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by module0000 7y ago
Logging into "work" systems and typing "emacs" == "command not found". Typing "vi" opens a useful editor. It's not that I hate emacs or have some aversion to anything except vi/vim. The pr
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by module0000 7y ago
>> A better way would be to unmount and send the filesystem with 'dd' or something like that To add to that.. to avoid having to unmount your filesystem; use LVM. Then you can call `sync`, snapshot your main volume, and `dd`
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by module0000 7y ago
>> Cloudfront is the ridiculously-priced offering IMO. I don't really understand why people use it. Companies that get their highly regulated product(health insurance, hospitals, government contractors) "certified" for
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by module0000 7y ago
If graphite cracked/crumbled to prevent the control rods from being re-inserted, that's some scary stuff. The article ending with a request for the safety limit for number-of-cracks to be increased was really surprising for me. Th
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by module0000 7y ago
My kids went wild for Next-Gen, I had no idea it was done in Blender! The graphics are first-class, really impressive stuff. I'm an amateur, but I couldn't tell it apart from other studios such as Pixar.
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by module0000 7y ago
I've been using GnuCash to keep my consulting books for 10+ years now. It does dual entry well, generates pretty invoices, and has never given me any trouble. It's great software. Didn't expect to ever see it on the front pag
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by module0000 7y ago
I get your stance - but this is about a company trying to make money . If anything(such as avoiding vendor lock-in) gets in the way of you making money, then your venture is failing. Card carrying FSF member here, but business is business.
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by module0000 7y ago
How could anyone possibly think this was ever about the law? When he first published "Collateral Murder", you knew what it was about, and you knew how it would (eventually) end for him. Does anyone not living under a rock, think w
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by module0000 7y ago
I'm 100% behind all of your points. That's the world I want to live in, for the exact same reasons you do not... The only one I would even want to bend is the "can't setup cameras/audio recording on your own propert
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by module0000 7y ago
No: ETF decay is real and always has been. You're better off shorting an inverse ETF than buying and holding SPX. edit: and shorting an inverse ETF has it's own problems, mainly what happens to your position if the market crashes
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by module0000 7y ago
Python3+ and PHP7+ are faster than Ruby though. Maybe they were comparing modern ruby to 10 year old PHP/Python?
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by module0000 7y ago
I don't know where you got your information...but you can achieve wire speed with OpenVPN over a 1gb link. If I had a bigger pipe, then I could run a bigger test, and expect the same results. The rest of your points fall under "it
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by module0000 7y ago
There is an enjoyable book, written by someone who has explored these and ( many ) other deep places in the world. I think I saw it posted on HN originally. Book name: Underground Author: Will hunt amazon search url: https://www.
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by module0000 7y ago
Rational advice from a complete stranger; settle down, study, and consider buying a home. Buying a home can consume a year of runway quickly depending on how you go about it.
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by module0000 7y ago
>> Can you name your state rep? How about you write them a little today rather than succumb to cynicism or spitballing tech. Yes I can name (all) of my state's representatives. No I'm not going to write them. Your letter and
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by module0000 7y ago
It would result in us not approving the project/vendor at all. edit: We(citizens) don't like being spied on, and it just rubs salt in the wound that we have to pay for it.
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by module0000 7y ago
Good job vetting your vendors Uncle Sam! Somehow, we'll end up paying (taxpayers) to clean this up - just like we paid to deploy it. Sure would be nice if we had any voice/vote in these things...
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by module0000 7y ago
Erm...I don't think Game of Thrones is what the OP is talking about. You're talking about entertainment, and GP is talking about "information" in the context that "Humanity as a whole benefits from free access to it
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by module0000 7y ago
Please for the love of everything, let's go. I'm in. This is not a joke.
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by module0000 7y ago
Try GCP(google compute platform). You get a $300 credit good for one year. That should get you by for several months. If I remember(it's been awhile), there is a similar free offering from AWS(amazon) as well.
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by module0000 7y ago
This is stranger than fiction. I would have laughed 15 years ago if someone suggested DRM and electronic licensing would ever be applied to a tractor .
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by module0000 7y ago
Kim Stanley Robinson, is that you??? Reading your comment(whether you intended it this way or not), made me want to read 'The Mars Trilogy' again. If I remember, grabbing and piloting an asteroid above Mars was how they setup thei
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by module0000 7y ago
I just recently(last month) broke my habit of `git checkout feature && git merge master`, replacing it with `git checkout feature && git rebase master`. Don't know why I spent so long doing it with merge, and just menta
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by module0000 7y ago
>> I've worked with RHCEs that didn't have much in the way of RHEL administrative chops I don't understand how this is possible. Did you validate their RHCE at redhat.com? It's not a multiple choice test, it's
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by module0000 7y ago
I've gone through similar scenarios... you hire employees with fantastic experience which includes config management. Everything is optimal until low level problems occur. A good example of this is software raid failing, and the best p
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by module0000 7y ago
We're carrying more tools and hardware - unless we're top-roping, and in that case none of these issues exist.
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by module0000 7y ago
Also, in those times when you need a prusik, there is a less-than-tiny chance you are hurt. EG: you're trying to place your cam, and instead you take a 40 foot drop before your last cam arrests your fall by sending your body directly
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by module0000 7y ago
As a fellow climber, a first-time(but long-time climbing veteran) lead climb partner taught me a valuable lesson about this: Always carry an ascender , even if it's not for you. They are inexpensive, and the 10 seconds you spend feedi
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by module0000 7y ago
Human(individual) customers won't reap the huge benefit IMO. This is a big step up for commercial sites though, where cellular modems serve as fail-over for fiber/commodity service. These customers typically have unlimited data pl
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by module0000 7y ago
>> They'd have to upgrade the backhaul too though to take advantage of 5G capacity. THIS!!! Even if more sites are added, each with their own 10/100gb fiber run - it's still running to the main circuit for a region. Tha

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