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Bolojan și oferta lui de nerefuzat

February 11, 2026 Bolojan și oferta lui de nerefuzat2026-02-12T12:07:41+01:00 1 Comment China, economics, Justice, pe românește

După ce am citit materialul avocatului Alexandru Mușătoiu „Asociații unui SRL răspund cu bunurile personale în fața ANAF”, m-am bășicat rău pe tovarășul Ilie Bolojan și m-am gândit să întreb…

A Big Beautiful Bullshit List

February 9, 2026 A Big Beautiful Bullshit List2026-02-09T14:32:53+01:00 1 Comment AI, idiocy, SPECIAL

There are still Luddites on Earth, which is good news! Unfortunately, they have no power, and the overcomplexification of everything is going to continue. But yesterday I was stunned to…

I did say I’ll be back, didn’t I?

February 8, 2026 I did say I’ll be back, didn’t I?2026-02-19T00:40:44+01:00 2 Comments Acer, Debian, DESERT, Lenovo, MX, Soplos, xebian

After the last iteration through my tables from The futile quest for the last cheap laptop with enough RAM, I concocted another table, meant to help me really take a…

A paper about the Boltzmann brain paradox, vulgarized by AI

February 7, 2026 A paper about the Boltzmann brain paradox, vulgarized by AI2026-02-07T14:28:17+01:00 1 Comment DeepSeek, Grok, Kimi, Mistral, philosophy

In a very small nutshell, and quoting from Wikipedia, “The Boltzmann brain thought experiment suggests that it is probably more likely for a brain to spontaneously form, complete with a…

The futile quest for the last cheap laptop with enough RAM

February 6, 2026 The futile quest for the last cheap laptop with enough RAM2026-02-08T16:56:23+01:00 2 Comments Acer, AI, apocalypse, Lenovo

In a previous post, in the chapter “On RAM prices because of the AI madness,” I explored the possibility of purchasing a cheap laptop with 24 GB or 32 GB…

On browser wars and stupid people

February 4, 2026 On browser wars and stupid people2026-02-04T22:24:04+01:00 5 Comments firefox, idiocy, SPECIAL

After having read this comment about Firefox on 9to5Linux (it starts with “Firefox has been making a history of bad decisions”), I was reminded that I can’t use only one…

Microsoft + snaps: music to my ears!

February 4, 2026 Microsoft + snaps: music to my ears!2026-02-04T21:32:51+01:00 3 Comments idiocy, Linux, Microsoft, Ubuntu

I'm not fiercely hating snaps—I’m only annoyed by them. A lot, but once they’re there, and Canonical doesn’t seem to give up (snaps won't share the fate of upstart, Mir,…

Readings, musings, and experiments over the weekend

February 3, 2026 Readings, musings, and experiments over the weekend2026-02-10T21:06:23+01:00 2 Comments Acer, AI, apocalypse, AppImages, apps, FreeBSD, Lenovo, Linux, longread, openSUSE, Soplos, Ubuntu, XFCE, Xubuntu

There are hundreds and hundreds of titles that I notice every week; some of them led me to reading the respective articles, but very few of them trigger a post…

Iar îmi desființez contul eMag

February 3, 2026 Iar îmi desființez contul eMag2026-03-07T02:32:59+01:00 2 Comments electronics, eMag, idiocy, pe românește

Nu am scris pe blog când mi-am desființat prima oară contul eMag. Am scris doar despre cum vând ei falsuri ordinare nederanjați de nimeni. Dar povestea e că mi-am desființat…

The usual mental retard in Linux

February 2, 2026 The usual mental retard in Linux2026-02-02T23:55:12+01:00 No Comment apps, Debian, idiocy, Linux, Ubuntu

Nothing special, just the same old. Some “error while loading shared libraries” crap. Out of curiosity, I wanted to try 4K Video Downloader Plus under Debian 13. The download page…

Flopzilla is retarded

February 2, 2026 Flopzilla is retarded2026-02-02T18:19:58+01:00 3 Comments firefox, idiocy, Kimi

Yesterday, all of a sudden, Firefox 147.0.2 (64-bit) became fucked up under Windows 11. It wouldn't open certain sites, which Edge would open on the same laptop. The same version…

Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “The Resistance is shaping up! John McCardle, IT Specialist at NASA, has created Ageless Linux, a Debian derivative, in order…” Mar 16, 13:47

Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “As much as I despise Jesse Smith, he’s right in All about age verification laws and Linux: You might be…” Mar 16, 07:26

ConEst on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “It’s partly fault of my usage as well (maybe). I compress my files and upload and use handbrake too sometimes…” Mar 15, 19:22

