johnvaluk

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by johnvaluk 5y ago
It's a learning moment for users who press Ctrl-s to save their work due to muscle memory from other environments. That's when they get a crash course in Ctrl-q and screen/tmux.
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
This attack is most effective against victims without backups who are desperate to get back their data. If you have backups, you basically shrug it off, restore your data, (re)train your users and use forensics to mitigate any obvious weakn
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
Also consider changing the user-agent from the default. I set mine to a typical browser string in ~/.curlrc, but you can also use -A/--user-agent on the command line.
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
The paper indicates that the goal is to prove that OSS in particular is vulnerable to this attack, but it seems that any software development ecosystem shares the same weaknesses. The choice of an OSS target seems to be one of convenience a
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
I've hosted email for myself and some other users for decades now. We all own our domains and aren't getting any younger. I'm a little terrified of the responsibility I've taken on and have no idea what I'll do when
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
Wouldn't that approach also be doomed to failure? How would you provide a unique domain to every John Smith in the world?
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
Overall an enjoyable read, but as someone who includes SQL queries in code, I disagree with two points: I despise table aliases and usually remove them from queries. To me, they add a level of abstraction that obscures the purpose of the qu
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by johnvaluk 6y ago
I think authors want to ensure their writings are not edited, censored or otherwise tampered with while in transit to the reader. HTTPS isn't perfect, but this is one of the benefits it provides. It isn't only about encryption or
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by johnvaluk 6y ago
While it's true that there are many command line options available, I use a similar script to configure my Macs and it can be quite painful compared to Linux. First of all, this is a script, not a configuration file, so the changes onl
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by johnvaluk 6y ago
Can you elaborate? I despise the startup chime and disable it on all of my Macs. Why should they announce a startup when none of my other devices do? Why would I want to wake a sleeping baby or annoy other library patrons? This is one of th
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by johnvaluk 6y ago
A side effect of using the Vimperator extension for many years was that it provided a stable interface unaffected by upstream UI tweaks, while still benefiting from other feature and security updates. I couldn't imagine switching away
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by johnvaluk 6y ago
To be fair, Helm the synth predates helm the k8s package manager.
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by johnvaluk 6y ago
A file is more than simply a unit or collection of data in a local hierarchy. It's an abstraction that supports the copying, exchange and even possession of data. How is one supposed to share part of a database with another system or u
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by johnvaluk 6y ago
I also have my dotfiles in portable repositories that must work on a variety of unices (so I don't use the popular-but-nix-specific home-manager package). My custom ISO has no user data, it just creates my immutable account with my pub
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by johnvaluk 6y ago
I run NixOS on a variety of laptops as my daily driver. While there's initially a steep learning curve, the time is well spent developing a reproducible configuration that you can quickly install on a new machine. I adapt the same conf
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by johnvaluk 6y ago
My DAW is bash+sox+ecasound because I don't want to be distracted by visuals when working with audio. However, I just started working on a project involving about 15 hours of digital audio recorded under less than ideal circumstances a
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by johnvaluk 7y ago
I think it depends on what your definition of "We" is. As a species, the scientific progress humans have experienced in the last century is unparalleled. But the United States is falling behind because we are not doing enough soci
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by johnvaluk 7y ago
A friend gave me a Mid-2011 MacBookAir4,2 because some keys died, the battery lasts less than an hour on a charge, and it freezes up regularly when running MacOS. I installed Linux on it and connected it to my 4K TV (at 1080p resolution). I
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by johnvaluk 7y ago
We use Slack in a similar manner and the signal to noise ratio is extremely high. Some of our channels are key components of workflows. It's extremely easy to seek help or share information like links or code snippets. We're also
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by johnvaluk 8y ago
I've updated the firmware on every ChromeOS device I've owned and installed Linux. It's fun!!! But I've also restored some of them to factory condition and given them away to friends or family who find it challenging to
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by johnvaluk 8y ago
Or maybe it's just Apple's way of pointing out that battery life correlates to the amount of time the screen is on.
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by johnvaluk 8y ago
I'm a cyclist with an Apple Watch and iPhone SE. The watch is nearly useless when I'm riding, because it requires me to remove one or both hands from the handlebar for too long to accomplish anything meaningful AND possibly take m
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by johnvaluk 8y ago
On the other hand, Chrome OS has finally ended my nightmare as the family IT support specialist. I have to help people who don't know what a "mouse" is, what a "browser" is, or that you can read the same email on mu
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by johnvaluk 8y ago
FWIW, I have an Acer ChromeBook I bought for $99 brand new on Black Friday a couple of years ago. I have about 20 laptops at my disposal (including ThinkPads and MacBook Pros) but I use this one the most. The build quality is surprisingly g
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by johnvaluk 9y ago
You can install nix-serve on any machine to share its binary cache (including patched applications). Then add all of the enabled machines to every machine's nix.binaryCaches in order of preference. If they don't have what you need
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by johnvaluk 9y ago
Today is the first time I've heard of AMP, so I don't have a dog in this hunt. I visited each of your links and followed some links on those pages, and I still have no idea what AMP is. All I see is a promise that pages will load
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by johnvaluk 9y ago
I'd love to tether, but don't because my carrier (AT&T) won't enable it for a single device, only for all accounts on my family plan. My family could easily (even innocently) use up our monthly data allotment in a day. Al
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by johnvaluk 10y ago
I would love to maintain our websites with a static site generator and manage updates via pull requests to our version control system. I don't have a single user who would understand that sentence. That's why we use WordPress.
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by johnvaluk 10y ago
Sadly, I mean a replacement for Firefox altogether. The only plugins I use are Vimperator and uMatrix. I'm posting this from Qutebrowser and I'm very impressed. I just hope I can get uMatrix functionality.
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by johnvaluk 10y ago
The recent 51.0 update killed Vimperator, so I switched to Firefox ESR to gain some time while I search for a replacement.

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