. To me "premium" would be decent custom ROM support and a replaceable battery; I don't care about flagship processors or holepunched screens.

    I wish them the best of luck :)

    • Man accused of sending 17 million scam texts in a week also allegedly had passport and licence details

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  • Look at the equipment! That's insane! It's probably 1 sim card -> 1 android radio chipset -> 1 antennae. ie equivalent to owning a pile of android phones.

    I looked "sim box" up and yes you can just buy this stuff.

    They have to know their target market is dodgy, you don't need physical phones/radios/sims for sending bulk SMS unless you are intentionally trying to look like individual mobile phones in order to bypass something (free unlimited SMS billing? spam detection?). There are online bulk sending companies and telecoms themselves provide service to them, no physical phones needed, all above board.

    Also they cost an arm and a leg. It would be cheaper to get a stack of cheap phones (but I guess you're paying for the automation of this spamming solution).

    Looking forward to seeing if there is a whirlpool topic about this article :D I wonder if some of the cheaper virtual mobile phone providers do this to piggy back cheap unlimited plans from other networks ;D

    • Lines in prints

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  • Sorry for the late reply, tied up. Thankyou for the photos.

    The Z-axis leadscrews look OK in the photos (nothing obviously wrong). That's a very clean and new printer.

    Q1. Is there any grease on those Z-axis leadscrews (tall metal spiral rods) or are they completely dry?

    Q2. If you force your printer to move up and down does it make unusual noises at some parts of its travel height? You can try typing thing g-code into your printer monitor software to make it move up and down:

     
        
G0 Z100 F1000   (move to Z position 100mm.  You won't actually travel at 1000mm/minute, instead the printer will do whatever it's max is)
G0 Z0 F1000    (move to Z position 0mm, ie nozzle touching the bed)

    You may need to home the axes first (G28)

    Q3. Are these screws on both sides properly tight? I think I might possibly see a gap under one, but it could also be an optical illusion from reflections.

    • Lines in prints

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  • The fact the lines are at the same height between different jobs suggests something is wrong with your Z axis. Can you post photos of your printer, including the Z rails and/or screws?

    • Peter Dutton calls for boycott of Woolworths after Australia Day merchandise dropped

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  • Tell him that he is trying to get government to intervene in a market-driven choice

    • Solidarity

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  • Small detail: is that a trump statue at the top centre?

    • Name this mythical creature!

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  • Fony.

    • Sleeper services may return on Sydney-Melbourne route after new trains arrive, as night patronage booms

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    • Tesla Cybertruck gets less than 80% of advertised range in YouTuber’s test

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  • Aerodynamic drag increases with the square of speed. Other frictional losses might follow a similar pattern.

    Cars have other sources of inefficiency too (such as idle power consumption), so all cars have a different optimum speed for maximum range (which depends on wind speed, direction & temperature too).

    • Doctor Frankenstein and Son

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  • The USB consortium has gone too far.

    • "If you tell a lie big enough and tell it frequently enough, people will eventually come to believe it". What is an example of this happening today?

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  • Supply-side Jesus (short animation) is a brilliant take on trickle-down economics and circular arguments about why the successful are successful and the poor are poor.

    "Tax cuts will double our revenues and ensure that the empire never declines or falls!"

    "Should you feed the lepers, Supply side Jesus?"
    "No Thomas, that would just make them lazy."
    "Then shouldn't you at least heal them Supply Side Jesus?"
    "No James, leprosy is a matter of personal responsibility. If people knew I was healing the lepers there would be no incentive to avoid leprosy"