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Re: Hot Dog Linux – Horrible Obsolete Typeface and Dreadful Onscreen Graphics

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If it doesn't have System D I may have to check it out.

Based on the design goals, I would guess that they intentionally want a PID 1 that doesn't properly handle and pass signals to child processes :-D

write the init as a perl script; you know you want to.

Re: Hot Dog Linux – Horrible Obsolete Typeface and Dreadful Onscreen Graphics

#52

My company recently issued me a mac for remote work. I'm sorely tempted to load this in a VM so I can "accidentally" share my desktop via zoom and then claim ignorance that this is not in fact MacOS.

do it

Re: Hot Dog Linux – Horrible Obsolete Typeface and Dreadful Onscreen Graphics

#53

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And you're missing some compassion.

In what way? I recognize that the remarks Terry A. Davis made were not his fault, it's the mental illness. Doesn't change the fact that he had an unfortunate fixation on race. I wish his terrible fate could have been avoided, but having been very close for many years to a schizophrenic person, I can tell you that they will only get treatment if they want to. You can't force them. You can try to be there and help them…

> mental illness

> not just 4chan massively fucking with him

Re: Hot Dog Linux – Horrible Obsolete Typeface and Dreadful Onscreen Graphics

#54

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It goes back to the civil war and every step of the way when black people here were actively denied their rights that the civil war was supposed to have guaranteed them. I have lived in multiple countries across different continents. Even if race was not as big of a hot topic issue, eceryone could tell if a person of a different race is standing in front of them. So, to simply say racial blindness is the way to go is…

> I have lived in multiple countries across different continents. Even if race was not as big of a hot topic issue, eceryone could tell if a person of a different race is standing in front of them. Really? I'm of predominantly Irish-British descent – are Spaniards, Italians, Greeks a "different race" from me? How about Turks, Syrians, Lebanese, Israelis, Palestinians, Egyptians, Jordanians, Iraqis, Armenians, Azerbai…

The United States government pigeon holes all human beings into five racial categories[0]. All of Eurasia is White, including the Middle East and India. I imagine this is policy driven but haven’t speculated much. It’s an oddity that seems to percolate culturally as well.

[0]https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/note/US/RHI625219

Not defending OP here, just providing some possible context for their unfortunate choice of words.

Re: Hot Dog Linux – Horrible Obsolete Typeface and Dreadful Onscreen Graphics

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Do you enjoy casserole that calls itself pizza, and roast beef sub-sandwiches that demand dipping?

I like when they put weird shit on hot dogs

I’ve only ever had a “Chicago dog” in Minnesota, and the pepper relish was neon colored and over-seasoned with who knows what. But I’ve been told this is not a faithful representation, so I’ll try a real one next time I visit actual Chicago.

Re: Hot Dog Linux – Horrible Obsolete Typeface and Dreadful Onscreen Graphics

#56

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Well, it's missing the games, the religious gospel, and racist remarks by the author.

No! Apparently it does have games! This is crazy, the fonts and a bunch more things are all written in objective-C! https://github.com/arthurchoung/HOTDOG/tree/master/MainMenu https://github.com/arthurchoung/HOTDOG/blob/master/objects/o... https://github.com/arthurchoung/HOTDOG/blob/master/objects/o...

I love how all the games just stuff the graphics and level layouts into strings. Very WYSIWYG

Re: Hot Dog Linux – Horrible Obsolete Typeface and Dreadful Onscreen Graphics

#57
Back in the day when you worked desktop tech support you would come across folks who used the windows hot dog color scheme unironically. I imagine the contrast was good? It couldn’t help but give a little bit of a eyebrow rise and a a head tilt.

Re: Hot Dog Linux – Horrible Obsolete Typeface and Dreadful Onscreen Graphics

#60

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It goes back to the civil war and every step of the way when black people here were actively denied their rights that the civil war was supposed to have guaranteed them. I have lived in multiple countries across different continents. Even if race was not as big of a hot topic issue, eceryone could tell if a person of a different race is standing in front of them. So, to simply say racial blindness is the way to go is…

> I have lived in multiple countries across different continents. Even if race was not as big of a hot topic issue, eceryone could tell if a person of a different race is standing in front of them. Really? I'm of predominantly Irish-British descent – are Spaniards, Italians, Greeks a "different race" from me? How about Turks, Syrians, Lebanese, Israelis, Palestinians, Egyptians, Jordanians, Iraqis, Armenians, Azerbai…

So, what's the argument here exactly? Many of those countries were created by colonial powers without regard for culture or any other variation among the people. Perhaps I wasn't lucky enough to benefit from the enlightenment that the British Empire has bestowed upon you.

On the other hand, is your idea of "different" just another way to dismiss or categorize people? I don't know. What I do know is that, while certain variations in physical characteristics exist (and the predominance of those may vary geographically), I am able to tell the difference between a person from Sub-Saharan Africa, for example, and North Africa. China and Europe and India.

I do get the underlying idea, though. I just think it's naive.

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