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Dont Ever Listen To Those Who Claim "Voting is Pointless" in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net -1 points 3 weeks ago

That's not an actual argument I've ever heard and I'm an anarchist myself, it usually goes more like:

Voting is a waste of time especially the more disenfranchised you are, mutual aid lasts longer and does more for people around you in the short term, in the long term you can build community get organized, and bargain for more than what simply voting can get you.

Personally that's not a bad argument, see I'm living in Israel and my town's going through gentrification, and the state I'm living under is fascist and the fascism is so normalized, not because of people like me refusing to vote, but because of liberals who were never so different from the fascists, constantly giving them ground, always bargaining for the bare minimum.

The only people actually getting anything done that is remotely positive are activists, like the people protesting to stop the genocide, and getting involved physically with sabotaging fascist efforts to stop humanitarian aid from getting into gaza.

Or at least that's how it was months ago, i haven't found it in me to listen to the news on quite a while, so what do i know.

Disk writes cause other applications to hang in c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world

[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Actually when my system does slow down when i multitask too hard, it doesn't hang (given there is no write IO), and even running a simple application would hang if i have write IO in the background.

I understand if that's a hard one to solve, I've been facing this for months and been trying to research on it and coming up with nothing. Thank you, still.

Disk writes cause other applications to hang in c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world

[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 weeks ago

Small problem with that line of thinking, though it is understandable, multitasking is smooth, unless there is a write IO operation, and the same is true for just running a single tab firefox or LyX (latex editor), so it's probably not ram usage.

For this reason i disabled anything that might do writes in the background except for timeshift, and i saw massive improvements in responsiveness.

Thanks for your input, still.

I have a suspicion my machine might be waiting when it has write IO operations, because it doesn't heat up or make any noise, I've been looking for a way to make a fake io operation or something like that, to confirm this.

Disk writes cause other applications to hang in c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world

[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 weeks ago

Update: ran e4defrag check, said no defragmentation necessary, all scores were low.

Disk writes cause other applications to hang in c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world

[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

I was told this laptop is about 10 years old, and I've got it from someone who is 23 years old, so i don't doubt what i was told about it.

So it should be very suspicious that it is that slow, and also, i can usually multitask pretty well with it, so it is very surprising that it hangs like that.

I really hope i get help troubleshooting this because i have a feeling it shouldn't be this bad.

I should probably check defragging options on linux regardless, thank you for the time you took answering this :)

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Disk writes cause other applications to hang (slrpnk.net)

submitted 4 weeks ago by BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net to c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world

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I've set up an old laptop with Linux mint some months ago, and while the laptop's speed is fine when there are no disk write, even a very small write can cause other applications to hang until it is done, and i can also tell because i have an IO led so whenever it is on i know that i can't really interact with stuff whenever it's on.

SMART status doesn't seem to report anything, (tested some weeks ago, but issue was always present), but i'm willing to test again and show screenshots.

I'll show some maybe relevant information, note that my Linux fs is mounted on sda7.

some forums online suggested looking at /etc/fstab:

/etc/fstab

# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda7 during installation
UUID=fad802b2-f40c-4a8d-93de-128447fc6cd1 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=9A65-70AD  /boot/efi       vfat    umask=0077      0       1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=401c4f54-6932-4987-a9e2-9855a88ce52f none            swap    sw              0       0

the following is an output of sudo hdparm -i /dev/sda7:

sudo hdparm -i /dev/sda7

/dev/sda7:

 Model=WDC WD5000LPCX-60VHAT0, FwRev=01.01A01, SerialNo=WD-WX41AA7PDTLZ
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq }
 RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0
 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=16384kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
 (maybe): CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=976773168
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio3 pio4 
 DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 
 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 
 AdvancedPM=yes: unknown setting WriteCache=enabled
 Drive conforms to: unknown:  ATA/ATAPI-1,2,3,4,5,6,7

 * signifies the current active mode

here is my system information:

