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qz2··on Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems
I’m including that. We still need the same DBA and now we have numerous AWS cert people. More cost and not necessarily more clue I have found.
qz2··on I Bought Apple Silicon
I’m using an ass end M1 mini with a 27” 4K Iiyama monitor, an Apple magic touchpad and Durgod K320 keyboard.

It’s my favourite computer set up so far in all the years I’ve been doing this. I don’t want another back and neck killing laptop in my life in my 40s if I’m honest.

This is also not my first ARM desktop. I had an Acorn A420 a very long time ago.

qz2··on I Bought Apple Silicon
I risked it on an 8gb mini and quite frankly i can’t bend it even if I try.

Only thing it’ll probably die on is running VMs which I’m not going to do any more. They can live in DigitalOcean.

One liner review: this is the only computer I’ve ever had which can keep up with me.

qz2··on Go 1.16 Beta 1
Yeah this is going to be a massive win for shipping resource dependencies. Genuine single file static linked applications is such a massive win for deployment and management.
qz2··on Go 1.16 Beta 1
Absolutely can’t wait for this. I want to do some performance and memory usage comparisons.
qz2··on Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems
Yeah migrating to AWS is not cheaper. It never is. It’s a complete fucking lie to be honest.

I’m actually dealing with an issue where one RDS instance in AWS costs more over three years than the entire infrastructure and software investment did on the on-prem.

qz2··on Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems
No they wouldn’t. They’d fuck up the same stuff in the cloud. I’ve seen it too many times already.
qz2··on Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems
That actually made me laugh out loud because I can’t get the T495s I am trying to sell to talk to my wifi at the moment.
qz2··on Cyberpunk 2077 removed from PS Store and refunded
Thanks for the honest review. From the little I got to play of it, you hit the nail on the head.
qz2··on I Have Resigned from the Google AMP Advisory Committee
Safari + DDG here. That has currently the best compromise of posture and usability IMHO.

I was using "new edge" before which is no better. And firefox before that.

qz2··on Cyberpunk 2077 removed from PS Store and refunded
I was going to move to the Radeon side of things. Perhaps that'll help... assuming I can get one!
qz2··on Flanderization
On it :)

I've watched the first three since I posted that.

qz2··on Cyberpunk 2077 removed from PS Store and refunded
Crashing here constantly. What GPU/CPU combo do you have? Seems to be rather sensitive to that. I've had no issues with any other games on this PC.

3700X / B550M / GTX 1660 here.

qz2··on Cyberpunk 2077 removed from PS Store and refunded
Good. It's a buggy pile of crap on PC at least. I got a refund on Steam for it.
qz2··on Facebook's Hypocrisy on Apple's New iOS 14 Privacy Feature
Get the iPhone. Everything just works. I have the non mini 12. Its damn near as perfect as it’s going to get.
qz2··on Global chip shortage threatens production of laptops, smartphones and more
Indeed. I’ve considered selling mine though and buying one again when it all gets cheaper at some point.
qz2··on Tech Preview of Docker Desktop for M1
We didn't know Dell did them either until we couldn't get a PO signed off for a more expensive one and ended up talking to a sales guy at Dell. So yep completely agree on the discoverability thing.
qz2··on Flanderization
Thanks for taking the time to write that up - genuinely appreciated. Some good points. I've watched Discovery, Enterprise all the way through but not DS9 so that covers some gaps.
qz2··on Facebook Takes Out Newspaper Ads to Attack Apple's Strengthening iOS Privacy
The point is more that nothing will change if they blink out overnight.
qz2··on Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them
My wife has money and time. It's an aspirational purchase for her but she never gets motivated to read the things.

Me, I have a kindle and have read everything on it.

qz2··on Tech Preview of Docker Desktop for M1
I've got a stacked 64Gb Dell XPS 5550 and an ass end M1 MacBook Air. I'd rather use the Air any day.

But I'd rather just use my desktop M1 Mini than both. It has a 27" screen and a proper keyboard (Durgod K320) attached to it. All my shit is in AWS now.

qz2··on Flanderization
Also the premise, plot and set were dire too.

I think the only bit that made any sense was the section 31 stuff in the later film.

qz2··on Facebook Takes Out Newspaper Ads to Attack Apple's Strengthening iOS Privacy
Actually at this point I don't know anyone who uses social media applications. My kids, well teenagers, use iMessage and SMS and coordinate on Discord (that's not really a social network). My wife uses word of mouth and local referrals to run her hair business with communication via SMS/iMessage/email and a bookings app she has. All my friends use use email and iMessage. My parents both use email and/or SMS too.

The only thing I use any form of social media for is signing up to Twitter to tag Royal Mail or Hermes delivery in complaints about twice a year because they actually listen if you shitpost in public.

I see society functioning exactly how it did before if in 30 seconds time social media disappeared off the face of the planet.

qz2··on Build a Solar Battery Charger for Ni-MH Batteries
Yeah if you’re going to do this and forget such things you might as well use a diode and resistor and be done with it. It’s no worse than this circuit.
qz2··on Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder
Why it failed is because they sold out.

I really think everyone should just say “fuck this”, abandon it and throw the time at LTS Debian. Red hat control way too much of the ecosystem at the same time so there needs to be a strong, stable, non-commercial alternative.

qz2··on CentOS dropped because it “was not [..] providing [..] usefulness to Red Hat”
Perhaps they got some ideas when they cozied up with Microsoft a while back...
qz2··on I lost all my savings in a mistaken Ethereum transaction
If you did this with a bank you’d be up shit creek as well.
qz2··on SolarWinds leaked FTP credentials through a public GitHub repo since 2018
Yes people think I’m insane when I manually add files to a commit. -a is another foot gun.
qz2··on Tesco removes 20M items of plastic from Christmas range
Stick to the Essential lines and it's fine. The quality is also better than the generic fake brand crap that Tesco sell and it's the same price or better. Waitrose essential baked beans for example are waaaay better than any others.
qz2··on Tesco removes 20M items of plastic from Christmas range
Actually that's exactly what they and Dunnhumby do.
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