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wolfhumble··on The sad beige aesthetic: why has the world suddenly turned taupe?
No, this something completely New(ish)!™

It is: Warmer, softer and cosier!

"Joa Studholme, a colour advisor for Farrow & Ball, thinks the proliferation of beige is a reaction to grey – sometimes dubbed “millennial grey” thanks to its association with a generation of renters out of ideas . . .

It’s a neutral with warmth – beige shades are softer, cosier and a little less hard-edged.”

wolfhumble··on Show HN: I built an animated 3D bookshelf for ebooks
Looks nice! What is the license for this project – I can't find it on the project?

Thanks!

wolfhumble··on Difference between running Postgres for yourself and for others
Thanks for your detailed explanation!
wolfhumble··on Difference between running Postgres for yourself and for others
I personally, anecdotally, haven't had any problems with this the last years, and it doesn't seem like this is a big issue based on the information from the incident forum posts: https://community.letsencrypt.org/c/incidents/16/l/top

Self signing probably causes quite a few other issues, even though you have more control of the process, doesn't it?

Thanks!

wolfhumble··on Difference between running Postgres for yourself and for others
From the article:

"The problem with the server certificate is that someone needs to sign it. Usually you would want that certificate to be signed by someone who is trusted globally like DigiCert. But that means you need to send an external request; and the provider at some point (usually in minutes but sometimes it can be hours) signs your certificate and returns it back to you. This time lag is unfortunately not acceptable for users. So most of the time you would sign the certificate yourself. This means you need to create a certificate authority (CA) and share it with the users so they can validate the certificate chain. Ideally, you would also create a different CA for each database."

Couldn't you automate this with Let's Encrypt instead?

Thanks!

wolfhumble··on Johnny Cash – Strawberry Cake
You would hope . . .

Reminds me of this lady running down the metro hallway trying to catch a train that was coming closer. I could tell she was on drugs and maybe living on the street.

As she was heading for the train now almost stopping at the station, she saw a man lying lifeless on a bench by the wall. She quickly ran over to him, shook his shoulder a little and asked if he was okay. As he grunted some sort of "yes", she then ran straight to the metro train. She just made it inside before the door closed behind her and the train left the station.

Of all the people on the station that day, she was the only one who cared about the man lying lifeless on the bench. She opened my eyes that day and since then I have been – mostly – able to follow her example . . .

wolfhumble··on Proton Mail discloses user data leading to arrest in Spain
The Democratic Tsunami was/is(?) more of a pure action based protest group lead by an anonymous leader structure. The leaders were/are probably certain leader figures within the independence seeking community; but that is just a speculation on my part.

Its biggest action was probably at the Barcelona Airport in October 2019, a protest a couple of years after the Catalan independence election in October 2017. The election itself was deemed unconstitutional by the Spanish government. The registered voters/turnout of this election was 43.03%; where 92.01% voted for separation from Spain and 7.99% voted to stay within Spain –– see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Catalan_independence_refe... –– but this was not a normal election by any means (read the link for more).

Typically the ANC –– see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assemblea_Nacional_Catalana –– has been the leading organization in the independence movement. They have been organizing big independence rallies etc. and the actions has been peaceful (from what I've read and seen). The Democratic Tsunami based protests were different in this regard, where more direct confrontation was more the norm. From what I have read Democratic Tsunami is not particularly active at the moment, but of course this might change.

wolfhumble··on New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars
Thanks for interesting thoughts. When reading it I get the feeling that the chances for "random" creation of complex life via Mars or directly seems almost infinitely small. To me it seems much more plausible that it was designed and created rather than a stroke of luck. Again, thanks for your thoughts.
wolfhumble··on Linux ext2 filesystem driver now marked as deprecated
Okay, thanks for the explanation!
wolfhumble··on Linux ext2 filesystem driver now marked as deprecated
Thanks for the detailed explanation!
wolfhumble··on Linux ext2 filesystem driver now marked as deprecated
> launch it from there after WinPE would run from the first partition.

