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Had I realized that before now I would have already changed to a new distro.

While I occasionally use Linux, really I'm a Mac Fanboi. User Interface is important to me.

I just posted this to facebook.

Yes: Facebook.

I'm trying to mine Monero on Linux, because my Linux box has an AMD graphics card. Monero must be mined on a GPU - "Graphics Processing Unit". But I'm still setting up the required software tools. That's because I'm using Linux, and the Linuxheads all seem to regard it as some manner of advantage that you can't just install anything, you have to install all manner of prerequisites first.

I finally managed to dig up the required repository sources. I'm going from 17.3 to 18 as I write this. That requires I download 1.6 GB of packages.

While I was able to build cmake myself, XMR Stak also requires g++ 5.

"The game's not over until everybody gets their cookies" -- Gallagher

I'm going to teAch you a new word: "Anorgasmia"

I didn't get my cookies

It worked at first to take only half my dose of Wellbutrin. But after two gentlemen devoted a total of an hour and a half to struggling valiantly to get me off I stopped taking it at all

For a few days I feared it was permanent. But I am happy to report that I finally got them

But there is a problem: I was taking Wellbutrin so I wouldn't sleep all day.

Today I slept all dAy.

"If you're going to change your medicine, tell your doctor " -- Dr. C

Florida governor Rick Scott's three-point plan requires gun buyers to be 21 and up

Scott's plan also includes prohibiting a person from having or buying a firearm if he or she is subject to an injunction for protection against stalking, cyberstalking or domestic violence.

Cyberstalking is serious business.

Kylie Jenner just wiped $1.7 billion off Snap’s market cap, and the worst isn’t over for the stock

In One Tweet, Kylie Jenner Wiped Out $1.3 Billion of Snap’s Market Value

Why Kylie Jenner May Be to Blame for Snap's Recent $1 Billion Loss in Value

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How do you feel when I mention all the beautiful women and men after me?

My reply:

I'm cool with it.

I am presently happy with the way my love life is progressing.

Lots of people date more than one other person. I never do. While some feel that non-monogamous dating is OK, I would never be able to deal with the complication. What if two different women fell in love with me? I would have a really hard time letting just one of them down.

You and I pursue different kinds of men. In all my days I have never wanted anything other than a completely anonymous hookup. Glory holes work well for that.

"my love life is progressing":

A certain woman was totally stoked when I gave her a rose. She wasn't around on Valentine's Day so I said "Happy day after Valentine's Day".

About a week before that, I folded an Origami Peace Crane part-way so it would fit in my shirt pocket. "Check this out," I said, then despite being completely overcome with terror I folded it the rest of the way, then demonstrated that tugging on its tail made its wings flap.

"It's said that if you fold a thousand of these, that world peace would result."

She was quite stoked about the peace crane too.

I expect that panicking while folding her peace crane conveyed the message that I'm into her.

Even if she hasn't realized that, at my first opportunity I plan to ask her to meet for coffee.

Coffee first dates work well for me.

But sometimes I am so fearful that I lose the ability to speak.

- from 17.1 to 18.3?

I'm finding this vital information damn near impossible to obtain. No own answered at superuser.com. Google yields no insight.

My objective is to install the latest cmake version so I can build the XMR Stak Monero mining software. Here's a wild guess for 18.2:

deb http://packages.linuxmint.com sonya main

I've gone through all the minor releases between 17 and 18.2, but /etc/issue says "Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa" is installed.

All that ever gets installed when I specify a newer distro's repository is a bunch of packages having to do with cinnamon. Nothing else gets installed.

I tried deb http://packages.linuxmint.com sonya main contrib non-free but apt-get dist-upgrade puked on my shoes.

Please tell me how to do this without using a GUI tool. Those tools do not work. I'm not the only one who says so.

This is about a 12nm "Zen+" chip coming out this year, not "Zen 2".

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Pinnacle Ridge Processor Single And Multi-Core Benchmarks Leak

The Ryzen 5 2600 is a 6-core/12-thread processor with a 3.4GHz base clock and 3.8GHz boost clock. It also has 3MB of L2 cache, 16MB of L3 cache, and a 65W TDP.

In Geekbench, the chip scored 4,269 in the single-thread testing and 20,102 in multi-threaded testing. Compared to the Ryzen 5 1600, which is a 6-core/12-thread processor clodcked at 3.2GHz to 3.6GHz with the same cache arrangement and TDP, the Ryzen 5 2600 is anywhere from 7-15 percent faster in single-threaded performance, and 22-31 percent faster in multi-threaded performance. The ranges in percentages take into account different scores in Geekbench's database.

Even if going by the low end numbers a 7 percent jump in single-threaded performance and 22 percent gain in multi-threaded work chores is a nice upgrade. Part of the difference is obviously attributable to faster clockspeeds, but performance optimizations underneath the hood also play a role. The gap could be even wider when Pinnacle Ridge ships too, as AMD and its partners will have had more time to polish up drivers.

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 spotted in Geekbench database

Previously:

AMD Expected to Release Ryzen CPUs on a 12nm Process in Q1 2018
AMD at CES 2018

So, my last entry was about Annie, a girl at my coffee shop that gave me her number. I also mentioned that she has a sister that works there too and that I /cannot/ for the life of me tell the two apart.

They are identical twins, so that makes me feel better. I didn't just want to be a white guy that can't tell Asians apart. (I feel vindicated!).

I was in there this weekend, and I tried to ask her sister what her name was. Turns out, this was Annie, the one that have me her phone number. Well fuck... Anyways, I chat her up, and find out her sister's name is Anna. Anna and Annie, identical twins.

They are Chinese, and these are their chosen western names. Their actual, Chinese, names are boy names because somehow it's lucky to their grandparents?

Bizarre... I think I would hate having a basically identical name to my identical twin.

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Summary:

I am often presented with an alert that says "This Mac can't connect to iCloud because of a problem with "mdcrawford@gmail.com". Open iCloud preferences to fix this problem."

There are two buttons: "Later" and "iCloud Preferences"

Clicking Later sometimes fails completely. The alert keeps reappearing.

I work around this by moving the alert so it is mostly off-screen. However I am unable to convince the alert that "No means No".

Steps to Reproduce:

Change your Apple ID password.

Use your Mac for a while. This mostly occurs when the Mac has been booted for at least a few days. However you can put your Mac to sleep then wake it the next day.

Expected Results:

The alert won't show itself anymore

Actual Results:

Less than one second passes between appearances of "can't connect to iCloud".

Version/Build:

macOS 10.12.5 16F73

Model Identifier Macmini7,1

Configuration:

Intel Core i5
8 GB memory

When I bought my mini Apple was advertising three configurations. I bought the $699 model.