Comments on: The way of stones http://trilema.com/2014/the-way-of-stones/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Wed, 13 May 2026 22:26:20 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: pankkake http://trilema.com/2014/the-way-of-stones/#comment-97826 pankkake Tue, 28 Jan 2014 17:01:36 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=52384#comment-97826 Eh, I was expecting the "KDE" thing. I don't think it requires much of KDE, and since I use some other applications from the KDE suite it doesn't really bother me. While grub2 is certainly bloated, it solves some problems - I used to be stuck with lilo without it on pure 64 bit machines (no multilib). I also like the fact that it can generate the menu.lst itself. Well, the way it is done is extremely complicated, and I won't switch my existing machines just for that. *freetype* is also an optional dependency and it seems Gentoo managed to make most dependencies optional (which wasn't the case at first). Eh, I was expecting the "KDE" thing. I don't think it requires much of KDE, and since I use some other applications from the KDE suite it doesn't really bother me.

While grub2 is certainly bloated, it solves some problems - I used to be stuck with lilo without it on pure 64 bit machines (no multilib). I also like the fact that it can generate the menu.lst itself. Well, the way it is done is extremely complicated, and I won't switch my existing machines just for that.
*freetype* is also an optional dependency and it seems Gentoo managed to make most dependencies optional (which wasn't the case at first).

]]> By: Stanislav Datskovskiy http://trilema.com/2014/the-way-of-stones/#comment-97796 Stanislav Datskovskiy Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:12:21 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=52384#comment-97796 Re: 'negrated' - perhaps you're thinking of 'lowering into pederasty.' This is quite certainly a pre-Soviet concept - cave men probably had it. And quite appropriate in this case. Re: 'negrated' - perhaps you're thinking of 'lowering into pederasty.' This is quite certainly a pre-Soviet concept - cave men probably had it. And quite appropriate in this case.

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2014/the-way-of-stones/#comment-97791 Mircea Popescu Mon, 27 Jan 2014 10:47:47 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=52384#comment-97791 This is an interesting point. Perhaps the fellow should be tracked down and negrated (also a Soviet concept, except much more effectual). After all idiots a la G Maxwell and M Hearn have had their careers destroyed by quite similar stupidities, why should some random idiot be extempt from his due just because he stayed away from Bitcoin ? This is an interesting point. Perhaps the fellow should be tracked down and negrated (also a Soviet concept, except much more effectual). After all idiots a la G Maxwell and M Hearn have had their careers destroyed by quite similar stupidities, why should some random idiot be extempt from his due just because he stayed away from Bitcoin ?

]]> By: Stanislav Datskovskiy http://trilema.com/2014/the-way-of-stones/#comment-97788 Stanislav Datskovskiy Mon, 27 Jan 2014 06:25:22 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=52384#comment-97788 Until very recently, Grub was happy to be built with textmode-only (BIOS font) interface. Whoever is responsible for this no longer being the case, is unambiguously a 'wrecker', in the Soviet mythological sense, albeit genuine. Until very recently, Grub was happy to be built with textmode-only (BIOS font) interface.

Whoever is responsible for this no longer being the case, is unambiguously a 'wrecker', in the Soviet mythological sense, albeit genuine.

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2014/the-way-of-stones/#comment-97781 Mircea Popescu Sun, 26 Jan 2014 20:21:51 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=52384#comment-97781 You can either have fonts or not have fonts. The simple choice seems to be to have fonts. You can either have two types of fonts, of which one type a dos-style fixed and a 2nd a windows-style "extended" or else have one type of fonts, like freetype. The simple choice seems to be to have one type. This then means you have to include that in anything that writes, which is anything. Which means you can't get five words on the screen as a bootloader without including support for presenting a novel in elegant type to the user. The paradox of choice is that if there isn't one tyrant making all the choices then necessarily the result of free if blind choice will be nonsense. You can either have fonts or not have fonts. The simple choice seems to be to have fonts.

You can either have two types of fonts, of which one type a dos-style fixed and a 2nd a windows-style "extended" or else have one type of fonts, like freetype. The simple choice seems to be to have one type.

This then means you have to include that in anything that writes, which is anything. Which means you can't get five words on the screen as a bootloader without including support for presenting a novel in elegant type to the user.

The paradox of choice is that if there isn't one tyrant making all the choices then necessarily the result of free if blind choice will be nonsense.

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