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Username: FlamingSpaceJunk
Joined: November 2019
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Last Active: June 2020
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> @Not_Oles said:
> Anybody up on the early history of perl? I never saw a discussion by Larry Wall or by anybody else with inside knowledge of the early days about what specific perceiv…

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Perl 7, really Perl 5.32, has been announced.

https://www.perl.com/article/announcing-perl-7/

It's not the hippest language, but it's pretty fun. It's also much better t…

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> @thagoat said:
> Am I delusional or did OP just offer their services for a bunch of random shit that she/he doesn't really understand?
> This can't be a real post. It just c…

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> @Hetzner_OL said:
> If you were going to film a TV show or movie in our DC, what genre would it be?

A Kafka inspired hard sci-fi. 2001: A Space Odyssy mixed with The Lob…

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Twilio is the one thing that comes to mind. Are there others?

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> @AnthonySmith said:
> got outlook? if so just drag and drop, done.

This works with Thunderbird too.

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> @serv_ee said:
> However, shooting intruders is just fine. Not even a warning shot needed. It's in the "constitution" that you have every right to protect yourself and your belongings)…

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> @Mason said:
> I'm confused, isn't the host machine of said VPSes/Cloud VMs susceptible to those same attack vectors? Or is it more of a "let's just trust that the provider knows what …

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> @Ouji said:
> On that topic, how do you guys handle your ssh keys? I have several servers, but one key per client is starting to become a hassle.

`ssh-agent` and a `.ssh…

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> @sureiam said:
> This is why dedicated servers and colocation are the only sure ways to retain privacy. Affordable options (lowend) are atom dedicated servers (preferably with raid 1) …

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Dokuwiki is the go to for wikis. It's simple, has lots of plugins, and I like the wiki syntax.

For documentation...

MkDocs is a nice turnkey solution.

Hug…

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> @Rahul said:
> > @Iroshan464 said:
> > Main reason I use chrome is the instant history sync with phone and pc.
> > I may be an idiot but I prefer to have G…

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> @imok said:
> This shouldn't be considered a job offer anywhere in the world.

It's still more reasonable than some job postings. It's also tight, focused, upfront, and r…

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> @Nyr said:
> Which is a shame because the concept itself is useful, but Docker is problematic mid-term and doesn't do anything new other than good marketing.

It's a fail…

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My primary hobby these days is cooking. I like food. :smile: I cooked some green shakshuka with socca last night. The socca turned out pretty good, but the shakshuka is something I'll have to work on…

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Good luck! Last time I tried to run Rawhide it lasted until I updated, which was about 5 minutes after install.

Thanked by (1)Not_Oles
More helpful. Git repos, IPFS, Package mirror for FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Alpine, or whatever.

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> @AnthonySmith said:
> Back when I kept a keen eye on Xen there was talk of memory over provisioning coming to Xen which is essential for good density, I have no idea if that ever actua…

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There is [Kimchi](https://github.com/kimchi-project/kimchi/ "Kimchi"), the oVirt UI, which can be run as a standalone application.

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oVirt is the upstream of RHEV, so it's probably fine. It is more targeted at internal IT virt servers with VMware vSphere being a more natural competitor.

I play with it from time to t…

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Pfff. If you've seen one tree, you've seen them all.*

*Excluding redwoods and sequoias which are massive, and it's hard to comprehend exactly how big they are until they are right the…

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Knowing a little bit of everything isn't bad. It helps identify problems. A couple of areas of deep expertise are necessary though.

If you're just starting, I wouldn't worry about pick…

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> @WSS said:
> > @FlamingSpaceJunk said:
> > > @WSS said:
> > > The hardest part will be to give system access to morons who write in Javascript.
…

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There's not a great solution.> @WSS said:
> I'll have to play with that. I've been playing with stuff like Foreman, but haven't found anything I really like.

Yeah, there…

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> @WSS said:
> The hardest part will be to give system access to morons who write in Javascript.

Simple: SElinux off, firewall off, turn on SSH root logins with password,`…

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> @AnthonySmith said:
> Interesting, I wonder if I could get away with using that answer when nob heads use the NAT services for public torrents, usually some shit like love island.

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> @AnthonySmith said:
> What is your preferred method of backup?

It depends.

Personal stuff is Restic and Rsync.net for long running things like desktops, l…

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> @verjin said:
> @Nyr I am searching for wg API which automates account creation or in short perform CRUD.
> Do you know any? Right now I am looking at github.com/alectrocute/…

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> @vish said:
> If good people do bad things, are they not bad people? And vice versa?

Subjective morality is a hell of a drug. Divorced of all context, anything can be ju…

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> @WSS said:
> Might as well do a still shot of a potato.

Problem solved. Good work everyone. We did it!

![](https://media.giphy.com/media/UmBdALbYTmCJ2/gip…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> DO/Vultr were running a shared kernel system on KVM. A quick Google search didn't get me much either on the concept of a shared kernel on KVM or on the fact that DO/V…

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Backups?

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> @havoc said:
> Busy looking at various provides and technologies & can't help but notice that container pricing is just insane. e.g. on GCP
>
> [App Engine Fle…

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