From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CDC0C1382C5 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 15:08:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 40F5DE0A81; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 15:08:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-40138.protonmail.ch (mail-40138.protonmail.ch [185.70.40.138]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D0A9DE09E3 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 15:08:09 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 15:07:59 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail; t=1608908886; bh=SQHMqjCJKVrQMs5PyfqaWcVVqM3yYgUgVkzWlM4JsfA=; h=Date:To:From:Reply-To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=tsy0C2rK2O/mvbot9SwySswmO5LW8QuENFljPWbQ2colhTEa3SsclaWfWE3IP6O4g U1iY6H4ACeUt+GDZPHwiiZnq0/kgFMa2rzpO6sMUhlbsO4l62MaKYy4UKqtwkdoCTs 3giVs0mt+x0W5FUsrQQmI4/embeZ3FaOnfg/cQOI= To: "gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" From: =?utf-8?B?Y2F2ZW1hbiDYsdis2YQg2KfZhNmD2YfZgQ==?= Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] \ \ \ 2021 / / / Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=10.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_FROM shortcircuit=no autolearn=disabled version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on mailout.protonmail.ch X-Archives-Salt: 05168e9c-4e3f-4886-95cb-17517a5d14f1 X-Archives-Hash: 0137217b3173dd69d392ea94fba84d2f =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 Original Me= ssage =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 On Thursday, December 24, 2020 8:11 PM, 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.