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Linux is giving you all severe brain damage.

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<snip> wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

<snip>

Troll harder.
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On 2026-03-08 7:42 a.m., Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

<snip> wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

<snip>

Troll harder.

Get help, Chris.
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At Sun, 8 Mar 2026 07:42:14 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom <[email protected]> wrote:

<snip> wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

<snip>

Troll harder.

Had to check your References: to see who you were talking about.

I don't see their posts -- one of the first new features I added
to this newsreader was a killfile:

Don't read Usenet without one!(tm)
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On 2026-03-08 10:25 a.m., vallor wrote:

At Sun, 8 Mar 2026 07:42:14 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom <[email protected]> wrote:

<snip> wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

<snip>

Troll harder.

Had to check your References: to see who you were talking about.

I don't see their posts -- one of the first new features I added
to this newsreader was a killfile:

Don't read Usenet without one!(tm)

It's clear that Chris was referring to me. Frankly, I don't care. I
expected that the moment I pointed out that a program available in Linux
is broken, the response was going to be denial and demonization of the
person who suffered through it.

The fact remains that:

1) MakeMKV since 1.17.8 is broken in Linux.
2) It is broken in every distribution and regardless of whether you use Flatpak, Snap or even the distribution version.
3) Handbrake can't rip a DVD without causing the subtitles to be out of
sync.
4) Faced with _any_ problem, even if it is reported on a variety of
forums such as those of Arch and Linux Mint, Linux users will attack
whoever reveals its existence.

DFS isn't the villain for making fun of the operating system anymore.
His delivery might be rude, but he's right. Linux just can't succeed if
things remain as broken as they constantly are.
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At Sun, 8 Mar 2026 10:37:43 -0400, CrudeSausage <[email protected]> wrote:

On 2026-03-08 10:25 a.m., vallor wrote:

At Sun, 8 Mar 2026 07:42:14 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
<[email protected]> wrote:

<snip> wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

<snip>

Troll harder.

Had to check your References: to see who you were talking about.

I don't see their posts -- one of the first new features I added
to this newsreader was a killfile:

Don't read Usenet without one!(tm)

It's clear that Chris was referring to me. Frankly, I don't care. I
expected that the moment I pointed out that a program available in
Linux is broken, the response was going to be denial and demonization
of the person who suffered through it.

The fact remains that:

1) MakeMKV since 1.17.8 is broken in Linux. 2) It is broken in every distribution and regardless of whether you use Flatpak, Snap or even
the distribution version. 3) Handbrake can't rip a DVD without
causing the subtitles to be out of sync. 4) Faced with _any_ problem,
even if it is reported on a variety of forums such as those of Arch
and Linux Mint, Linux users will attack whoever reveals its
existence.

DFS isn't the villain for making fun of the operating system anymore.
His delivery might be rude, but he's right. Linux just can't succeed
if things remain as broken as they constantly are.

1) It ain't broke for me.

2) He wasn't referring to you, but to the "bill troll" that
has been making his rounds.
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On 3/8/2026 10:25 AM, vallor wrote:

I don't see their posts -- one of the first new features I added
to this newsreader was a killfile:

Don't read Usenet without one!(tm)

User-Agent: Newscamel/0.3.5.87 (Healdsburg;Linux 7.0.0-rc2)


Is this your partly-AI-generated (boo!), homegrown newsreader? Does it
have a face?


I wrote partial agents from scratch in:

1) PyQt (download, store messages, read with color-coding and reply)

2) Python (download N at a time, read with color-coding, but no store
and no reply).
The feature set and functionality of Thunderbird/Betterbird is just
about perfect for my usage (it was initially built as a near-clone of MS Outlook Express).


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On 2026-03-08 10:40 a.m., vallor wrote:

At Sun, 8 Mar 2026 10:37:43 -0400, CrudeSausage <[email protected]> wrote:

On 2026-03-08 10:25 a.m., vallor wrote:

At Sun, 8 Mar 2026 07:42:14 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
<[email protected]> wrote:

<snip> wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

<snip>

Troll harder.

Had to check your References: to see who you were talking about.

I don't see their posts -- one of the first new features I added
to this newsreader was a killfile:

Don't read Usenet without one!(tm)

It's clear that Chris was referring to me. Frankly, I don't care. I
expected that the moment I pointed out that a program available in
Linux is broken, the response was going to be denial and demonization
of the person who suffered through it.

