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For years I've used https://github.com/anatol/booster to unlock LUKS partitions using network bound disk encryption with https://github.com/latchset/clevis and https://github.com/l…

Reminds me of yesterday trying to collect a hire car in central Stockholm from a Hertz "intelligent locker": 1. Texted PIN to get into garage didn't work. After 5 minutes just tail…

I've flown a lot of long-haul business and first class over the years (Qatar, Thai, Austrian, Scandinavian, Delta, United, Qantas) and Qatar is the only airline I've ever blacklist…

Not original commenter, but the S&P 500 has recently been paying roughly 2% dividends [1]. So $11.5M gives circa $230K/pa or $19,166/m. [1] https://www.investopedia.com/articles/ma…

I'm in Australia so have fewer options than many others here. We use a mutual bank for most of our transactional banking. We have several companies, trusts and superannuation (thin…

> Though essentially just a conveyor belt It does look simple, but I spent many years in the bulk materials handling industry and there are also rail receival stations, electromagn…

It depends: - Is it a reasonable time expenditure relative to other priorities (an indie dev doing an MVP is quite different than a 20 person team at a bank)? - Are the dependencie…

I have settings-adjusted Google account solely to buy games for the kids (family library). Email with Migadu and self-hosted beyond that. Calendar and contacts with EteSync. Search…

You start with SPF, DKIM, DMARC and IP reputation. But then I'd use the moat GMail enjoys as a primary mail destination by statistically looking at the frequency an incoming email'…

It's also about reflecting your own values, such as remembering when you lived in less abundant times, not consuming more environmental or financial resources than you really need …

> it’s just a system that trains students to pass tests There's more than one "system" out there. Millions of children attend schools where they prioritize dimensions other than si…

> Please share your opinion about the state of the software industry .... where do you see/feel/think the field headed? A world where no consumer device works without the blue sky …

> without reading the next dot point under the same heading I read the quote, but as it was on a government web page discussing additional enforcement, I gathered they would have p…

I live in Sydney. There were under 2 deaths per annum from mobile phone use in NSW according to Transport for NSW's own FAQ about this program [1]. With such a low attributed basel…