islandtech

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   by islandtech 11y ago

   I haven't, don't, and never will have a Facebook account. Ditto all the rest. No need for all that to stay in touch with the people in my life. What concerns me is the lack of anonymity being pushed. The real name nonsense. Real n
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   by islandtech 11y ago

   Different times. You cannot hold past people to whatever the rights du jour are now. Slavery was legal then, right or wrong. I'm sure in 100+ years, people will look back on us and laugh at how "unenlightened" we are.
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   by islandtech 11y ago

   "...the Walmart of coffee." Thank you for the laugh. I never thought of it quite that way, but it's true if one considers it and the alternatives.
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   by islandtech 11y ago

   Actually, the right kind of bombing does work to great effect. Namely fuel/air bombing. It's also cheaper than conventional bombing. The bomb detonates at an altitude over the target area and literally blankets it in fire, not nec
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   by islandtech 11y ago

   I think coffee is vastly overpriced compared to Europe. I always drink gallons of the stuff whilst in Europe for several reasons, not the least of which is that it's better over there. The experience is nicer. I have a favourite small
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   by islandtech 11y ago

   I hear you, but do you really think the people who spent the last decade+ working on Perl 6 would have done so because of love of the language alone? That would be a terrible waste of time and talent. I think we will see something of a Perl
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   by islandtech 11y ago

   Hardly. Perl gets far more use than you might imagine and in some very interesting places. Anyone who thinks that Perl is dead or dying is a bandwagon fan of the language(s) du jour. I've been in IT across three decades. Perl is just a
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   by islandtech 11y ago

   I don't use FTP, nor do I allow it on my network. SSH or no go.
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   by islandtech 11y ago

   I miss the mainframe and thin clients. I really do. I miss when IT workers were white collar workers, not the now-expected know everything from cabling to programming crap that has become the hallmark of current HR demands. It's one th
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    by islandtech 11y ago

    I would simply add that whilst Google have their fingers in so many different things, Fastmail does one thing very well: email and email-related.
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    by islandtech 11y ago

    Well, for Webmail, then, I would say Tutanota or ProtonMail, both of which are good.
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    by islandtech 11y ago

    Google's rendition of IMAP isn't following any standard but their own. Fastmail uses Cyrus IMAP server, which most certainly follows standards. I've been a Fastmail user for almost 10 years. Never an issue that was not solved
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    by islandtech 11y ago

    I understand, but send these guys an email. One of the founders will likely respond to you. I used to run all my own stuff, but when my children came along, I didn't want to spend all my time chasing issues with servers. Look the Fastm
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    by islandtech 11y ago

    For Webmail or IMAP mail, look no further than Fastmail. These guys know exactly what they are doing with IMAP and they can easily accomodate your multiple accounts. I've been a Fastmail user for almost a decade. I've never been h