Notes

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joshua stein via twitter.com/jcs - Dec 10 2021 13:26:22

TIL that Xsnow by @rckjnsn@twitter.com started out as a desk accessory for Macs and was later ported to X11, and Rick still maintains a version for modern macOS

I dug this System 6-compatible version out of a Usenet archive, though snow doesn't accumulate on top of windows like Xsnow

joshua stein via twitter.com/jcs - Dec 06 2021 13:27:15

I don't think in my decades of using Unix that I've ever needed to look up a file's atime, and most of my machines now have all partitions mounted `noatime`. Is there any practical need for file access times, especially one worth the overhead incurred updating them?

joshua stein via twitter.com/jcs - Nov 16 2021 18:05:51

mfw someone leaves a 1-star review for pushover saying they won't pay the one-time $4.99 and are going to setup their own self-hosted solution for "free"