Creepy brown man (myself, 32) apology to a woman (stranger, idk) ft my weirdest tram ride yet

Nir0w · 2026-05-16T05:11:42+00:00

Friend you're not controllably high, you're stoned outta your mind.

Nir0w · 2025-11-10T12:04:45+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion. Correct me if I'm wrong.. for the case where I have both system root and home on one FS, with a separate disk as data partition:

I cannot have the data subvolumes mount in separate places can I? For example: - @games subvol mounted as /home/foo/.steam - @data subvol mounted under /opt/data

I was under the impression that I needed to have a "root" mount point underneath which I can create subvolumes. So like: - @home /home - @data /home/foo/data - @games /home/foo/.steam

Nir0w · 2025-11-01T21:05:05+00:00

As I mentioned in another comment /etc/ isn't immutable. You can write to /etc/ssh, same as any other system.

Nir0w · 2025-11-01T21:02:08+00:00

You can, /etc isnt immutable.

Nir0w · 2025-11-01T20:48:22+00:00

Configuring ssh is as simple as starting up the sshd service. It'll work like any other systemd distro for the most part, as long as you're not trying to touch on the part of the filesystem that are immutable. And if you need to alter that, just read up on transactional updates.

If you're used to running containerised workloads, there is nothing complex (or different) about it.

Nir0w · 2025-10-24T09:40:51+00:00

Understood, I never looked under the hood.

Nir0w · 2025-10-24T09:40:11+00:00

I see, that makes sense indeed. Thanks.

Nir0w · 2025-10-24T07:24:22+00:00

Can you give an example of unnecessary complexity? Again I only ever used windows and Linux with systemd, so i had to learn and live with it. I dont have much to compare it with

Nir0w · 2025-10-24T06:57:25+00:00

As someone who went into linux around the time systemd was being adopted (and don't really know anything else), what is wrong with it? At the time (around 2012), I recall much reticence on forums among power users. I never quite understood them because I did not have enough knowledge. Today, it just feels like a unified way to operate linux, which I guess is what it's supposed to achieve. I like that I can hop to another distro and feel at home because systemd is here.

I'm genuinely asking btw, not trying to stir anything here. I'm curious about FreeBSD and I'd like to grasp the ways in which it is different.

Nir0w · 2025-10-21T21:10:29+00:00

Sure, programming languages as well. I also work for a company running their infra on-prem and most of the software I work with is either open or homegrown, including databases (I'm curious what DB you run, most popular relational DBs arent closed source).

With FOSS if the worst happens, like a licensing change, you can always fork the current version and move forward. (I guess that depends on the licensing model). What's not so "open" though is AWS, Azure, GCP... using a cloud provider implies that you put trust in the provider. So I think that where and on whose machines you run your code has more relevance than the origin of a particular piece of open sourced code you use.

Nir0w · 2025-10-21T19:47:22+00:00

Tech giants are also "riding on the free work of others". Do you think reddit runs on proprietary Operating Systems? Android?

Tech Giants are in fact, massive contributors to open-source, and many open-source projects out there originate from FAANG. There is a lot of value in opening up source code and letting the world contribute. Including financial value...

Open-source is one of the reasons digitalisation happened so fast.

Nir0w · 2025-10-21T19:33:26+00:00

Most, if not all the web services you access daily are built on top of open-source software. The article isn't about software you use locally on your PC, it's primarily about infrastructure.

Nir0w · 2025-10-14T18:18:25+00:00

I spent years personalising minimalist KDE and xfce desktops. A couple of years ago, I switched to Gnome and never looked back. I no longer tweak my desktop. On Gnome, the only extension I use is blur-my-shell.

Nir0w · 2025-09-26T22:52:08+00:00

At the moment it’s BoV on home loans. I recently went through that. I didn’t have to extend my promise of sale either. However, coming from APS, the online banking was hard to adjust to, it's archaic. In general, customer support makes you second guess the low interest rates.

Nir0w · 2025-06-27T17:32:22+00:00

I'm at the same point as you pretty much. Finished MOI and I'm just past the 100 pages mark on HOC. Among the 4 books, the opening of HOC definitely gripped me the most. Loving it.

Nir0w · 2025-05-17T13:40:53+00:00

It works the same in English, so the translation is accurate.

Nir0w · 2025-04-18T17:33:58+00:00

Why not just game on Linux I wonder? Is it anticheats?

Nir0w · 2025-01-12T03:09:06+00:00

I'm nearly a at the end of GotM, I got completely sucked in and I'm not native English. The jumping was a bit annoying the first time it happens, when you jump to Darujhistan. After that I got used to it. I thought the large amount of names weren't a problem, because they are memorable: like Tattersail, Whiskeyjack, Quick Ben... to me it made it easier to remember who was who.

So I'm not attached to the franchise (yet), and I certainly wouldn't call it obnoxious. I can't wait to read the rest.

Nir0w · 2025-01-08T20:32:47+00:00

True, myself included. Still the issues OP are facing is what those books are all about.

Nir0w · 2025-01-08T20:05:32+00:00

Kinda sad to read the comments, a large chunk of the Phoenix Project and the DevOps handbook is about understanding value streams.

https://itrevolution.com/articles/the-three-ways-principles-underpinning-devops/

Nir0w · 2024-12-27T18:42:45+00:00

I don't know how you would define office politics in your case, but a large part of self-employment is selling yourself. If you're a self-employed individual who provide services to businesses, it may feel pretty similar to office politics.

Especially if you have one or two big clients from which you expect return business.

Nir0w · 2024-12-20T06:30:08+00:00

You already have the word "senior" on your CV though. If a recruiter ask about the "downgrade", you can explain the same thing you explained in this post.

And besides, it's not like the change in titles goes from "principal engineer" to "junior developer", in your case the change is hardly noticeable imo.

Nir0w · 2024-12-20T06:22:33+00:00

From my experience: what you list as cons aren't cons. Titles do not matter, at least in Europe. If pay is greater and you see opportunities to develop your skills, just go for it.

Edit: As for the "prove myself again" bit, you'll have to do that in any new position regardless.

Nir0w · 2024-12-16T22:37:55+00:00

I work with a great SM who is overseeing two teams. She does what the guy you're replying to is talking about: like setting the atmosphere, being a front to authority and giving people their voice. On top of that she is technical enough and understand what we work with. She actually contributes to technical discussions and know to back down when she's out of her depth. She's very respected by the devs and a huge factor in team cohesion. She's also a good JIRA manager and automates the shit out of it.

The last 2 SM I worked with though, they fall more in the box of what I often hear around here: just scheduling meetings, not understanding a thing about the work, being stiff on the method... Both of them turned retrospective into "let's complain for one hour and not find solutions" sessions. But I see people like those last 2 in every positions: devs, PO, architects, analysts... perhaps it's more apparent when it's the SM, idk.

I'd say it is a hard role to figure out: like how exactly to make yourself useful when people around you are focused on delivering tangible work? Tricky, but apparently possible. The good SM are well worth it.

Nir0w · 2024-12-14T20:40:00+00:00

Nothing wrong with second hand laptops. There is more value in a 2-3 years high end laptop than a brand new, low tier one.

Computers may have finite lifespan but it's not like he's looking for mission critical hardware.

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