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discreditable

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About discreditable

Sysadmin at a high school.

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    Comment #37796806

    You can do it with ufw limit too

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    Comment #37784840

    Chrome/Linux instead of GNU/Linux?

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    Comment #37521565

    I do the same thing with the iNatutalist app. I joke with my wife that I'm filling out my Pokedex. Currently at 164 species.

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    Comment #37367333

    Only if you don't need to create ZIPs over 2GB.

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    Comment #36664271

    For me it's Pelican and cloudflare pages. I've got a GitHub action that rebuilds the site whenever I commit changes. Completely free. Super fast. Pelican is easy to theme and my si…

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    Comment #35977094

    > I can do zero work at my job and I'll get paid regardless? Or they do a super bare minimum, being incredibly unhelpful to everyone and their whole team hates them? Lots of people…

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    Comment #35755754

    Warning banners are not uncommon. https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/red_hat_enterprise_linux_8/2...

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    Comment #35432662

    100% this. We used Google Meet. I had no interest in installing any apps for meetings with external parties.

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    Comment #35432631

    The wsb file and script to do this might be like 20 lines and doesn't require installing docker.

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    Comment #35432612

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-pr...

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    Comment #35415709

    One of my favorite uses for this is creating .wsb files that would launch a script and install zoom/WebEx/etc so I would not have to install them on my PC. The video and audio work…

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    Comment #35210168

    Imo, so many of Microsoft's dark patterns are a direct result of them owning bing. Bing has bad market share, so MS takes every chance they get to show it to users. Start menu web …

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    Comment #34570731

    Look no further than Debian. After switching from Ubuntu I started to understand why people view Ubuntu as a bit dirty.

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    Comment #34405947

    -geotag option

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    Comment #34380163

    I use this to apply geotags to photos/videos from my nice camera. I use GPSLogger on my phone to log the locations. It's very handy.

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    Comment #33830805

    I had the same issue many years ago. Local ISP said fiber was available at my house. It was not. I reported it. A few months later I noticed they basically carved out my house even…

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    Comment #32888683

    This is what I expected the article to be about. I would wager a lot of shops don't to the whitelisting. If they wanted to be really intense they could do authenticated origin pull…

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    Comment #32812073

    80 char wrapping is solved by format=flowed. However none of the popular providers seem to implement it.

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    Comment #32611351

    Reminds me of one of my favorite posts from back in 2013: You advocate a ____ approach to calendar reform: https://qntm.org/calendar Specifically (omitting a lot for brevity) : You…

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    Comment #32489845

    I've had the same install going since January 2012: > head -1 /var/log/pacman.log [2012-01-22 14:55] installed filesystem (2011.12-2) In that time I've converted the install in-pla…

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    Comment #32397700

    Next time you upgrade, keep the old phone. Have both phones set up so they can do mfa. If you are doing OTP, make sure to use an app that allows you to backup/export. AndOTP is ver…

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    Comment #31907584

    I spent a lot of my youth playing Age of Empires 2 multiplayer on zone.com. It was great for its time.

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    Comment #31658248

    I use optipng and advdef from advancecomp. # Linux People find -iname *.png | xargs optipng -o7 find -iname *.png | xargs advdef -z4i50 # PowerShell People gci -include *.png | % {…

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    Comment #31607475

    I've had HVAC techs tell me not to use those thick filters unless your system is designed for it. They make the fan work harder to pull less air. This reduces how much air it can m…