lm411

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by lm411 2y ago
Using a touch screen to control wiper speed seems insane. In fact, most of what you wrote sounds incredibly unintuitive and frankly stupid. Things like wiper speed need to be brain-dead simple muscle memory controls - and similar in behavi
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by lm411 2y ago
Mosh looks handy. Thanks for sharing!
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by lm411 2y ago
I'm very glad that TCP is so robust. I'd take a solid 300 baud connection over a spotty cellular connection during most emergencies. Having worked and played on flaky high-latency and low-throughput networks much of my life, I mos
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by lm411 2y ago
Alternative title: How to destroy your OS by not understanding your OS. Don't take this the wrong way. Nice write up. :) ...... Sudo ... why would you sudo a command that you don't understand? RTFM ... all of the behaviour you e
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by lm411 2y ago
I'd guess that back in the 80's and 90's those 2nd lines were used a lot more than 1%. Nowadays I wonder if even 1% of a single line is used. ;)
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by lm411 2y ago
100%. A system like this is bound to be compromised and abused.
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by lm411 2y ago
I'd never heard of Upscayl before. Very impressed! Works great on my Mac.
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by lm411 3y ago
Performance, reliability, and BBU or CacheVault. Hardware RAID is worth the money when uptime and performance are important. I've seen good RAID cards keep a server running where native direct SATA would have brought the server down.
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by lm411 3y ago
I'm with you on that 100% Scoundreller.
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by lm411 3y ago
Note that this requires the outbound mail server to support relaying, and again make sure your sending domain's SPF is correct. Your sending domain must list [email provider smtp outbound] in its SPF record. I would only choose this o
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by lm411 3y ago
Here in British Columbia, our provincially owned insurer (ICBC) saved significant money because of fewer claims during Covid. They even issued a rebate to most drivers. Though they also noted losing some revenue due to fewer or lower prem
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by lm411 3y ago
It's hard to backup with data since the IRCC doesn't release any useful information publicly. So, yes, mostly anecdotal. Also, people committing fraud rarely come out and admit it if they are not caught. So how would we know? I
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by lm411 3y ago
I've been running my own email server for the last 10 years or so using iRedMail / CentOS on a cheap VM. It requires very little maintenance and I never have problems with delivery (just make sure you have DMARC, DKIM, SPF, all s
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by lm411 3y ago
Misrepresentation, marriage fraud, fake documentation (e.g. qualifications), fake schools / colleges, fake family members, fake businesses for LMIA, you name it. It's all happening. Everyone is gaming the system. With such a she
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by lm411 3y ago
LMIA fraud is massive. As with pretty much everything related to our immigration system. Darshan Maharaja posts often about these kinds of things - https://twitter.com/theophanesrex . Smart guy all around. I'd be amaze
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by lm411 3y ago
100% I very nearly ended up in the military in Canada. Somewhat far along in the interview process I admitted to having used marijuana within the last year (maybe it was 3 months, I can't recall). I make it a point to be an honest per
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by lm411 3y ago
Very interesting. I'd never heard of this before. More discovered items and info here: https://www.mustfarm.com/bronze-age-settlement/discoveries/
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by lm411 3y ago
So far I've had two issues after the update: - JetDrive / SD drive wouldn't mount - Time Machine backups started failing with "Time Machine did not back up because the backup disk was previously encrypted but is no longe
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by lm411 3y ago
> There's not even a built-in way to uninstall programs in macOS. It's bizarre. You literally just drag the app to the trash can. Properly sandboxed Mac apps are a delight to uninstall. Yes, some apps are more difficult, but th
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by lm411 3y ago
I like MacOS. I spend most of my time in a shell, so MacOS being POSIX compliant is a huge draw for me. What difficulty do you have browsing the web? I just click Safari and it works. Though I usually have FireFox and un-Googled Chromium
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by lm411 3y ago
"Instead of cutting firewood for the wood stove, you just throw all your furniture and cabinetry and doors in there. Then you just ask for new ones..." Having spent quite a bit of time on various reservations in Western Canada, I&
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by lm411 3y ago
2024 Canada is an absurd time and place to be alive. Canada 2024: - Universities have "Black only" swim hours and segregated "Person of Colour" buildings - "no whites allowed". - Indigenous people get special
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by lm411 3y ago
Unfortunately, CAPTCHA's are already easy for bots to bypass or solve. There are quite a few services that will solve them in a few seconds, costing less than a dollar per 1000 solved tokens for most common CAPTCHA's (e.g ReCAPTCH
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by lm411 3y ago
More concerning than the level of the Columbia River is the lack of snowpack in the West Kootenays and most of BC. The level of the Columbia River in Castlegar varies so much (due to the Hugh Keenleyside Dam and other upstream dams on the K
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by lm411 3y ago
I didn't say AirBNB was "the" problem. It does contribute in a significant way. Have you seen the rental prices in Vancouver, or CRD region?
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by lm411 3y ago
I think it's a good idea and I would support it. But something like that would never be implemented by our current government. They'd likely call you racist or xenophobic just for suggesting it. For most Canadians, the next elect
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by lm411 3y ago
> If you're not from Canada, you honestly can't fathom how bad things have gotten for people living here. 100%. People outside of Canada really don't realize how bad it has gotten here. Yes, housing costs are up all over
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by lm411 3y ago
Sure, but, in such an extreme housing crisis it might be wise to adjust priorities so people have housing. The town also has a massive NIMBY problem.
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by lm411 3y ago
Anecdotally, in my experience, a large percent of AirBNB's in Vancouver are owned by foreigners. But yeah, the really wealthy foreigners just buy up mansions and keep them empty. I don't believe the Empty Homes Tax or foreign buye
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by lm411 3y ago
It's actually much worse, as the immigration count doesn't include temporary residents -- the majority of of which will become permanent residents. "Canada's population increased by more than 1.2 million in 2023" h

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