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Yep... my pfSense is virtualized, too. I need to get pfBlocker configured, but pi-hole works so well, I'm too lazy to do anything about it! I'm also working on an IoT VLAN - that Ring doorbell is a chatty Kathy!

If you're running some type of hypervisor (ESXi, Proxmox, etc.), you can create a tiny VM running Debian and load Pi-hole on it. No need for extra hardware and wires.

Absolutely... cleaner than TP will ever get you! Usually, a 30-second blast is all it takes.

$35 on Amazon. Worth every penny!

If you're going to talk about the historical significance of social computing, I would imagine that Usenet would figure in the story somewhere. To jump from email threads (that the authors incorrectly call forums) to modern social networks leaves out quite a bit of the story! Usenet was a remarkable tool for communication and community-building, as was Compuserve (already mentioned by skookumchuck).

Usenet was deployed in 1980, only a year after the SF-LOVERS email chain started.

Awesome! That's great news! I may try to rewrite some parts of my app and see if REMI is a good fit.

Bottle is great if you have a simple use case... but getting HTTPS going was horrible. I can't count how many back-end engines I tried (cherrypi, paste, cheroot, gevent, waitress, etc.). Finally got it working on gunicorn.

I'd love to find a framework that abstracts all this away so I don't have to think about it...

Hey -- Just want to give a shout-out and big thanks to the folks at repl.it!!! I love it! I'm teaching college kids who have never written code and repl.it is my platform of choice for quick examples while in the middle of a lecture. At the end, I just save it, and the kids can come revisit the in-class examples whenever they want. It's a great teaching tool! Thanks!!!

Does this support HTTPS?

I'm building an app using Bottle as the framework and getting HTTPS to work properly (with a proper certificate) has been a nightmare. I think I fixed it after a full day of research and tinkering yesterday.

This app is super small... maybe 5 users simultaneously, so I don't need the overkill of Django or integrating with something on Apache or Nginx.

REMI looks pretty straightforward and lightweight; even without HTTPS it looks useful... I'll give it a whirl and keep it in my bag of tricks!

Syncthing will do the job. Yes, it doesn't implement a cloud store like Dropbox. You have a couple of alternatives: 1) get a cheap vps host (digitalocean, vultr, etc.) and make it part of your syncthing 'cluster'. 2) get a raspberry-pi running syncthing and a big external HD and put that somewhere else (parent's, brother's, office, etc.).

That is one of the most important facts about flying; it is also one of the most misunderstood.

When I read it as a student pilot, I found the book to be oddly written, but so applicable. That one sentence will do wonders for final approach and landings!

Absolutely agree... but an aprs2 that incorporates some modern tech and modern thought could be interesting. What if every TNC was also a digipeater and they all coordinated to route their traffic via the shortest/best route to shore?

something like http://aprs.org

Brings to mind a great song by Nick Lowe:

https://genius.com/Nick-lowe-who-was-that-man-lyrics

Can't find a video on youtube...

I'm pretty sure it happened in both Firefox and Chrome. It seems to be a common complaint, but I couldn't find a fix (and didn't really look too hard).

Sounds pretty common!

About Qubes: I was just playing with it a couple of weeks ago. It's interesting, and I'd consider using it except for one thing. When you're running a browser, the cursor doesn't change when hovering over a link. I know it sounds nitpicky, but I kind of want/need that. I did some digging around and didn't get any solution. Are you OK with that, or did you find a workaround?

"Sucks" is subjective; you're allowed to think that.

In years past you may have spent hours getting wireless or sound working. These days, if you buy decent, mainstream hardware it just works. Ubuntu does a great job of getting out of the way.

I'm a Fedora guy, myself, but find myself recommending Xubuntu to more and more people for casual computing because 1) it really does just work, and 2) Xfce is lightweight and lets you use your CPU for doing real work vs. holding up a bloated windows manager.

Good point - as Mel Brooks said, "It's good to be the king!" In my last job, I was IT; I dread going to some place where they force Windows upon me!

It's about time.

I can't imagine (as the author asserts) that people left Windows for Apple because of the lack of a command ssh client. Here's a thought: If you need to spend time on Unix/Linux machines, why not just run that on the desktop? I've been Linux only for 10 years and have no issues. OK, I do need Windows for the rare moments where I have to collaborate on Word or PowerPoint documents; Win in a VM (KVM/QEMU) gets the job done.

Does this new client support ssh-copy-id and passwordless logins? I have a couple of public-facing machines that need ssh; I refuse to enable password authentication as they'll get banged on all day!

Was just thinking, "This sounds like a job for IPFS!" I spent most of Sunday reading about and playing with IPFS. Great idea - I hope it gets some traction.

Hmm.... I apply every 6 months or so and get the thumbs down. Not sure what they're looking for. I've got 30 years of every kind of experience (dev, DBA, network, security, product mgmt, analytics/data science, business mgmt, and more) with good credentials and they never bite. I wish I knew more what the ideal profile was; I'd love to help out!

I can't say enough good things about pfSense. I'm running three of 'em and would gladly trash my Checkpoint firewalls to use pfSense, if our parent company didn't mandate them.

I've run it on everything from tiny, Atom-based machines to kitted-out HP DL385s, and even on ESXi virtual machines. It works great in all scenarios.

The Washington Post has a lot of opinion for a newspaper! The whole thing is a big editorial!

Do one thing - do it well!

For a router, I'd pick some BSD-based OS. pf is much more efficient than iptables, although I only know this anecdotally.

I'm a huge fan of pfSense which wraps a nice UI and some great tools (proxy, AV, analysis, etc.) into one big package. Worth a look. I used to run my home router on a little Qotom computer, but virtualized it to get rid of wires and boxes; works great. I'm running three pfSense boxes in various environments and can't say enough good things about 'em.

What about an OM617?

That has to be one of the simplest, reliable, and over-engineered motors MB ever made. I spent 5 years running mine on vegetable oil! I figure that would have been a good Africa motor.

How's getting gas been so far?

Good point! I bought two of the five from him.

In the last three years, I've bought five guns from a FFL dealer who has no store, while sitting at his kitchen table in his house. (In Maryland, no less!)