<jackdk>
suppose I wanted to get djgpp into nixpkgs. I've tried lying down and the idea won't go away. Where would I start?
<jackdk>
(as a cross-compiler)
<samueldr>
not sure, but if I were to look at it, I'd start to look at mingw and emscripten; mingw we have support I'm sure, emscripten I think
<samueldr>
(and I'd need knowledge about djgpp, but I assume you do :))
<jackdk>
ah yeah that's a good place to start digging
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<drakonis>
i'm making a nix for starters talk
<drakonis>
gonna be my first talk ever aaaaaa
<drakonis>
i have cold feet
<drakonis>
i need some advice on what to cover
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<colemickens>
isn't there a tool that is meant to help testing of PRs?
<colemickens>
I'm finding relevant stuff in here, much automated, that I'd be happy to test and report results for.
<ldlework>
drakonis: I wonder if the Nix Challenge is a good conceptual vector by which to introduce Nix
* colemickens
is curious about the r13y.com footnote... very curious
<drakonis>
ldlework: tell me about it
<drakonis>
rather, what is the nix challenge?
<ldlework>
drakonis: You start the talk by illustrating the frustrating typical experience with hard-drive failure of your daily workstation. Enumerate the real losses most people will incur if that were to happen right now. Quickly summarize how some people might mitigate this with dotfile management and backups. But we know that doesn't cover everything. Ask them to imagine what it would take to be able to
<ldlework>
perfectly replicate that failed workstation without imaging. And then build Nix up conceptually by explaining how the store and profiles work.
<ldlework>
drakonis: the nix challenge is where you purposefully dd your daily workstation, and then document yourself recovering from it, and the ease with which you did, because of your use of Nix
<ldlework>
typically one would only be willing to do that if they're sure they wont lose any state
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<drakonis>
ah alright
<drakonis>
neat but i don't think it would work out here
<drakonis>
i could try it once i have a laptop
<drakonis>
i need to get a laptop :|
<drakonis>
i'm going to get a dell xps at this point
<drakonis>
aaaaaaaaaaaaa wtf this is crazy expensive
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<drakonis>
*eyepop*
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<disasm>
and server is back up!
<disasm>
luckily only unrecoverable zfs dataset was /nix (which I didn't try super hard since I could rebuild that easily enough)
<clever>
disasm: was able to read all other datasets? or did it recover via `zfs destroy tank/nix` ? i can see `zfs send` being tricky if you cant make a snapshot...
<disasm>
clever: imported read only, was able to zfs send everything but zroot/nix which failed with I/O errors (tried twice) Didn't dig into it much further as a nixops deploy got it back where it needed to be with a fresh /nix :)
<clever>
ah, maybe `zfs send` just works on a raw dataset, since its read-only, and doesnt need a snapshot
<disasm>
yup, as long as it isn't mounted. That's how I backed up/restored my laptop that I sent back and had replaced
<clever>
ah
<clever>
i guess a snapshot/bookmark is only a hard-requirement if you want to support incremental sends
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<sphalerite>
hm, so can you send a dataset if it's mounted read-only?
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<disasm>
yeah
<sphalerite>
what will they come up with next!
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<lejonet>
It makes perfect sense, as what you want with sending a dataset is that it doesn't mutate while sending, causing you to not have atomic state, ro mounting ensures that in a way
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<emily>
on the subject of zfs, does anyone know how `zfs send`ing stuff from something with snapshots to something with them disabled work?
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<tilpner>
By "with them disabled", do you mean "compiled zfs without snapshot support"?
<tilpner>
Or "without auto-snapshotting"?
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<disasm>
lejonet: just to clarify, I'm not even sure if it works with a ro mounted volume. in this case I imported the pool ro (because it hung importing normally) and no volumes were mounted when I sent them.
<lejonet>
disasm: ah, okay, I misunderstod then :) if the dataset is mounted, you'd usually have to make a snapshot that you send instead, but it was a while since I did any ZFSing :P
<lejonet>
so thought that they maybe relaxed that if the dataset was mounted ro, then you could just send the dataset without taking a snapshot first
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<disasm>
lejonet: yeah, haven't tested that use case. Maybe it works, maybe not!
<__monty__>
They probably have no choice there though. I imagine thunderbolt's patent encumbered?
<samueldr>
intel provided it to the usb-if, they can do whatever they want with their patents, including granting usage to usb-if members I guess
<__monty__>
Hmm, didn't know intel was the principal on thunderbolt. Tied to apple in my head.
