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A quotation from Jack Vance

Any collocation of persons, no matter how numerous, how scant, how even their homogeneity, how firmly they profess common doctrine, will presently reveal themselves to consist of smaller groups espousing variant versions of the common creed; and these sub-groups will manifest sub-sub-groups, and so to the final limit of the single individual, and even in this single person conflicting tendencies will express themselves.

Jack Vance (1916-2013) American writer [John Holbrook Vance]
The Languages of Pao, ch. 5, epigraph (1958)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/vance-jack/76421/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jackvance #difference #fragmentation #division #difference #group #humannature #individuality #locality #nation #people #race #subgroup #tribe

There are so many different Linux distributions out there. This is awesome, I guess, as there is something for anybody out there.

Yet I wish, there would be less fragmentation. What could all those communities achieve, if they combine their efforts?

#linux #linuxdistribution #fragmentation #community #foss #collaboration

New on our blog!

On the Fragmentation of International Law and Global Health Law

#Fragmentation #InternationalHealthLaw #Pandemic #WHO

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/on-the-fragmentation-of-international-law-and-global-health-law/

I'm going to attempt to make the move again. I wonder if anyone here thinks there's more activity on Bluesky? This is a quiet place compared with Twitter! What I'd love is to have a level of debate and discussion on #ecologicalemergency and related topics #climate #biodiversity #polarisation #fragmentation #collapse and how to #mitigate

I have noticed a significant decrease in mindless #toodles in recent weeks.

What used to be daily occurrences, are now weekly.

Also, they no longer reek of #vigilanteJustice as they are more judicious, and seldom capricious 🫸 ✋ 🫷

Let's hope it stays that way! #Fragmentation is bad for the #Fediverse

Proceed by fragments. And never forget that no matter how big or “complete” what you’re working on is or is trying to be(come), it will always remain a fragment.

#philosophy #fragmentation

→ Quand fragmentation d’Internet rime avec profits
https://aoc.media/analyse/2025/02/27/quand-fragmentation-dinternet-rime-avec-profits/

« Toute une série d’exemples soulignent comment des acteurs du secteur privé, souvent en raison de leurs modèles #économiques, représentent de véritables défis pour l’unité de l’#Internet, en œuvrant à sa #fragmentation aussi bien au niveau des #infrastructures de l’Internet, que de sa couche #applicative. »

« La prise de conscience de ces #menaces qui pèsent sur l’unité d’Internet peut nous inciter à #agir. »

3/6

2️⃣ Ensure uniform implementation of the European electronic identity framework.

As we wait for full application of the #eIDAS 2.0 Regulation, clear guidance for Member States is needed to prevent #fragmentation and ensure true 🇪🇺 interoperability across the #EU.

⬆️ @dennyhenke

>> past time, to more specifically redefine my use of computing technology

Agree with your sentiment, but pick your battles unless you want to live like Amish people.

There is life beyond commodity hardware and OS OS. Apps that you need for your job might not be available. Gutted #netNeutrality dooms the open web.

Even federated #socialMedia is doomed to #fragmentation, thanks to cranky, antisocial denizens.

#Mastodon as a last refuge is also lossy ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/114049966856977653

RFC 9715: IP Fragmentation Avoidance in DNS over UDP

Les requêtes et réponses #DNS peuvent voyager sur divers transports, mais le plus fréquent est UDP. Une réponse de grande taille sur UDP peut dépasser la MTU et donc devoir être fragmentée. La #fragmentation crée divers problèmes et ce RFC décrit les problèmes, et comment éviter la fragmentation.

https://www.bortzmeyer.org/9715.html

Exactly that is true: #Fragmentation kills the EU!

Instead of levying #tariffs on #GAFAMs comitting #CapitalFlight and #TaxEvasion, the #EU decided to basically kill #domestic #competition with bs. like demanding that #AppStores have to pay #VAT / #GST / #SalesTax in the customers' nation.

That's why there's no #AndroidPit #AppCenter anymore!

And I do know that #Zensursula or the @EUCommission don't really give a wet fart about that, because they want a #SurveillanceState and #PoliceState and would rather choose to die from #LateStageCapitalism than accept the necessity for #SystemChangeNotClimateChange!

Thanks again to @dw_innovation / #DWnews for that video.

