xyguy

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[–] xyguy@startrek.website 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Nope not really. People were already mad but its a lot easier to get mad publicly on the internet than in person. But Im sure the same people could get just as angry watching biased news channels but they cant start arguments with anyone in that context.

And also, don't forget Betteridges Law of Headlines.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I haven't done any work for the military but i can say that all the legacy systems I've worked on were because the specific software they need was written only for Windows 98 and the developer or company that created it is long gone. Keeping it going is a chore but switching to literally anything else is out of the question.

I could see for military applications that having the known quantity of a working piece of software that isn't changing anymore and can be swapped as an entire unit is an advantage, especially if it doesn't touch the internet in any capacity. But eventually you run out of people who know what to do if any changes need to be made.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 5 points 4 months ago

There are several things like that in Fedora, which is already a good reason not to recommend it to first timers. They most likely won't know or care about nonfree codecs, they will just see a broken machine. Linux Mint understands that as a use case and has a "magic make it work" checkbox during install.

That all being said, I run Nobara and love it, but i wouldn't recommend it for new people.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

I don't have a ton of faith in tplink to continue to support omada over the long term. They've also been somewhat slow to fix security problems in the past. For the same price as the omada ap you can get unifi u6 lites.

You can still run your own controller and i can vouch thaf a couple of them can cover an entire moderately sized house. I run 2 at home with pfsense on an ewaste tier dell optiplex and have for years without trouble.

I've never messed with opnsense but I assume it works just as well.

Also what type of connection are you getting from your ISP? If its a fiber connection you may be able to buy an SFP network card and replace the modem altogether.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You are correct that this is technically in code and would protect against shock hazards in a neutral error situation but you also get the opportunity for the outlet to pop during the day when nobody is home and the battery to die.

We had a situation in our old house where someone who was technically correct but didn't think it through had a gfci outlet upstream of the refrigerator outlet. Thankfully it popped while someone was home and we got everything corrected before we lost everything in the fridge.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 4 points 5 months ago

This is the concept of an episode of Nathan For You. Well, its a part of an episode about making real a fake story so he doesn't get "A Million Little Pieces"-ed. Its a great show.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 4 points 5 months ago

Does it count if i used to work in IT?

I still work in IT but I used to too.

In my youth I worked at a 24 hour gas station/restaurant for 2 weeks. It was robbed twice (not while i was there) and someone hit and ran and smashed up my car all in 2 weeks. But i did get unlimited coffee, pop and donuts (after 6pm) so overall I'd give it a 3/5.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 1 points 5 months ago

Ladder logic?

The Horror, the horror.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 4 points 5 months ago

If you say it loud enough you'll almost sound precocious.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 2 points 5 months ago

EXTREME WARNING if you have something important to do today. The above link is to TV Tropes. It's too late for me, but you still have a chance to be productive today!

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 41 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Hello, I would like to complain that filling out a form to complain is exactly the kind of thing that Gene Roddenberry would be against so I refuse to do it. /s

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 18 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Jellico did nothing wrong. His great great great great grandfather in Detroit however.....

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