@nprofile1q... It's difficult to express my hatred and disgust for people who offer death to disabled people rather than, oh I don't know, work towards creating a better social assistance network.

I am a fervent, staunch, absolute supporter of medical assistance in dying. I know exactly how dehumanizing and horrific a painful end of life is, and I believe with all my heart that a staple of civilized society should be that people can go with dignity whenever they want to.

And at the same time, I realize how easily this can be weaponized to get rid of people we don't want to support, because coercion is so easy, and there are a lot of folks out there who are masters of working around consent to get their way. And a lot of the time, it is this perspective, the fear that assistance in dying can be abused, that blocks leftists from supporting it. I disagree with the conclusion they're drawing, I still think dying assistance should be supported, but the fear is very legitimate.

So... it's yet another case of, we can't have nice things because assholes will abuse it. Fuck them with a rusty chainsaw to the deepest bowels of Hell.

(Edit: better phrasing)

@Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: The 2030s are probably when we'll start seeing a serious decrease in oil and/or rare earths, so I think tech shit will be the least of our problems. Or it might be the worst, if all the power is still concentrated in the hands of the few, but given how it's going at the moment, there are good chances the shift will happen before we run out.

Cyberpunk has never felt more real, to be honest. 😓

@Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: @navi You can't use getopt since the first argument can be negative and kill does not enforce a -- at the end of the options.

You need to parse the command line unconditionally interpreting the last word as an argument and doing a limited getopt on the start. And if you get kill -1 -2 -3 then it's ambiguous.

I would love to toss the -signum usage, but it's so fossilized by history that you can't. kill -9 -1 is the common definition of a nuke, and kill -s KILL -1 just doesn't pack the same punch.

If you want another example, try implementing test following the exact specification. It's a true horror show.

@navi @Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: it's one of the reasons why I'm so reluctant to implementing some kind of coreutils (beyond the obvious reason that it's huge work): it's a place that carries a lot of historical weight that overrides good practices and habits that were identified and standardized later.

kill is a prime example: kill -1 -1 is a valid command, and the former -1 doesn't mean the same thing as the latter.

😱

And it's like this every time. No wonder new implementations have so many CVEs. coreutils is full of pitfalls.

@nprofile1q... There is definitely an 80s sitcom to make about you two, the unlikely partners solving crimes and bringing emotional justice and fairness 😁

@navi even in 2000 when I learned about configuring a router I was like... why do people keep talking about packet filtering on unused ports? if a port is unused then by definition no service is running, so that's not what's dangerous, right?

Yeah. I wasn't thinking of random shit that listens on ports you don't know, because my naive ass thought that every self-respecting sysadmin actually knew what was running on their machine.

I still think that, I just think there really aren't many self-respecting sysadmins.

@Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: C'est clairement pour lutter contre la fraude, mais comme d'habitude ça emmerde les petits bien plus que les grands 😑

@nprofile1q... Obligatory reference

@Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: That's what diegetic music is. But it's all I have! There is no epic orchestra when I'm looking at the world from the top of a mountain. I want a refund.

@Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: What's your secret for having background music in real life? Mine is only diegetic.

@Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: y u no "Who would win?" meme