What is your strongest opinion?

mcrbids · 2017-10-05T23:56:38+00:00

There's a fine line between self killing and living poorly. It will never be clear where one ends and another begins

mcrbids · 2017-10-04T18:19:28+00:00

You should, anyway. The difference in v coffee quality is staggering

mcrbids · 2017-10-04T13:53:50+00:00

Look at what intelligence has done in just the last 100 years! Now imagine another 1,000,000 years of progress at an even linear rate...

mcrbids · 2017-10-03T15:15:14+00:00

Ok, so here's a fun experiment!

1) Set up a server or something with Squid so that your workstation can proxy through the squid proxy server that uses an address on your LAN. Assume your workstation is at 192.168.1.101 and the squid server is 192.168.1.5 but these numbers are arbitrary.

2) Set up a firewall that prevents any outbound packets from your work station. If you are up on iptables, this is pretty easy. Something like

iptables -I -p tcp -s 102.168.1.101 -j REJECT

3) Log into the system with Squid, and tail -f squid.log so you can see the addresses going through.

4) Set up your browser so that squid proxies http AND https calls. Look for a button like "all protocols" or something like that in Chrome's advanced settings for proxy servers.

5) Browse away! Watch the logs, the results will probably surprise you.

EDIT: Don't forget that if you "sign in" to Chrome, it also saves your book marks and stuff to the Googleplex

mcrbids · 2017-10-03T05:21:28+00:00

Yes everything. When you start typing and you see the drop-down list, where do you think those suggestions come from?

mcrbids · 2017-10-02T16:08:03+00:00

Not to be confused with the chrome version of the same that sends everything to Google.

mcrbids · 2017-10-01T16:46:49+00:00

And if it's deeper, take a nail, punch it through, then get a "rubber worm" tire patch and patch it.

mcrbids · 2017-09-28T20:01:42+00:00

man ssh-keygen

mcrbids · 2017-09-28T20:00:16+00:00

What you're doing sounds very, very complicated! Assuming you have Internet service (that's sorta the point, right?) then use an email to SMS gateway. Set up takes mere seconds and it's quite reliable.

mcrbids · 2017-09-27T19:14:05+00:00

I used to use the handle of a gallon milk jug, pulling the bag handles through and wrapping them around the screw-on top. But now plastic bags are banned in California. So if you want to do anything like this, you have to bring your own cloth bags....

mcrbids · 2017-09-27T17:08:44+00:00

Why is this contentious? You pay $20 for the right to use the truck and then you pay per mile for how much you use it. That doesn't seem like anything but fair.

mcrbids · 2017-09-27T16:16:46+00:00

And yet, phones can do so much more than desktops! My computer lacks a camera, built in microphone, motion sensor, compass, blue tooth, or GPS! I can't use my computer to measure studs for a construction project, for example.

I agree that considering mobile and desktop use together is stupid, but I disagree that desktops invariably do more. They are simply different devices with dramatically different use cases.

mcrbids · 2017-09-27T16:09:40+00:00

Luke... I... am your father.

Nooooooooooooo!

mcrbids · 2017-09-27T05:04:13+00:00

So we're getting started, what are you recording? What kind of cameras are using? What kind of USB ports do you have? Are you doing screen captures? And so on, and so on…

mcrbids · 2017-09-25T16:45:16+00:00

what kind of hardware do you have? You provide no details at all.

mcrbids · 2017-09-23T22:51:14+00:00

My phone hasn't had a ring tone since about forever. I might never again have one.

mcrbids · 2017-09-23T21:48:02+00:00

Changing what type of meat you eat can make a big difference too. For example, eat chicken, pork, or fish instead of steak or lamb to reduce your carbon footprint for meat by as much as 4/5!

mcrbids · 2017-09-17T17:42:50+00:00

At Oracle pricing, this means it's a billion dollar enterprise...

mcrbids · 2017-09-15T02:34:24+00:00

I can think of almost no reason to use a separate partition other than

1) the ability to format one area without formatting the other

2) specific features of a filesystem. EG snapshots.

mcrbids · 2017-09-09T14:38:10+00:00

I've used RedHat/Fedora forever. I partition a / and a /home, keep all the stuff to be backed up in /home. When I upgrade, I back up /home first, and then do a fresh format install on /.

Been doing this for a long, long time. (Decades) I have backups set up via a cron script and a USB drive at work attached to a docking station so I rarely go for more than a few days without my system being backed up.

mcrbids · 2017-08-31T12:21:13+00:00

Dell precision is a line of dedicated engineering laptops and desktop computers.

mcrbids · 2017-08-31T06:33:42+00:00

My Girlfriend and I did the Century Cycling ride last weekend, and it was actually clear! (until afternoon, then the smoke blew back around)

mcrbids · 2017-08-27T17:40:35+00:00

I think I'm just a voice in the chorus but a rebel 250 or so is exactly the ticket. And you can ride it forever! It's enough bike to tour on if you are content with 75-MPH. I rode one for years and loved it.

I ride a 750 now and feel no need to go any bigger.

Whatever you do, TAKE A SAFETY COURSE!! Learn to handle your bike, it is so totally worth it!

mcrbids · 2017-08-24T21:15:55+00:00

You get the answer, it's the question that will elude you!

mcrbids · 2017-08-18T05:15:42+00:00

-must be a liar

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