#EUpol #DEpol #USpol #Trump #Draghi #Letta #Putin #Xi #WorldPolitics #Economy #SingleMarket #Destiny #Europe

#Isolationism Won’t Make Anyone #Great Again

The #world will come together once it realizes #fragmentation makes everyone #poorer.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/07/trump-isolationism-globalization-china-competition-manufacturing-tariffs-migration/

#btrfs #fragmentation #allocation #filesystem #linux I’m having trouble understanding why these files are allocated like this. And no, this isn’t first nor last time this happens. Note, that these files have NOT been preallocated, NOR these files have been partially updated to cause segments of the file to be updated. Therefore I would assume that delayed allocation would make this file “mostly contiguous” on file system where there is plenty of free space. Note, the pattern repeats throughout the whole file, this is just a very small snippet. The file was written to the disk by Firefox during download from local server.

The primary question is why the file(s) have been written into A,B,A,B,A,B altering “area / location” pattern? - I would appreciate if anyone could give any meaningful answer / guess.

Maybe Firefox flushes files to the disk? - I proved this to be wrong already.

I’ll try to repeat this same test with Python, writing 64 Kibytes blocks at 100 MB/s for 2 gigabytes to see what happens.

Firefox file save from network:

6924:  5118950.. 5120965:   43563352..  43565367:   2016:   36311680: shared
6925:  5120966.. 5120997:   36311680..  36311711:     32:   43565368: shared
6926:  5120998.. 5125061:   43565368..  43569431:   4064:   36311712: shared
6927:  5125062.. 5125093:   36311712..  36311743:     32:   43569432: shared
6928:  5125094.. 5127109:   43569432..  43571447:   2016:   36311744: shared
6929:  5127110.. 5127141:   36311744..  36311775:     32:   43571448: shared
6930:  5127142.. 5138061:   43571448..  43582367:  10920:   36311776: shared
6931:  5138062.. 5138069:   36311776..  36311783:      8:   43582368: shared
6932:  5138070.. 5139389:   43582368..  43583687:   1320:   36311784: shared
6933:  5139390.. 5139413:   36311784..  36311807:     24:   43583688: shared
6934:  5139414.. 5141445:   43583688..  43585719:   2032:   36311808: shared
6935:  5141446.. 5141477:   36311808..  36311839:     32:   43585720: shared
6936:  5141478.. 5143493:   43585720..  43587735:   2016:   36311840: shared
6937:  5143494.. 5143525:   36311840..  36311871:     32:   43587736: shared
6938:  5143526.. 5145541:   43587736..  43589751:   2016:   36311872: shared
6939:  5145542.. 5145573:   36311872..  36311903:     32:   43589752: shared
6940:  5145574.. 5147589:   43589752..  43591767:   2016:   36311904: shared
6941:  5147590.. 5147613:   36311904..  36311927:     24:   43591768: shared
6942:  5147614.. 5148381:   43545016..  43545783:    768:   36311928: shared
6943:  5148382.. 5148389:   36311928..  36311935:      8:   43545784: shared

Python test program:

 642:   478736..  479807:   44152216..  44153287:   1072:   36317921:
 643:   479808..  479823:   36317921..  36317936:     16:   44153288:
 644:   479824..  480911:   44153288..  44154375:   1088:   36317937:
 645:   480912..  480927:   36317937..  36317952:     16:   44154376:
 646:   480928..  481999:   44154376..  44155447:   1072:   36317953:
 647:   482000..  482015:   36317953..  36317968:     16:   44155448:
 648:   482016..  484191:   44155448..  44157623:   2176:   36317969:
 649:   484192..  484207:   36317969..  36317984:     16:   44157624:
 650:   484208..  485295:   44157624..  44158711:   1088:   36317985:
 651:   485296..  485311:   36317985..  36318000:     16:   44158712:
 652:   485312..  486383:   44158712..  44159783:   1072:   36318001:
 653:   486384..  486399:   36318001..  36318016:     16:   44159784:
 654:   486400..  487487:   44159784..  44160871:   1088:   36318017:
 655:   487488..  487503:   36318017..  36318032:     16:   44160872:
 656:   487504..  488575:   44160872..  44161943:   1072:   36318033:
 657:   488576..  488591:   36318033..  36318048:     16:   44161944:
 658:   488592..  489679:   44161944..  44163031:   1088:   36318049:
 659:   489680..  489695:   36318049..  36318064:     16:   44163032:
 660:   489696..  490767:   44163032..  44164103:   1072:   36318065:
 661:   490768..  490783:   36318065..  36318080:     16:   44164104:
 662:   490784..  491871:   44164104..  44165191:   1088:   36318081:
 663:   491872..  491887:   36318081..  36318096:     16:   44165192:
 664:   491888..  492959:   44165192..  44166263:   1072:   36318097:
 665:   492960..  492975:   36318097..  36318112:     16:   44166264:

Most interesting. Answers please!