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illuminated··on Ask HN: Any first-hand experience with SSD Nodes?
The offer seems better.. I don't know the service, that's why I'm asking here.
illuminated··on Ask HN: Any first-hand experience with SSD Nodes?
OK, thanks, I needed this.
illuminated··on LibreOffice 7.1 Community Edition
What is?
illuminated··on LibreOffice 7.1 Community Edition
I have personally found that OnlyOffice [0] has much better MS Word file compatibility than any other open source document editor.

Files created and saved in Word are being handled by OpenOffice without an issue and vice versa.

Haven't tried the spreadsheets, though.

[0] https://www.onlyoffice.com/en/

illuminated··on Ask HN: What's your workflow from digital camera to printed/published photo?
Thanks a lot for these tips, I didn't know about the separate update of the lens database.

I am on Linux, yes, trying to get rid of the need to power up the MBP.

Edit: I'm using Nikon D700 and the "not so good" lens algorithm was for the 16-85 lens... LR seems to take better care of it, but I'll try with the updated lens DB in Darktable.

illuminated··on Ask HN: What's your workflow from digital camera to printed/published photo?
I am in the process of switching from Lightroom to Darktable [1]. Lightroom seems to have better lens aberration fixing algorithms but I'm still learning Darktable, so, I might be doing something wrong.

Also, I do miss the styles selection from LR... There is a community around Darktable styles [2], but it doesn't seem to cover everything LR does.

On the bright side, Darktable seems very very fast (compared to LR) and the overall process (when you know what to do) is really satisfying.

[1] https://www.darktable.org/ [2] https://dtstyle.net/

illuminated··on Ajit Pai Is Officially Gone
I'm not the author of the list below, but it's a nice TLDR.

Here is a list of harmful nonsense [1] Pai and his FCC did over the last four years:

- Killed net neutrality

- Approved T-Mobile / Sprint merger

- Repeatedly released reports that claimed U.S. broadband is fine

- Defended murder of net neutrality in court

- Flubbed Puerto Rico hurricane disaster response

- Slow-walked and obstructed investigation into telecom company sale of your location data

- Said FTC would protect net neutrality (it didn’t, and couldn’t)

- Falsely claimed killing net neutrality was good for broadband access (it wasn’t)

- Refused to brief Congress about telecom companies’ sale of their customers’ phone location data

- Helped Comcast and other major telecom companies in their pursuit of monopolistic power

- Oversaw America’s falling rank in an annual “Internet Freedom” index

- Allowed Verizon to throttle California firefighters’ data while they were fighting unprecedented wildfires

- Invented a DDoS attack that shut down the FCC’s net neutrality comment system

- Lied to public about that fake DDoS attack that shut down the agency’s net neutrality comment system

- Lied to Congress about that fake DDoS attack

- Didn’t detect that dead people were leaving comments on net neutrality comment system

- Refused to change the definition of ‘broadband’

- Demanded $200 to release emails about his giant mug

- Allowed scammers to submit fake comments about net neutrality under the names of two sitting senators

- Did that dumbass Harlem Shake thing with a pizzagate conspiracy theorist

- Became a rubber stamp for Sinclair Media and

- Tried to kill a broadband assistance program that subsidized internet connections for the economically unstable and poor

- Got a literal gun from the NRA for his “courage” in killing net neutrality

- Was investigated by his own agency for alleged corruption as he pushed to dismantle media consolidation rules

- Published report claiming broadband market was magically fixed by repealing net neutrality

- Ignored 22 million comments supporting net neutrality

- Tried to reclassify cell phone data service as “broadband internet”

- Allowed phone call rates for incarcerated people to skyrocket

[1]: https://www.vice.com/en/topic/ajit-pai

illuminated··on Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room
Agreed! :)
illuminated··on Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room
Ah, my bad... didn't find the personal acc number as well. The passwords are way too easy to find, yes, but you're not tracking down a security engineer but an "everyday Karen" :)
illuminated··on Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room
You can find all the info for logging in to the bank account, but I couldn't find a location information there (or I did not recognize it).
illuminated··on Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room
Well, at the moment I got the "winning code" notification, I still didn't know her location.
illuminated··on Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room
I kind of enjoy the graphics... Makes the focus to be shifted on the actual gameplay. You care about the process of discovery more this way. At least that's how it worked for me, but I'm not a regular game player person.
illuminated··on Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room
A000-0000-0000... not sure what to do with it :)

If it's indeed the end, nice game!

edit: although, I still haven't found the Anne's location

illuminated··on Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room
Latest Firefox on Mac... Will try with another browser. If you need any help in tracing the issue, I'll send you the console output.
illuminated··on Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room
How one interacts with the game? I see the drawn room but clicking anything there (folder, basket, cup, etc.) does nothing at all...
illuminated··on Maddy: Composable all-in-one mail server in Go
No issues at all. It comes down to the way they have set up their own mail servers. Incoming email is being checked for DKIM, DMARC, etc and then handled based on that. Logs are also super helpful in determining what went how in the reception process.
illuminated··on Maddy: Composable all-in-one mail server in Go
With mailcow [0] it's pretty simple to setup your own email server in about half an hour with all the security included and having your email not being treated on reception as spam. It also ships with a webmail interface (SOGo [1]), rspamd UI and an admin interface for your server.

