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fostware··on H.264 Is Magic (2016)
Twitch... I just had DiVX vs Xvid flashbacks
fostware··on Self-Serve Dashboards
Do what everyone else does - synthesize the abstract relations into views and limit the self-serve BI dashboard to the views that do make sense. Users default to only seeing it from their perspective, so have alternate methods to let them see it how they think it works.

I'm aware of a product that uses time-based attendance for education, because not every day, every school, or every campus uses the same timetable quilt and often you have to be flexible (school sports carnivals, relief swaps, joint class activities, or 14-day rolling timetables for example). Doesn't mean there isn't a view that synthesizes the quilt into class-based attendance, or even just AM/PM for those users that think that way.

fostware··on Viagra improves brain blood flow and could help to prevent dementia
I imagine some just need a stiff breeze
fostware··on Routers cyber security best practices
I liked the old Cisco where if there was a sufficiently high CVE, you could call TAC and have your long-passed (or retired but now running the home network) device get the latest security patch in that train. Better for the internet as a whole, to have patches available.

Now all the vendors hide their severe CVE fixes behind the maintenance contract. I get putting new feature branches behind the contracts, but in the meantime, it'll be their name in the news when the equipment gets exploited.

fostware··on Routers cyber security best practices
Anyone know of a good list of consumer routers to avoid, regarding lax software/firmware updates past the 12-month warranty (which is sometimes it's artificial EoL)?

The reason I run a router based on open-source, is I know it's going to get updates for years. Previously I've encountered a number of vendors that either only provide updates for their flagship models, hide behind the latest revisions of their hardware getting updates, or they just ship the occasional major update when a CVE hits the news (ie too late to provide protection).

fostware··on Routers cyber security best practices
> (the S in IoT stands for security)

Yoinking that for later...

fostware··on Raspberry Pi Ltd is considering an IPO
It's been that way since the RP3 - heavy load resulting in rainbow square. Use the official power supply labelled 5.1v and the square disappears
fostware··on [dead]
Could at least point to https://www.redditstatus.com/ instead of Xitter
fostware··on Dnsmasq wins the first BlueHats Prize
Was a sanity saver for WSL1 with split WFH DNS with company Windows VPN client. DNS has been a lot better with WSL2, but the config has remained in place.
fostware··on Home insurers are dropping customers based on aerial images
It's been happening for years. Anything to limit the number of onsite visits needed because that takes a lot more time.

I know insurance brokers who have revisited a clients renewal, because Google Maps and/or the council's GIS photography shows activity or buildings counter to the client declarations. Is it a final decision? No. It's used to prompt the client to review their coverage and amend their submitted documents. Sometimes, those amendments mean the brokers are no longer able to get coverage, and the clients go somewhere else.

fostware··on Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals
Many colour-correction swatches use a pale woman with a fruit hat due to the colour range, gradual skin tones, and high dynamic range. I'm surprised it hasn't become the replacement standard image...
fostware··on Ask HN: Did you encounter any leap year bugs today?
Yeah, so many "untrusted website" screenshots in the office chat. Half a productive day for staff in Australia
fostware··on Right to Repair: The Price Is Not Right
The "HPE Battery for real-time clock" (otherwise known as CR2032) from the an official Australian HPE spare-parts supplier was listed at $50AUD. Now, those types of listings are behind a "Request Quote" partially, IMHO, because it was shared around a number of VARs as a joke.

Maybe the extra money was for the oversized boxes and packaging HPE spares are sent in...

fostware··on Sony software updates breaks movie theater projectors
I'm surprised they even allow a certificate greater than 13 months /s
fostware··on Null Island Tourist Shirt
A friend had the numberplate 'NULL'. Quite often carparks with numberplate technology would go all 'Hotel California' on him - wouldn't let them out until he called someone to remotely activate the boom to let him through. Eventually the councils and carpark operators caught on.
fostware··on BSD on Windows: Things I wish I knew existed
Likely also referenced by Microsoft whenever antitrust came around for a cup of tea and a bit of a dance.
fostware··on Kubernetes Needs an LTS
For a group so devoted to "cattle, not pets", so many responses here indicate an almost constant need for hands-on effort from upgrade testing, UAT, right through to post-upgrade hypercare.

I'd like a slightly longer LTS purely so I'm not having to spend all my time spinning the plates to keep things up. I don't need 10 years LTS, I need three so I can work with the rest of the enterprise that moves even slower.

fostware··on System-wide open source ad blocker for Mac, Windows, and Linux
But as developers, we're happy enough to suggest `wget -qO - https://github/url | sudo bash -s`
fostware··on Americans' 'YOLO' spending spree baffles economists
No, however, Australian housing rent prices are now higher than mortgage repayments in some areas due to housing availability.

Also, those who have paid off their house, have been profligate during the recent sales.

The timing are co-incidental, but the media loves mixing correlation and causation.

fostware··on Show HN: OSHW Embedded Ethernet Switch
It's peripheral movement which hinders my reading, and granted, it may just be me. That said, an "Edit attribute" later, and I'm impressed with the project. I know many a project that have suffered due to bad or non-existent parts documentation and availability. I had an issue with the Molex connectors orientation, but realise track length and the pinouts aren't in your favour.
fostware··on Show HN: OSHW Embedded Ethernet Switch
Why do people have moving or pulsing backgrounds?
fostware··on Okta says hackers stole data for all customer support users
Authentik takes a little more to set up than KeyCloak, but the effort is well worth it when you go to configure TOTP. Authentik 2FA UX can be quite easy, similar to commercial products.
fostware··on IKEA sensors for doors and windows, motion, water leaks
Back of the toilets.

Quite a number of leaks come from the braided pipe feeding water to your cistern, as they often only have a five-year lifetime

fostware··on Replacing HLS/Dash – Live Mass Fanout with Media over QUIC
"the shoddy cellular networks in Brazil or India or Australia." Ouch! (and yeah, ok)
fostware··on If you buy a Cybertruck, Tesla says you can't sell it for a year
Or kids will want to test the strength of the windows...
fostware··on Free Oberon: Cross-platform Oberon IDE
Damn, I miss the days Turbo Pascal was used for business logic, and the grunt work was TASM blocks and syscalls.

Actually, that might just be the nostalgia talking.

fostware··on Show HN: Inshellisense – IDE style shell autocomplete
If you're more used to ctrl+r, you could try hiSHtory (https://github.com/ddworken/hishtory)
fostware··on Subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed how we use language
For a good few years, Word's English (Australian) dictionary, was practically a renamed EN_US dictionary. Because if it, I fear the number of people from that era had their spelling localization errors metastasize and crystalize. (Yes, Chrome is not far behind)
fostware··on Subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed how we use language
... and not afraid to steal bits from another language.
fostware··on Asciinema: Record and share your terminal sessions, the simple way
Internally we use them as additional context for L1 or L2 upskilling to show what's happening in the background, without having to provide access to client machines.

If you're a verbal learner (reader), that's fine. This additional method covers the visual learners, while the auditory and kinesthetic learners we circle back on with smaller workshops.

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