BrandoElFollito

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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
It is absurdly easy to fire off the docker container you mean. Because you need to back up, verify backups, monitor availability, manage updates, manage MFA, and a zillion things. Don't get me wrong, I work in hardcore, high tech IT fo
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
There is no sensible way to do that, it is quiet deeply ingrained in our culture. Short of a revolution, I guess we are doomed.
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
Sorry for not haveing been clear (and thanks for the replay) -- I was asking about the US, I am French and have a reasonable idea about the general European systems. My main point was to undersatnd when (and if) the "in the US we get e
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
Could these software engineers be bankrupt if they are hit by a serious illness? Say progressive MS or a cancer, which will require extensive sick days? It is there protection? (this is an actual question, not an ironic one)
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
Our governments are at this weird intersection of incompetence, lobby influence and cowardice. This gets multiplied in the EU offices and various bodies. I am not even sure what could be done to change this. We have democratic elections, pe
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
Once or twice a year, for the last 20+ years, I am doing a one week full immerison in Linux desktop for my work. I keep a separate laptop for the Windows-only activities. Between malfunctions on a multi-screen setups, audio problems with ap
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
Linux user since 1994, did some tiny dev for the kernel back then. Linux as a server is very good, and there is not much discussion on that front. Linux as a desktop system is fine. I could live with it for the added value of having a flexi
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
And yet I have not, sorry for having dissapointed you.
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
Or I could have let it go. See, I respect people who point out mistakes, and explain why I did it. Why did I mention that I do security? Because I spent the last, 25 years trying to push proper practices and did not want to jump into discus
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
(I will be copy/paste this answer for the other comments) My bad - I misread the post. To clear things up: I am completely aware about how to store passwords in services that check against them . You are likely to have read some of my
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
(I will be copy/paste this answer for the other comments) My bad - I misread the post. To clear things up: I am completely aware about how to store passwords in services that check against them . You are likely to have read some of my
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
(I will be copy/paste this answer for the other comments) My bad - I misread the post. To clear things up: I am completely aware about how to store passwords in services that check against them . You are likely to have read some of my
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
(I will be copy/paste this answer for the other comments) My bad - I misread the post. To clear things up: I am completely aware about how to store passwords in services that check against them . You are likely to have read some of my
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
(I will be copy/paste this answer for the other comments) My bad - I misread the post. To clear things up: I am completely aware about how to store passwords in services that check against them . You are likely to have read some of my
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
(I will be copy/paste this answer for the other comments) My bad - I misread the post. To clear things up: I am completely aware about how to store passwords in services that check against them . You are likely to have read some of my
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
(I will be copy/paste this answer for the other comments) My bad - I misread the post. To clear things up: I am completely aware about how to store passwords in services that check against them . You are likely to have read some of my
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
(I will be copy/paste this answer for the other comments) My bad - I misread the post. To clear things up: I am completely aware about how to store passwords in services that check against them . You are likely to have read some of my
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
Yes, I will bag my two tree-sized plants, 4 paintings, 1 old map, 2 posters, drawings of my kids, figurines and a few more things. Ah yes, the ball I sit on. I spend in the office more time than at home so I want a nice environment.
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
And how exactly do you want to store passwords if not in plain text (and then encrypted of course)? 5k is a lot, the authorization process is broken, but this is not related to how the passwords are stored. The only solution is correct
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
High level IT positions are not risky. This is the db admin who can do most of the damage.
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
My point was not in the one-person aspect (I use fantastic software done by one person, I also develop some (used by a niche)), it is the bus factor that is worrisome. Some projects die because the dev abandons them (slowly or abruptly). Us
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
It depends on how you look at it. I use Debian stable in the smallet possible configuration because it is, well, stable. A rock on which I put docker to run actually useful services, which are upaded the way I want. If I was to run dnsmasq
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
> dnsmasq has served me well for like an eternity in multiple setups for different use cases. As all software it has bugs. And once located those get fixed. Its author is also easy to communicate with. I concur. The last part, however, i
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
> We have devoted a large part of our research and teaching careers to studying the ways in which information technology facilitates the spread of misinformation and disinformation through traditional and social media Apparently they did
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
This is doubtful. Americans are more kidnapped globally when we look at a equal distribution of population (i.e. in the same pool in a generic country, Americans are more likely to be kidnapped (according to the James Foley Foundation). Eur
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
This is complete nonsense. I am French and there is no way you can compare the northern suburbs of Paris with its western ones. Or the middle of Auvergne. It's like asking the question "is it safe to cross here" for any road
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
> It's relaxing and has a skill curve such that there's a trick to it but with a bit of practice, you can be someone who is really good at soldering, too. Over the last 30 years or so I have very (very) occasionaly soldered som
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
Sure, I was about to ask three of my friends to pop out the costs of their healthcare (including the one who has MS) but you seem to actually appreciate the system. Good for you -- I hope you never actually fall ill and really witness t
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
> Corruption like this is almost non-existent anymore. Was very much the case 10 years ago and earlier. Docs make serious money now, they don't need to risk it with bribery. Go to a hospital where you need to be operated. Look at th
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by BrandoElFollito 5mo ago
> it's pretty common to refer to x^2 as exponential colloquially since there's A. an exponent B. a single term for all values (vs. quadratic, cubic, quartic...) Where is it pretty common? I have never heard that (outside of bei

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