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Forum: General 06-01-2024, 05:26 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 255
Posted By Michael Uplawski
Die and be happy.

Die and be happy.
Forum: General 06-01-2024, 05:25 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 255
Posted By Michael Uplawski
It is a shortcut for people who did not follow...

It is a shortcut for people who did not follow the political development since Putin came to power. There are more than one possible ways to explain anything that “Putin” does. But haveing nothing to...
Forum: General 05-31-2024, 10:01 AM
Replies: 5,941
Views: 590,331
Posted By Michael Uplawski
Again Little Wing. The song makes me smile...

Again Little Wing.

The song makes me smile each time because, in my youth, there were people who said that Jimi Hendrix could not play the guitar in reality... I do not remember or do not know,...
Forum: Programming 05-28-2024, 12:10 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 147
Posted By Michael Uplawski
That is it. Or, if the procedure is only...

That is it.

Or, if the procedure is only meant to spare you the trouble to set titles based on given properties of an element, call the script in an onload-handler (i.e. upon page load). In this...
Forum: General 04-27-2024, 04:07 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 166
Posted By Michael Uplawski
URL shortener for the desktop. Needs YAD...

URL shortener for the desktop. Needs YAD (https://github.com/v1cont/yad):

#!/bin/bash
icon='your_url_icon'
title='shorten URL'
text='URL'
# the part of the request-string which precedes the...
Forum: General 04-27-2024, 04:25 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 166
Posted By Michael Uplawski
So upon testing urlshortener-cli with some...

So upon testing urlshortener-cli with some arbitrary URL like
urlshortener-cli https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/lqsearch.php?do=getnew&daysprune=7

I notice that they used the...
Forum: General 04-27-2024, 03:48 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 166
Posted By Michael Uplawski
any url shortener allows immediate request parameters?

Good morning

Do you know of an url shortener service online that still reacts to a full request, like with wget or curl, complete with parameters (in april 2024, that is)?

The examples I find...
Forum: Linux - Distributions 04-25-2024, 12:10 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 314
Posted By Michael Uplawski
Could those who recommend distributions, point...

Could those who recommend distributions, point out some reasons for their conviction that they should be preferred?

While not having an awfully big amount of experience with distributions other...
Forum: Linux - General 04-23-2024, 12:39 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 762
Posted By Michael Uplawski
In addition to all your thoughts, I must assume...

In addition to all your thoughts, I must assume that all optical media that we use at home, bare the risk of data loss with the time.
I have no idea about the life-spans of USB-keys or SD-cards, but...
Forum: Linux - Newbie 04-15-2024, 06:21 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 336
Posted By Michael Uplawski
Why not a few URLs of self-promotion and boring...

Why not a few URLs of self-promotion and boring bull-news. If something is there to suck them up, feed it.
Forum: LQ Suggestions & Feedback 04-07-2024, 11:34 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 186
Posted By Michael Uplawski
I just want them attributed to an account that I...

I just want them attributed to an account that I can find elsewhere and a user that I can ask: “What's so cool about someone saying Thank You?”.
Otherwise this is becoming a big messy pudding, not...
Forum: LQ Suggestions & Feedback 04-07-2024, 04:41 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 186
Posted By Michael Uplawski
or a few several times. I have enough of...

or a few several times.

I have enough of this AI bullshit. Fed up.
Forum: Linux - Newbie 04-07-2024, 04:40 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 1,461
Posted By Michael Uplawski
Chatbot-generated Bullshit that arrives via...

Chatbot-generated Bullshit that arrives via VPN-servers “abroad” (“abroad” may be a word you should look up). The errors committed and the attitude to condemn is preceding the mess that you complain...
Forum: LQ Suggestions & Feedback 04-06-2024, 02:53 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 186
Posted By Michael Uplawski
non-anonymous reputation and helpful-rating

To avoid that chatbot-accounts get positive ratings on random posts, it could help if the account which rates a post is visible in the public profile.

I notice such unexplainable ratings on an...
Forum: Linux - Newbie 04-06-2024, 12:48 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 1,461
Posted By Michael Uplawski
As many of those concerned consider...

As many of those concerned consider distribution-hopping a possible alternative to having to do something, I suggest they all try Mint, the distribution for those who have no friends.

Seriously....
Forum: General 04-05-2024, 02:43 PM
Replies: 5,941
Views: 590,331
Posted By Michael Uplawski
I was listening to Jay and the Americans – “Come...

I was listening to Jay and the Americans – “Come a Little Bit Closer” on DashRadio. Then I felt like listening more attentively to Ritchie Valens – “La Bamba”.

But no. They are distinct in too...
Forum: Linux - Newbie 04-05-2024, 11:12 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 1,461
Posted By Michael Uplawski
Sorry. “No!”. Become a vegetable farmer. It...