How would you launch it from the NTFS partition; is that an option while in WinPE or will Windows automatically look for install.wim on other partitions? (met the 4GB problem in FAT32 and split install.wim in two for a successful USB install drive, but it would be interesting to learn how to do this via NFTS). Thanks!

wolfhumble··on Finding Little Albert (2011)
In the Wikipedia article about Little Albert, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Albert_experiment – another boy is mentioned that could fit the characteristics of Little Albert. See the Wikpedia article and the American Psychologist article: https://zenodo.org/records/1405620
wolfhumble··on Vancouver’s new mega-development is big, ambitious and Indigenous
It is possible to have two thoughts in the head at the same time.

The Palestinians living in this geographical area have a connection based on the history of their families living in the area. The Jewish people have a connection to the area based on the fact that most of their culture was founded in the area, but were later driven out as consequence of Roman and Byzantine actions – wars, enslavement, expulsions etc. This of course is the root of the whole conflict (with the additional pressure from surrounding hostile nations).

From what you have written it sounds like you mean that the Jewish people have no connection to this area. You also put words in my mouth that I have not said: "You’re suggesting the 90% native Palestinian population previously stole the land"

This is a difficult conflict to solve because both sides have valid arguments. It doesn't help to pretend one side doesn't have any valid arguments at all.

wolfhumble··on Vancouver’s new mega-development is big, ambitious and Indigenous
> accounted for over 90% of the territory.

So in this case the Family 2 in Canada would be the Canadian people I would assume? It is always a question of how far back you go . . .

wolfhumble··on Vancouver’s new mega-development is big, ambitious and Indigenous
This comment makes it sound like the formation of Israel in the chosen territory was more or less random. Uganda was not chosen for a reason, don’t you think? Are you trying to say that the millenial history of the Jews has nothing to do with the chosen territory?
wolfhumble··on Vancouver’s new mega-development is big, ambitious and Indigenous
The only reason Israel was founded were it was, can only be justfied by its first nations like connection to the chosen territory. It was not like Britain was lacking other colonies, protectorates, and mandates to choose from for the Jewish people at the given time.
wolfhumble··on Vancouver’s new mega-development is big, ambitious and Indigenous
> Or the founding of Israel by Britain.

Jerusalem, City of David, was conquered by David more than 3000 years ago. The founding of Israel was not built out of thin air.

wolfhumble··on HDMI Forum Rejects Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Driver Support Sought by AMD
Okay, thanks!
wolfhumble··on HDMI Forum Rejects Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Driver Support Sought by AMD
> HDMI is not packet-based and so when it uses USB-C it takes over the entire cable (alt-mode)

What does this exactly mean? I have an USB-C 4x1 Hub with HDMI that works at the same time as using 2 x USB-A 3.0, 1 x USB-C. Thanks!

wolfhumble··on More wood: The story of Manuel Soler and the largest xiloteca in Spain (2020)
Yes, there are some weird parts, e.g:

> And he does it in Dénia, in the plot described at the beginning, despite being native of Swedish. She decided to move to live in the Marina Alta after spending long permits with a fellow camper in Les Rotes, when it was still “forest”.

A rewrite and adding some context would be:

And he does it in Dénia, on the plot described at the beginning, even though originally coming from Sueca, a town about 75km from Denía (in the autonomous community of Valencia, not in Sweden). He decided to live in la Marina Alta (a 'comarca' in Valencia that includes Dénia), after long vacations camping with a companion in Les Rotes (south of Dénia), when it still was a forest.

=> Sueca could also be a Swedish female, so I am sure that threw the automatic translation for a ride . . .

wolfhumble··on The Undercover Generalist
Seems like people have been wrestling with this topic throughout history :-)

https://english.stackexchange.com/a/508907

"1618 Jack-of-all-trades

1631 Tom of all Trades

1639 John-of-all-trades

1721 Jack of all trades, and it would seem, Good at none

1732 Jack of all Trades is of no Trade

1741 Jack of all trades, and in truth, master of none

1785 a Jack of all trades, but master of none

1930 a Jack of all trades and a master of one

2007 Jack of all trades, master of none, though ofttimes better than master of one

The extra-long version of the expression may be considerably older than the 2007 earliest established occurrence might suggest—perhaps even a decade or two older. But it isn't the original form of the expression; and in comparison with the forms that arose during the 1700s, it is quite young."

wolfhumble··on John Warnock has died
Warnock also co-created the PostScript page description language, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript

RIP John Warnock.

wolfhumble··on Italy shocks banks with 40 percent windfall tax for 2023
> Catholicism says debit bad, and the country is pretty conservative as a whole.

