It’s a common insult in many languages - with a lot of theories about origins. You can track medival usage of this all over Europe, but I have no knowledge about other continents.
Insults in general hold more power in honor-cultures. Your grandparents might have reacted the same way she did, while you might not feel the same.
I know of at lest Nordic languages, german languages, slavic languages, Urdu, Yiddish
Some are not literal translations, but have the same meening. Like silly as a goose - not stupid. Or just beeing refered to as a goose implying simplicity, stupidity or sillyness.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down part of a federal anti-corruption law that makes it a crime for state and local officials to take gifts valued at more than $5,000 from a donor who had previously been awarded lucrative contracts or other government benefits thanks to the efforts of the official....
Tbh i was just trying to bluff and sound like a hip hop connoisseur. Sorry for giving you false hope, but i will listen to your favourite to try and broaden my knowledge. I do like both british stret accent and the japanese are just cute. I listen mostly to pre2k hiphop from us when I do listen to hiphop
He don’t sound sane, but from what little US politic I catch in news it’s pretty common far up into your law and political system. Maybe all the way to the top.
I believe your doing yourself a disfavour by assuming he’s criminally insane
I’ve used Windows Firewall for my whole life but I’m curious if anyone has any recommendations for a solid FOSS replacement. I do still use Windows on one of my systems on a daily basis but I always try to replace as much as possible with FOSS alternatives....
When I first started using Linux 15 years ago (Ubuntu) , if there was some software you wanted that wasn’t in the distro’s repos you can probably bet that there was a PPA you could add to your system in order to get it....
A ppa is a repo. It’s Ubuntu stuff, and there’s no reason to work your ass off for Ubuntu for free. They’ll just shit on you and claim that snaps are great (they’re not)
Last night I was nearly tearing my hair out trying to get a crappy inkjet printer installed when I turned to ChatGPT for help; 5 minutes later it was done (driver issues)....
I’m quite sure it won’t be long until some bad practice spreads like this. Giving clueless “Linux pros” top advice on how to enable a back door.
LLMs can be poisoned and as datasets increase and complexity grows it will be harder to contain.
Cgpt works great for some stuff, but all you know is that someone somewhere wrote something similar. They are no better than Google in predicting what is good material and what’s wrong, and training is statistics.
I’d say the fact that he’s still alive makes me lose all confidence in the 2nd amendment. No matter if you like him or not he’s cancer to the legal system setting new presidents every day.
According to NBC News, another guest, Dr. Nahreen H. Ahmed, “was taken aback when she showed Biden prints of photos of malnourished children and women in Gaza—to which Biden responded that he had seen those images before. The problem, the doctor said, was that she had printed the photos from her own iPhone.” Biden was...
The issue is that the conservative vote for party lines while democrats vote for what they like. I’m not sure it’s true that Ukraine will get wiped out, but I’m fairly sure Biden won’t have a 2nd round as president.
And I’m not sure it’s a bad thing in the long run. We’ll end up with a further weakened USA, giving room for others to rise up and set a new agenda
Yeah - I’ve done nothing to elect either of them so I’m the one that should go fuck myself. You utter rubbish of a tosser- go back to your armchair activism
For example, I’m using Debian, and I think we could learn a thing or two from Mint about how to make it “friendlier” for new users. I often see Mint recommended to new users, but rarely Debian, which has a goal to be “the universal operating system”....
While you will get somewhat the same from apt, I like the Debian way of providing base config support in packages and have local config loaded by include statements.
As you don’t edit the default config and automatic updates can happen w/o user input and your config will stay safe
International leaders have condemned Ecuador after police in the country’s capital broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former vice president who had been granted political asylum....
I’m a bit uneasy on how this system works. Are there no consequences for allowing fugitives to escape a country? Why should a country respect another country’s embassy borders if they accept fugitives?
I’m not sure about this, but I think this is all that will come of this, and it might be ok
I get that international law states this, but I’m not sure it works the same in real life. Will be interesting to see if Mexico answers to the invasion of their country with more than words.
Yeah - it’s gonna be real harsh for them going forward now. Unlike Russia and Israel, who both seem to handle breaking international law without dire consequences
I’m not saying it’s an ok move to make, but in this world today this isn’t what I think are big violations of international law. And I don’t think much will come from it
What’s wrong with just removing snap? When ever I am forced to install Ubuntu I will remove snap and the “advantage-tools” (the part trying to sell you support)
First I’ll snap remove —purge all snap packages Then apt purge —auotoremove snapd ubuntu-advantage-tools
Nice try canonical - no matter what you say snaps is just your way to lock people in to your store. You’re no better than apple, only your product is shit. Excluding the shoulders you stand on, which are made by others. You’re the enshitification of Linux.
Why would you pull debs from random sites? Do you know how hard that is to do for the average user? And you want to compare that to a download from the store that’s in the basic install on Ubuntu?
I would not claim that Ubuntu is anything but stable. We run a bunch of Ubuntu lts servers at work and there’s hardly any issues. Found a 16.x the other day with over 500 days uptime driving signage. That was desktop version.
I use Debian because of the OSS focus, and stability. And because I know the distro fairly well. They’re conservative in choice of tools and for instance only went full systemd a few years back (5?)
I don’t mind systemd but I don’t mind sysv init either. Even slackwares scripts worked fine. If it’s not broken don’t fix it.
