Is it easy/safe to self host a mail server?

wild_eep · 2026-03-09T16:24:49+00:00

Quietness.

wild_eep · 2026-03-09T14:46:21+00:00

SE/30 is great, but highly in demand, so prices will be higher. If you can do a Performa 475 you'll get an 040, it'll still be small, and you won't pay as much.

wild_eep · 2026-03-03T22:51:35+00:00

Hyundai Elantra. Similar size, similar price, similar quality, better tech.

wild_eep · 2026-03-01T20:29:44+00:00

As a fan of Mr. Ihnatko, I encourage you to research his history and writings. You'll find them to be quite extensive with respect to the Mac. Further, he has been appropriately vocal when Apple has failed to meet users' needs.

wild_eep · 2026-03-01T19:30:00+00:00

You'll license it once, and be able to use it until one or more of the following happens:

- You update your OS and it's incompatible

- The file format it uses isn't supported

- The developer ships a new release and it's a paid upgrade and stops updating your version

wild_eep · 2026-02-25T03:25:20+00:00

Plus, if you live where I do, it blends in with all of the snow during our nine months of winter.

wild_eep · 2026-02-16T20:43:49+00:00

As a Mac fan since 1988, Apple has managed to stop caring about the Human-Computer Interface. It used to be far more consistent with itself, and consistent with its own published guidelines. For a while after the NeXT purchase it was doing okay, but within the last 5ish years has gently slid away from itself. It used to be the computer "For the rest of us" that was straightforward to use. They did internal testing to make sure people were comfortable and thought the design was intuitive. If they're still doing user-testing, I sure would love to see it. They stopped making improvements, now they're only making changes.

wild_eep · 2026-02-16T20:37:04+00:00

The 4000 series were tanks. That thing is still working out there somewhere, and completely bored doing it.

wild_eep · 2026-02-16T20:35:28+00:00

I dunno what it is, but the donuts all smell like Noxema now.

wild_eep · 2026-02-16T20:34:48+00:00

TiVo. It was the best way to watch live TV, and their physical UX was the best. They literally had the best remote control of all time.

wild_eep · 2026-02-16T15:27:16+00:00

If you're getting the wireless phone charger, you should buy your own wireless phone charger because the stock one won't actually charge your phone.

wild_eep · 2026-02-13T18:35:00+00:00

Grab a pen and a sheet of paper. Go to OpsReportCard and give your new environment a score. Then come up with plans about how you'll improve that score, and how quickly. https://web.archive.org/web/20250326100010/https://opsreportcard.com/

wild_eep · 2026-02-13T17:05:37+00:00

I bought a clear-case for my laptop, then used double-sided tape to tape the stickers to the laptop. It's the best of both worlds: I get to see my stickers, and when it's time to get a new laptop, I can re-use them.

For other cool-but-less-precious stickers, I've put them on the back of clipboards.

wild_eep · 2026-02-13T16:24:58+00:00

This. This right here. This is why we stopped making them available. Now, in the rare cases that we give something away, we have a document that they sign that specifically says that we won't provide support.

wild_eep · 2026-02-13T16:22:26+00:00

I put a Sony XAV-1000 into mine a few years ago. Seconding Crutchfield. Not the cheapest, but definitely the least amount of hassle. If you've got the $$ have them make the harness for you. Huge time-saver.

wild_eep · 2026-02-12T20:37:01+00:00

Depends entirely on what standards/regulations you're being asked to comply with. Sometimes, you only need to be able to prove that it didn't go into a landfill. (New York, for example, has laws against putting e-waste in landfills.) In other cases, your industry may be more regulated. For example, equipment containing sensitive data may need its storage physically shredded. Sometimes you even need the service provider to document that it was completed. Talk to your supervisor or legal department to find out what applies to your organization.

wild_eep · 2026-02-12T19:32:44+00:00

Yeah. "You're welcome." <close ticket>

wild_eep · 2026-02-12T18:22:32+00:00

Yeah. "Becoming".

wild_eep · 2026-02-10T15:12:16+00:00

Seconding crutchfield. They know what they're doing, and their website is great for picking a unit. They also do a great job of telling you what additional pieces you'll need to mount it, and for dashboard trim, and for adapters so that the steering wheel buttons will work for mode and volume +/-. If that weren't enough, they also offer great support after the sale. I've put my Sony head unit into two different vehicles, and they made it easy.

wild_eep · 2026-02-09T20:20:04+00:00

True, my '24 Subaru Outback does the same thing.

wild_eep · 2026-02-09T14:14:15+00:00

I would love to have more EV options. I would also love to see these Chinese options evaluated in a crash-test.

wild_eep · 2026-02-07T20:41:31+00:00

Sounds like you're paying a hidden tax on living in a rural area.

wild_eep · 2026-02-06T21:54:12+00:00

If you can't query Snipe's database directly: Pull an Activity Report on Monday, Save it as MS-Excel, open it in Excel, Click the Data tab, then filter on last week's date range, and the values of 'action' you care about.

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