allan_wind

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by allan_wind 9y ago
- HEADLINE: thunderbolt, amt firmware loader - DESCRIPTION: The last laptop that I bought from Lenovo had a thunderbolt port, and I had to use that port to get 3 x 4k monitors to work. The hardware shipping with non-functional firmware. T
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by allan_wind 9y ago
Is the concept of a release still important? OpenBSD did away with the CDs for instance, so what is the value of calling a tag for a particular set of packages (versions) a release? The only time I cared was when I installed from scratch o
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by allan_wind 9y ago
attic < https://attic-backup.org/> encrypts data in transit via ssh, deduplicate and encrypt data at rest. I have come to appreciate both how easy it is to restore data, and the control you have over pruning which ba
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by allan_wind 10y ago
rss2email
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by allan_wind 10y ago
No. I wrote a small Rails project a while back and along with it small non-Rails utility that made used a couple of generic modules (mail, config). Both the Rails project and the utility bit-rotted faster than anything anything that I ever
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by allan_wind 10y ago
Ergonomics is very personal. I rest my palm on the CST trackball so my wrist is in a (near) neutral position and fingers are positioned with easy access to the controls. I manipulate the ball itself with my pointer and two other middle fi
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by allan_wind 10y ago
I bought a pair of wireless Logitech trackballs for home and work. Both died at about the same time, and when the warranty replacements died (for a total of 4) I switched to Clear Superior Technology.
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by allan_wind 10y ago
You may have given up prematurely. It took me a month or so to get used to it. I used the Kinesis Freestyle before, still expensive, but lasted me for years and years.
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by allan_wind 18y ago
I wonder if consumers will just tune out at some point, and if at some point artist will come up with an alternative organization that just cut the labels out of the loop. /Allan