• what is this that stands before me?

    From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.2989 to Ozzy Osbourne on Monday, December 11, 2023 21:35:15
    Hey Ozzy!

    <Esc>:read /proc/version
    Linux version 6.6.6 (root@bitskii) (gcc (GCC) 13.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.41) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Dec 11 19:18:44 UTC 2023

    No surprise(s) ... yet.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

    o- -o o- -o o- -o -o -o o- o- o- o- o- o- -o o- /) (\ /) (\ /) (\ (\ (\ /) /) /) /) /) /) (\ /) ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ... Fidonet 4K - You load sixteen penguins and what do you get?
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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/700 to Maurice Kinal on Monday, December 11, 2023 18:06:19
    Hello @MSG_FROM_NAME,

    On @MSG_DATE @MSG_TIMEZONE, you wrote:

    <Esc>:read /proc/version
    Linux version 6.6.6 (root@bitskii) (gcc (GCC) 13.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.41) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Dec 11 19:18:44 UTC 2023

    No surprise(s) ... yet.

    I may skip this version, just because you amped it up so well and got me scared. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/700 to Maurice Kinal on Monday, December 11, 2023 18:11:00
    Hello ,

    On , you wrote:

    No surprise(s) ... yet.

    Instead, I get the surprise of bad formatting of my message template. Should be better now. :|

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... "Take my advice, I don't use it anyway."
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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Nicholas Boel on Monday, December 11, 2023 16:30:04
    <Esc>:read /proc/version
    Linux version 6.6.6 (root@bitskii) (gcc (GCC) 13.2.0, GNU ld (GNU
    Binutils) 2.41) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Dec 11 19:18:44 UTC 2023

    No surprise(s) ... yet.

    I may skip this version, just because you amped it up so well and got me scared. ;)

    I had the same thought.. ;)

    It's building now so we'll see what we get.

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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/10 to Alan Ianson on Monday, December 11, 2023 18:42:28
    Hello Alan,

    On Mon, 11 Dec 2023 22:30:04 -0800, you wrote:

    I may skip this version, just because you amped it up so well and got me
    scared. ;)

    I had the same thought.. ;)

    It's building now so we'll see what we get.

    Beat you to it. I couldn't help myself. But the way these things have been climbing the version numbers, we'll be upgrading again in a week or so. ;)

    Linux version 6.6.6-arch1-1 (linux@archlinux)
    (gcc (GCC) 13.2.1 20230801
    GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.41.0)
    #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:48:23 +0000

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/700 to Maurice Kinal on Monday, December 11, 2023 20:31:03
    Hello Maurice Kinal,

    On Mon Dec 11 2023 09:35 pm UTC, you wrote:

    No surprise(s) ... yet.

    A nice surprise would be for those lines above to work this time. If you
    hadn't noticed, I'm testing this on you with half-witty replies. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.2989 to Nicholas Boel on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 03:16:41
    Hey Nicholas!

    we'll be upgrading again in a week or so. ;)

    :-)

    Linux version 6.6.6-arch1-1 (linux@archlinux)
    (gcc (GCC) 13.2.1 20230801
    GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.41.0)
    #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:48:23 +0000

    Are these the four lines in question? Looks good from this angle.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

    -o o- o- -o -o o- o- o- -o o- o- -o -o o- -o -o
    (\ /) /) (\ (\ /) /) /) (\ /) /) (\ (\ /) (\ (\
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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.2989 to Nicholas Boel on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 03:20:31
    Hey Nicholas!

    I'm testing this on you with half-witty replies.

    If I got the previous reply correct - the split four lines of output from /proc/version - then your template appears to be as retro as it can get without breaking anything. I think you could easily lose most of the kludges though but I am a tad biased when it comes to those damn things.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

    o- o- o- o- o- o- -o -o o- -o o- -o o- o- -o o- /) /) /) /) /) /) (\ (\ /) (\ /) (\ /) /) (\ /) ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ... Fidonet 4K - Sweet Sixteen Penguins of the Apocalypse.
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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/700 to Maurice Kinal on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 17:42:13
    Hello Maurice,

    On Tue Dec 12 2023 03:16 am UTC, you wrote:

    Linux version 6.6.6-arch1-1 (linux@archlinux)
    (gcc (GCC) 13.2.1 20230801
    GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.41.0)
    #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:48:23 +0000

    Are these the four lines in question? Looks good from this angle.