The fact remains that:

1) MakeMKV since 1.17.8 is broken in Linux. 2) It is broken in every
distribution and regardless of whether you use Flatpak, Snap or even
the distribution version. 3) Handbrake can't rip a DVD without
causing the subtitles to be out of sync. 4) Faced with _any_ problem,
even if it is reported on a variety of forums such as those of Arch
and Linux Mint, Linux users will attack whoever reveals its
existence.

DFS isn't the villain for making fun of the operating system anymore.
His delivery might be rude, but he's right. Linux just can't succeed
if things remain as broken as they constantly are.

1) It ain't broke for me.

Liar. Put in a disc and see if it actually bothers to read.

2) He wasn't referring to you, but to the "bill troll" that
has been making his rounds.

Fine.

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At Sun, 8 Mar 2026 11:07:38 -0400, DFS <[email protected]> wrote:

On 3/8/2026 10:25 AM, vallor wrote:

I don't see their posts -- one of the first new features I added
to this newsreader was a killfile:

Don't read Usenet without one!(tm)

User-Agent: Newscamel/0.3.5.87 (Healdsburg;Linux 7.0.0-rc2)

Is this your partly-AI-generated (boo!), homegrown newsreader? Does
it have a face?

I posted some screenshots to eternal-september.test. Here's a new one:

https://i.imgur.com/TnkUqmh.png

Yes, it is "vibe-coded", though I've reviewed what ended up in the program.
I would have released a beta by now, except I haven't got the newsgroup subscription
picker thingy to work right yet. I also need to go through it and remove dead code.

I wrote partial agents from scratch in:

1) PyQt (download, store messages, read with color-coding and reply)

2) Python (download N at a time, read with color-coding, but no store
and no reply).
The feature set and functionality of Thunderbird/Betterbird is just
about perfect for my usage (it was initially built as a near-clone of
MS Outlook Express).

I basically made mine look a lot like Pan, so it's familiar. I still think
Pan works better though, in how it consolodates multiple news servers into
a single view.
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On 3/8/2026 2:46 PM, vallor wrote:

At Sun, 8 Mar 2026 11:07:38 -0400, DFS <[email protected]> wrote:

On 3/8/2026 10:25 AM, vallor wrote:

I don't see their posts -- one of the first new features I added
to this newsreader was a killfile:

Don't read Usenet without one!(tm)

User-Agent: Newscamel/0.3.5.87 (Healdsburg;Linux 7.0.0-rc2)


Is this your partly-AI-generated (boo!), homegrown newsreader? Does
it have a face?

I posted some screenshots to eternal-september.test. Here's a new one:

https://i.imgur.com/TnkUqmh.png

Looks good. How much time have you spent on it?

Yes, it is "vibe-coded", though I've reviewed what ended up in the program.
I would have released a beta by now, except I haven't got the newsgroup subscription
picker thingy to work right yet. I also need to go through it and remove dead code.

All .tcl/tk?

I wrote partial agents from scratch in:

1) PyQt (download, store messages, read with color-coding and reply)

2) Python (download N at a time, read with color-coding, but no store
and no reply).
The feature set and functionality of Thunderbird/Betterbird is just
about perfect for my usage (it was initially built as a near-clone of
MS Outlook Express).

I basically made mine look a lot like Pan, so it's familiar. I still think Pan works better though, in how it consolodates multiple news servers into
a single view.

I spent about a month off and on hand-coding this PyQt (python code) reader:

https://imgur.com/a/tiE9gg4

With a few more features (store Sent and Drafts mainly) I could actually
use it to replace Thunderbird.

See the Search and Subscription panels on the left? In no time you can
find and subscribe to any group, and download N posts in a flash. That
part works great. Finding cola, subscribing and downloading 1000 posts
took about 5-8 seconds total.

The threaded view is a little wonky, but you can switch back and forth
between threaded and non-threaded very quickly.

It also has a sophisticated filtering system. And in the bottom you can
see the Search options - they're applied in a flash, since the backend
is a simple SQLite database.

https://imgur.com/a/4gPtNTM

Thunderbird uses a SQLite backend as well, but it's slow.

One thing I haven't tackled is how to resize this app, the way you can Thunderbird or other apps.


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At Sun, 8 Mar 2026 15:46:07 -0400, DFS <[email protected]> wrote:

On 3/8/2026 2:46 PM, vallor wrote:

At Sun, 8 Mar 2026 11:07:38 -0400, DFS <[email protected]> wrote:

On 3/8/2026 10:25 AM, vallor wrote:

I don't see their posts -- one of the first new features I added
to this newsreader was a killfile:

Don't read Usenet without one!(tm)

User-Agent: Newscamel/0.3.5.87 (Healdsburg;Linux 7.0.0-rc2)


Is this your partly-AI-generated (boo!), homegrown newsreader?
Does it have a face?