system info

System:
  Kernel: 6.8.0-57-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E5450 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: N/A serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 062B uuid: <superuser required>
    UEFI: Dell v: A13 date: 05/17/2016
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 27.0 Wh (100.0%) condition: 27.0/51.7 Wh (52.2%) volts: 8.6 min: 7.6
    model: Samsung SDI DELL 7FR5JD9 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-5300U bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Broadwell
    rev: 4 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2694 min/max: 500/2900 cores: 1: 2694 2: 2694 3: 2694 4: 2694 bogomips: 18357
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-8 ports:
    active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1616 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Sunplus Innovation Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-1.6:4 chip-ID: 1bcf:2b8d class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99") s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1490 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 112
    size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9") modes: 1366x768
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris device: 1 drv: swrast gbm:
    drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.2.8-1ubuntu1~24.04.1 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2) device-ID: 8086:1616
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0
    chip-ID: 8086:160c class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9ca0 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-57-generic status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I218-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel port: f080 bus-ID: 00:19.0
    chip-ID: 8086:15a2 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:095a class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-1.3:3 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 43 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
    hardware: no software: yes address: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 81.99 GiB (17.6%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000LPCX-60VHAT0 size: 465.76 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 230.08 GiB used: 81.31 GiB (35.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB used: 31.6 MiB (32.9%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 9.31 GiB used: 657.6 MiB (6.9%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda6
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 8087:8001 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1.3:3 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: bluetooth driver: btusb
    interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
  Device-2: 1-1.6:4 info: Sunplus Innovation Integrated_Webcam_HD type: video driver: uvcvideo
    interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 1bcf:2b8d class-ID: 0e02
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 11 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-2:2 info: MOSART Semi. 2.4G Wireless Mouse type: mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 3938:1031 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0 C mobo: 39.0 C sodimm: SODIMM C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0
Repos:
  Packages: 2350 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2341 pm: flatpak pkgs: 9
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com xia main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/select-editor.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] https: //packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
Info:
  Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.63 GiB used: 2.8 GiB (36.7%)
  Processes: 248 Power: uptime: 16d 21h 10m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep wakeups: 40
    hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  Compilers: clang: 18.1.3 gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 inxi: 3.3.34

If there is anything else that is relevant, I'd like to know, and thanks for any help.

Marjorie Taylor Greene says 'evil being defeated' after Pope Francis death in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 month ago

She wouldn't care, most likely, you know who will care though? Women and trans women, some of which have already heard similar things hurled at them as insults.

Don't try to use transphobia "for good" it won't work and only harm the people around you.

Rust GUI survey 2025 in c/rust@programming.dev

[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

I really hope iced.rs gets better on accessibility, because i really enjoyed trying it :)

You cannot learn without failing. in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

Saved your comment, hopefully won't take too long before i find time to read that book :)

You cannot learn without failing. in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

I really don't like this "no true scotsman" flavored meme, the profit incentive destroys valuable research by limiting resources to replications of past experiments (as soon as something is profitable, you must not disprove it for a fear of retaliation from companies promoting said something), this is systemic, not an individual level problem, get rid of "bad scientists" and more will be propped up.

I do like the sentiment of the meme though, more more replication is needed.

You cannot learn without failing. in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Would you recommend the book?

Python Performance: Why 'if not list' is 2x Faster Than Using len() in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

Not really, generators have weird truthiness, i don't remember if they evaluate to true or false, but they cannot be checked for emptiness so they default to either always true or always false.

How the Brain Works in c/dataisbeautiful@mander.xyz

[–] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago

for a sec i thought i was in a "data is a warcrime" community

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New to linux, would like some help setting up dual boot. (slrpnk.net)

submitted 6 months ago by BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Got an old laptop from a friend I'd like to rejuvenate, the plan is to set up a light distro so it wouldn't be as slow as it is right now with windows 10.

Now, I'm aware windows updates can fuck up a dual boot system, so i have a few questions about how to minimize the threat of that happening.

What i think of doing is running a few scans to check the disk, then setting up Linux Mint, because it is beginner friendly, and (relatively) light weight.

What I'd need help with is trusted guides and also tips for setting up dual booting, I'm sure I'll need to do disk partitioning and I've done that before but I'd still want to make sure I'm doing it correctly.

Any help would be welcome.

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How to deal with a partner's chronic pain (slrpnk.net)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net to c/relationship_advice@lemmy.world

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Been in a relationship for a year, since early in the relationship my partner has been suffering with chronic back pain. This pain is almost always present, this causes breakdowns multiple times a week, especially on weekends.

I've been having a hard time helping her manage her pain and being there for her, it reoccures so much that I'm starting to feel myself becoming apathetic towards her, and sometimes outright cold.

I haven't really been getting a chance to rest from being emotionally available, or even socially available (even though life circumstance already caused me to basically halt all social life). And i haven't really had a weekend this past months that i could use to rest instead of being on call and hearing her cry most of the day.

I feel like I'm pouring from an empty cup and that I don't have any other choice, otherwise I'd be leaving her to deal with it herself.

It feels like it's going to be the end of our relationship, any advice?

p.s. we're a man-woman relationship, young adults, both of us not really experienced in relationships, if that's any help.

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Any code editor support for Python 3.12 new type syntax yet (PEP 695)? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 year ago by BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net to c/python@programming.dev

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Been 2 months since the update but I don't see any news about code editor support for the new syntax.

This kind of makes sense, i don't expect code editor support to pop up so fast, but i was at least hoping to hear some news about it.

The PEP in question: PEP 695