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[thelma]

....{@} * {@} * {@}         Merry X-mas and a Happy New Year!
{@} * {@} * {@} * {@}       Wish you all extra ordinary good luck!
     {@} * {@} * {@}
     \ \ \ 2021 / / /

And thank you all for the help you trying to provide.
That is what distinguish Gentoo community from other forums.

Re: [gentoo-user] \ \ \ 2021 / / /

[Michael]

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On Thursday, 24 December 2020 20:11:19 GMT thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
> ....{@} * {@} * {@}         Merry X-mas and a Happy New Year!
> {@} * {@} * {@} * {@}       Wish you all extra ordinary good luck!
>      {@} * {@} * {@}
>      \ \ \ 2021 / / /
> 
> And thank you all for the help you trying to provide.
> That is what distinguish Gentoo community from other forums.

Best festive wishes to all Gentoo users and devs!  :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] \ \ \ 2021 / / /

[caveman رجل الكهف]

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Thursday, December 24, 2020 8:11 PM, <thelma@sys-concept.com> wrote:

> ....{@} * {@} * {@} Merry X-mas and a Happy New Year!
> {@} * {@} * {@} * {@} Wish you all extra ordinary good luck!
> {@} * {@} * {@}
> \ \ \ 2021 / / /
>
> And thank you all for the help you trying to provide.
> That is what distinguish Gentoo community from other forums.

hi.  i just want to help a bit by sharing a
thought that i think is useful to the civilisation
of life forms in general:

    - new year celebrations are wasteful in
      several ways (e.g.  waste on needless
      purchases [aka gifts], useless fireworks,
      useless trees with socks on them, etc).

    - the vacation is nice to allow potential good
      use of it.  but even this is usually abused
      by most people as they end up just wasting
      it alongside their money for purely doing
      silly things such as purposeless tourism.

    - i hope that, one day, humanity won't do such
      useless things, and --instead-- we re-direct
      the otherwise-wasted resources into actually
      useful things such as (not limited to):

      * contributions to scientific
        research.

      * foss projects.

      * ...

      * purchase of scientific books/tools for
        smart kids that love science, but live in
        situations where their parents are unable
        to afford as such to them.

        i personally think this last point to be
        the best investment in the long-run.  most
        likely today we lack potentially great
        scientists because they simply got wasted
        due to lack of funding during their
        childhood.  likewise today's science
        potentially lags centuries behind what it
        would've been if we had taken this point
        more seriously centuries ago.

it's never too early to start acting better.

Re: [gentoo-user] \ \ \ 2021 / / /

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 15:07:59 +0000, caveman رجل الكهف wrote:

> hi.  i just want to help a bit by sharing a
> thought that i think is useful to the civilisation
> of life forms in general:
> 
>     - new year celebrations are wasteful in
>       several ways (e.g.  waste on needless
>       purchases [aka gifts], useless fireworks,
>       useless trees with socks on them, etc).
> 
>     - the vacation is nice to allow potential good
>       use of it.  but even this is usually abused
>       by most people as they end up just wasting
>       it alongside their money for purely doing
>       silly things such as purposeless tourism.

Dear Ebenezer,

Some of us would welcome the opportunity to waste time with their
families over Christmas and the New Year, instead of having to spend it
isolating at home following a positive COVID-19 test.

Don't underestimate the therapeutic value of doing nothing with the people
that are important to you.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit
the target.

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Re: [gentoo-user] \ \ \ 2021 / / /

[caveman رجل الكهف 穴居人]

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Friday, December 25, 2020 4:32 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 15:07:59 +0000, caveman رجل الكهف wrote:
>
> > hi. i just want to help a bit by sharing a
> > thought that i think is useful to the civilisation
> > of life forms in general:
> >
> >     - new year celebrations are wasteful in
> >       several ways (e.g.  waste on needless
> >       purchases [aka gifts], useless fireworks,
> >       useless trees with socks on them, etc).
> >
> >     - the vacation is nice to allow potential good
> >       use of it.  but even this is usually abused
> >       by most people as they end up just wasting
> >       it alongside their money for purely doing
> >       silly things such as purposeless tourism.
> >
>
> Dear Ebenezer,
>
> Some of us would welcome the opportunity to waste time with their
> families over Christmas and the New Year, instead of having to spend it
> isolating at home following a positive COVID-19 test.
>
> Don't underestimate the therapeutic value of doing nothing with the people
> that are important to you.

i'm not against that.  in fact, this goes in the
list of the productive things.  remember, i said
"not limited to"?  i literally stated that my list
of productive things is not exhaustive.

spending time with family is productive, since
it's an opportunity to inspect the situation of
family members to help them become even better
people.  this happens implicitly even though
dad/mom doesn't say "hey kids time for annual
performance inspection!".

it's part of us which we inherited from evolution
that actually helps maximise our survival.  there
is a reason why we've evolved to like it.

but, worthy to note, not everything we like is
good.  e.g. there are bugs in evolution.  e.g.
some people enjoy drugs up to a point they become
addicts.  this is not inline with survival
maximisation, so we can say this is a
vulnerability in evolution that drug dealers try
to exploit.

rgrds,
ebonzer.

Re: [gentoo-user] \ \ \ 2021 / / /

[bobwxc]

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在 2020/12/25 下午7:00, Michael 写道:
> On Thursday, 24 December 2020 20:11:19 GMT thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
>> ....{@} * {@} * {@}         Merry X-mas and a Happy New Year!
>> {@} * {@} * {@} * {@}       Wish you all extra ordinary good luck!
>>       {@} * {@} * {@}
>>       \ \ \ 2021 / / /
>>
>> And thank you all for the help you trying to provide.
>> That is what distinguish Gentoo community from other forums.
> Best festive wishes to all Gentoo users and devs!  :-)
Now is 2021! Happy New Year!
Hope all of us and the world will get better in 2021.

-- 
bobwxc
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Re: [gentoo-user] \ \ \ 2021 / / /

[Dan Egli]

It's not quite the new year for everyone yet. Still got a little under 8 
hours here. But still, I reciprocate. Happy new year everyone!

On 12/31/2020 9:26 AM, bobwxc wrote:
> 在 2020/12/25 下午7:00, Michael 写道:
>> On Thursday, 24 December 2020 20:11:19 GMT thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
>>> ....{@} * {@} * {@}         Merry X-mas and a Happy New Year!
>>> {@} * {@} * {@} * {@}       Wish you all extra ordinary good luck!
>>>       {@} * {@} * {@}
>>>       \ \ \ 2021 / / /
>>>
>>> And thank you all for the help you trying to provide.
>>> That is what distinguish Gentoo community from other forums.
>> Best festive wishes to all Gentoo users and devs!  :-)
> Now is 2021! Happy New Year!
> Hope all of us and the world will get better in 2021.
>
-- 
Dan Egli
 From my Test Server