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If you don't have access to a bidet, just use the "dab of lotion on the TP" technique. Wipe like normal. Then put a bit of lotion on new folded TP and wipe. Repeat a few times unti…

One of my favorite films. Can't think of anyone who could have played Olive more perfectly. Underrated classic.

That's fair. I have limited experience with the rest of their offerings. They only came onto my radar because of regular critical CVEs that needed urgent fixing. The communication …

I have a client who was using JetBrains' TeamCity CI product. Was a clown show of vulnerabilities that allowed attackers access to internals. Do not use their products. If you must…

I love Kevin Kelly, but I really wished he would have done more with his recent book "Excellent Advice For Living" which is essentially a similar list of extremely brief "advices".…

Ask yourself, how much brighter is it outside than inside (assuming a sunny day vs a brightly lit office)? Before looking into this, I would have guessed 2X or 3X, but would you be…

For more, I'd recommend Jason Carman's recently released videos on Terraform: Overview and tour (~20min): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NngCHTImH1g Deeper Interview (~40min): htt…

Thanks - I was curious to check "ninja" and "rockstar". They seem to have peaked 8-10 years ago (from a quick glance). Was surprised they are still used at all after taking that po…

Backblaze's B2 is cheap - but if your'e using them in production you must include these costs: * their weekly 2 hour maintenance window 11:30-13:30 PST (which usually has no downti…

It's never been easier or cheaper to run systems. And yet, engineers would rather deliver a pizza by organizing an expedition team, climbing Mount Everest, taking a picture of the …

On this question, David Heinemeier Hansson's talk at YC's Startup School 2008 still holds up great today. Was the first time I heard of the concept of the Fortune 5,000,000 Video: …

No, this is not simply "long-form", this is "in medias res" where the story starts at a heightened moment of tension, then abruptly stops and rewinds to go back to fill in details …

Yes, but helping these people save face smoothes the transition. My guess is that those folks were waaay out of their depth and they naturally made naive mistakes. It doesn't benef…

Reminder: B2 is great for backups, but is not good for production assets that you expect to be available 24/7. They have a weekly maintenance window on Thursday for an hour. It oft…

ZFS on Linux has improved a lot in the last few years. We (prematurely) moved to using it in production for our MySQL data about 5 years ago and initially it was a nightmare due to…

I'm one of the many who hadn't heard of Traefic until MRSK mentioned it. The marketing seems very (overly?) targetted at cloud microservices and container-specific tech[1]. Is that…

For aviation noobs (like me) wondering how low the balloon would have to be in order for a helicopter to be an option for retrieval: "The maximum altitude which can be reached duri…

Or maybe stop worrying about theoretical macro trends and go build something valuable right now?

Wow. There seems to be 2 main responses to this. 1) Sadness and depression or 2) Excitement and possibility I really expected this thread to be more of #2 since historically Hacker…

Somewhat related... On Wireguard's homepage[1] it says "[Wireguard] is even capable of roaming between IP addresses, just like Mosh. There is no need to manage connections, be conc…

'Replicated' has been doing SaaS setups locally (on-premise) for a few years and I've heard good things (though haven't used them myself): https://www.replicated.com/

"Only boring people get bored." This has been a life-long challenge - in a good way. Whenever I feel boredom approaching, I try to change the situation or come up with a more creat…

Man, I really had to search to find which payment gateways they support. I guess it makes their docs evergreen to not mention any, but it's one of the first questions many new user…

And to continue the Grace Hopper example... Remember that she transitioned to computing from being a Mathematics professor at Yale, so she was able to leverage her previous trainin…