I used to be a Kolab [2] user and "promoter" for many years but the project seems stalled a bit recently and although it is still being worked on and developed, it is lacking documentation for the latest releases.

I have moved to mailcow recently and am amazed at how easy it is to setup and maintain as opposed to Kolab.

The thing I miss from Kolab in mailcow is the integrated LDAP storage and custom built UI (if anyone knows a good and reliable LDAP administration UI as a web app, please let me know!), which I got used to using for user authentication in other services. Luckily, there are some efforts in LDAP integration into mailcow [3], although, still not mature yet and not that tightly integrated.

[0] https://mailcow.email/ [1] https://sogo.nu/ [2] https://kolab.org/ [3] https://github.com/Programmierus/ldap-mailcow

illuminated··on No More Google
Here's a more complete list IMO, including not only services (even the services are more relevant), but also apps for various platforms: https://github.com/tycrek/degoogle
illuminated··on Ask HN: Recommend a good email hosting provider when yo have multiple domains
If you're looking for a free provider, you may try Yandex [0].

I am renting a SoYouStart [1] server with a self hosted solution. If you're not that experienced with setting up and maintaining an email server, you can try installing the MailCow [2]. Its fairly easy to setup and maintain. There's enough setup guides available, including setting up your DMARC and DKIM so your emails won't be rejected or treated as spam by default.

[0] https://connect.yandex.com/

[1] https://www.soyoustart.com/us/essential-servers/

[2] https://mailcow.email/

illuminated··on Users may be unable to connect or experiencing degraded performance
> Facebook Messenger has the best UX paradigm for this I've seen

Viber had a similar thing long before FB's messenger: single gray check mark character if the message is sent, double gray check mark if it is received by the recipient and double check mark in purple if it is seen.

The only issue is with the purple color of the "seen" as it can sometimes blend into an image behind it (if the message was consisting of an image).

illuminated··on Important non-programming skills for programmers
Not sure if you've seen my edit in the original comment: "fast typing" was a wrong choice of words. I meant "touch typing".
illuminated··on Important non-programming skills for programmers
I wrote the wrong phrase in my original comment. I was thinking of "touch typing", not "fast typing". Thanks for helping me clarify that - not a native English speaker here.

Btw, I've learned it almost the same way, but while playing the typing games with my kids later in life, I've upgraded the skill a bit.

illuminated··on Important non-programming skills for programmers
I thought I explained it in the original comment... I have no issue with the speed of someone's typing. But constant checking of the key positions on the keyboard just affects your focus on the problem you're working on. And it's really fairly easy to learn to type without looking, to type without having to think about it.
illuminated··on Important non-programming skills for programmers
I had a 70 years old team member whose typing wasn't fast at all, due to various age related issues, but was one of the most valued team members. Case like that, or people with disabilities are obviously out of any judgement.
illuminated··on Important non-programming skills for programmers
Not many, but when I did, I've considered it as something I'd try to find out - why. The benefits are obvious, learning process is rather easy so reluctance to do it would at least intrigue me.
illuminated··on Important non-programming skills for programmers
I'd add two more:

- estimates: ability to balance between showing off when estimating the skills and technologies you know well and then underestimating the process ahead and overestimating the unfamiliar territories.

- fast typing: I could never relate to developers as senior, no matter the years of experience, if I see them shooting the keyboard with two or four fingers. Despite my subjective position on this, fast typing "releases" your brain to think only about the problem you're solving or achieving the goal you have without dialing 911 to "find that letter".

EDIT: I've used a wrong phrase in my second point. I meant "touch typing" instead of "fast typing".

illuminated··on Ask HN: Why Facebook requires login to view public pages?
https://lmgtfy.app/?q=Why+Facebook+requires+login+to+view+pu...

See the second link shown above: https://www.facebook.com/help/537592652938493

illuminated··on Ask HN: Google Drive/Office 365 alternatives
I've been using Kolab [0] for years for self hosting the email, calendar and tasks. There is an official integration with Seafile which gives you a "Google Drive"/"One Drive" experience (you can also integrate it with NextCloud), while recently there's been Libre Office integration available which gives you word processing, spreadsheets and presentations in your browser; I'm also using it.

The overall experience is not as smooth as with Google or MS, but I do have Exchange protocol, file storage with management and online document editing and it works.

First time it took me almost two weeks to setup everything, but I've been doing the same setup for my friends, for their small to mid sized companies for less than a week.

Their main website is not managed well but they have a pretty active development community, very useful mailing list (you can browse the archive) and somewhat dated documentation but the changes are not that hard to figure out.

Once everything is set, the update process and maintenance are almost automatic through the native linux package manager.

[0] https://www.kolab.org/

illuminated··on Hands-on: The $300 Kano PC, a “build-it-yourself” Chromebook competitor
Is the hardware linux compatible?
illuminated··on Ask HN: How to transition from software to IT management?
Yeah, I get that. Thanks a lot.

My plan would be to do something similar. Assess the situation (in terms of software, hardware, processes, etc.) and assess the people at hand and move on from there, like with any other managerial position.

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