Sorry.

“No!”. Become a vegetable farmer. It appears to make using Linux possible. Or a secretary, or retire from some public service unrelated to computers. All these people are happily using one...
Forum: Linux - Software 04-03-2024, 12:14 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 399
Posted By Michael Uplawski
I can compare the influence of anti-social...

I can compare the influence of anti-social networks on my environment and include the part of my environment that is not exposed to them, then empirically claim that they contribute to the rotting of...
Forum: Linux - General 04-02-2024, 12:30 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 489
Posted By Michael Uplawski
I had switched from S.u.S.E. to Debian, when they...

I had switched from S.u.S.E. to Debian, when they released the first version without compiler (in the standard distribution), for smugness, mostly, as it has never been a problem to set up a...
Forum: Linux - Software 03-30-2024, 05:44 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 399
Posted By Michael Uplawski
Usenet and Mailing lists. Some. Sometimes.

Usenet and Mailing lists. Some. Sometimes.
Forum: General 03-30-2024, 04:16 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 153
Posted By Michael Uplawski
Funny 3D Confusion

It happened, while I played with the particle-box on Paul Lutus' Web-Site:

https://arachnoid.com/particle_box/index.html

I rotated the box so that I looked from above, slightly from the right...
Forum: General 03-30-2024, 01:30 AM
Replies: 5,941
Views: 590,331
Posted By Michael Uplawski
something on BR2 („Bavarian broadcasting service,...

something on BR2 („Bavarian broadcasting service, Radio 2“) : Sabine Stieger „I bleib heit liegn”.

Found it on Google Videos:...
Forum: Programming 03-30-2024, 01:17 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 192
Posted By Michael Uplawski
“functional pseudo-class”. When will they just...

“functional pseudo-class”. When will they just stop?

Read here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Selector_list#relative_selector_list


From memory, Paul Lutus (who is not...
Forum: Programming 03-30-2024, 12:43 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 192
Posted By Michael Uplawski
I did not know, pseudo classes could be part of...

I did not know, pseudo classes could be part of selectors in :has().
On the other hand, I have never used :has(). It may be relatively new and not (yet) supported by all browsers.

Edit: Where I...
Forum: Programming 03-26-2024, 11:48 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 571
Posted By Michael Uplawski
This is one of my fallbacks, the other is...

This is one of my fallbacks, the other is solani.org. Anyway, some of the servers of the open-news-network have been working reliably for as long as I remember. news.mb-net.net is the one I am on for...
Forum: Linux - Newbie 03-22-2024, 05:46 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 347
Posted By Michael Uplawski
Either read Jeremy Boden's post...

Either read Jeremy Boden's post (https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/software-updates-4175734767/#post6488888) above, or install some rolling release of something.
Forum: LinuxQuestions.org Member Intro 03-20-2024, 01:39 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 195
Posted By Michael Uplawski
gives me the shivers

gives me the shivers
Forum: Linux - Software 03-19-2024, 07:23 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 4,061
Posted By Michael Uplawski
So, to summarize, think about any full-blown...

So, to summarize, think about any full-blown programming language or other tool.
Forum: Linux - Software 03-17-2024, 12:36 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 141
Posted By Michael Uplawski
UPDATE To make QuteBrowser display AVIF like any...

UPDATE To make QuteBrowser display AVIF like any other image-type that it supports, you must ensure that the server transmits the right Content-Type. I did not contact my Web-administrator, but...
Forum: Linux - Software 03-15-2024, 03:32 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 141
Posted By Michael Uplawski
This forum needs a [TOTAL SUBMISSION] button ...

This forum needs a [TOTAL SUBMISSION] button


Edit: Epiphany-Browser works. Engine-Trouble, I guess. But could be APU-trouble, too or a flat tire, a bird-strike or adverse weather conditions.
Forum: Linux - Software 03-15-2024, 03:15 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 141
Posted By Michael Uplawski
I do not block JavaScript and even use it on a...

I do not block JavaScript and even use it on a different page to get around the problem of links to AVIF.


I am no longer an Informaticien. That I can see Firefox act in the way I had expected...
Forum: Linux - Software 03-15-2024, 09:21 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 141
Posted By Michael Uplawski
[Qutebrowser] different behavior when loading AVIF locally or online

Good afternoon.

A linked avif-file is opened in Qutebrowser as expected, when the page, containing the link, and the avif-file are read from the local hard disk :

<a...
Forum: Programming 03-15-2024, 01:49 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 344
Posted By Michael Uplawski
:party: Writing Web-Applications in Europe, we...

:party: Writing Web-Applications in Europe, we oftentimes had to wonder how on earth Sunday can be considered the first day of the week. In the end, you seal your brain and adapt.
Forum: Programming 03-14-2024, 03:01 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 344
Posted By Michael Uplawski
I am not sure, Hazel, but the direction of the...

