altendo

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by altendo 1y ago
I miss it too :( but I'm glad that we're still in people's memories :)
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by altendo 2y ago
I think this is configurable on the streamer's end. I watch a lot of PirateSoftware and he's talked about how choosing to run ads at certain intervals vs running them before the stream starts affected his viewership levels. I don&
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by altendo 4y ago
In the US, dialing 988 will also get you access to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. (Technically it is now the 988 Lifeline, but they both refer to the same thing[1].) 1: https://988lifeline.org/current-events/
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by altendo 4y ago
> Personally I would wait a few months at least to be sure that the biggest bugs are killed. This is my default behavior with any database product. Solid advice.
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by altendo 5y ago
> Where do you find your sense of purpose working in the private sector? In some sense, I don't. At this point in my life, my tech job essentially funds my living expenses: a place to live, food, etc. That isn't to say that I d
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by altendo 5y ago
I wonder if there is a way to ditch the ISS without contributing to oceanic pollution. I get that this is likely a low-cost solution (disassembling it and transporting it wouldn't be cheap) but it would be nice to not contribute to the
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by altendo 5y ago
I believe that it's an assumption for now, but a reasonable one to make. I think it's unlikely that Visa exposes itself to legal risks where MasterCard is not - why give your competitor an edge like that?
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by altendo 5y ago
> In a statement, a Twitter spokesperson said the company’s rules are enforced judiciously and impartially for everyone on our service. I don't know the details of why they are blocking the Indian National Congress' account. Wh
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by altendo 5y ago
> Sounds like he did not do so great job here either. The original article notes that funding took a hit in 2020. 2020 was an unprecedented year for any number of reasons. To simply say someone did a poor job fundraising in a year beset
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by altendo 5y ago
I am always struck at the amount that states and municipalities are willing to write off in order to attract companies. On one hand, I understand that companies want to take the best deal, but on the other hand, at times local governments a
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by altendo 5y ago
> the Postgres needs to be multi zone we need it to be multi-master, clearly. those writes need to go somewhere!
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by altendo 6y ago
Yes! And there were the deep cuts of songs too. It was a wild ride. I am so fortunate to have been there for the time that I had. Appreciate the love everyone's been sending in the comments. It's good to not be forgotten :)
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by altendo 6y ago
Since this doesn't really mention what the issue is, I would refer readers to Engadget for an explanation[1]. It seems that Huawei is proposing a new protocol that would allow for greater control of network traffic, among other things.
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by altendo 7y ago
I volunteer at a crisis center in a number of roles. My sysadmin job gives me the security and freedom to engage with people outside of that realm in my spare time. It has been refreshing and meaningful to focus on something _other than_ te
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by altendo 7y ago
My boss gave me a copy of _Talking with Teach Leads_ by Patrick Kua. I enjoy it. It's an anthology of testimonials by tech leads. It helped give me some perspective on what I need to focus. edit: grammar
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by altendo 7y ago
If I might add, that some employees might even see the need to speak out about issues, because if not them, who will? Leaving just gives the company a chance to replace them with someone who -will not- challenge the status quo. Some people
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by altendo 7y ago
Alan Watts talked about how one should consider their own death every so often in his lectures. I think he would approve.
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by altendo 7y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUxoAWTBlRs
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by altendo 7y ago
This completely disregards the number of politicians and newsmakers using Twitter as a platform to share information. The US President has been the first president to announce major policy changes over Twitter without any consultation with
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by altendo 7y ago
In fairness to Snowden, he didn't intend to stay in Russia; his fate was sealed when the US revoked his passport.[1][2] I can't imagine Snowden being much of a fan of Russia given a) what he probably knew during his time working a
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by altendo 7y ago
They do, just as immigration stances vary across all populations of people. LWT staff however decided to make a decision based on feedback from some of its members/participants. I don't think any conclusions can be drawn based on
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by altendo 7y ago
>There's no one national center, calls to NSPL get routed to the center that's closest to you geographically (I believe that's based on area code). Different centers may have different training and policies, etc. I would d
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by altendo 7y ago
this is cool! Definitely will give it a look.
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by altendo 7y ago
Are people still using Sphinx Search ( http://sphinxsearch.com ) at all? It doesn't seem like it gets many releases anymore...since they unpublished the source code, it's hard to see how much activity there is.
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by altendo 7y ago
I've had the same problem with Verizon, in the past the password would only store the first 20 characters. Took me an hour or two to figure it out and fix the problem. I'm not sure if that's still the case, hopefully not.
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by altendo 7y ago
The thing is, memorization itself should -not- be the primary skill of a sysadmin. A sysadmin should know how to troubleshoot, how to use tools, and (more importantly) how to learn how to use the tools. I don't want to discount the val
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by altendo 7y ago
As a volunteer at a crisis center, I can tell you that the thing that people most want to hear when they are sad, depressed, or otherwise in crisis is that they want to validate what feelings that they have. In a word, they are feeling awfu
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by altendo 8y ago
The HN link is pg 2 of the forum thread; on page 1 a Dropbox employee states the following: >The supported file systems are NTFS for Windows, HFS+ or APFS for Mac, and Ext4 for Linux . >A supported file system is required as Dropbox
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by altendo 9y ago
I'm not sure it will. From the article: >The agency didn’t provide an estimate of how much time is currently spent on Y2K paperwork, but Linda Springer, an OMB senior adviser, acknowledged that it isn’t a lot since those requirement
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by altendo 9y ago
I was just going to say, if they think 2000 was a problem they are in for a surprise soon.

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