modernpacifist

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by modernpacifist 4mo ago
Either mark-for-delete has the same impact as deleting in terms of shooting all the Cloud resources associated with the subscription, at which point the outage still happens but maybe the recovery is smoother or you've just delayed the
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by modernpacifist 7mo ago
Obviously carrier pigeons carrying messages encrypted with post-quantum ciphers where keys have been sent ahead of time using USPS because no one would be so rude as to read someone elses mail.
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by modernpacifist 7mo ago
A very complicated pattern matching engine providing an answer based on it's inputs, heuristics and previous training.
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by modernpacifist 8mo ago
In reality, we are likely about to get yet another data point on where the lines for the average person really lie in the dimensions of functionality, friction, network effect and privacy. There are those that will stay on Discord because t
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by modernpacifist 8mo ago
Likely the intended meaning here is that the practicality of space data centers goes against the physical realities of operating in space. The single most prevalent issue with operating anything in space is heat dissipation in that the only
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by modernpacifist 8mo ago
A leased line though will only get you A<->B where sure, A and B can be anywhere but have to be concrete locations/hand off points when provisioned. It does ultimatley come down to the service that one orders from a commercial en
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by modernpacifist 8mo ago
The [ONT → OLT(+BNG)] → Internet] sections of the paths will continue to be owned by commercial entities that can still be the subject of court orders and/or government pressure. Even if you were to roll your own cable in the ground to
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by modernpacifist 1y ago
A DoS that will disappear once you close the funnel. Tailscale are proxying the traffic so your public IP isn’t exposed. Your choice of port makes no difference.
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by modernpacifist 1y ago
The comparison breaks down since, in race car terms, the great acceleration isn’t enough to offset the negatives that make electric cars poor race cars. So in a sense it is pointless cosplay. Even the acceleration might be working against i
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by modernpacifist 1y ago
> Most race cars aren't electric though? That analogy makes no sense. No, they aren't. I attend a significant amount of track events as a driver and I will see maybe 1 electic car every few events. Besides the lack of charging
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by modernpacifist 2y ago
Removing the security mechanism in my comment is akin to opening the safe to enable the search or entering your PIN number on a phone to unlock it. I can't really see how otherwise removing a roadblock to enable law enforcement to perf
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by modernpacifist 2y ago
> The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmati
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by modernpacifist 2y ago
I don't see how banning payments would inherently create more opportunity for ransomware attacks. Assuming that the operators are already attacking as much as they can (why wouldn't they be - its more profit that way since its bus
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by modernpacifist 2y ago
It seems reasonable to suggest that the number of profit-driven ransomware endeavors and the number of for-fun ransomware endeavors can both be non-zero and contain some overlap and some non-overlap. Therefore it seems that to make it unpro
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by modernpacifist 2y ago
I would agree. My standard engagement with CS in Australia was a lot more personable and once it was recognized that a situation was off script they were far more willing to go into problem solving mode.
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by modernpacifist 2y ago
I'll +1 to this. Coming from Australia to the US I've found that (generally, especially in big corp entities/govt.) American customer service is always extremely courteous and eager but ultimately unhelpful or severely limite
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by modernpacifist 3y ago
Not exactly - they apply to whichever dictates your capacity - be it ingress or egress. Overwhelmingly, capacity for hyperscalers is dictated by egress peaks. Since most non-residential network links are delivered symmetrically, the capacit
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by modernpacifist 3y ago
Having seen the other side of the fence (the hyperscaler side) I’m kind of bored with egress cost being continuously compared with your standard bare-metal hosting provider for a few reasons: - Let’s first dispense with the idea that egress
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by modernpacifist 3y ago
> Here at HN we want a post mortem for a cloud failure in a matter of hours. I'll go one further - I've yet to finish writing a postmortem on one incident before the next one happens. I also have my doubts that folks wanting a
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by modernpacifist 3y ago
I don't know about others, but I can't help but smile when I read the detailed series of events in aviation postmortems. To be able to zero in on what turned out to be a single faulty part and then trace the entire provenance and
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by modernpacifist 3y ago
By not reading past the word "Autopilot" in the product description and ticking the Accept Terms box instead of having their personal lawyer review it, like the rest of us do.
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by modernpacifist 3y ago
It provides a consistent IP address (in the CGNAT range) that the end-device is always reachable at. On top of that you can use MagicDNS or regular DNS records to refer to it. That IP is usable regardless of how that device and your device
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by modernpacifist 3y ago
Mostly standard VPN use cases. They can access my Plex server, Mealie instance and in turn I can remote access their devices without something like TeamViewer when they need IT Support or their home automation stuff is acting up. Would thei
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by modernpacifist 3y ago
- Entire site-to-site tunneling/routing. I didn't have to do anything for my parents I just dropped a subnet router at their place. - Access my services/servers at home from anywhere in the world. Friendly mobile apps as well
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by modernpacifist 3y ago
For a pure client/server VPN between two devices sure, but I think that’s where the equivalence between Tailscale and “some lines of config” end.
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by modernpacifist 3y ago
> What isn't easy about forwarding packets destined for port 80/443 of your public IP to the local service in question and being a part of the public Internet like things were from the start? - Not every home internet service g
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by modernpacifist 6y ago
In seeing all of these complaints about the cloud providers getting too big, owning the internet etc, have folks forgotten how to run their own equipment or what renting a dedicated server is? The internet did function prior to cloud comput
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by modernpacifist 8y ago
Seriously? Any half decent administrator knows that for every SSL certificate you install, you set a date some time in the future where you need to change it out for a new one. To your comment of "one day the system works normally and
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by modernpacifist 9y ago
You can sort of achieve the same outcome just my having all the various services/container specs inside a single .yml file that gets fed to 'kubectl apply'. docker-compose up does create networks and containers unique to the
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by modernpacifist 9y ago
To answer as best as possible given the vagueness: Cookies: Highly compatible with most if not all browsers (and even headless tools). Lends themselves to having an expiry date and generally best when used with time sort of short-lived expi

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