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If I allowed tracking, which I don't, the ad companies wouldn't know what to make of me. Middle age white guy devops nerd into manga, anime, fishing, ramen, lo-fi, and coding. Yet,…

What ads? I block them all, at home, at work, and do the same for friends and family. The only ads I see are the half second ads during my DVR playbook, and then skip. I pay for th…

I think this is what happens when we have a "feudal system". People have given over control to a few feudal lords. We increasingly don't control our infrastructure or data. We are …

The beauty of iOS over Android is one of cohesiveness. Android seems "balkanized". Is something deployed guaranteed to work across all Android devices? I'm firmly in the iOS camp a…

The joy of using Mutt. Plain text and no flashy markup or images.

I'm at the beginning of starting an IT consultancy and at first I'll be a one-man shop. I don't have the time to administer my own infrastructure so it looks like I'll be using clo…