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> I mean generally I want fixed IPs on my local network for robustness. With IPv6 you can assign fixed unique local addresses in addition to dynamic public addresses from your ISP.…

For IPv6, multiple addresses on an interface is the norm: an interface has both a public address from your ISP (replacing IPv4 NAT) and a unique local address (replacing stable IPv…

Run Debian stable on both PCs. Have /home on ZFS and zfs-send it between the PCs.

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One step up from 'curl' and 'jq' is to only target modern browsers supporting Javascript ES6. Just create a static HTML file and a script loaded as an ES6 module. Use the Fetch API…

A CLI tool for downloading the Java Specification Request (JSR) of a given Java package: https://github.com/silb/jsrlib I found downloading the JSRs manually too cumbersome. It is …

The site became noisy by indie hackers creating products for other indie hackers and using the site for promoting their products. There's also a community focus on less hackerish t…

Debian stable, Eclipse PDT, PHP 7.4 and Xdebug compiled from source.

My personal FreeBSD NAS running ZFS. Snapshots get sent to external disks that I rotate and store off site. All machines write their backup archives to the NAS. I haven't tested a …

For Java related projects we use to have Codehaus. But it it shut down [0] and the repos are now at Github [1]. [0] https://www.javaworld.com/article/2892227/open-source-tools/... …

The javac compiler has a new option "--release" which can compile against previous Java releases 6, 7 and 8. So the new JDK bundles parts of the previous releases.

Debian has a separate long term support project [1] for old stable release that provide security patches beyond the 2-3 years of official support. [1] https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

This is true in Norway. Merchants are required by law to report cash purchases over a certain amount to the tax authorities.

In Norway, the equivalent debit card payment system is called BankAxept. An important factor in the adoption of these cards is the low transaction costs for both the consumer and t…