lost_soul

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by lost_soul 5y ago
While I admire the sentiment, jerks seem to do alright.
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by lost_soul 5y ago
Linux taught me about computers and it taught me about politics. I worked at a university where the demand for Internet far exceeded the capabilities of the network. While a filtering bridge may reduce broadcast storms to an acceptable leve
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by lost_soul 5y ago
Is there another source?
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by lost_soul 5y ago
UP has its own police with full law enforcement powers. I would be curious to know if that force has been downsized. They did abandon the police headquarters building at the western edge of the LA yard.
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by lost_soul 5y ago
Frugal only goes so far in the US until the healthcare reality sets in.
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by lost_soul 5y ago
Sure. Plenty of anecdotes about people with medical issues other than Covid being denied access to care due to the unvaccinated. America caters to the selfish.
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by lost_soul 5y ago
My interest is in climate change mitigation and I'm seeing articles about recycling plastics, ocean cleanup, carbon capture and so on. Exciting stuff and it's just getting started.
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by lost_soul 5y ago
Things are about to get a lot more "interesting". Climate change, the rise of fascism in the US and who knows what's next with Covid.
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by lost_soul 5y ago
The decline and fall of SF seems to be a popular topic on HN. Yet SF real estate prices remain astronomical. Somebody wants to live there.
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by lost_soul 5y ago
I stayed at an AirBNB in Southern Oregon in 2012 that was a manufactured home built in the early 90's. The house was literally falling apart due to shoddy materials. Particle board is not a good choice for a subfloor.
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by lost_soul 5y ago
I've often wondered why WOL is so poorly designed. WOL should be a function of the NIC, completely independent of the OS and capable of returning status codes even if the computer is "off".
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by lost_soul 5y ago
The eye strain is doing me in. I thought I would be working longer but that decision is made.
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by lost_soul 5y ago
Newsom won his recall because Californians compared him to the governors of Florida and Texas. This is how he intends on using his earned political capital.
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by lost_soul 5y ago
The best use I have seen for Citrix et al is in environments where multiple users will use the same computer during the day. Especially useful with RFid authentication.