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This is not quite right. At least in Debian, only files that are newer than some standardised date are to that standardised date. This "clamping" preserves any metadata in older fi…

Strangely enough, sometimes using the epoch can expose bugs in libraries (etc.) when running or building in a timezone west of Greenwich due to the negative time offset taking time…

Debian's approach is actually to use the date specified in the top entry in the debian/changelog file. That's more transparent and resilient than any mtime.

One of the authors of strip nondeterminism is here. The primary reason it's written in Perl is that given that strip-nondeterminism is used when building 99.9% of all Debian packag…

Now, how about drums; an instrument everybody loves?

I think that's OP's point.

Very true, but when there's literally 100s of years of women's legitimate medical complaints being dismissed (sometimes with fatal consequences), it is surely not too much of leap …

> “Would you like to order the same thing you did last time?” The next iteration of this clearly for them to call you when you are likely to be hungry (and/or drunk) and ask you th…

"It looks like you are writing a letter^W^W^Wexperiencing a systemic problem. Would you like an individualised solution to that?"

> 2. The note D♭ is the same as the note C♯. Well, actually...

> "If that were the case, surely Tour de France riders would..." Apologies for appearing to pick you out here, but your comment is representative of a number of eminently "logical"…

Reminds me of the Daoist parable about the "useless" tree that never gets cut down.

> The only non-pain recommendation that comes close is coffee Placebo or not, I'm a total pain without my coffee.

It would make an interesting essay or monograph to descrbibe the various similes and metaphors that people have variously used to describe the working of the human mind. Descartes,…

> That's the development. Adjust your outrage accordingly. Maybe folks are outraged that water is being bought and sold to begin with, but this is the first time they are hearing a…

May I ask which country?

https://peertube.debian.social/

Hubert L. Dreyfus's "On Internet" contains, amongst many things, one of the most succinct overviews about how one goes from novice to expert. I highly recommend reading this short …

> ouple of rows in the likes table of a social media website Don't get me wrong, I very much enjoy this kind of obstinate reductionism and we don't remind ourselves enough that thi…

I'll remember this whenever someone waxes lyrical about the subversive 'genius' of their New Coke campaign.

This assumes that you won't get another MagiCan at the next store. :)

You may be thinking of a different chapter, but O'Brien's apartment wasn't in the Ministry, it was in a different "quarter of the town where they lived" where "the whole atmosphere…

> or solar/wind energy Oh, wow, really? I'm sure it is a topic that is debated, but you would put that approximately on the same level as China/TikTok? (Not disagreeing, I just don…