mgbmtl

33 ms·

361.
by mgbmtl 6y ago
I use icinga2 with satellites/agents on nodes. Satellites push their data, but the central node/master can still request an update.
362.
by mgbmtl 6y ago
re: Crematorium Management System, it might be possible to do that rather easily with a CRM? I develop mostly with CiviCRM ( https://civicrm.org ). It is contact-centric (rather than sales-centric), with good workflows for communi
363.
by mgbmtl 6y ago
I agree that books 3-4 are pretty slow and uninteresting, but one of the major aspects of Dune is the rise and fall of tyrants, and our obsession for saviours, which only really shines in the Heretics/Chapterhouse books, where the empi
364.
by mgbmtl 6y ago
There are also stronger consumer direction laws. Good for us, but yeah, more legal checks to do :)
365.
by mgbmtl 6y ago
As you mention, shopping on Amazon has become pretty horrible. I often shop local (faster, more convenient), but discoverability is a big problem, and I hate having to phone to enquire about their open hours, because their Google listing is
366.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
Zoom also does weird OS-detection which seems to fail with Debian-testing, so I can't use screensharing on Wayland. Works fine with Jitsi Meet. They also don't support dual-screen mixed-scaling (4k laptop with 1080p external scree
367.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
Just curious: what field are you in, and what's the % of PayPal payments? I work with non-profits in Canada. PayPal used to be omnipresent, but in the past 2-3 years, most of our clients dropped it. I never found any good data to back
368.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
Any suggestions on simple auth methods to avoid running an open Jitsi server? Last time I tested it, it seemed to be very open by default, letting anyone create meetings. I got lost when digging deeper. If I install-and-forget, I want to av
369.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
I'm really excited by the availability of the helpdesk feature. It will help our FOSS project reduce the number of mailing lists we have (such as the security@ or some other public-facing lists).
370.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
"Operating System Concepts" by Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne, is a classic. It covers the basics: processes, syscalls, filesystems. (it's what we read in our OS course in university)
371.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
Blocking trackers helps a lot for performance, and I second uMatrix. I even showed my 13 year old kid how to use it. However, uMatrix on mobile is not particularly easy to use (I use it, but would not recommend it).
372.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
It's rather neat to be able to read a short diff, including a test, to see exactly what that means. From my limited understanding: it purges cookies and localStorage, if the storage access API permission was not granted?
373.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
I enjoy Pimsleur, especially for learning bits of a language before travelling somewhere. It's fun to listen and practice with my partner. We both sound silly, and we can encourage each other to improve our pronunciation. I think that&
374.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
or it's already covered by healthcare when a doctor suspects it's necessary (for genetic predispositions).
375.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
I don't live in Europe, but with Orange, I had to upload a photo of my EU passport (they didn't accept a non-EU passport to extend the lifespan of the SIM card). Offtopic: those laws seem kind of silly if you can still get a valid
376.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
I was thinking the opposite: I have no idea what Roku is, but CCC talks are often posted on HN. I guess two worlds collided somehow :) For what it's worth, CCC organizes the "Chaos Communication Congress", which is a fairly l
377.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
I use https://riot.im for IRC for some channels. It stays connected, keeps archives, etc. For small communities, I recommend Mattermost or Rocket Chat. I used to be a die-hard fan of irssi inside tmux, but seeing how tiny usabil
378.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
Regular users cannot delete other people's posts and channels, but they can indeed archive any public channel. I run a mattermost server for a Free Software project. We have over 2000 users, but around 300 monthly active users, 100 dai
379.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
I am in a similar situation, where I have a last name that is clearly "not local", mixed origins, but I'm very white by most standards. Any sort of intervention will have some negative effects. I'm sorry you are being di
380.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
I'm a mostly PHP dev, but with apps in other languages, all you need more is a systemd unit file to start the app? (ruby, nodejs, go, etc)
381.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
> It only causes problems for me with absolutely no gain. There isn't a single website I can't reach [..] With RIRs running out of addresses, that's about to change (well, realistically, maybe in 1-2 years). As techs, I th
382.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
Seems pretty standard.. and while I appreciate that branding work, I feel like it's not like a ton of work or money went into it. I've seen small-ish FOSS projects having long debates on uppercase vs lowercase in logos, libre font
383.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
Really? Like most projects, they have a logo. What's wrong with that?
384.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
sorry :)
385.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
Violence: We have very different gun control laws, and general perception towards guns and violence. In my kid's primary school, they weren't even allowed to pretend-shoot at each other. Whereas I have to remind my US friends to l
386.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
I guess there can be a lot of influence in a discussion based on how comments are upvoted, how algorithms will favour one type of content over another? (especially when advertising is guiding it all, and lobbies are big advertisers) I enjoy
387.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
As a Canadian, random examples: Indifference to violence, hypocrisy on nudity, monetizing privacy (no respect for privacy), monetizing medical care. (I don't mean to start a flame war, but they are topics where EU and Canada tend to di
388.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
Not to dive into semantics, I guess it's more of a Reddit rival? Meaning that I would be happy if it can be a fairly good news aggregator, and it doesn't need a huge critical mass. Facebook is for baby pictures of friends, angry o
389.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
Sometimes it's on purpose: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/oct/15/homelan...
390.
by mgbmtl 7y ago
Fair enough. I had not realized how competitive things had become, because some of them are not in my neighbourhood, but most of them are within a 20km range.

More ›