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datasmurfon MyBee – Distribution and API for creating and destroying cloud virtual machines

Great work!

datasmurfon Change your MAC address with a shell script (2019)

Why so much trouble?

ifconfig(8)[0]

"The link-level ("link") address is specified as a series of colon-separated hex digits. This can be used to, for example, set a new MAC address on an Ethernet interface, though the mecha- nism used is not Ethernet specific. Use the ("random") keyword to set a randomly generated MAC address. A randomly-generated MAC address might be the same as one already in use in the net- work. Such duplications are extremely unlikely. If the inter- face is already up when this option is used, it will be briefly brought down and then brought back up again in order to ensure that the receive filter in the underlying Ethernet hardware is properly reprogrammed."

[0] https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&manpath=F...

datasmurfon Sbang lets you run scripts with long shebang lines

I do not think that _this_ was or will be ever an issue to myself or any system that i have to deal with and i do not see any use for it but i guess somebody else did. Anyway I believe this page is a very nice read on the background and a little history https://www.in-ulm.de/~mascheck/various/shebang/

datasmurfon The pandemic is fueling digital repression worldwide

"Looking back, we will see Covid-19, just like September 11, 2001, as a time when governments gained new, intrusive means of controlling their citizens."

datasmurfon Open Source Everything

Open Source is communism! scnr

datasmurfon The Power to Serve! - FreeBSD 10.2 - Get it while it's still hot...

FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE Announcement

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE. This is the third release of the stable/10 branch, which improves on the stability of FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE and introduces some new features.

Some of the highlights:

    The resolvconf(8) utility has been updated to version 3.7.0, with improvements to protect DNS privacy.

    The ntp suite has been updated to version 4.2.8p3.

    A new rc(8) script, growfs, has been added, which will resize the root filesystem on boot if the /firstboot file exists.

    The Linux® compatibility version has been updated to support Centos™ 6 ports.

    The drm code has been updated to match Linux® version 3.8.13, allowing running multiple X servers simultaneously.

    Several enhancements and updates for improved FreeBSD/arm support.

    Several ZFS performance and reliability improvements.

    GNOME has been updated to version 3.14.2.

    KDE has been updated to version 4.14.3.

    And much more...

For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see the online release notes and errata list, available at:

    https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/10.2R/relnotes.html

    https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/10.2R/errata.html

For more information about FreeBSD release engineering activities, please see:

    https://www.FreeBSD.org/releng/

datasmurfon Ask HN: Why isn't HN using target=“_blank” for links?

'nuff said

datasmurfon Ask HN: Why isn't HN using target=“_blank” for links?

If the link opens a target on a other website it should be opened in a new tab. If it's a link on the same site it shouldn't.