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Interesting, probably not these days but it would be interesting to know.

I read sites that are for system administrators (I don't know why, I'm a coder) and the majority of their posts are Windows, Azure or other Microsoft technology specific. I know IB…

I couldn't post there because Reddit allowed the advertiser to lock the thread with no comments. The Ad is very flashy, it hurt my eyes within seconds, I'm not epileptic, but I am …

For Google Domains customers being dumped onto Squarespace (like me): https://domains.squarespace.com/google-domains "Squarespace will honor all existing Google Domains customers’ …

IPv6 needs to die. IPv4 using NAT ensures a moderately high level of privacy. IPv6 with privacy extensions does not.

First, there's nothing overbearing about the Ubuntu install. Second, Fedora uses rpm management, rpm repositories sooner or later corrupt themselves, happened to me and others I kn…

I was in Sasebo, Japan in the early 1980's and remember buying cold coffee in a can from a vending machine similar to buying a can of Coke in the States.

I've never used Tailscale or Mullvad, I do use a VPS and Wireguard that I configured and run. I'm wondering if people working at Tailscale or Mullvad could snoop on the traffic pas…

> side step copyright protections So, are you saying people should only obey the laws they agree with when those people feel they're morally justified higher than those who voted f…

The context is whether it extinguishes the legal protections of the owner by making the barrier to sue extraordinarily high. Conversely, if you write something that is copyright pr…

According to my Google foo, around 1000 people per day have been moving to Texas in the last three years alone. Put anywhere between a half million to three quarters of a million a…

At 1 million times less power than existing sound transmission systems I'd say it's probably less audio going into the water than a baby whale fart.

As a former Submariner and Sonar Technician (trained in oceanography and underwater acoustics), it's interesting that such low power could be used. Long range underwater transmissi…

Ok. I read it, thanks. I plan to continue using GPG.

> This seems to skip over the main issue I've had with waterfall - management picking dates before detailed analysis. Yup. In Agile though, the opposite happens, we the devs are en…

> The biggest problem is that we don't have adequate tools for writing requirements. All that's needed is a text field and someone who can write requirements.

Agreed, it's no better than using a fingerprint to secure a device.

GPG is not good now? When did that happen?

When there's a good, engaged PO then Scrum can work.

I've had excellent support from Linux across a variety of machines for 2 decades. Dell, Lenovo and HP.

I've seen several do exactly that on Reddit's IdiotsInCars over time.

Trade a corporate boss for both a corporate boss and a union thug, near mafia boss? No thank you.