Linux
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I should read the Vim help more often :: Wandering Thoughts
A while back I wrote about handling numbers in Vim when they have a dash in front of them, and in a comment, Seth pointed me to a special option in visual mode, 'g Ctrl-A', which will increment a...
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Burnout :: Drew DeVault's Blog
It kind of crept up on me. One day, sitting at my workstation, I stopped typing, stared blankly at the screen for a few seconds, and a switch flipped in my head. On the night of New Year’s Eve, my...
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One of the most basic requirements for success is also one of the most difficult to get right :: unixsheikh.com
Throughout my life I have been involved in many different projects and exciting endeavors, not only computer or technology related, but also within other "spheres of life". Often a project has...
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Fixing missing yubikey trouble on fedora 38 :: Kushal Das' Blog
From the time I updated to Fedora 38, I am having trouble with my Yubikey. If I remove the key, just plugging it back does not help. gpg can not detect it. $ gpg --card-status gpg: selecting card...
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Anything can be a message queue if you use it wrongly enough :: Xe Iaso (Christine Dodrill)
Hi, readers! This post is satire. Don't treat it as something that is viable for production workloads. By reading this post you agree to never implement or use this accursed abomination. This...
Homelab
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VyOS and Mikrotik – VLAN-a-rama :: blog.kroy.io
For the novice networker, VLANs are easily one of the most misunderstood concepts. In this post, I’ll go over some basics and demonstrate how to make the jump from separate interfaces and switches...
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VLANs with Linux, NFTables and Ubiquiti Unifi :: OXcrag.net
While setting up my new Ubiquiti Unifi WiFi access points, I spent more time than I’d like to admit troubleshooting my new guest network before I got it to work, so that topic is the basis for...
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Quick Project: Splitting Docker Compose Projects :: Blogging to Nowhere
Way back in the when I first started using Docker in earnest, I wrote about my web hosting stack. Recently, this has undergone an upgrade as I’m working on a new website which will be served from...
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Parsoid 0.9.0 update brings 406 Not Acceptable docserver error in VisualEditor REL_30 on Mediawiki 1.30 :: Defend the planet
Some of my mediawiki instances broke when editing a page with VisualEditor on REL_30 today bringing HTTP 416 Errors related to Parsoid. Strangely this error only occured when editing existing...
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Coming soon :: JankScale Datasystems
This is a brand new site that's just getting started. Things will be up and running here shortly, but you can subscribe in the meantime if you'd like to stay up to date and receive emails when new...
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Making a systemd service which binds to an IP start on boot :: Just another Linux geek
By default, most services will start just fine on boot when they bind to 0.0.0.0 on the host to listen on any IP that might happen to appear. However, if you try to get a service to bind to a...
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Home and Personal Infrastructure Overhaul: Part 7 - Using Drone with Terraform :: YetiOps
This post is the next in the series on how I overhauled my personal infrastructure to make it easier to manage, make changes and integrate new applications. Previous posts in the series are: -...
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BSDCan 2023 :: Adventurist Blog
In the Days before my fiancée and I explored Ottawa a bit, got stranded in a forest in Quebec and did our usual tour of coffee shops and book stores (got to make sure your bags are heavier on the...
OpenBSD
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OpenKuBSD design document :: Solène Rapenne
1. Introduction § I got an idea today (while taking a shower...) about _partially_ reusing Qubes OS design of using VMs to separate contexts and programs, but doing so on OpenBSD. To make...
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[DE] Zeit fuer Real(tek|talk): Wenn die PMTUD nicht reicht :: Doing stupid things (with packets and OpenBSD)
OpenBSD Version: Erm... keine. o.O Arch: Alle NSFP: Ja, ne. Disclaimer: Der Text ist mehr oder minder auto-uebersetzt, mit einigen manuellen aenderungen damit es nicht gaaaaanz so schlimm ist. Ich...
Other IT related topics
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What should you use ChatGPT for? :: Data, tech, and sometimes Nutella
I work in machine learning and read about it a lot, but ChatGPT still feels like it came out of nowhere. So I’ve been trying to understand the hype. I’m interested in what its impact is on the ML...
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No Office Hours :: /dev/lawyer
Unfortunately I have to cancel office hours today. My home Internet has been down for two days, and experience shows video calling by phone won’t go well.
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Back to Basics: Budgets :: Technoglot
Among the many things I wish my children had been taught, while in school, to prepare them for life in the "real world" is the aspect of budgets. We are fortunate enough to currently have adequate...
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A hard fork in the Handshake community :: The Webb Blog
…I really don't want to write this post. SIGH The Handshake community is confused, divided, and looking for answers. As someone who has been engaged in the community since late 2019, I feel some...
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Homebrew social networking :: Bryan Cantrill and other blogs at DTrace.org
One of the most persistent cycles in the history of computing is the oscillation between centralization and decentralization. This cycle becomes entrenched because each has distinct advantages and...
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Remembering GitHub's office :: Monomythical Newsletter
I was bummed when I read GitHub’s February announcement that it would permanently close its San Francisco headquarters. I worked there for just a couple years, but I remembered it as a whimsical...
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Working notes for Summer of Protocols :: Nadia Eghbal's Blog
I’m participating in the Summer of Protocols research program this summer as a Core Researcher. It’s an 18-week program, funded by the Ethereum Foundation, that aims to catalyze a wider...
Politics
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Lessons from the 19th Century :: Scholar's Stage
Readers of the Scholar's Stage will be familiar with a thesis I have pursued in multiple essays and posts over the last half decade: America was once a place where institutional capacity was very...
Uncategorized new blogs
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the lawrence welk-hee haw counter-revolution polka :: maya.land
the big wheels at the networks started spinning the verdict was that hee haw had to go cause city slickers don’t believe in grinning and who the heck needs jokes in kokomo? they canceled all the...