I thought I'd try a new setup in my latest @netbsd install and overlay writeable paths on a read-only root file system via mount_union(8), but in my first naïve attempt I'm running into unexpected permission issues (under /var in particular). This would seem like something not entirely useless or unusual, so I wonder if there is a recommended way to go about it.
What I like about good hard sci-fi is that it even challenges the very laws of physics as the absolute limits to what's imaginable, in dire contrast to a daily reality of the lowest of lowly aspirations grinding to a halt amid a suffocating runaway expansion of made-up constraints created by regressive forces and maintained by subservient drones with no imagination or humour
@rysiek @TheGibson I'd say much of IT resembles bureaucracy more than it resembles bridges.
another rant
Humanity's tried and tested way of dealing with anything that requires collective action is first to bury its head in the sand, then to find reason to argue and disagree, and finally, once things have become too acute and obvious to pretend otherwise, to talk at length about doing something, meanwhile doing little to nothing of positive consequence all along until (long after) left only with measures of last resort.
bureaucracy
oh i love to wait a few months for an appointment to submit a request in person that could have been a click on a website.
but not all is lost since you must make the appointment online (by typing out the long link printed in the letter you received by post).
you get to use a clunky IT system to dissuade those with disabilities or limited computer access or skills from applying.
*and* you get to enjoy the efficiency of a legendary paper-based bureaucracy.
the best of both worlds.
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