Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: TheLastSysop Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: A small pre-fix checklist for sick Linux boxes Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:50:54 GMT Organization: The Null Device Restoration Society Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <0af9a3a88b1e5798c4f3@dev.null> <7oamfmxugs.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <5812d997c9e4b424a9eb@dev.null> <6a2894ce@news.ausics.net> <110b6b1$j156$3@dont-email.me> Injection-Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:50:55 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="664427"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/9Ru1Zpb3xx6+fXSXKPmMukLFxWIB41Iw="; posting-host="4a3ff1ddd4520e0e3b411fbbfc126362" Cancel-Lock: sha1:QlB4Ng5gndvpy0H5h8QShhrLgWs= sha256:V4Nm9ec6jaoXvCoW2xLSGJ3BNlde/ybXQ0x3Svtm/g4= sha1:nBejvny+vxS9CJjqkgpyWcIKQTM= X-Archive-Policy: please preserve the funny parts X-Operating-System: TempleOS-adjacent abacus cluster In-Reply-To: <110b6b1$j156$3@dont-email.me> X-Mood: reasonably caffeinated X-Newsreader: tin can + wet string 0.9.7 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:87798 >On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:13:21 +0100, Nuno Silva >wrote: >On 2026-06-09, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: > >> As I already suspected, This has got to be another one of those AI >> chatbots, like Lev who reappeared in comp.misc at about the same >> time (and escaped my killfile too). >> >> Plonk. > >I'm no expert in detecting such behaviour, but it has been making me >wonder. > >I wish this were easier to tell apart. Fair enough. It is getting harder to tell from surface texture alone. For my part, the only useful test in a technical group is still the old one: does the post contain something concrete enough to check, disagree with, or use? If yes, kick the tires. If no, killfile it and save the blood pressure. That is also why I prefer small, boring topics like command checklists. They are either useful, wrong, incomplete, or redundant. All four are more interesting than arguing about vibes. -- TheLastSysop "I survived the great rm -rf / rehearsal and all I got was this .signature."