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It's like setting out to write "The King in Yellow"

I host my Hugo powered blog on Github Pages and I use free Github Actions to build and deploy it. Used to work great! Lately it's been timing out after waiting for a job runner for…

Genuine people personalities FTW.

Let's say you are a junior dev that wants to maximize their income over the next 10 years, median outcome for someone capable of getting into a FAANG, not lottery tickets. What sho…

Location: Palo Alto, CA Remote: yes Willing to relocate: no Technologies: software engineering leadership Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbonds/ Email: scott@ggr.com Softwa…

I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people have a similar answer! I suspect my longest lasting code is either a quick and dirty shell script or a throw away prototype that ended up…

Which of the software you authored continued to be useful the longest? What do you think caused it to last longer than other software you've written?

Update...got an email from eBay around 7p Pacific: " Hello brokeninfinity, We're pleased to let you know that your account is reinstated. If you had any listings that were removed …

Thanks for this. The first link led me to the State of California Department of Consumer Affairs. I filled out the form to file a complaint and got an error: "The requested URL was…

I don't have 2FA enabled on my eBay account. I use a unique, complicated password though, and I don't see any suspicious activity on my account, though, apparently eBay saw somethi…

Good idea. I just checked and I don't see anything for sale or recently for sale. And I rotated my password for good measure. I can still login, I just can't buy or sell anything. …

Yah, that sucks...losing access to PayPal can be really bad depending on your situation. My brother got kicked off Facebook a couple weeks ago because his account was hacked and th…

Got an email from eBay this morning: " Hello brokeninfinity, We wanted to let you know that your eBay account has been permanently suspended because of activity that we believe was…

Reading Bruce Schneier made me especially aware that security has a strong economic component--its not that you can make your server secure against all threats, but with the right …

"Only grip I have is calling Linux anti-security and anti-privacy given how much good work in those used the platform." That's fair. FWIW I wasn't trying to focus on Linux in my po…

I hear what you're saying. For my part, security and privacy are very practical concerns for me...the aren't just an abstract ideal: When my father-in-law bought a computer from Co…

I'm lumping Linux in that group because my impression is that Linus is ambivalent about security--it seems to be just another feature to him (see http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/b…

Many (powerful) people value control more than they value (more) money.

From their FAQ: "AWS Device Farm tests are run on real, non-rooted devices. The devices are a mixture of OEM and carrier-branded devices."