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Synching will create a conflict file when this happens. Nothing is lost but a user must look out for these files and merge manually.

KeepassXC has its own merge logic and will happily absorb changes to a file on disk whilst open. However if two offline machines both change a database then you will get a conflict file and will have to ask keepass to merge them.

I tried it, I like it!

Yes it's not too much bother to set this up, it can be put into ansible and once working I've not had to touch it again. Here's another dracut tool using dropbear that works well and has decent instructions on setup: dracut-crypt-ssh

The crypt-ssh dracut module allows remote unlocking of systems with full disk encryption via ssh

Yes, exactly

Castopod looks interesting

doesn't he weasel out of the responsibility to give clear, logical, verifyable reasons for his position?

Absolutely, if I remember right he leans back on having experienced bad comments more often than helpful ones. John questions this. I think it is close to dogma with Bob on this.

Can you explain that more?

And doesn't the example with the prime number generation algorithm show clearly that omitting context just does not work for code?

Quote from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-context_and_low-context_cultures

High-context cultures often exhibit less-direct verbal and nonverbal communication, utilizing small communication gestures and reading more meaning into these less-direct messages. Low-context cultures do the opposite; direct verbal communication is needed to properly understand a message being communicated...

Now I'm not making a strong claim that Bob and John are from different ends of the context spectrum. However it seems to me that Bob believes there is enough 'context' available in code and in coders themselves to communicate all meaning without comments.

Even Bob's diagram, to help explain the primes algorithm, assumes high context in the reader. It's lacking any labels or key - we are just supposed to see what he means if we stare hard enough at it. If we are already immersed in the problem space then this might work but its so inefficient for anyone else.

And once we step away from our code for even a short time we are that someone else. We are going to waste a lot of time rediscovering how the algorithm works. A case John makes convincingly I think.

Code cannot replace comments. The primes algorithm avoids division I believe but this is not clear from the code alone. A reader might work this out eventually but a comment saves so much time. Could the code be refactored to clearly express the avoidance of division? Yes there's probably a way, but imagine how bad that code would read and what a waste of time just to avoid a comment.

Stow/chezmoi/your choice for dotfiles, config mgmt for system config. You don't need to rebuild whole server to start with ansible tho, you can take over one file at a time and grow as you learn.

As you've found I don't know of a tool that will cover both usecases as config mgmt for dotfiles is too much and dotfile mgrs for system config is probably out of their scope.

https://blog.fyralabs.com/upgrade-error-with-vlc-plugins-freeworld/

That rpmfusion package looks like trouble, can you uninstall it or all of rpmfusion before upgrading? I also see internet problems here also so you might be better off fixing that first.

Another thank you for posting this, made my day.

I have read and followed a fair amount of Uncle Bob's work but was not aware of Ousterhout till now. Bob says during the time the Clean Code book was written there was an anti-comment sentiment about and this matches my own experience. I agree with Ousterhout that it's taken too far in his book though.

I wonder if there is another factor at play - some people/cultures prefer high context communication and some less. Bob seems clearly to prefer low context i.e. the burden is on the (code) reader to educate themselves. Whereas John makes it a matter of professional behaviour that we make the next reader's work as simple as possible by commenting code as appropriate.

Surely it's better to assume high context is needed and provide it (within reason) versus only catering for low context. As Bob discovered he became a low context person when he returned to his own code after some time had passed.

Messages are only sent when both online though, thet's the bigger difference (unless using Briar Mailbox). Also it can send over wifi and bluetooth without internet connection i.e. no other devices involved.

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It's this little button. Re-reading my comment perhaps it sounded like I meant tap anywhere on the line to mark as done? It doesn't do that as far as I know.

Fdroid are:

appealing to regulators and competition authorities to scrutinize Google's proposals, and for developers and users to put pressure on politicians.

So I think these are preferred avenues of action right now.