jgaa

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by jgaa 11mo ago
Location: EU / Bulgaria Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: C++ and other programming languages, Qt, Docker, Kubernetes, CI pipelines, automation, core Internet protocols, distributed systems, databases, cloud.
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by jgaa 1y ago
It's what happens when the people governing is terrified about the people they govern.
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by jgaa 1y ago
SEEKING WORK | Remote / Worldwide | Experienced C++ Freelancer Available Location: EU Looking for a principal-level C++ developer? - Library Design – Design and implement modern C++ libraries and tools - Architecture Review – Con
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by jgaa 1y ago
When I received the first warning email about this, I wrote a simple library and cli to validate all my certs for me. https://github.com/jgaa/openvalify
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by jgaa 1y ago
That explains a lot.
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by jgaa 1y ago
This is never about protecting the children. This is always about government overreach. People are less likely to criticize the government, or even participate in political debate, if their online identities are know by the government. Gove
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by jgaa 2y ago
So much for Elons "Free Speech"! This may come as a shock to him: Free Speech means to allow people to say something that he disagree with. Something that may hurt his interests or even his ego. Free speech is not to allow peopl
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by jgaa 2y ago
With all the BS the new administration is coming up with, I guess the federal government lose anyone competent that is not a very loyal Trump supporter.
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by jgaa 2y ago
I use a dedicated PC with Ubuntu for the kind of AI assisted development where the AI's has access to the disk. The only secrets it has are the API key to the AI, a temporary ssh key that can be used with git to access the github repos
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by jgaa 2y ago
I only use mine occasionally, so I turn it off an put in a drawer. When I power it on a few months later the battery is flat , and the machines date in far in the past. This have never happened with any other laptop I've had.
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by jgaa 2y ago
It's truly sad to see one of few traditional web sites of extraordinary quality go.
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by jgaa 2y ago
My "issue" with X509 is that it's hard to create certificates in code. I have not seen a single software package I use do it from scratch. They always use a library. The X509 library functions in openssl is horrific, with ple
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by jgaa 3y ago
The nice thing with science is that if you cherry-pick your scientists, you will always find some who "prove you right" ;)
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by jgaa 3y ago
It has no tits. Things without tits gets little coverage in the UK mainstream media ;)
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by jgaa 3y ago
Sorry dude. I'm not writing my next book in XML.
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by jgaa 3y ago
Kermit was how I managed to get online for the first time. I bought a new 8086 PC clone back in the days. Then I ordered a add-on card with a serial port and an external 300 baud modem from a store in UK (I lived in Norway, and I could not
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by jgaa 3y ago
I will not surrender in this fight. If my bank prevents me from logging in with a reasonable browser (as opposed to a privacy nightmare designed to facilitate advertisers) - I will do my bank business in person, the bank.
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by jgaa 3y ago
One reason may be that they alienate users by copying the look, bad habits and feel of Chrome. They also engage in dark pattern UI behavior that pisses me off each time I get it in my face. Dear Firefox: If I wanted Chrome, I would use Chro
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by jgaa 3y ago
Prisons are not there to rehabilitate people. Prisons are there to make profit for it's share holders.
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by jgaa 3y ago
Just say no. Ignore Google and educate your friends and family about the alternatives. Make it your mission to save the Internet.
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by jgaa 3y ago
I tried it when I re-installed my workstation with Kubuntu 23.04. It was a shit-show of invalid links and errors when I tried to get the extensions and runtime modules for the VM's. After about 45 minutes I purged it and installed libv
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by jgaa 3y ago
Yea. They are made to help you achieve something. They are not designed to "engage" you to maximize ad profits ;)
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by jgaa 3y ago
> "handwaving eventual consistency" approach for a lot of things. Which, for some systems translates to: It will be in sync when all the entropy in the universe is gone.
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by jgaa 3y ago
> Microsoft has no shame They never did.
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by jgaa 3y ago
> You can serve static data over HTTP Yes. Just like you can put letters together and form words. It's kind of what it was designed to do.
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by jgaa 3y ago
This is fraud. If I impersonated you to commit fraud, I would face jail-time. How is it that CEO's almost never face jail-time when they do crime?
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by jgaa 3y ago
I believe this about Google wanting to see all emails. When I use my own email server (and I do), Google don't get to peek at my email when I communicate with people that are not on gmail. They don't get to see what's in th
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by jgaa 3y ago
Stop complaining! This is exactly what you want! If you really don't like Windows, you would already be using Linux, *BSD or MacOS - like me ;)
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by jgaa 3y ago
So you know yourself 100% then?
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by jgaa 3y ago
In Norway, this fire was lit by a high ranking police officer in the state criminal police, it's "FBI". Many people was hurt, falsely convicted and many lives was destroyed. In the police, and in the child abuse industry, mon

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