[HN Gopher] System D
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System D
Author : diddlybopshubop
Score : 72 points
Date : 2023-04-22 20:05 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| thriftwy wrote:
| Kaltonai-maltonai, shirin-vyrin-mordekhai.
| jle17 wrote:
| There is a "Systeme D" DIY magazine here in France, since 1924. I
| don't know if it is predated by the term or originated it. I
| remember that there is a big pile of old issues in my grandfather
| attic.
| llsf wrote:
| Same, as a kid I liked to discover all the random things one
| could build step by step.
| Maursault wrote:
| Obligatory.[1]
|
| [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenacious_D
| kazinator wrote:
| * * *
| tjchear wrote:
| Paul Graham once described the quality of being formidable in a
| startup founder. If they say they'll get something done in 2
| weeks, they'll get it done in 2 weeks, even if poorly done.
| Formidable founders stand the greatest chance at succeeding.
| System D certainly reminds me of that.
| kensai wrote:
| Jugaad. In Greek we sometimes say patenta.
| Dwedit wrote:
| Also not a variant of the D programming language meant for
| systems programming.
| geocrasher wrote:
| See also ... systemd, a suite of system components for Linux,
| whose name is inspired by System D.
| rurban wrote:
| Not, it's not. systemd just stands for system daemon.
| paulgb wrote:
| That's what I think too, but FWIW, geocrasher is quoting the
| "see also" section of the article. It doesn't have a citation
| and I can't find any other references to it, though.
| qbasic_forever wrote:
| They're not wrong though, systemd has a whole boatload of
| related and ancillary tools beyond just its pid 1 process
| daemon. Stuff like journalctl, systemctl, machinectl, etc.
| pikrzyszto wrote:
| From https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ :
|
| > Because it's a system daemon, and under Unix/Linux those are
| in lower case, and get suffixed with a lower case d. And since
| systemd manages the system, it's called systemd.
|
| > Systeme D is not an acceptable spelling and something
| completely different (though kinda fitting).
|
| Wikipedia says that it somehow relates to Systeme D, but they
| don't have any good references for it.
| em-bee wrote:
| but they do have a good reference:
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd#cite_note-control-
| cent...
|
| which eventually leads to https://web.archive.org/web/2013011
| 4034246/http://0pointer.d...
|
| _System D [in French, Systeme D] is a shorthand term that
| refers back to the French word debrouillard[1]. The verb se
| debrouiller means "to untangle." [...]
|
| That sounds just about perfect to be honest "untangling the
| boot process" - yes please._
|
| so the name wasn't directly inspired by System D, but the
| relationship was noted and approved of.
| stingraycharles wrote:
| It links to that Wikipedia entry at the top of this page.
| 5cott0 wrote:
| "System D, arguably, reached its heyday in the Victorian-era
| railway hotels, where the menus were huge and it was not unusual
| for an extra two hundred guests to show up wanting, say, the
| Fricasse of Lobster Thermidor -- for which only fifty portions
| were available. Suddenly, Thermidor for fifty was transformed
| into Thermidor for two hundred. Don't ask how. You don't want to
| know."
| EntrePrescott wrote:
| fun fact: Thermidor - after which Sauce Thermidor and derived
| dishes like Lobster Themidor are named, is a month in the
| French Republican Calendar, specifically: the second month of
| summer, going approx. from mid-July to mid-August.
| phendrenad2 wrote:
| Obscure topics like this often have bizarre wikipedia pages with
| only a few contributors. The articles are usually a few
| paragraphs, each touching on wildly different barely-related
| topics that connect to the main topic. Here's one from a few
| years back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17591942 This
| article is also one of them.
| apomekhanes wrote:
| Reminds me of Pratchett and the adaptability of the Quirmians
| when muddy old boots were substituted for the original
| ingredients ...
|
| "... let's see ... Mousse de la Boue dans un Panier de la Pate de
| Chaussures ..."
|
| (... I don't now if this was simply Pratchett's standard cynicism
| / semi-jaundiced take on humanity, as applied in a standard
| enough way to French restaurants, or more directly related.
| Pratchett did have an awfully wide range of knowledge and
| constantly expanded that knowledge with research while writing.)
| sva_ wrote:
| Anthony Bourdain... recently started watching his show from time
| to time. Really a bummer that he's gone.
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