I posted some screenshots to eternal-september.test. Here's a new
one:

https://i.imgur.com/TnkUqmh.png

Looks good. How much time have you spent on it?

Had it running in a couple of hours, and it was 99% feature
complete in a week (but is still missing some features that
I'd like to add).

Yes, it is "vibe-coded", though I've reviewed what ended up in the
program. I would have released a beta by now, except I haven't got
the newsgroup subscription picker thingy to work right yet. I also
need to go through it and remove dead code.

All .tcl/tk?

perl/tk

I wrote partial agents from scratch in:

1) PyQt (download, store messages, read with color-coding and
reply)

2) Python (download N at a time, read with color-coding, but no
store
and no reply).
The feature set and functionality of Thunderbird/Betterbird is
just about perfect for my usage (it was initially built as a
near-clone of MS Outlook Express).

I basically made mine look a lot like Pan, so it's familiar. I
still think Pan works better though, in how it consolodates
multiple news servers into a single view.

I spent about a month off and on hand-coding this PyQt (python code)
reader:

https://imgur.com/a/tiE9gg4

With a few more features (store Sent and Drafts mainly) I could
actually use it to replace Thunderbird.

See the Search and Subscription panels on the left? In no time you
can find and subscribe to any group, and download N posts in a flash.
That part works great. Finding cola, subscribing and downloading
1000 posts took about 5-8 seconds total.

The threaded view is a little wonky, but you can switch back and forth between threaded and non-threaded very quickly.

It also has a sophisticated filtering system. And in the bottom you
can see the Search options - they're applied in a flash, since the
backend is a simple SQLite database.

https://imgur.com/a/4gPtNTM

Thunderbird uses a SQLite backend as well, but it's slow.

One thing I haven't tackled is how to resize this app, the way you can Thunderbird or other apps.

I spent a few hours getting the thing to recognize
and save geometries, so that it starts back up at the same location,
same size, and with the same split between the overview pane
and the article pane.
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On Sun, 08 Mar 2026 18:46:16 +0000, vallor wrote:

Yes, it is "vibe-coded", though I've reviewed what ended up in the program.
I would have released a beta by now, except I haven't got the newsgroup subscription
picker thingy to work right yet. I also need to go through it and remove dead code.

A REAL MAN does not use makeup, shoulder pads, hair dye, or anything else
that will augment his inborn physical attributes. That has been taboo since the dawn of humankind.

By using "vibe coding" you have violated this supreme dictum. You are
are not a REAL MAN, and you will be forever shunned by all REAL MEN.

AI is a money grab being pushed by grubbing companies.

But to so casually emasculate yourself is totally inexcusable and
I hope you suffer the revenge of the masculine gods.
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On 3/8/2026 5:28 PM, Farley Flud wrote:

On Sun, 08 Mar 2026 18:46:16 +0000, vallor wrote:

Yes, it is "vibe-coded", though I've reviewed what ended up in the program. >> I would have released a beta by now, except I haven't got the newsgroup subscription
picker thingy to work right yet. I also need to go through it and remove dead code.

A REAL MAN does not use makeup, shoulder pads, hair dye, or anything else that will augment his inborn physical attributes. That has been taboo since the dawn of humankind.

By using "vibe coding" you have violated this supreme dictum. You are
are not a REAL MAN, and you will be forever shunned by all REAL MEN.

AI is a money grab being pushed by grubbing companies.

But to so casually emasculate yourself is totally inexcusable and
I hope you suffer the revenge of the masculine gods.

Maybe we're all AI. I should see you with compassion, really.
--
Joel W. Crump
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On 3/8/2026 5:48 PM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

On 3/8/2026 5:28 PM, Farley Flud wrote:

On Sun, 08 Mar 2026 18:46:16 +0000, vallor wrote:

Yes, it is "vibe-coded", though I've reviewed what ended up in the
program.
I would have released a beta by now, except I haven't got the
newsgroup subscription
picker thingy to work right yet.  I also need to go through it and
remove dead code.

A REAL MAN does not use makeup, shoulder pads, hair dye, or anything else
that will augment his inborn physical attributes.  That has been taboo
since
the dawn of humankind.

By using "vibe coding" you have violated this supreme dictum.  You are
are not a REAL MAN, and you will be forever shunned by all REAL MEN.

AI is a money grab being pushed by grubbing companies.

But to so casually emasculate yourself is totally inexcusable and
I hope you suffer the revenge of the masculine gods.

