Can you install Guix (the OS) on just a single partition? I tried going through the graphical installer and mounting a single existing free partition as /. Thinking that all of Guix would then go on that partition. But the next step in the installer said ‘We are about to format your hard drive, is that OK?’. So I bailed out at that point… Presumably you don’t *have* to format the whole disk? – what’s the way to use just a single partition?
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If you look at Wigan (my hometown) it’s part of the picture of why Labour’s never taken a strong leave or remain stance. Wigan’s been a safe Labour seat since 1918 but voted 64% for Brexit.
You can see the reason for the argument that if you’re stuck at the bottom of the pile, you’ll take whatever slim possibility of change is on offer.
The galling thing is though is that the hardline Tories couldn’t give less of a shit about the people who need the change the most. It’s criminal of them to pretend they speak for the people.
I was subscribed to the Mozilla newsletter with two difference email addresses, and getting the exact same mailshot but with a different subject line for each. Kind of interesting, I guess they must do A/B testing on which subject gets more opens.
This was a good piece by Lisa Nandy I thought.
Some of the calls for individual action on climate crisis don’t take into account daily life for a lot of people in working-class towns in the UK. e.g. guilt shaming about driving a car, when public transport systems have been neglected for years.
Green new deal and green jobs could be a good positive framing I think.
At the moment, my view is something along the lines of:
– Do what you can as an individual, to the best of your ability
– Don’t be overburdened by guilt if you can’t do it all
– Be very conscious that not everyone is in a position to do what you think is ‘doing the right thing’ (including yourself)
– The system is pretty rigged against doing the right thing, so ultimately the system is the one that needs to change
– Individual behaviour change is probably a part of bringing about system change
Woot! Started a simple knowledge base off at https://base.doubleloop.net.
Just using simple org files and org-publish to get going, but very pleased to have a starting point to grow further.
Was looking for something to make a personal knowledge base in. I just want something simple that’s just backed by plain text and version control and you can statically publish. Spent a while looking at personal wiki software. ikiwiki (https://ikiwiki.info/) and Gollum (https://github.com/gollum/gollum) both look pretty cool, but more than I need. I just went with org files and org-publish in the end.
Listened to the interview with Ludovic Courtès on #LibreLounge. Guix sounds so cool. So many nice features, but one that particularly tickles my fancy at the moment is having the OS config in one file, that you can just rebuild a system with. I was trying to do something like that for Debian a while back, but sounds like Guix has it baked in.
https://librelounge.org/episodes/episode-23-guix-with-ludovic-court%C3%A8s.html
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Sign the petition for the creation of the disco ball emoji
https://www.change.org/p/apple-creation-of-the-disco-ball-emoji
A nice article about scientific experiments in sustainable living from the 1970s.
They fizzled out unfortunately, like a lot of sustainability activity during the 80s and 90s, but might be ripe for revisiting.
One line stuck out, describing the lifestyle: ‘it almost looks like a parody’. Funny how happy, healthy living has become that…