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2026-05-07 01:25:10 UTC

Some people use GNU/Linux because of how good the user experience is. Windows annoys you with ads, macOS have you go through extra steps to run programs that are not apple verified and GNU/Linux just works. And while it is true that GNU/Linux has the best user experience I think people should remember that it's free (as in freedom) software that got us to that point.

2026-05-05 14:36:15 UTC

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What do you mean? They are CFLAGS that are passed to gcc. They depend on libasan and libubsan. I just think it's cool that you can do that. And some flags can help you catch use after free and other memory related bugs with gcc. It won't error and not compile but you'll get warnings that describe the bug and show where it is in your code and I thought this is cool and all the Rust shill are talking about Rust saying it's something you can't get in C, but you can. I am practicing my C skills right now and reading K&R and doing all the exercise with friends and we discovered all this cool stuff so we can test our programs to catch those bugs.

2026-05-04 22:45:33 UTC

Yesterday while I was writing in C I found out about fsanitize=address and fsanitize=undefined. Now since that can help me catch memory bugs what is the point of rust anymore?

2026-04-22 12:46:41 UTC

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Yeah, the rape stuff, it was a joke! Why aren't you laughing????

2026-04-22 12:39:45 UTC

I like joking around and playing around but when people take it seriously after I made it obvious it just kills all the fun.

2026-04-21 20:03:03 UTC

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I mean yeah he does have some takes I don't really like. But it depends sometimes he makes a good point and sometimes the complete opposite.
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2026-04-21 19:45:36 UTC

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OK but who cares if he's a lolicon? I'm not a big fan of the guy but I don't think this means anything.
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2026-04-19 23:51:29 UTC

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You can switch between code and data mode pretty easily though. Like (+ 1 2 3) is code and '(+ 1 2 3) is data. Or did I miss something?

2026-04-19 23:16:45 UTC

If you want an answer to your question online, don't ask the question. Give the wrong answer and you're more likely to get a response because people are more interested in correcting you than giving you an answer. Works every time.

2026-04-19 21:29:44 UTC

Lisp is so nice, but why does no one use it???

2026-04-19 05:50:59 UTC

Programming in my free time is fun and these days I been doing more and more of that. Less time playing games or watching youtube and more time programming. I like to make random things or just play around.

2026-04-12 13:38:26 UTC

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Just look at the CVEs for Firefox most of them are memory bugs. And yeah Firefox does have some rust code but its only like 10% and the rest is C, C++ and JavaScript

2026-04-11 05:07:29 UTC

I would actually pay for movies and anime and tv series if you just got the mp4 or mkv to download after you bought it. I don't pirate because I want something for free, I do it because I don't get any of that DRM content. Why can't I just pay to get the files?

2026-04-11 04:32:43 UTC

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@nprofile…a4lr nope. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox/ just look at those. Most of those are just like I said. So I think big project can benefit from Rust as big project are more complex and it's easier to make mistakes like that. Firefox already uses Rust for some part of their browser but it's a pretty small part.

2026-04-11 04:26:53 UTC

When I check CVEs most of the time it's memory safety related problems use after free and bounds checking. And this happens way too often especially in big projects like firefox or firefox based browsers. So many of those vulnerabilities could be fixed simply by using Rust. I think it makes sense to rewrite some things in Rust. While not perfect it could help avoid so many of those which happen way too often. Though sometimes it goes too far like we get a rust rewrite for a tiny program that didn't even need one, but I would say for big projects, using Rust makes a lot of sense.

2026-04-10 15:19:29 UTC

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I haven't actually tried. I had just read that in the Guix docs, maybe that changed since then. But it's really the only distro I ever seen that lets you choose your kernel with GNU Hurd as an option right in the installer. I am just using the Linux-libre kernel.
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2026-04-10 15:11:23 UTC

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Install GNU Guix System, that's the most GNU you'll get on your PC. It even allows you to choose GNU Hurd as the kernel in the installer if you want (but I think you can't use xorg or wayland on that yet).
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2026-04-10 05:24:38 UTC

Deleted microslop github and now using codeberg. Definitely the better choice now.

2026-04-09 15:33:05 UTC

I been reading a few programming books, SICP, The Land of Lisp and Learn You a Haskell for Great Good. They are actually fun and interesting books to read for me and I like what they teach in it and what you learn from it. It might be useful for me when I start programming, we'll see. I now have a better understanding of them. I don't program much but I like learning about all the different ways to solve problems.

2026-04-07 14:30:24 UTC

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And the USA is not gaining anything from that war, they are losing billions in it and I think this is exactly what Russia and China wants which is why they're not involved.

2026-04-06 16:00:17 UTC

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Well I do use Haskell and Lisp regularly but for low level stuff they might not be ideal if you know what I mean. I would say memory safety is important to avoid buffer overflows, use after free, etc. which is extremely common in C programs even to this day. Of course you can say it's a skill issue. I do like C but it's kinda easy to make those mistakes so I'd rather avoid them when possible. Of course there can be bugs that cause security issue in the logic of the code as well but those are easier to test.

2026-04-06 15:23:19 UTC

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Also what would be the best thing to replace Rust currently? I like C but Rust does help avoiding common C mistakes (I know C but I suck at writing C) so is there another language that helps with that that is free software? Zig maybe?
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2026-04-06 15:20:17 UTC

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You should probably let them know then so they can remove it, because if it's proprietary as you say then it should be remove from the directory to avoid misleading people to believe it's free software.

2026-04-06 15:10:38 UTC

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https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Rust
Rust is in the FSF directory. It can't be proprietary. It's not GPLv3 though. Unless you're saying they made a mistake by putting it there.

2026-04-06 14:33:04 UTC

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How is rust proprietary? It's in the guix repos.

2026-04-06 14:24:48 UTC

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Nice I didn't know about that. Not that I need to calculate big numbers like that, I just thought it was cool that ghc allowed that. Since Haskell is my main programming language. Also learning some lisp and Rust.

2026-04-06 01:41:05 UTC

I like how ghci, the haskell interpreter just lets me calculate any number no matter how big until I run out of ram.

2026-03-23 08:19:03 UTC

I find it disappointing how many of the big distros are not standing against age verification laws. Makes me think that if there were law to add NSA backdoor into every OS they would just do it without question. Systemd already added a feature that stores the date of birth of the user. Its not that bad since its just a number you can change but it shouldn't even have been done in the first place. And age verification requires a way to verify the users age so that implies showing your ID or scanning your face. All this just goes against the privacy and freedom of the user and limiting them in how they can use a computer.