From Wikipedia: "The present era of banking can be traced to medieval and early Renaissance Italy, to the rich cities in the centre and north like Florence, Lucca, Siena, Venice and Genoa. The Bardi and Peruzzi families dominated banking in 14th-century Florence, establishing branches in many other parts of Europe."

. . .

"The word bank was taken into Middle English from Middle French banque, from Old Italian banco, meaning "table", from Old High German banc, bank "bench, counter". Benches were used as makeshift desks or exchange counters during the Renaissance by Florentine bankers, who used to make their transactions atop desks covered by green tablecloths."

wolfhumble··on Netscape Meteors
Thanks, saved me a lot of time! :-)
wolfhumble··on New NASA Director Swears Oath on Carl Sagan’s ‘Pale Blue Dot’ Instead of Bible
>> Amusingly, some really Bible-believing folks will not swear, on a Bible or on anything else, due to Matthew 5:34-37. This intellectual consistency is lost of course when we reduce swearing on the Bible to either convention or magic. > The Bible is infamous for being logically inconsistent. It contradicts itself at every turn.

If Jesus says 'do not swear an oath at all' (Matthew 5:34), and some president or official has been swearing on the Bible since 1789 – as in the case of The United States – what does that have to do with Jesus being inconsistent? The contradictions come when people read His word and decide not to follow it! (And I have done this many times myself in many other ways, sadly, and therefore grateful to Jesus for saving 'a wretch like me').

wolfhumble··on Mr. Rodgers's Neighborhood (2011)
What a career – who didn't he produce for? Diana Ross, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Mick Jagger, INXS, Madonna, Grace Jones, Cindi Lauper, Sheena Easton the list goes on and on . . . Al Jarreau (L is for Lover – I forgot I listened to my brother's copy of this record) . . .

"In February 2012, Rodgers announced that he was collaborating with electronic band Daft Punk for their latest album, "teasing out their R&B influences". The record, Random Access Memories was released in 2013. Rodgers co-wrote and played guitar on three tracks: "Give Life Back to Music", "Lose Yourself to Dance", and "Get Lucky"."

I was not aware – but I guess I should have known ? – who played the guitar on "Get Lucky": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3s5D2HnQiE

wolfhumble··on Five mildly anti-Buddhist essays
It would be if it wasn't for Jesus Christ, but then being a Christian wouldn't make any sense at all.

From a Christian point of view – see Romans 11:11-31 – the Jews/Israel is seen as the cultivated olive tree, and all Christian Gentiles – i.e. all Christians that are not Jewish – are seen as "a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree" i.e. the Jewish/Israeli tree (Romans 11:24). So as a Christian Gentile you therefore take part in God's words and promises to the Jews/Israel as a grafted olive tree.

But Jesus Christ brought something completely new to the table. He say about Himself that He came to fullfil the Law and the Prophets of the Old Testament (Matthew 5:17-20). He also said: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6).

In this way Christianity is not Judaism stripped for export, Jesus Christ is the culmination of all that was said in the Law and by the Prophets.

wolfhumble··on Ask HN: What are good self hosted time tracking software for consultants?
I have been very happy with Daily Time Tracking, dailytimetracking.com (Mac)

What is great about is that it just polls you every n minutes (based on your preferences), and then you just: Press the 'V' button (if you are working on the same as before – our Shift+Ctrl+S) OR Write in the new task that you are working on OR Select an earlier task from a dropdown menu. Time is then automatically added to the task chosen. Then you can just see the total of time spent on each task or export the data to CSV, JSON etc.

Not affiliated in any way, but has been working great for me.

wolfhumble··on How PlanetScale Boost serves SQL queries faster
From what I understand your webserver and php implementation is stored on different servers from PlanetScale's DBs(?)

Just wonder: How are the DB queries from your php implementation to the Planetscale DBs affected by network latency (hops and length between servers) as well as bandwidth (query results returned by PlanetScale DBs)?

Thanks! :-)

wolfhumble··on Duplicati: Free backup software to store encrypted backups online
Just wondering: Any reason you don't use Kopia on the servers as well?
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