Jeo on No luck, plenty of fun, and you’ll definitely die! (You, not them.): “You can’t beat what is in everybody’s head already. They just told it. Clearly. And the conclusion is clear, too:…” Mar 15, 17:00

Béranger on Why are people consenting to using AppArmor or SELinux?: “Indeed, by “convergence” they meant “the PC is dead, the tablet is the future!” The tablet is nowhere, and even…” Mar 15, 16:42

Cozy on Why are people consenting to using AppArmor or SELinux?: “In a way, you do have the option to disable and remove those services, albeit it’s not presented in a…” Mar 15, 16:38

edel on Where can I place a bet on the way this war ends?: ““Israel’s future is very bleak” is the only thing I could bet on. Some thoughts: Alternative 1) It wins all…” Mar 15, 14:40

Béranger on Why are people consenting to using AppArmor or SELinux?: “I agree on firewalls and everything else (except for the MacBook)! But when someone installs a distro with a desktop…” Mar 15, 08:06

Béranger on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “Zero BSODs here with 8 GB, but even the IoT edition of Win11 is demanding in CPU and RAM.” Mar 15, 08:02

ConEst on LibreOffice and ONLYOFFICE vs. Markdown: FAIL!: “This is just too funny at this point 😀” Mar 15, 06:38

ConEst on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: ““Less bad” was the criteria for me when I went back to windows.” Mar 15, 06:35

ConEst on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “When I was on fedora, I noticed it only got usable after like 2-3 months from its stable update. By…” Mar 15, 06:34

Cozy on Why are people consenting to using AppArmor or SELinux?: “Nothing to show here, but like the bot said, it’s really only practical for servers. Same goes for firewalls too…” Mar 15, 05:23

Béranger on Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?: “Regarding systemd GUI management tools, I forgot to mention a few outliers, which I added as UPDATE: ① MX: “MX…” Mar 14, 22:45

Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “SJVN steps in: Nanny state discovers Linux, demands it check kids’ IDs before booting: A new wave of age verification…” Mar 14, 17:04

Béranger on Hibernation, ZRAM and mental retardation in Linux: “Liam Proven’s attempt at comparing ZRAM and ZSWAP: RAM is getting expensive, so squeeze the most from it. As expected,…” Mar 14, 16:56

Béranger on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “After some more KDE-related updates, Spectacle still crashes on exit and, of course, it creates 36 QMLC files as soon…” Mar 14, 16:08

KrapDE on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “They probably know how to program, but they are dumb who live on another planet and have no idea how…” Mar 14, 14:08

Béranger on Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?: “Oh, the EXT4 performance is closer to XFS than ever in Linux 7.0 Git:” Mar 14, 13:20

alecs on N-au nici pișu’, nici mazărea vreo șansă: “Democrația nu înseamnă că nu ești violat, înseamnă că majoritatea decide cine te violează.” Mar 14, 04:38

Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Bibi is unstoppable: Les frappes israéliennes menées au Liban depuis le 2 mars ont fait 773 morts et 1 933…” Mar 14, 01:24

Béranger on N-au nici pișu’, nici mazărea vreo șansă: “France24 tocmai făcea socoteala că pentru un litru de motorină care costă €2.05 la pompă, statul e responsabil pentru €1.05…” Mar 14, 01:20

Béranger on On browser wars and stupid people: “Oh, I forgot about this relic! It does work, but it doesn’t always serve the purpose. I collect watermark-free Bing…” Mar 13, 21:11

Béranger on În care Dragoș Pătraru face pe istoricul: “Varianta mea de istorie scurtă pe care am pus-o ca descriere la un extras video pe FB: În 1953, CIA…” Mar 13, 20:58

foobar on On browser wars and stupid people: “In Firefox, you can press Ctrl+I, then select “Media” to see all images on a page.” Mar 13, 18:38

Béranger on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “Oui, chef !” Mar 13, 00:05

HAL on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “I told you not to trust Fedora and/or KDE! Perhaps the most “secure”, with the reservations you mention, is XFCE.…” Mar 12, 23:52

Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Nu mai pot să mă uit la absolut nici un canal de știri românesc. Hai, poate la un buletin de…” Mar 12, 19:04

Béranger on N-au nici pișu’, nici mazărea vreo șansă: “N-ai cum să te opui, că doar nu ești cu Putler și cu Ayatolahii! (Jeff Stahler) Dar există o soluție…” Mar 12, 12:57

Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Al Jazeera: Could Iran be using China’s highly accurate BeiDou navigation system? Why wouldn’t they? China needs oil! We all…” Mar 12, 04:46

Béranger on N-au nici pișu’, nici mazărea vreo șansă: “Am o critică măruntă: ai scris „Atenție: în contextul războiului cu Iranul!” Corect ar fi fost: „Atenție: în contextul războiului…” Mar 12, 01:40

