[-] [email protected] 38 points 4 hours ago

Zombie processes are already dead. They aren't executing, the kernel is just keeping a reference to them so their parent process can check their return code (waitpid).

All processes becomes zombies briefly after they exit, just usually their parents wait on them correctly. If their parents exit without waiting on the child, then the child gets reparented to init, which will wait on it. If the parent stays alive, but doesn't wait on the child, then it will remain zombied until the parent exits and triggers the reparenting.

Its not really Linux's fault if processes don't clean up their children correctly, and I'm 99% sure you can zombie a child on redox given its a POSIX OS.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I vaguely recall reading something about some of their departments were not even using the floppy. Like you had to submit with a floppy, but it was never actually written or read from, and you supplied the documents another way. (I could have entirely made this up, don't quote me)

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

The DNS risk is not mitigated by a VPN, just shifted.Your VPN has full ability to log your connection if they wish. You have to decide who you trust more. Bear in mind that depending on your location, your ISP may be more legally restricted from snooping on you than a VPN hosted in another country (I know nothing about the US laws, further research would be required).

Also, unless you are using one of the encrypted DNS variants, just changing your DNS provider does nothing, as the ISP or VPN can snoop the unencrypted traffic regardless of its destination.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I don't hate all public cameras, I live in an area with lots of them, and most are fine enough.

This one in particular irks me because it doesn't serve a purpose beyond voyeurism. It doesn't cover the any of the persons property, or any entranceways to their property. Its only for monitoring people in the street. It might be technically a public places, and technically legal for anyone to record, but I really don't think that makes it a good idea for everyone to just record everything.

I have seen kids running around naked in their front yard just down the road from this camera, so that also raises questions.

I'd prefer if surveillance of public places was left to law enforcement, at least there is a theoretically some form of oversight.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I have cameras. I told my neighbours about them and showed where they were pointed. I blacked out private areas when they were unintentionally picked up. No complaints.

I also walk past a camera that has been placed so that it only records the public footpath. Pisses me off, because its not protecting their house/property, just recording the public.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

Get/borrow a thermal camera, and use that to see where the heat is coming in. Some libraries have thermal cameras, but that might be rare. You can also get very cheap and nasty thermal cameras from Aliexpress for $60 AUD

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

This is the kind of initiative that makes me want to sign up. Don't care for VPNs in general, but maybe its time to get a proton mail account.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Where do you intend on sourcing the films from? Netflix/YT/Prime/๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ/DVD? Rotate through a set of sources?

Cool idea though, count me in if the films are accessible.

[-] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago

Because English is half a dozen languages wrapped in a trenchcoat? A lot of the law related words are from French derivations AFAIK?

Domain specific language is found across all realms of society, even firefighters have words or phrases with a specific meaning (back-burning, pumper, appliance, etc). So maybe its not that some areas are lazy, its just that you haven't been exposed to their more technical side?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Request-pull, on the other hand is a native git feature. Just no one uses it AFAIK, and you'll probably confuse anyone if you try.

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-request-pull

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

That's impressive given we only have 26M people :/

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Hi All. I have been watching a lot of House lately, and just started "Extrodinary Attorney Woo". I am curious to know what you all think of their portrails of Autism. Is it pandering? Representation? Romantisation?

Also see "The Good Doctor", "Atypical", "Love on the spectrum" etc.

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I posted here a while back when my glass bed failed. One of the suggestions was to replace with Garolite or G10. My sheet finally arrived and i set about cutting it down to size.

...

Within 4cm, my basically unused jigsaw blade was worn flat, and by the end of the first cut (20cm), there is basically no more teeth.

For the second side, I tried using a multitool cutter, and within a few millimeters it was visibly blunt (plastic and metal tools). Finished it off with a standard wood hand saw, which seemed to go better.

So warning to anyone considering garolite, dont use power tools, it will fuck them up.

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Day 25: Snowverload

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I have a moderately long HDMI cable running to a screen that has worked for quite a while. Recently the screen lost its connection. I replaced the cable with the exact same model of HDMI cable, and its all good. The cables arent frequently inserted or removed, and they are otherwise in good condition. I have no idea how or why this could happen. Any ideas?

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