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bgm1975··on Nursing excluded as 'professional' degree by Department of Education
…so tracks for America.
bgm1975··on I set my phone to 'do not disturb' three years ago – and have never looked back
You can set contacts to bypass do-not-disturb settings. At least on the iPhone you can.
bgm1975··on Okay, I Like WezTerm
And a middle-age'd man named XFree86 lol.
bgm1975··on Leafy vegetables found to contain tire additives
No one thing is going to "fix our environmental problems." Only by doing a lot of "things" can we hope to "fix" our problems.
bgm1975··on Lunatik: Lunatik is a framework for scripting the Linux kernel with Lua
What are some of the main use cases for this project?
bgm1975··on Xonsh: Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell
I switched a few years ago and while there's a lot to like about (and power in) zsh, there's a lot i really dislike about it. For starters, it adds so much additional functionality and compatibility that the documentation (man pages are terrible). Also, the additional history & variable expansion capabilities are messy/ugly in shell syntax (imho). I think ultimately the problem is that, for shell scripting, bash has clearly won, but other shells show that there's room for an alternative specifically for a user's interactive interface...but zsh didn't get the memo so is trying to be all things to all people. One of these days, i'll probably swing over to fish...if I can get the energy to change my environment yet again.
bgm1975··on Billion file filesystem
As the saying goes: If the only tool you have is a hammer, it is tempting to treat everything as if it were a nail.
bgm1975··on RFC9460: Service Binding via the DNS (SVCB and HTTPS Resource Records)
I’m assuming the op is referring to relying on a commercial CDN provider’s anycast implementation but I could be mistaken.
bgm1975··on test, [, and [[ (2020)
Apple switched when bash switched from GPL2 to GPL3 which they didn’t like. The older bash is still available.
bgm1975··on test, [, and [[ (2020)
And ksh (ksh88 & later)
bgm1975··on USB-C cable with the bandwidth and USB type imprinted on the connector
Considering the number of features and capabilities that can be given to a usb-c cable, I think a better alternative would be to take cue from the humble resistor and use color coded bands around each of the ends. Text can only really cover 1-2 capabilities and it’d be nice to have a way to know exactly what a given cable can do, even if it requires a decoder ring.
bgm1975··on Louis Armstrong's Last Word
I don’t remember if it was called out explicitly but there’s a fantastic documentary out now on AppleTV+ about Louis Armstrong. If you have a subscription, I highly recommend watching it!
bgm1975··on Louis Armstrong's Last Word
You forgot (or missed) the rest of the quote:

> …and the way people sang.

As the article stated, many great artists changed one or the other, but only Louis did both.

bgm1975··on Kidney stone procedure "has the potential to be game changing"
It also probably has the same caveat that shock wave lithotripsy does too, where if the stone travels below the pelvis, the procedure can’t be used.
bgm1975··on Kidney stone procedure "has the potential to be game changing"
Having had a Ureteroscopy procedure, I can say it sure as hell doesn’t feel minimally invasive. It (well, post-op until they remove the stint) was almost as unpleasant as the kidney stone.
bgm1975··on Empires of the Steppes: The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilisation
That series was my introduction to Hardcore History and to this day, my favorite series. The best podcast series on one of the best podcasts.
bgm1975··on We have successfully completed our migration to RAM-only VPN infrastructure
If the feds have physical access and considering the high likelihood that these are VMs and not physical, it would be a whole lot easier to get the hypervisor to just snapshot the VM w/ its memory and perform forensics against that file(s).
bgm1975··on ServiceNow Insecure Access Control to Full Admin Takeover
Can you elaborate more about what you saw/experienced there?
bgm1975··on A reason for high housing prices: restrictive land-use regulations
It’s “invisible” in that it’s one of those things people (especially property owners) prefer not to talk or think about. Like how most people grossly discriminate based on perceived appearance or attractiveness. No one wants to admit that they are part of the problem.
bgm1975··on Witch – macOS window switcher replacement
Have you tried Magnet[1] yet? I’ve been using it for years and really love it. TBH, I prefer it over way Windows does it (forcing you to decide wha goes in the “other” side of the screen).

[1] https://magnet.crowdcafe.com/

bgm1975··on GitHub staff are required to use Teams by Sep 1, 2023
I suspect they’re not replacing Slack’s video capabilities with this move. They are replacing Zoom’s.
bgm1975··on GitHub staff are required to use Teams by Sep 1, 2023
I guess it could have been worse. It could have been Skype for Business.
bgm1975··on To ease the housing crunch, more places end single-family zoning
Nah, those are code words. What they mean is they’re terrified it might negatively affect their home value (or for some, its racially motivated). Most of these people only care about other people until they think it might negatively effect their perceived wealth. Ask a hope owner if they’d support a bill that would shave 25% of their home value to help…starving children (and we’ll assume the program is proven successful) and most would come up with BS reasons to oppose it.
bgm1975··on Apple avoids job cuts because it didn’t overhire like Google and Amazon
Uhh, speak for yourself. As a fanboy myself back then, it was kinda terrifying. Sure Power Computing was able to bump the bus speed beyond what Apple seemed to to able to do, but they also cannibalized Apple’s hardware market which they needed to stay alive. Also it became clear that the wheels were falling off the “new” OS rewrite (Rhapsody) project with no real plan for remedying. It was scary times when Microsoft had to help bail them out. Honestly, buying NeXT was the accidentally smartest move Apple executives made. I remember how cool BeOS was but was glad they chose NeXTStep over it. Mostly, because I was a Unix fanboy by that time too.
bgm1975··on Show HN: Pynecone – Web Apps in Pure Python
I’m assuming the parent is referring to Pinecone, not FastAPI.
bgm1975··on Stop Writing Dead Programs [video]
And who needs version control anyway.
bgm1975··on macOS Subsystem for Linux
I’ve been using Multipass for a couple years now as my “WSL for Mac”. It’s great to be able to spin up a Linux guest on demand. I also use it for Docker shenanigans so I don’t need Docker Desktop or deal with its licensing issues.
bgm1975··on Ask HN: What's the best source code you've read?
Yeah, was going to post Nethack if no one else had. It’s so well written, I think even people who’ve never seen C before could understand what was going on.
bgm1975··on My VM is lighter (and safer) than your container (2017)
Doesn’t AWS use firecracker with its Fargate container service (and lambda too)?
bgm1975··on DNS Esoterica – Why you can't dig Switzerland
You know, like when it rains on your wedding day.
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