I am not sure, Hazel, but the direction of the Y-axis may be downwards.
Forum: Linux - Newbie 03-12-2024, 02:08 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 274
Posted By Michael Uplawski
In deed. Sudo is quite an ingenuous tool....

In deed. Sudo is quite an ingenuous tool. Whatever you think to know about it, find out, what it really does (https://linux.die.net/man/8/sudo).
Forum: Linux - Newbie 03-10-2024, 02:57 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 337
Posted By Michael Uplawski
Every mailing list, which is managed by mailman,...

Every mailing list, which is managed by mailman, has a list information page on the hosting server. That is all that is needed to guide your future subscribers.
You only need 1 link to refer them on...
Forum: Linux - Newbie 03-09-2024, 10:50 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 274
Posted By Michael Uplawski
Provide the rights to execute “sudo eject”...

Provide the rights to execute “sudo eject” without password in sudoers, then write a script
#!/bin/sh
sudo eject

untested.

The right to eject depends on the device.
Forum: Other *NIX 03-09-2024, 12:02 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 516
Posted By Michael Uplawski
How can you have a GnuPG key for email, if you...

How can you have a GnuPG key for email, if you have no private key?
If it is not *your* key, then you cannot update it. End-Of-Story.
Forum: Linux - Newbie 03-08-2024, 11:51 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 337
Posted By Michael Uplawski
If you use the mail-interface, Mailman and Sympa...

If you use the mail-interface, Mailman and Sympa do not differ significantly, but when you compare the Web-interfaces, mailman looks antiquated and is less intuitive than Sympa. I have not had use...
Forum: Linux - Newbie 03-08-2024, 06:26 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 337
Posted By Michael Uplawski
Look here: free mailing lists...

Look here:
free mailing lists...
Forum: General 03-04-2024, 12:00 PM
Replies: 5,941
Views: 590,331
Posted By Michael Uplawski
Jacques Brel - Amsterdam I have listened to...

Jacques Brel - Amsterdam

I have listened to a Brel-impersonator praised by the presentators of a radio show. He is terrible and I had to look up the original :
...
Forum: General 03-02-2024, 12:14 PM
Replies: 5,941
Views: 590,331
Posted By Michael Uplawski
Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix I wonder how much...

Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix

I wonder how much those background vocals contribute to the uniqueness of the piece. It should be stale and dated, but is not.
Forum: General 03-01-2024, 11:38 PM
Replies: 5,941
Views: 590,331
Posted By Michael Uplawski
OMG. ;) I must have been under 10, when I have...

OMG. ;) I must have been under 10, when I have seen them the last time on German TV. Since then, people still talk about this “Native American band” but no songs are ever mentioned.

Thank you for...
Forum: General 03-01-2024, 01:54 PM
Replies: 5,941
Views: 590,331
Posted By Michael Uplawski
My favorite German Irish Folk band ......

My favorite German Irish Folk band ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyJakR_-M9k&list=PLNewEMe0dweBPTnM9MelaQhBibUAHflyj&index=1&pp=iAQB8AUB

Yes. We have Irish Folk bands in Germany. And not...
Forum: General 03-01-2024, 03:01 AM
Replies: 5,941
Views: 590,331
Posted By Michael Uplawski
Shootin' The Breeze by Ten Wheel Drive, Peace...

Shootin' The Breeze by Ten Wheel Drive,
Peace Frog by The Doors,

now Time and Love by Laura Nyro.

I have given all those of my CDs, which were still intact, to my wife's cousin. The others go...
Forum: Linux - Software 03-01-2024, 02:53 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 286
Posted By Michael Uplawski
What could be wrong with Restructured Text ? See...

What could be wrong with Restructured Text ? See docutils. I cannot believe that I were the only one using it. You write some text in a syntax very similar to markdown, then create HTML, PDF and man...
Forum: Linux - Software 02-29-2024, 06:37 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 286
Posted By Michael Uplawski
I write my man page with docutils, i.e. as...

I write my man page with docutils, i.e. as Restructured Text. And as the final conversion only takes seconds, I create HTML and PDF at the same time.
Here is 1 recent result of the endeavor :...
Forum: Linux - Newbie 02-27-2024, 06:23 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 946
Posted By Michael Uplawski
I am not sure. I find ratings for useless posts,...

I am not sure. I find ratings for useless posts, probably in an attempt to render the posting instance more credible. The scenarios may be manifold.
Forum: Linux - General 02-25-2024, 09:45 AM
Replies: 570
Views: 63,654
Posted By Michael Uplawski
Cool rafraichissant.

rafraichissant.
Forum: Linux - Distributions 02-25-2024, 09:19 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 241
Posted By Michael Uplawski
Darn. What do you want to know?

Darn.
What do you want to know?
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