I have 6 devices that i rsync to a central location to back them up. Ive been using ssh as the -e option. Problem is i use public key with passphrases, meaning to backup all six i need to go to each device and run the backup script. Since i typically backup /etc, /home, and /root this means entering sudo and the ssh passphrase...
Linux needs to grow. Stop telling people it’s ‘tech-y’ or acting like you’re more advanced for using it, you are scaring away people. Linux Mint can be used by a senile person perfectly....
There’s 0 need for Linux to grow. It powers 80% of new web-apps, runs the big gaming systems, parts of azure and aws. It’s the go-to server os for most use-cases.
The Linux desktop needs to mature if it’s to grow. Non-tech users don’t care for “new and innovative ux paradigms”. They don’t wanna scan the internet to figure out why sound is missing after upgrading to pop_os 4. That or they need someone close by to fix it for free
I’m not sure what you mean about without sudo - if there’s a root account logging over isn’t more secure than SU or SUDO. At some point you trust someone with root access either by ssh key, password or sudo abilities.
Openbsd har a rather stellar security history, but there’s still root.
Also there’s still root on Android, so I don’t agree with your point of “Android fixed Linux”. You don’t need to elevate to install software, but the software you install can elevate (www.tomsguide.com/round-up/best-root-apps)
In what way is the need for privileges for system stuff like boot config solved without root?
I get it and I was just voicing my own feelings. I don’t click on Reddit links anymore. Also I don’t think it fosters discussions here, more just directs people to Reddit.
But that’s just my opinion - and it’s no more valid than yours.
Untitled goose rule
Supreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favors (www.latimes.com)
The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down part of a federal anti-corruption law that makes it a crime for state and local officials to take gifts valued at more than $5,000 from a donor who had previously been awarded lucrative contracts or other government benefits thanks to the efforts of the official....
Lemmy is the best social media
Man with carload of weapons and ‘hit list’ that included Biden, Obama and Clinton gets years in prison (lawandcrime.com)
Trump judge presses his attorneys on ‘shadow government’ claims in Jack Smith hearing (www.independent.co.uk)
Democrats’ plan to tax the rich and corporations begins to take shape (www.washingtonpost.com)
White House baffled by Netanyahu's claim Biden is withholding weapons (www.axios.com)
Is there a Linux drawing tablet, or a tablet Linux can be installed on?
I have a 2nd generation XP Pen Artist 13. It’s a great tablet and I’ve managed to make it work with my Steam Deck too....
FOSS Firewalls (for Windows)? (infosec.pub)
I’ve used Windows Firewall for my whole life but I’m curious if anyone has any recommendations for a solid FOSS replacement. I do still use Windows on one of my systems on a daily basis but I always try to replace as much as possible with FOSS alternatives....
Why does nobody maintain PPAs anymore?
When I first started using Linux 15 years ago (Ubuntu) , if there was some software you wanted that wasn’t in the distro’s repos you can probably bet that there was a PPA you could add to your system in order to get it....
Using ChatGPT with Linux
Last night I was nearly tearing my hair out trying to get a crappy inkjet printer installed when I turned to ChatGPT for help; 5 minutes later it was done (driver issues)....
Trump tests limits of gag order with post insulting 2 likely witnesses in criminal trial (apnews.com)
What happened to my computer (lemmy.world)
I now see this when i boot up. I just restarted my pc and now i get this.
What It Takes to Break Joe Biden’s Zionist Bubble (www.thenation.com)
According to NBC News, another guest, Dr. Nahreen H. Ahmed, “was taken aback when she showed Biden prints of photos of malnourished children and women in Gaza—to which Biden responded that he had seen those images before. The problem, the doctor said, was that she had printed the photos from her own iPhone.” Biden was...
What could your distro learn from another distro?
For example, I’m using Debian, and I think we could learn a thing or two from Mint about how to make it “friendlier” for new users. I often see Mint recommended to new users, but rarely Debian, which has a goal to be “the universal operating system”....
International leaders condemn Ecuador after police break into the Mexican Embassy in Quito (apnews.com)
International leaders have condemned Ecuador after police in the country’s capital broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former vice president who had been granted political asylum....
Ubuntu 24.04 Improves Power Efficiency on Laptops - OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Snap store from Canonical (Ubuntu) hit with another crypto scam app (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Pipewire vs PulseAudio: What's the Difference? (itsfoss.com)
Fedora Linux Flatpak cool apps to try for February - Fedora Magazine (fedoramagazine.org)
How can i rsync over my network without using ssh?
I have 6 devices that i rsync to a central location to back them up. Ive been using ssh as the -e option. Problem is i use public key with passphrases, meaning to backup all six i need to go to each device and run the backup script. Since i typically backup /etc, /home, and /root this means entering sudo and the ssh passphrase...
Stop being elitist, spread Linux!
Linux needs to grow. Stop telling people it’s ‘tech-y’ or acting like you’re more advanced for using it, you are scaring away people. Linux Mint can be used by a senile person perfectly....
Dumb Security Ideas to avoid; what software is well designed? (www.ranum.com)
I found this really old blog post and it still applies today....
Is it possible to delete the default zones in Firewalld, and if not, why?
If you try to remove one of the predefined zones from Firewalld, e.g. public, you encounter the following error:...
PSA: MKUltra has shut down. (www.reddit.com)
More keeb vendors closing shop. This is a rough time for the keyboard community.