This seems to explain the weird tendency Linux has to swap out huge processes, even when there’s plenty of free memory. I’ve always wondered why that happens. Short answer: ccNUMA. Long answer here.
And also this.
Useful Consumer Review
I bought this catch-and-release fly catcher… gun… a few weeks back. But, despite the warmest March ever (or something), I hadn’t seen a single fly since getting the device.
Until today.
It works! I caught the fly and released it out the window. I didn’t really think it would work, because the suction kinda sucks.
So humane. And fewer streaks on the walls.
Explain This
The seam just doesn’t seem to be functional.
Springtime
A decade ago I decided to buy lots of plants.
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| I don’t know what this is… |
I’d always had a couple of plants, but they’d always die on me. Since I’m basically enthusiasm-driven, I realized that the only way I’d ever be able to have any non-dead plants on my windows was to buy lots and lots of them, and force myself to pay attention. If something falls below my enthusiasm radar, it just doesn’t get done at all.
So I got like a hundred plants or something. When I get enthusiastic, I get… obsessed.
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| This has to be a crassula |
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| This can’t be anything but a bromeliad |
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| Citrus. Of some kind. |
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| This is definitely an aloe |
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| That’s a myrta |
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| Uhm… schiffer? Schifferia? |
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| What are these called? Haworthia? Or something? |
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| This is probably something |
I’ve cut back a bit since then, and plants still die. I travel quite a bit, and any plants that don’t survive without water for a week or two suffer. So I have to replenish the windows sills once in a while.
These are my new recruits.
They Live!
I wrapped up my rose bushes for the winter, but I didn’t really expect them to survive. And I just unwrapped them now.
But look! New leaves!
This has been a kinda warm winter, though. And it’s the hottest March ever, according to… somebody…
Anyway. Exciting!