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Recently upgraded my WAN to 10/10 Gbit/s P2P Fiber. The router is a UCG-Fiber, connected via a DAC/SFP+ cable to a USW-Flex-2.5G-8-PoE switch. My APs were already Wi-Fi 7 with 2.5G…

I had the same feeling when I read the interview along with the attached screenshots. A nice way to start a Sunday morning.

My recipe: "Windows 95 System Programming Secrets" by Matt Pietrek and "Unauthorized Windows 95" by Andrew Schulman, years of fooling around with NuMega SoftICE, lots of IRC, lost …

When challenged why we'd scrum since we were doing better as a whole before (better products, happier devs), mgt replies that they'd need scrum to detail the work we did so that th…

Fortunately it can be disabled: Share error and usage reports - off; Digital Wellbeing Initiative - off; App Categorization - off

Another one, close to Frankfurt, Germany: https://www.digitalretropark.net/blog/

How could Apple properly review something like this? Isn't it one of Apple's selling pitches that they'd review each app for malicious activity before it makes it to the app store?…

Ditto. As an Android user, I am glad Pushbullet exists, and my whole daily workflow depends on it. Kudos.

How I wish there was a native version of ZTree for Linux.

Using borg here: - configured through Borgmatic - encrypted - long retention (daily, weekly, monthly) - stored on a relatively fast and large external backup disk (right now a Sand…

"By default" means it's just a switch in the Bios to fix this issue? If yes, not a big deal, is it?

Have you tried Inoreader (Pro)?

Tried various news sources, but got stuck w/ the following subscriptions: Washington Post, Financial Times & The Economist.

It used to be IRC mainly. Efnet, later Linknet or similar. Often involved the group maintaining their own server linked to the network (preferably hosted by an admin of a big unive…

I tried Peazip for Linux but it didn't quite work for me. I remember it as kinda buggy, and anyhow, it works like a Gui wrapper that uses external console binaries to perform actua…

ZTree Gold, my friends, is what I miss most dearly ever since I moved my whole life to Linux.

And not sure if Amazon would agree to this as it essentially threatens the privacy and integrity of their users. Interestingly, Keepa is also an Amazon Affiliate, so they are in a …

It will join the Schengen area next. Also it plans to adopt the euro in 2023.

The Beibehaltungsgenehmigung is outdated in this regard. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beibehaltungsgenehmigung

Sentimental perhaps, because of my heritage, but definitely also practical advantages. For one, citizenship makes owning property in the respective country easier. Also, should my …

Perhaps we're just lucky, but our Swiss bank was okay with it. We only had to guarantee to have a licensed US tax advisor prepare our US tax returns, filing requirements, FATCA/FBA…

The CBP immigration officer made an exception under the premise that we would expediently apply for the US passport at a local agency during our visit. We were grateful, because of…

There are exceptions to the rule (for reference see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_citizenship ). Generally, a lot depends on whether you acquired citizenship by descent …

Our two children are 4 and 6, and they both hold four citizenships. My wife is US American, I am German, my dad is Croatian and we've been living in Switzerland for almost 15 years…