    No. I was trying to modify the two lines at the very beginning of the message. "Hello <username>," and "On <date> <timezone>, you wrote:". Those were not able to be modified as much prior to my testing - while Rob was adding some features to Synchronet for me.

    The four lines you quoted have absolutely nothing wrong with them. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/700 to Maurice Kinal on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 17:46:27
    Hello Maurice,

    On Tue Dec 12 2023 03:20 am UTC, you wrote:

    If I got the previous reply correct - the split four lines of output from /proc/version - then your template appears to be as retro as it can get without breaking anything. I think you could easily lose most of the kludges though but I am a tad biased when it comes to those damn things.

    The template used to be completely different. I was trying to adjust for my liking, and it wasn't letting me (note the one message with the @-codes that I messed up, because I didn't include a closing @ after the text). Then the next message where those codes were, ended up blank. I needed some tweakery to the Synchronet code for it to work, and Rob helped out with that.

    Should be back in action now. As for the rest of the kludges, that's for others to decide. I don't see them unless I want or need to. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.2989 to Nicholas Boel on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 01:02:26
    Hey Nicholas!

    Should be back in action now.

    If you say so. To be honest, your nanao fix was vastly more impressive than anything I've seen from Synchonet. I don't see anything of value in Synchonet.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

    -o -o o- -o o- -o -o -o o- o- o- -o -o -o o- o-
    (\ (\ /) (\ /) (\ (\ (\ /) /) /) (\ (\ (\ /) /)
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ... Fidonet 4K - Sweet Sixteen Penguins of the Apocalypse.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to Maurice Kinal on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 19:46:19
    Re: what is this that stands before me?
    By: Maurice Kinal to Nicholas Boel on Wed Dec 13 2023 01:02 am

    I don't see anything of value in Synchonet.

    What a small world you must live in,
    --
    digital man (rob)

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.2989 to Rob Swindell on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 06:56:11
    Hey Rob!

    What a small world you must live in

    Getting smaller too. I doubt that has anything to do with Synchronet.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

    o- -o o- o- -o -o o- o- -o o- o- o- o- -o -o -o /) (\ /) /) (\ (\ /) /) (\ /) /) /) /) (\ (\ (\ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ... Fidonet 4K - Sweet Sixteen Penguins of the Apocalypse.
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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/10 to Maurice Kinal on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 17:46:54
    Hello Maurice,

    On Wed, 13 Dec 2023 01:02:26 GMT, you wrote:

    If you say so. To be honest, your nanao fix was vastly more impressive than anything I've seen from Synchonet. I don't see anything of value
    in Synchonet.

    Eh, to each their own. I enjoy it. IMO, it's definitely better than watching things compile for hours on end (for some reason, glibc comes to mind. Is that the one that takes anywhere from 2 to 10 hours to compile depending on hardware?) :)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.2989 to Nicholas Boel on Thursday, December 14, 2023 00:05:21
    Hey Nicholas!

    Eh, to each their own. I enjoy it.

    I suppose someone has to. Happy to say it isn't me. :-)

    glibc comes to mind. Is that the one that takes anywhere from 2
    to 10 hours to compile depending on hardware?) :)

    Not since raspi have I witnessed anything that slow. The kernel source takes longer.

    As far as this machine goes - AMD Ryzen 7 5800U with Radeon Graphics - not that big of a wait. Firefox only takes about 25 minutes. Offhand I believe llvm might take the longest.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

    -o -o -o o- o- -o -o -o -o o- -o o- o- o- o- o-
    (\ (\ (\ /) /) (\ (\ (\ (\ /) (\ /) /) /) /) /)
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ... Fidonet 4K - Sweet Sixteen Penguins of the Apocalypse.
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