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It would depend on whether the computers back then could handle that (along with all the crypto algorithms in their infancy) when A:\ and B:\ weren't even a thing.

The infrastructure layer would have to create the interface for a custom operator to reconcile with. There are a fair bit of bridges out there to enable this. There's now Kubevirt …

This is the way. But the downside is that you do get the Cider team constantly messaging and asking for reasons you won't switch. I gave feedback that their Vim bindings were broke…

Spin up one in the US central region instead of an instance near your satellite office. The bottleneck is usually not your shell connection to the instance but the connections from…

I'm not familiar with the jargon either, but based on some reading it comes down to how the latest kernel treats process preempts. Postgres uses spinlocks to hold shared memory for…

What I don't understand is that, if coding agents are making coding obsolete, why do these vibe coders not choose a language that doesn't set their users' compute resources on fire…

If this is a skill issue, feel free to let me know. In general Claude Code is decent for tooling. Onduty fullstack tooling features that used to sit ignored in the on-caller ticket…

Thanks HN folks for all the comments. To clarify a bit, the cables are pulled through PVC conduits under the flooring before being buried in cement. Currently the hypotheses for wh…

Should be solvent based.

Thanks, I really appreciate the SMEs commenting here. I'm learning a lot. Definitely learnt it the hard way this time. You're right that buried cables should be exact in length and…

Hey actually I didn't know! It's my very first time dealing with fibre networking so I just maxed out the supposed durability specs. I figured I'd rather go overkill than regret no…

I do have PVC conduits under the flooring. You can see the photos here: https://alienchow.dev/post/homelab1/ In theory I can pull a new cable through. But practically it might be t…

It's one of those "just because" moments. The idea was to future proof my home infra for a 25G NAS connection. Most ethernet connections tap out at 10G. While theoretically speakin…

... Shucks. I should really have scrutinised the materials.

The electricians mentioned that in order to curve the cables along underneath the floor tiling they couldn't use metal trunking which would cause sharp angles, so they used PVC pip…

I'm not sure either. It's not an air tight bomb shelter and it's used like an average storeroom, storing stuff like winter jackets, suitcases and paint. I do use small amounts of C…

The OG container.

As someone who had to learn German, I actually really appreciated the language being formatted quite like closure functions."I have 'noun' upon which 'verb'" with the pronoun and v…

You forgot about drinking chia fresca before and after every run.

COVID. People in semi house arrest mode deprived of social interaction forgot how to be decent human beings. Shortly after I left the US, I vividly recall reading the news about a …

When I can't convince someone in a technical discussion of my viewpoint because they have their heels dug into a random viewpoint on a blog post penned by a random nobody, I write …