Aldus on N-au nici pișu’, nici mazărea vreo șansă: “Eu sunt chiar tranșant pe subiectul ăsta. Pe scurt, no way! Pe larg, aici (articol + comentarii). Și asta pentru…” Mar 11, 23:48

Béranger on Is openSUSE at crossroads?: “Ouch, SUSE might be for sale.” Mar 11, 22:23

Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “Uh, MidnightBSD’s initial reaction was not what it seemed to be, even if it changed twice. First time: California residents…” Mar 11, 22:20

Béranger on Hibernation, ZRAM and mental retardation in Linux: “ZRAM becomes more and more interesting. In October 2025, I used Zswap (not ZRAM!) in Lubuntu 25.10. In December 2025,…” Mar 11, 18:30

Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “The Reg: Linux PC vendor System76 tries to talk Colorado down over OS age checks. Carl Richell: Today, I met…” Mar 11, 00:55

Béranger on I might not be human, after all: “Indeed, it was painful to choose between such “masterpieces.”” Mar 10, 22:20

Jeo on I might not be human, after all: “Both human and AI written passages offered for evaluation sound artificial and pretentious to me. That is no good quality…” Mar 10, 21:50

Béranger on AI Quickie: Kubuntu vs. Fedora KDE: “Her, who? Her? as machines age, it gets worse over time. With a separate /home partition, the OS can be…” Mar 10, 19:38

HAL on AI Quickie: Kubuntu vs. Fedora KDE: “Ubuntu? Would you like to go with her, given her (possible? probable?) future direction? 😳 Well, Fedora… pff, but maybe…” Mar 10, 19:34

Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Narratives: Trump’s vs. Iran’s. Trump: Trump is speaking about Iran again in Florida, a couple of hours after saying the…” Mar 9, 22:51

Drath on Millions are listening to fake music and they are enjoying it!: “I genuinely enjoy AI music, though not the youtube streaming stuff, but weekly tops on suno and udio. That is…” Mar 9, 11:07

Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky was a true Nostradamus!” Mar 8, 20:50

Béranger on Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?: “I very much liked JFS myself! But you already knew that.” Mar 8, 20:27

HAL on Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?: “In the past, I used XFS and liked it, but I also used JFS, which I preferred. I never had…” Mar 8, 20:26

Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: “I’d rather believe you’re masochistic… or maybe you invented a new religion, and you stick to it. This is not…” Mar 8, 20:12

VRBF on Curiouser and curiouser…: “Believe me, I’m a big fan of the K.I.S.S. principle. What you consider (in theory) “unnecessary complications,” for me (in…” Mar 8, 19:15

Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “George Carlin is eternal!” Mar 8, 14:56

Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: “I’m mostly focused on unnecessary complications. Are you familiar with The Incredible Machine, or you’re too young for that? You…” Mar 8, 14:52

VRBF on Curiouser and curiouser…: “Ok, just a few more clarifications based on daily technology use: a) IMHO, you’re very focused on the performance issue…” Mar 8, 14:48

Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: “I asked Kimi about native booting from a VHDX. Its answer includes, among other things: The bootloader (bootmgr) uses a…” Mar 8, 10:49

Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “This is merely the “Australia syndrome”: censoring the access to social networks. But Carl Richell’s statement applies here, too: “The…” Mar 8, 10:20

Aldus on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “Raed Arafat isn’t falling behind either. He was ridiculed in Romania, but it’s bizarre how suddenly all the governments of…” Mar 8, 09:09

Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: “Fair points. But what a twisted design to have Windows use a VHD/VHDX file instead of a partition. Not only…” Mar 8, 07:05

Aldus on Curiouser and curiouser…: “Okay, I see you’re strongly opinionated about this, which I can’t be. Because, just like you, I’ve never tried this…” Mar 8, 05:22

Béranger on Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?: “Linux 7.0 File-System Benchmarks With XFS Leading The Way (Phoronix): “XFS came out on top followed by EXT4, F2FS, and…” Mar 8, 02:47

Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: “I asked Kimi: VHD/VHDX with dynamic disk allocation: I don’t understand how this works. On a normal filesystem, say an…” Mar 8, 02:27

Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: ““whenever you reinstall Windows (or install it on a new PC)” – I do not (re)install Windows. Like, ever. Maybe…” Mar 8, 01:08

Aldus on Curiouser and curiouser…: “I really like the system described by VRBF. I’ve never used it myself, but it looks excellent: you create the…” Mar 8, 01:03

Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “The NYT, about Iranian President’s Apology: Masoud Pezeshkian, the Iranian president, had just apologized on state television on Saturday morning…” Mar 8, 01:01