Rob Bos

At one point I rebuilt a server by fully abandoning the package database and reinstalling everything as overwrites. Converted a slackware install into a Debian install in situ by cannibalizing it from the inside out. Pretty proud of that one, even 20 years later.

edit: oh gods… more like 24.

Debian stable, I guess, has both people sleeping on cruise control. Fine until it stops being fine, and then a flurry of activity.

Edit: or maybe a train. Boring, except for updates and dist upgrades.

I’m okay with it as long as it’s not locked to the exclusive use of one entity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFExVA2j8Rk

Bíum bíum bambaló, Icelandic song. Lullaby.

Yeah. This is a plot point used in a few stories, eg Carl Sagan’s “Contact”

Honestly doesn’t sound like a terrible idea on paper, but this spam outbreak could kill it before it gets off paper in a real way. Giving devs a bad taste will stay around a long while.

Edit: and of course the well-earned general attitude toward cryptocurrency as scammer playgrounds is automatically putting it way in the red too.