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Light Posting
I’m at O’Hare, changing planes to go to DC for the Satellite Show. Not sure how much time I’ll have for blogging.
Linux Update Problem
When I ‘dnf -y update’ it downloads all the packages, but at the end crashes with this error message:
Importing OpenPGP key 0x7FAC5991:
UserID : “Google, Inc. Linux Package Signing Key linux-packages-keymaster@google.com“
Fingerprint: 4CCA1EAF950CEE4AB83976DCA040830F7FAC5991
From : https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
The key was successfully imported.
Importing OpenPGP key 0xD38B4796:
UserID : “Google Inc. (Linux Packages Signing Authority) linux-packages-keymaster@google.com“
Fingerprint: EB4C1BFD4F042F6DDDCCEC917721F63BD38B4796
From : https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
The key was successfully imported.
Transaction failed: Signature verification failed.
OpenPGP check for package “google-chrome-stable-134.0.6998.35-1.x86_64” (/var/cache/libdnf5/google-chrome-6ed7e4f336f6863c/packages/google-chrome-stable-134.0.6998.35-1.x86_64.rpm) from repo “google-chrome” has failed: Import of the key didn’t help, wrong key?
Any idea how to tell it to ignore this and just do the other updates? I don’t see any obvious options on “dnf update.”
Thanks for the advice in comments. Unfortunately, I can’t deal with it until I get back from a trip on Friday.
[Friday update]
The problem seems to have resolved itself while I was gone. I updated last night with no issues.
The Myth Of DST
I have a crazy idea that the sun should be overhead at noon. Tomorrow’s time change is a double whammy for me because I have to catch a flight to DC in the morning.
Jay Bhattacharya
How he went from being smeared during the pandemic to heading the agency that smeared him.
I met him at a Hillsdale event when he was under attack, in the fall of 2020, and later at a Reason Weekend at which he was presented with an award.
The Next Pope
The current one is certainly the worst in my lifetime. Though I’m not Catholic, or even Christian, or a believer, do better, cardinals.
About That Falcon 9 Booster Loss
It was caused by a fuel leak.
Leaks happen.
Utterly Compelling Historical Research
The figure we know as "JD Vance" was likely a historic person only in the sense that King Arthur was.
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The Growing Business Of Space
An interesting interview with an economist, with transcript.
About To Launch
Sorry for not starting this post earlier, but comments are open.