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speckx··on U.S. Employee Engagement Sinks to 10-Year Low
I feel like this is the dot.com bubble all over, but instead it's AI and WFH.
speckx··on When power cycling your (x86) server isn't enough to recover it
My friend had an issue with a laptop that did not resolve until the battery was fully drained.
speckx··on Lobste.rs/Hacker News links overlap
This one? https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=todsacerdoti
speckx··on Lobste.rs/Hacker News links overlap
I think this one user is automated: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=todsacerdoti
speckx··on Lfgss shutting down 16th March 2025 (day before Online Safety Act is enforced)
I, too, can confirm all this. Way back in the day, I hosted a largish forum and moderated it. It grew to be a pain to moderate, and it became costly to run as well, in short, it was no longer fun like it was initially, and I walked away from it.
speckx··on Timemap.org – Interactive Map of History
Works fine in FF on Fedora.
speckx··on Timemap.org – Interactive Map of History
I spent about 2 hours on this so far today. I have yet to dig in. This will be a major time investment.
speckx··on WPEngine, Inc. vs. Automattic– Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Curious as to what was the Dropbox comment? Can you please share or link? Thanks!
speckx··on Star Citizen crowdfunding passes $750M
Not me. I funded them initially on Kickstarter for $35. I won’t fund anymore, I’m only in it for the single player Squadron 42 game.
speckx··on Star Citizen crowdfunding passes $750M
I also enjoyed endless space in addition to the two you mentioned.
speckx··on Nearly 1000 Plugins Closed During WordPress Security Cleanup
All the vulnerabilities will be published here: https://patchstack.com/database/
speckx··on Ask HN: Proofpoint is blocking our emails. Any recourse?
You might want to join the https://www.mailop.org/ list and ask.
speckx··on Grammarly is experiencing a service interruption
Most services are down.
speckx··on A new dental scam is to pull healthy teeth to sell you expensive fake ones
I had a toothache, and I went to my dentis, but they could not find anything during the exam or x-ray; they did not have access to a 3D x-ray/scan, so they referred me to an endodontist who did. However, when I got to the endodontist's office, they only wanted to perform a scan while doing a root canal; I told them I didn't want a root canal and I only wanted a 3D scan. I was told I had to do a root canal, which I refused, and so they declined to perform a scan. A few hours later, my tooth pain subsided. That was over two years ago.
speckx··on ChatGPT Search
I do the same but with Kagi.
speckx··on ChatGPT Search
1,000
speckx··on [dead]
Three papers analyzed 1200+ US Return to Office policies, all presented at the Stanford conference this week. Summary findings:

A) RTOs have no impact on future profits or stock returns B) RTOs are more likely after poor historic profits and stock returns C) RTOs are more likely in companies with older, male CEOs D) RTOs are more likely for companies in large cities with cheap office space E) RTOs lead to the exit of employees, particularly more tenured employees F) RTOs lead to reductions in employee sentiment (e.g. on Glassdoor)

Collectively, they appear to be some mix of: 1) Driven by CEO personal views - CEO age and gender matter a lot 2) Policies to reverse/bury bad news - they happen after results turn bad 3) Headcount reductions/delayering - employees quit, particularly managers

speckx··on Held Hostage Overseas? The IRS Wants Your Back Taxes
The IRS says American hostages who had been held in Russia for years still have to pay the full penalties under the law for failure to file their taxes while they were trapped abroad.
speckx··on NotebookLM's automatically generated podcasts are surprisingly effective
I, too, found hardcore history a bit unstructured. If you like history, take a look at https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/.
speckx··on Incident: Wordpress.org has blocked WP Engine customers from registry
Ugh! I manage a large number of sites on WPE for clients, and keeping them updated and secure via manual method is going to be a pain. I might as well spin up my servers and migrate away instead of waiting for things to settle.
speckx··on A terrible way to jump into colocating your own stuff
Remember that running any internet-facing servers could violate your terms of service unless you have a business-class connection.
speckx··on A terrible way to jump into colocating your own stuff
Check out https://www.webhostingtalk.com, specifically the colocation hosting offers at https://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=131
speckx··on Windows PowerShell Phish Has Scary Potential
More on this via https://www.proofpoint.com/uk/blog/threat-insight/clipboard-...
speckx··on Cisco’s second layoff of 2024 affects thousands of employees
Cisco said its 2024 financial year was its "second strongest year on record," and its top executives earned tens of millions of dollars in compensation.
speckx··on I won't be renewing my Pinboard subscription
I think I paid $5-10 for this as a one-time fee in December 2010. It was one of the best purchases ever. However, by mid-2022, I noticed issues, downtime, weird errors, etc., so I exported and moved on to raindrop.io after emailing support@pinboard.in and not hearing back.
speckx··on She Ate Poppy Seed Salad Just Before Giving Birth. Then They Took Her Baby Away
When life imitates art, and art imitates life.
speckx··on The Insecurity of Debian
This has worked for me in the past, but it's not something anyone should do in production. ;)

Then again, Disabling SELinux is necessary. For example, cPanel requires disabling SELinux on CentOS, AlmaLinux OS, CloudLinux, and Rocky Linux. AppArmor is fine on Ubuntu (https://docs.cpanel.net/installation-guide/system-requiremen...).

speckx··on Tumblr to move its half a billion blogs to WordPress
More @ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41391260
speckx··on Tumblr to move its half a billion blogs to WordPress
More @ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41381827
speckx··on Fare Evasion Surges on NYC Buses
I wonder how this compares to other big cities. For example, does Chicago have the same 48% of people failing to pay for the bus?
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