heelix

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by heelix 6d ago
One of the easiest ways to get paid for something is to to offer commercial support once something shifts to 'end of life' for community support. Can't get off of an old busted version - write a check for continued support!
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by heelix 26d ago
Ironically, this is a fantastic time to use Firefox with UBO. I made the switch back when Chrome first threatened to block UBO and it was clear they were just kicking the can. What I've come to find is most of the things with ads won
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by heelix 1mo ago
My grandfather used to say 'any power tool can be a sander, if you use it wrong'.
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by heelix 1mo ago
Similar experience with firefox and ublock origin. I make the cut early, when chrome was threatening to make the change originally and have had a really good experience. Many, many things just work with the ads stripped out. Youtube and o
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by heelix 2mo ago
The issue is so many god damn meetings. There can be days in a row where I won't see 15 minutes of uninterrupted time during core work hours. Early, late... that ends up being quiet time to do the things I have in my queue. I'l
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by heelix 2mo ago
Minneapolis is about 190nm south of the fires going on in the BWCA - with help of the Canadian fires just North of Ely. Smoke had visibility at our local (KFCM) airfield at 1 mile this morning from the smoke. IFR. I got to wonder if this i
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by heelix 5mo ago
Agree. The i9 went full fans as soon as I fired up docker. The arm based macs are an entirely different beast.
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by heelix 5mo ago
One of the double edge swords I see is devs/evangelists pushing agentic coding are playing the 'good enough' statement. If that is true and those asking for software can live with good enough AI code, the moment the free loc
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by heelix 5mo ago
Man, such a difference between a human whoops and an AI. Had a junior dev hork all environments, when the script they thought worked in nonprod... did not modify an index like they expected, they were quickly able to wipe out everything el
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by heelix 6mo ago
I mean - you don't want to keep the unlucky people, right?
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by heelix 6mo ago
Converting DnD rules and edge cases was always a bit of fun and became my "hello world" as I was learning stuff. Years back, I worked at a company where the agreement required them to review any personal application that I created
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by heelix 6mo ago
Consider a dedicated SSD for each OS. You should have a couple M2 slots in the laptop. What you can do is remove (or disable) the Windows SSD, install Linux on the second drive, and then add back the windows drive. Select the drive at st
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by heelix 6mo ago
Ubuntu just raised the minimum RAM requirement from 4gb to 6. While it might have been possible to run anything with a GUI on 4, I can't imagine that is a good experience. When they turned Centos into streams, I cut my workstation ove
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by heelix 6mo ago
Had a similar experience with the XPS series. Was able to find a keyboard. When taken apart, realized they had used plastic bits, tape, and other things to connect the keyboard to the top lid. Seems they expected one to either be handy w
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by heelix 6mo ago
I resemble that remark. I've got to wonder how many people are starting to cut over to Linux/Mac or just stopped caring about being patched on Win10. A couple weekends ago, I made the overdue call to kill my dual booting with Win
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by heelix 7mo ago
My Bride worked for a banking/credit card company. Someone took the sample "northwinds" Microsoft Access sample app, changed the labels, and modified their business process to mimic a few of the existing queries. At some po
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by heelix 7mo ago
Man... updated mozilla,toyed with my ad blocker, now updating the os. Never crossed my mind this was a 'them' problem.
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by heelix 9mo ago
I was able to pick up recycled flourinert, which I used for an immersed dual celeron setup. It was mind boggling to see the submerged motherboard chugging away and silence beyond the the soft whir/gurgle of the water pumps. My first
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by heelix 9mo ago
I had the 17" XPS, which was lovely. A nice 16:10 screen, which was the main thing I was looking for. Battery was easy to replace. Easy memory and M2 drive replacement. It was a pretty good laptop for x86. Main issue was heat&#x2F
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by heelix 9mo ago
What is the difference between software and car sales? The car sales knows when they are lying.
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by heelix 9mo ago
Likely reddit Many folks left Dig for their primary feed when they did the UI update. I think I switched over to Slashdot around that time. The multi selector for karma, on the comments and them changing usernames so my original no longer
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by heelix 10mo ago
Ah man, I owned a Jag XJS with the V12. Nothing on that car was what I'd consider 'normal'. Want to change the brake pads - down the rabbit hole I went. That car was why I own a voltmeter. I was a lot more knowledgeable a
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by heelix 10mo ago
Well.. it was probably too good to be true. I'm a hiker - and was in on that first wave of purchasers. For $24, the 2000mAh battery was pretty light for what it is - 10.16oz. (more capacity for what I usually need) In comparison, I t
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by heelix 10mo ago
When covid hit, my wife showed stroke symptoms - half her face stopped working (bell's palsy). She had an MRI as part of the diagnostic. As part of it, the operator asked her if she wanted to have some music. Yes please, some soft 80
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by heelix 10mo ago
Oracle is supporting Java 8 till 2030 as a paid binary if you download from them and free source code as part of the OpenJDK. Other OpenJDK vendors, like Adoptium, are providing free binaries till 2030 as well. Other folks may or may not
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by heelix 10mo ago
I've had problems getting one. Taken a couple attempts at it when the drivers license renews. Last attempt, it seems those adopted need both the biological as well as the legal birth certificate. I've sorted my passport, so do
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by heelix 10mo ago
I made the jump back to Firefox when Chrome did the first 'we are messing with uBlock' the first time they threatened. Honestly, it has been a really good experience. Most things just work. I'm also amazed how well the adb
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by heelix 11mo ago
Is there a way to detect/filter dependencies that use HTTP URLs as dependency specifiers as part of an NPM install? Since you can send specific requesters different payloads, I can see how this would bypass most of the normal scanning
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by heelix 1y ago
Suspect they were IFR. All your points stand. First time flying things with a jet engine, I was shocked how much more fuel gets burned at low altitude. It almost always works out better to max climb to altitude and descend than to fly low
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by heelix 1y ago
Just having to deal with getting the wrong item - something more expensive shipped, though it was not the item I was actually after. Did not take the wizard past the return instructions where they would charge me the amount, but no informa

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