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BaldricksGhoston CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops

Don't forget the golden parachute. These guys always seem to fail upward.

BaldricksGhoston CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops

I work IT at a regional 911 center. We're fine but I sympathize with those who are back to pen and paper dispatching. Hard for most current dispatchers to realize the way we did it back in the day.

BaldricksGhoston Meta outage

Threads is down too. Given its integration with Instagram that's not exactly surprising though.

BaldricksGhoston Meta outage

There are probably more MAGA's on Facebook platforms than TFG's Truth Social. Either way it's going to start a few conspiracy theories.

BaldricksGhoston Mastodon.technology Shutdown

Sorry to hear this. Family must come first.

The mastodon.technology had some interesting folks. I've migrated my account to the mastodon.social instance. Moving accounts on Mastodon is pretty easy so that's a positive.

BaldricksGhoston Help HN: Can't open childhood files

This makes me feel old. We had no "files" when I was a kid except the kind that were on paper.

Best of luck.

BaldricksGhoston Happy 15th birthday Hacker News

HN is one of my favorite daily reads! Here's to the next 15 years and many more.

BaldricksGhoston Slackware 15.0

Slackware was one of the first distros I used seriously. Five plus years between releases is an awfully long time. Glad to see it's still alive.

BaldricksGhoston Facebook loses users for the first time

"Facebook is where you find out your highschool friend is super in to a MLM, your uncle has drastic political views you don't share, and that your historical social class and network is largely irrelevant to your life a decade later."

This is probably the most accurate description of Facebook I've seen.

BaldricksGhoston Deurbanising the Web [pdf]

How about plain old HTML? Might not be as pretty but it sure beats a bloated PDF.

BaldricksGhoston The Complete Hypercard Handbook (1988)

The first useful application/database I ever wrote was in Hypercard. I loved that app. 33 years later I still work in IT.

BaldricksGhoston Nano 5.0

I love Midnight Commander. It's the first thing I install on any Linux system.

BaldricksGhoston Grant Imahara Has Died

Only appropriate that this has risen to the top of HN. RIP Grant.

BaldricksGhoston El Chapo Trial: Why His I.T. Guy Had a Nervous Breakdown

Plata o plomo.

BaldricksGhoston Facebook’s Clear History privacy feature is still months from launching

You're not surprised by this? In spite of all the talk in the article about how this was "not that easy" the real reason probably lies in this bit near the end:

"Why can’t Facebook just stop collecting your browsing history entirely? Well, it could, but a large part of Facebook’s business depends on collecting this kind of browsing data, so it would cripple a big revenue stream."

As long as Facebook's business model involves monetizing your data, they are going to slow walk any feature that might impact this.

BaldricksGhoston SQLite Code of Conduct

While we often confuse religion with the practices of the idiots fawning over politicians here in the US, there is beauty to be found in the wisdom of the ancients on occasion.

BaldricksGhoston FT8 – Tipping Point for Ham Radio?

I'm in my 50's and I've been a ham for over 30 years. I understand where you are coming from. I do also operate FT8 and have thought to myself at times how nice it was to be making contacts without having to listen to people ranting.

That said, there are plenty of hams who don't want to complain about politics, we just notice the curmudgeons more. I've had some great HF SSB QSO's lately that never touched on politics.

Some of the more technical modes tend to appeal to hams that are more interested in the technical side than the hams that frequent HF SSB or VHF FM.

There are many bands and many modes. If your VFO lands you on a QSO that you don't want to hear, QSY to another and call CQ.

BaldricksGhoston Ubuntu Linux 18.10 arrives

I spun up a new Ubuntu Desktop VM on my work machine and then went home and updated my personal laptop. Love the new look and have had no issues so far.

BaldricksGhoston American Mercenaries Were Hired to Assassinate Politicians in the Middle East

This is not the Buzzfeed of old. This story is something you'd expect from the NY Times or the Washington Post.