The uptime flex

rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:21:48 -0400, DFS wrote:
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"I reformatted my Win11pro C: drive to a full install of ubuntu desktop
24.04, and the process went smoothly. However, since then, my system has
been randomly freezing and rebooting. Sometimes while I'm at the system,
sometimes when I'm out of the room or sleeping. (Screensaver disabled.)

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I reformatted my Windows XP laptop and did a full install of Lubuntu.
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uptime

20:59:10  up 78 days
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The Fedora box has been up 41 days, the Ubuntu 19. All reboots were
planned.

My new Mini PC is up for a short amount of time, as I power down to boot
into Windows 11. I have a batch file that creates a shadow directory,
runs qmake in it, builds the application, packs up all the work products using
7zip, and, if NSIS is installed, builds the installer (which can also be built
on Linux using NSIS).

But I also have MSYS2 installed, and am trying to get the autotools build that
works on Linux to work in MSYS2. It craps out on building a test Qt program.
I copy the code that "configure" generated for the test to the shell, and it
doesn't work. But it uses include paths like "-I../../mingw64/include". If I
remove the "../..", no problem. So why is the ax_have_qt.m4 code adding those
dots to the path?

Time to exercise my (weak) m4 fu.

Re the sig below, here's Terence McKenna used in a Shpongle tune:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex8WxTiScPw

    Shpongle - A New Way To Say Hooray! (Featuring Terence McKenna)

    "So, you take let us assume a third toke..."

--
The characteristic property of hallucinogens, to suspend the boundaries between
the experiencing self and the outer world in an ecstatic, emotional experience,
makes it possible with their help, and after suitable internal and external
preparation...to evoke a mystical experience according to plan, so to speak...
I see the true importance of LSD in the possibility of providing material aid
to meditation aimed at the mystical experience of a deeper, comprehensive
reality.  Such a use accords entirely with the essence and working character
of LSD as a sacred drug.
-- Dr. Albert Hoffman, the discoverer of LSD