I was thrilled to learn about this, too. I wasn't aware of it even as a long-time Debian user.
However, trying the specific example that was listed in the article, I installed extrepo and enabled the mozilla repo. Unfortunately, firefox is not installable on trixie in it's current form because it depends on libasound2 and the trixie package is called libasound2t64. : (
In trixie, libasound2 exists as a virtual package (ie. libasound2t64 provides libasound2) so this ought not be a problem.
It should definitely work with an 'apt install firefox' from the cli - perhaps you're using a different package management frontend? If so, installing libasound2t64 first should force it to see the virtual package - but it might be worth filing a bug report as this really shouldn't require manual intervention...
As an outsider, the thing I've noticed is that it appears the only way to nearly guarantee tenure is to bring in money. The author mentions applying for grants, but does not mention getting any.
Not to say it's fair or anything, but it seems like this is the way it is at least at some institutions.
I started managing my dotfiles in git and followed the pattern I found in Anders Knudsen's repository below. The most painful thing has been coming up with config that works across Linux and MacOS, but that's been chosen pain that can easily be avoided.
This method, using a bare git repo, is really an elegant, efficient, and easy way to manage one's dotfiles.
In the end, how you do it is personal pref. I liken it to editor wars, vim vs emacs, etc. What works for me, may not work for you.
PS: these are my dotfiles (link is my repo), and I've used this method for some 5 plus yrs now and it works well for me. I really like how easy it is to spool up a new linux instance and have my config ready to go in mere seconds.
I've not used branches yet, for different OS'en, so my zshrc and bashrc have conditional checks for OS. I will be looking at using branches in the future since it does sound like it would make shell rc files cleaner.
Its a great way to stiffle innovation, though... Lots of ideas start out as dumb, and then get refined... We have also been using AI, meeting recordings, and summarization to some extent, but I dont see it being used "for all meetings", it will just be very counter productive IMO.
what happened to "sticks and stones..." ? it seems to me that we've gone from "being lynched randomly is harmful to people" into "someone being a moron calling slurs is harmful".
Imagine how terrible it will be for those who are so shielded in their safespace, the day they meet someone that actually is out to harm them.
Do you truly think someone needs some losers in a video game to toughen them up for losers in the real world? Do you think the groups of people who have slurs said to them don’t already experience it often in their real lives? Do you not think maybe they don’t want to deal with said losers during their recreational time?
The fees vary wildly, from reasonable to outrageous. Some cleaning fees I've seen are as much as $500. At the time I was looking, these were not shown by Airbnb until checkout. It was an awful experience.
The dream of a "car that just drives itself" works for everyone. It serves both goals of letting people such as yourself take your car (optionally paying attention), while also making sure that car doesn't run over pedestrians, cyclists, and the like.
