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I've been using linux on my home machine for several years and it's been fantastic. I first installed linux in the mid 90's though so maybe I'm just familiar with it.

I did use Mac OSx and Windows as my primary desktop until maybe 5 years ago.

And since I've been working from home I've found that I don't really have a need for windows except for server stuff. Interestingly enough, I also found that I can ssh into a windows server and use powershell to do basically everything I ever need to.

So now my workflow has flipped. Instead of having a windows desktop that I use to ssh into a linux vm I have a linux desktop that I use 90% of the time and ssh into a windows vm to do the rest.

I even ran into a bug in Evolution's ews (exchange plugin), filed a bug report, and it's already fixed.

I know that systems engineering/admin work is probably more suited to linux that other careers, but when this is all over I think I'll be using linux in my office also.

I've been using this app also. Works very well with linux. Haven't had any issues except when I updated my system and didn't rebuild the kernel modules.

Haven't sprung for the paid version though as I am hoping the back ordered webcam I purchased at the start of this comes in the next few weeks.

Remember to rebuild the kernel module if your kernel gets updated!

I was using duolingo recently for Spanish. Unfortunately, I got dropped into the "hearts" A/B test and it destroyed my experience.

Basically you get four hearts every few hours. Every mistake takes away a heart. If you lose all your hearts you can no longer play. But, you can do _review_ lessons (that have nothing to do with the content your currently learning) and regain 2 more hearts.

It basically became a grind situation and I stopped using it. I've heard the webapp doesn't use hearts, but I refuse to support them after that.

And, yes, I was planning to buy a program to learn Spanish and had been using duolingo for 2 weeks prior to getting the hearts.

I did some reading on reddit and it appears this is related to some VC funding and attempt to make money. I understand they need to make money, but this felt like a very bait and switch slap in the face kind of thing.

The whole experience kind of soured me on learning for now and I haven't been spending as much time on it since.

I did find clozemaster which seems to be a similar, and honestly better, app. I also have a textbook and workbook pair. And, fortunately, have a lot of native Spanish speakers around me.

If this was voted the 4th scariest intersection where the first 3?

NVM: Found the answer in the wiki. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7140892.st...

A terrible analogy too! If it's their policy to not refund software purchases they should have a standard response to these requests.

I don't ask this in an argumentative way. Honestly curious...

Is there a technical reason you would oppose this?

My biggest issue with onenote is that you can no longer use local notebooks with the new versions. I'm stuck on onenote 2016 or all my local notebooks become read only.

One drive is blocked at work so onenote is effectively useless to me now.

For now, I've started moving my notes to a static site using hugo. It's a bit less convenient, but until I settle on a better permanent solution at least I have text files I can move around and manipulated in bulk if needed.

Is this a rip off of this article from 2008? A quick search for Kevin Kelly got no results...

https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/

I use this "feature". But generally I use the same number for all items because it is a pain to have to renumber everything.

maybe the solution is to renumber if a list uses all 1's, but leave it untouched if it has different out of order numbers.

So this gets renumbered:

1. item 1

1. item 2

1. item 3

But this does not:

1.

3.

7.

I don't know. I think it's a valid point.

I speak Spanish poorly. If I were running a company and creating a website or marketing materials I'd hire someone fluent in the target language to proof my material.

And, as stated below it raises red flags. So many phishing and scam attempts are littered with bad spelling and grammar.

Not saying this project is in any way untrustworthy, but it isn't professional.

I used Vivaldi for a long time and never encountered many UI bugs. About a year ago I switched to Firefox mainly because I don't want Chromium to take over the world.

What I miss most using Firefox is the ability to customize almost everything.

In my area (in the 80s/90s I think) we had to pay extra for touch tone service.

Anyone know if there was a technical reason for that originally?

A quick search shows that apparently these charges were still around until recently. Maybe it was just another reason for the telco to add a fee to the bill?

It's from a song.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/867-5309/Jenny

I met my wife on Bumble. :) Anecdata!

I'm just beginning my journey into the vanilla Kubernetes world.

As I build my knowledge I am also building Ansible playbooks and task files. After each iteration I shutdown my cluster. Do an automated rebuild and test. Delete the original cluster and start my next iteration.

I have an admin box with everything I need to persist between builds (Ansible, keys, configuration files, etc) and can deploy whatever size and quantity of workers (VM) needed.

It has been a good process so far. I haven't yet put things in an unrecoverable state, but if that happens I can rebuild the cluster to my most recent save and try again.

I don't see it taking a lot of resources to have a proving ground. I would definitely not feel comfortable going to production without the ability to reproduce the production clusters' exact state.

I anticipate exactly what you describe as a roll back mechanism. At all times I want to be able to automate the deployment of clusters to an exact known state.

