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I use a Dell D6000[0] to drive 2x 1440p monitors, my keyboard and mouse via a single USB-A/C cable swapped between personal and work machines. It does it all via DisplayLink softwa…

Don't forget: Helm - Personal email/calendar/file/photo server https://gethelm.com (FWIW, I love mine)

Can't help with hangouts but I've been starting to play around with Helm ( https://thehelm.com/ ). You self-host a little box at your home, it sets up TLS certs via LetsEncrypt and…

ExoAnalytic Solutions | Director of IT | Los Angeles, CA or Orange County, CA | ONSITE, Full-Time | US Citizenship Required Exo owns and operates a global network of 200+ telescope…

ExoAnalytic Solutions | Director of IT | Los Angeles, CA or Orange County, CA | ONSITE, Full-Time | US Citizenship Required Exo owns and operates a global network of 200+ telescope…

For folks on Windows looking for Meltdown/Spectre protection but whose motherboard manufacturers are no longer pushing updates, this appears to be an option. I posted this in the o…

VMware distributes a driver[1] one can install to patch the microcode on Windows at runtime. If these updates need to be recognized before OS boot, this may not mitigate the danger…

OpenVPN Technologies distributes a virtual appliance for their Access Server product, in addition to packages for the various distros.

It actually has a setting specifically to accommodate this. From their FAQ: "f.lux was created by people who care a lot about accuracy in colors. We know you want to make sure your…

This figure appeared absurdly high to me on first glance, but Wikipedia says Mozilla earned $61.5M from search royalties in 2006. Total revenues were $104.3M in 2009, putting the e…

I assume he meant that if 's house was robbed, that could be problematic. Could my insurance company penalize me if you broadcast my whereabouts?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/739654/understanding-pyth...

Great idea. Execution looks solid, feature set is solid. Now go sell, sell, sell. My thought: your target market likely maintains both a nice printed menu and potentially a leaner …

During development of Doom 3, id Software fell into a bit of a patent conflict with Creative. Relevant snippet from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_3 : "A week before the game's …

Tools runs on the guest OS to provide better mouse/graphics/etc integration. Typically it gets broken with new kernels. I am still hoping for a reliable/official VMWare Tools .deb …

Whoa, fix your headline there. FTA: "Their agreement, which could go before the full Legislature within days, does not include any broad-based tax increases, relying instead on dee…

She boldly declares, "Grisoft just lost a customer, and I'm guessing it won't be the last." It seems an overstatement to call a free AV user a "customer". Those looking for a free …

I assume the dryer they are referring to is the AirBlade: http://www.dysonairblade.com/ They have them in several airports I frequent and they are, in a word, awesome. One of those…