backendanon

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by backendanon 3y ago
Interesting, probably not these days but it would be interesting to know.
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Ask HN: Are there any all Linux corporations?
11 points by backendanon 3y ago|5 comments
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by backendanon 3y ago
I couldn't post there because Reddit allowed the advertiser to lock the thread with no comments. The Ad is very flashy, it hurt my eyes within seconds, I'm not epileptic, but I am worried for those who are.
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Is this Ad at risk of causing epileptic seizure?(old.reddit.com)
2 points by backendanon 3y ago|2 comments
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by backendanon 3y ago
For Google Domains customers being dumped onto Squarespace (like me): https://domains.squarespace.com/google-domains "Squarespace will honor all existing Google Domains customers’ renewal prices for at least 12 months
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by backendanon 3y ago
IPv6 needs to die. IPv4 using NAT ensures a moderately high level of privacy. IPv6 with privacy extensions does not.
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by backendanon 3y ago
First, there's nothing overbearing about the Ubuntu install. Second, Fedora uses rpm management, rpm repositories sooner or later corrupt themselves, happened to me and others I know on Red Hat, on Fedora and on SuSE. I'd use Debi
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by backendanon 3y ago
I was in Sasebo, Japan in the early 1980's and remember buying cold coffee in a can from a vending machine similar to buying a can of Coke in the States.
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by backendanon 3y ago
I've never used Tailscale or Mullvad, I do use a VPS and Wireguard that I configured and run. I'm wondering if people working at Tailscale or Mullvad could snoop on the traffic passing through their servers?
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by backendanon 3y ago
> side step copyright protections So, are you saying people should only obey the laws they agree with when those people feel they're morally justified higher than those who voted for the laws in the first place, because it's yo
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by backendanon 3y ago
The context is whether it extinguishes the legal protections of the owner by making the barrier to sue extraordinarily high. Conversely, if you write something that is copyright protected under the law, would you be OK with Microsoft effect
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by backendanon 3y ago
According to my Google foo, around 1000 people per day have been moving to Texas in the last three years alone. Put anywhere between a half million to three quarters of a million additional people on the power grid in a three year span and
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by backendanon 3y ago
At 1 million times less power than existing sound transmission systems I'd say it's probably less audio going into the water than a baby whale fart.
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by backendanon 3y ago
As a former Submariner and Sonar Technician (trained in oceanography and underwater acoustics), it's interesting that such low power could be used. Long range underwater transmission of sound isn't a new thing. It's possible
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by backendanon 3y ago
Ok. I read it, thanks. I plan to continue using GPG.
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by backendanon 3y ago
> This seems to skip over the main issue I've had with waterfall - management picking dates before detailed analysis. Yup. In Agile though, the opposite happens, we the devs are encouraged or coerced to agree to work tickets whose s
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by backendanon 3y ago
> The biggest problem is that we don't have adequate tools for writing requirements. All that's needed is a text field and someone who can write requirements.
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by backendanon 3y ago
Agreed, it's no better than using a fingerprint to secure a device.
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by backendanon 3y ago
GPG is not good now? When did that happen?
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by backendanon 3y ago
When there's a good, engaged PO then Scrum can work.
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by backendanon 3y ago
I've had excellent support from Linux across a variety of machines for 2 decades. Dell, Lenovo and HP.
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by backendanon 3y ago
I've seen several do exactly that on Reddit's IdiotsInCars over time.
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by backendanon 3y ago
Trade a corporate boss for both a corporate boss and a union thug, near mafia boss? No thank you.
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Ask HN: Will Google stop supporting Linux Desktop?
1 points by backendanon 3y ago|1 comments
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by backendanon 3y ago
Agreed, I've gone through the same when I was on windows and switched back to Linux about three years ago. Windows games that I run, leading and AAA titles in some cases, runs better on Steam Proton.
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by backendanon 3y ago
I tend to be conservative. I don't hold those views at all. I know for a fact that I'm not an outlier. Your opinion seems to be misinformed.
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by backendanon 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism I searched that page for "oppos" and could not find anywhere it suggested or stated that libertarians "actively oppose [liberty] of others". Your asserti
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by backendanon 3y ago
> misalignment can creep in whenever colleagues aren't together full-time, in the same place, every day Been working remote mostly for 15 years. I haven't experienced, caused or observed any misalignment. I have experienced a h
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by backendanon 3y ago
The article is useless. What am I missing, I'll ask again.
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by backendanon 3y ago
I'm OK with how the disk tools show stats on Linux, thank you.

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