I think building a cluster, walking away from it for a year, and then coming back to it for a break fix/update/new deployment is a huge gamble.

They could create a new company to keep track of who is watching what so each content creator gets paid accordingly. And it would be one company to pay for the per view option you describe. I could see this growing to 100s of different content providers and available to nearly every home!

It's interesting that we've come full circle. This seems like an opportunity for the tv streaming services to add streaming content from different providers and eventually we end up with a 150/mo for streaming TV with premium channels like HBO, NETFLIX, DISNEY, ESPN, etc.

+1 I've bought lots of stuff from revzilla. Satisfied customer here.

Exactly. For a while Amazon was the first place I'd look to shop online. They had legit stuff and it was super convenient. The last year, maybe two, it's become such an unpleasant experience that Amazon has become a last resort.

Free fast shipping is awesome, but I'll be patient or pay more to avoid Amazon these days. I don't trust the products, and I'm done wasting time returning things.

Is this an age thing? I do the exact same thing. Every time I stop typing I hit ctrl-s between 2-5 times. I don't eve think about it anymore.

My kids are getting to the age where they are doing projects on a computer and I'm constantly telling them to "save early, save often."

I guess it's some form of PTSD from computing in the 90's.

I was going to post this too. I ran into this a year or so ago and now always put $null on the left of a comparison.

That is ridiculous. I refuse to subscribe to anything that makes it difficult to unsubscribe.

I learned my lesson from LA Fitness. Check the cancellation process before signing up for anything that requires a contract.

I suppose that should be common sense, but I never thought about it until I had to mail a freaking letter to their HQ requesting cancellation.

As cliche as it is to say, I use Arch!

Started down the Linux road in the mid 90's. First distro I remember using was redhat (came with a book), and then switched to debian for years. I've tried Ubuntu at home, but always switch back to something lighter and settled in with Arch the last few years.

Most used apps are: X/bspwm (no bar), urxvt, vim, and firefox.

Linus Linux!

I switched from Vivaldi back to Firefox within the last year for the same reason. I'm growing tired of Google and have been moving away from them piece by piece for the past year.

I prefer the customizability of Vivaldi but Firefox has been fine. I can't think of anything that is a thorn in my side at all. In fact, 99% of the time I can't tell a difference functionally, but I'm not a typical web browser (I disable JS except on trusted sites).

I think for the general population they wouldn't notice much difference between chrome and firefox.

Here's mine. I definitely don't frequently enough and leave too many drafts unfinished.

https://blue42.net

Disclaimer, I'm not a mathematician, physicist, or even of notable intelligence... but I too have seen a lot of movies :)

I agree it's unlikely to be possible that we could send a person or object back to another time or forward in an movie trope kind of way...

What if everything exists at once, but there's an unalterable sequence of events. So, like you say everything has already happened past, present, and future including any kind of time travel.

But, let's say time travel is possible, but is limited to small state changes in the building blocks of the sequence of record (dare I say, the blockchain of time).

In theory we could make these changes and they would be completely undetected until we understand both how to create the change and know when and where to look for the changes.

Now suppose in the future we find a way to do this and collectively agree on some kind of location to start a linked list of information from other "times".

Thus begins some kind of technological singularity. Instantly we gain access to all the knowledge anyone at any time in existence that has the means wants to share.

Now our problem is how to process that much information in a way to make it useful and trustworthy in a reasonable amount of time.

This isn't well thought out and I'm sure there's some kind of paradox in there somewhere, but it was a fun Friday musing. I think this kind of allows for "time travel" to be possible via encoding information instead of killing Hitler while also allowing for those changes to have already happened without altering our currently observable past.

If anyone knows of any sci-fi stories or movies that explore a similar concept I'd be totally interested in the recommendation.

I have it on my Pixel 2. It seems to help a lot.

1. 0.3 * 0.97 = 2.91

2. I don't think the author is trying to make it sound big, but they could have worded it differently. I think the author is making two points:

> a. 3% of all downstream traffic is file-sharing traffic. > b. 97% of file sharing traffic is bittorrent.

Quitting smoking is one of the hardest things I've ever done. Just reading this thread has brought up some nostalgia.

I think ecigs and nicotine gum/lozenges should be encouraged if someone wants to quit. Many people have found them useful bridging the gap between smoking and cessation. Going even a few hours without anything is enough to cause some people give up. Having help might give them confidence to eventually follow through.

Trading addiction to cigarettes for addiction to vapes or gum is a step in the right direction, but I agree eventually you have to pay the piper.

It seems it would put the state in a better position to negotiate if they forced equipment providers to use open standards. Of course, that assumes the state cares about the prisoner's best interest.

Jpay sounds like an extremely scummy company. I wonder what it's like working in that IT department.