Maybe we're all AI.  I should see you with compassion, really.

Joel-if Jesus was real, would you sniff & lick him
between the butt cheeks, even if it smelled?
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On Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:26:23 +0000, vallor wrote:

I spent a few hours getting the thing to recognize and save geometries,
so that it starts back up at the same location,
same size, and with the same split between the overview pane and the
article pane.

X11?
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At 8 Mar 2026 23:55:05 GMT, rbowman <[email protected]> wrote:

On Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:26:23 +0000, vallor wrote:

I spent a few hours getting the thing to recognize and save geometries,
so that it starts back up at the same location,
same size, and with the same split between the overview pane and the article pane.

X11?

Of course -- I don't think you can do that with Wayland.

It's all calls to tk thought, I'm not delving into the X11
protocol itself or Xlib or anything.
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At Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:28:19 +0000, Farley Flud <[email protected]>
wrote:

A REAL MAN does not use

Yeah yeah, might as well add SSD's, NVME drives, and cases.

Aren't you the guy that can't configure Apache? My own
counsel will I keep about LLM's.

Luddite.
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On Mon, 09 Mar 2026 03:26:57 +0000, vallor wrote:

Aren't you the guy that can't configure Apache? My own counsel will I
keep about LLM's.

I can't criticize him for that. The only thing worse than Apache is IIS.
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On Mon, 09 Mar 2026 03:23:22 +0000, vallor wrote:

At 8 Mar 2026 23:55:05 GMT, rbowman <[email protected]> wrote:

On Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:26:23 +0000, vallor wrote:

I spent a few hours getting the thing to recognize and save
geometries,
so that it starts back up at the same location,
same size, and with the same split between the overview pane and the
article pane.

X11?

Of course -- I don't think you can do that with Wayland.

It's all calls to tk thought, I'm not delving into the X11 protocol
itself or Xlib or anything.

I don't think so. With Motif we would save the location and size in the
user's data but that required having access to the absolute coordinates. That's the sort of knowledge Wayland tries to prevent. You can get the
size of your own stuff but not the position on the screen(s).

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On Mon, 09 Mar 2026 03:26:57 +0000, vallor wrote:

Luddite.

Presumably you wanted to write you own newsreader as an avocational
project (i.e. hobby). Presumably, like all hobbyists, you wanted to
be proud of the final result as a showcase for your talents.

But you cheated. You essentially employed a ghostwriter and simply
tacked your name on the finished product.

Now you have nothing of which to be proud. You have only shame.

It doesn't matter how trivial or useless something may be, it is
the act of creation that is the true measure of accomplishment.

How would it be if someone who claims to have climbed Mt. Everest
was actually carried to the summit on a litter by Sherpas?

AI(LLM) is a band of Sherpas with litters.
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At Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:57:49 +0000, Farley Flud <[email protected]> wrote:

On Mon, 09 Mar 2026 03:26:57 +0000, vallor wrote:

Luddite.

But you cheated. [(!!!!)]

LOL. Evidence that you've never collaborated with anyone
(or anything) in your entire life.
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On 3/9/2026 8:57 AM, Fraudulent Farley Flud wrote:

On Mon, 09 Mar 2026 03:26:57 +0000, vallor wrote:

Luddite.

But you cheated. You essentially employed a ghostwriter and simply
tacked your name on the finished product.

Like you and your "boot scripts", which you lifted directly from Linux
From Scratch.

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On 3/8/2026 5:28 PM, Lameass Larry Piet (aka Farley Flud) wrote:

On Sun, 08 Mar 2026 18:46:16 +0000, vallor wrote:

Yes, it is "vibe-coded", though I've reviewed what ended up in the program. >> I would have released a beta by now, except I haven't got the newsgroup subscription
picker thingy to work right yet. I also need to go through it and remove dead code.

A REAL MAN does not use makeup, shoulder pads, hair dye, or anything else that will augment his inborn physical attributes. That has been taboo since the dawn of humankind.

Another ignorant utterance. Do you ever listen to how ridiculous you are?

By using "vibe coding" you have violated this supreme dictum. You are
are not a REAL MAN, and you will be forever shunned by all REAL MEN.

AI is a money grab being pushed by grubbing companies.

But to so casually emasculate yourself is totally inexcusable and
I hope you suffer the revenge of the masculine gods.

YOU masculine? bwa!!

You're posting from Mom's basement right now.

Shouting, belittling, cursing, lying, bragging, misogyny... none of
those behaviors make you a man, Feeb.

What you sound like most of the time is an emasculated man-child
rebelling against a domineering mother.

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