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jbdigriz990··on The Computer Museum of America reclamation project
I am prompted here to ask "Why that name?" Trolling? Lapsed trademark squatting? I recommend a less confusing moniker if this is a genuinely serious attempt at a museum and not just baiting a collector(s) with deep pockets.
jbdigriz990··on Timeline of the xz open source attack
Joe Cooper's take on pressuring project maintainers: https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/dont-panic-ssh-exploit-in-ble...

somewhat ironic, but I'd say effective.

jbdigriz990··on Blocked by Cloudflare
Adam, the problem I'm running into is due to the IP proxy I normally use having been changed from ARIN to RIPE due to an ownership change at the hosting datacenter, which is still in NYC. Thus, nevertheless, I show up as coming from the UK, it looks like, when I access Cloudflare-protected sites in the US, and I'm running into more and more of them. The local newspaper, grocery store, credit card co's, etc., It seems that Cloudflare IPv6 geolocation is broken, and interferes even if you're coming from an IPv4. This is just asking for trouble if you ask me.

Troubleshooting done. If it's any consolation, I don't think Cloudflare is the only offender. Geolocation is a crappy idea to begin with, if you ask me.

jbdigriz990··on Blocked by Cloudflare
When I started having this problem logging into a certain credit card co.'s website beginning with about Firefox 105.0.2 on Fedora 38, I was told by their apparently outsourced customer service that I had to use Chrome, which I don't have installed there and couldn't try. Yeah, they wanted me to use LogMeIn so they could fix the problem, too. Right.

Firefox on Android was still working, though, loathe as I am to put passwords of any significance on my phone. Doesn't directly address your question, which I'd like to know the answer to as well.

jbdigriz990··on Vintage tech is the future of enterprise IT
Nice dissonant note in the face of the AI onslaught.
jbdigriz990··on 50 years on from The Limits to Growth, what did we learn and what’s next?
Dunno about "we", but I learned to recognize self-serving bullshit when I see it, from people who have no concern for my aspirations in particular, and those of humanity in general, only their own, and those of those paying their way with the fruits of your and my labor. Too bad their only aspiration in the end is just that, sticking their heads further up their asses, dragging along as many of the rest of us as they can.

What's next is more of the same, as we've seen over the last few years.

jbdigriz990··on Burroughs B 5500 Infomration Processing System (1964) [pdf]
Looks like it. I guess my info was a little stale. Thanks for the link!
jbdigriz990··on Burroughs B 5500 Infomration Processing System (1964) [pdf]
Good a time as any to ask if anyone has come across the sources for the OS. Bob Supnik has been looking for it a long time for simh. The story is it disappeared at some point into the bowels of the company that took over the service contracts for these machines. Possibly Indian. Anyone know for sure or have any contacts?
jbdigriz990··on Scientists move to strip offensive names from journals, prizes, and more
I'm a degreed chemist, and I say this movement is bullshit. Laputa called and wants it back.