<mdash>
ahaha USB4 based on thunderbolt :-|
<mdash>
not too surprising I guess
<gchristensen>
good grief
<mdash>
"If USB is a single tire on fire, Thunderbolt is a small container of tires on fire. The phone number on the side is painted over and a lawyer has threatened you for looking at it too inquisitively"
<samueldr>
may I remind you: don't shoot the messenger?
* samueldr
ducks
<mdash>
samueldr: i'm not upset at you! in fact having the protocol documented is a big step forward
<samueldr>
:)
<samueldr>
it was a plural you
<mdash>
previously every thunderbolt device in existence was identical to an Intel reference design
<mdash>
because they didn't share any other specs with manufacturers
<samueldr>
yeah, there's that thing where *now* we might see it on non-intel hardware
<samueldr>
hoping other implementations adhere to some standard of security
<__monty__>
The standard where cables get periodical firmware updates?
<mdash>
__monty__: and may or may not broadcast your data over wifi, store it on flash, etc
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<ldlework>
Anyone got some sweet dropbox nix expressions maybe including mounting some authenticated folder or something?
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<infinisil>
I've written an email to a professor at my university, and I haven't gotten a reply in a week, is it okay to send another mail to remind them?
<gchristensen>
sure
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<infinisil>
I'm wondering if I should wait longer, they might be busy or something
<infinisil>
Eh it'll be fine
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<__monty__>
As long as you're polite about it it's fine.
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<infinisil>
Interesting problem: Proving to others that a number was chosen randomly and isn't some chosen value.
<__monty__>
Wouldn't providing a pair (a, oneway a) be enough? The second being the chosen random number? Since we postulate the function's hard to invert?
<infinisil>
Oh yeah you could totally have a trustworthy random number by saying it's the hash of the block mined an hour ago or so
<infinisil>
__monty__: One could just brute force through lots of a's to find an exploitable `oneway a`
<infinisil>
(unless I misunderstood what you meant)
<__monty__>
No, I think you get it. But how realistic is bruteforcing a 256 or more bit space?
<__monty__>
Or do you require things like being able to generate a die roll?
<__monty__>
And proving it was "rolled" with a fair die?
<samueldr>
maybe more "nothing up a sleeve" if the statement is somehow provably made at a moment in time, "the next block mined" or something like that? because maybe you could wait until a block is sleevy enough?
<gchristensen>
depends if your adversary is the NSA, and also the NSA provided the number
<infinisil>
__monty__: bruteforcing 256 bit isn't very practical if you need to find a single number, but it could be that many more numbers allow exploits
<infinisil>
E.g. an exploit is possible if the number is dividable through 1056432
<infinisil>
samueldr: Yeah that's what I'm thinking too
<infinisil>
Wait, blockchains aren't useless???
<samueldr>
they're not useless, but maybe we need to use less?
<infinisil>
I now think there's these three valid uses for a blockchain: currency (bitcoin), name reservations (namecoin), proving that a number was chosen randomly
<samueldr>
how about heating?
<gchristensen>
how about funding R&D in to haskell and PLT?
<__monty__>
I'm still hopeful blockchains will allow us to execute all notaries : >
<gchristensen>
well if that is when my time comes, that is when my time comes
<__monty__>
You're a notary? May be different in the US though. They're overpriced nepotist sons of bitches over here.
<andi->
At the current state I rather pay someone (lots) of money for attestating something then betting on some hyped language embedded in a hyped technology...
<gchristensen>
pretty much anyone can be a notary: take a class, pay a fee, buy a seal.
<__monty__>
There's a limit to how many notaries there can be here and in practice the title is transferred from father to son here more often than not.
<gchristensen>
ah, so a bit protectionist then
<__monty__>
s/bit/bit much : >
<gchristensen>
:)
<gchristensen>
where is here?
<__monty__>
Belgium.
<andi->
Here (germany) it seems like only lawyers can become a notary.
<__monty__>
That might be the case here too.
* disasm
starts sending all his documents requiring a notary to gchristensen
<gchristensen>
oh dear
<__monty__>
Nixpkgs notarize when?
<andi->
just append your documents to nixpkgs git objects..
<gchristensen>
lol
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<gchristensen>
a fun thing to do is use genisoimage to smuggle data in to a VM without installing something like smb
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<Moredread[m]>
samueldr: I was thinking about spaceheaters that use cryptomining hardware to offset their cost. That's the only way it makes atleast a bit of environmental sense to have proof of work blockchains