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Linux

• Our broad reasons for and approach to mirroring disks :: Wandering Thoughts

  When I talked about our recent interest in FreeBSD, I mentioned the issue of disk mirroring. One of the questions this raises is what we use disk mirroring for, and how we approach it in general....

• Rust for Linux revisited :: Drew DeVault's Blog

  Ugh. Drew’s blogging about Rust again. – You I promise to be nice. Two years ago, seeing the Rust-for-Linux project starting to get the ball rolling, I wrote “Does Rust belong in the Linux...

• 20 years of this blog :: Kushal Das' Blog

  I started writing blog 20 years ago, not on this domain, but this blog still has all the old posts starting from 8th August 2004. Though I used to write mostly one line blog posts, which is...

• How to completely bypass authentication on RushOrderTees :: Xe Iaso (Christine Dodrill)

  While evaluating RushOrderTees for a previous employer, an embarrassing security vulnerability was discovered. User accounts created inside their t-shirt designer do not have a password attached...

• A Signal run a day keeps the un-link away :: Michael Stapelberg

  I have a couple of people who are best reachable on the Signal messaging app, but not that many. This exposes me to an awkward edge case of Signal’s design decisions: Whenever I get a message (on...

Homelab

• VyOS and Mikrotik – VLAN-a-rama :: blog.kroy.io

  For the novice networker, VLANs are easily one of the most misunderstood concepts. In this post, I’ll go over some basics and demonstrate how to make the jump from separate interfaces and switches...

• VLANs with Linux, NFTables and Ubiquiti Unifi :: OXcrag.net

  While setting up my new Ubiquiti Unifi WiFi access points, I spent more time than I’d like to admit troubleshooting my new guest network before I got it to work, so that topic is the basis for...

• Facial Recognition Update: Response from Foodstuffs :: Blogging to Nowhere

  Yesterday I received a response from Foodstuffs to my earlier email expressing concerns over their facial recognition trial. The full response is as follows: From: privacy@foodstuffs.co.nz Hi...

• Parsoid 0.9.0 update brings 406 Not Acceptable docserver error in VisualEditor REL_30 on Mediawiki 1.30 :: Defend the planet

  Some of my mediawiki instances broke when editing a page with VisualEditor on REL_30 today bringing HTTP 416 Errors related to Parsoid. Strangely this error only occured when editing existing...

• Making a systemd service which binds to an IP start on boot :: Just another Linux geek

  By default, most services will start just fine on boot when they bind to 0.0.0.0 on the host to listen on any IP that might happen to appear. However, if you try to get a service to bind to a...

• Home and Personal Infrastructure Overhaul: Part 7 - Using Drone with Terraform :: YetiOps

  This post is the next in the series on how I overhauled my personal infrastructure to make it easier to manage, make changes and integrate new applications. Previous posts in the series are: -...

• Smol KVM :: Adventurist Blog

  I'm not really sure if I want to own so many computers, but if you want to perform anything like science you need a lot of them. I have a small testbed which I like to say is an experiment in...

OpenBSD

• I moved my emails to Proton Mail :: Solène Rapenne

  Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. My needs 3. Proton Mail 3. 1. Benefits 3. 2. Interesting features 3. 3. Shortcomings 3. 4. Alternatives 4. My ideal email setup 5. Conclusion 5. 1. Update...

• You route me round-round like a packet…: Why routes should not loop :: Doing stupid things (with packets and OpenBSD)

  OpenBSD version: might have helped... or not. Arch: Any NSFP: ffs... -.-' I just had a rather not so fun encounter with the joys of routing loops. Yesterday, already, I saw a bit too many packets...

Other IT related topics

• Reasons I still love the fish shell :: Julia Evans

  I wrote about how much I love fish in this blog post from 2017 and, 7 years of using it every day later, I’ve found even more reasons to love it. So I thought I’d write a new post with both the...

• Dead Internet Souls :: Data, tech, and sometimes Nutella

  In the 1800s, before serfdom was abolished in the Russian empire, landowners paid taxes based on how many serfs they had. A census was conducted every few years by government employees traveling...

• Negotiating Bastardry :: /dev/lawyer

  This is one of the best pieces of media I’ve seen on negotiation in a long time, from a YouTube channel better known for cinematic motorcycle reviews. The single, enormous caveat is that you must...

• Think twice, speak once: Or how to let the referee do its job :: Technoglot

  Back when I was growing up (and still am doing such), I was very quick in listening to what was said and replying -- either with word humor (not always appreciated) or a particular insight (which...

• A hard fork in the Handshake community :: The Webb Blog

  …I really don't want to write this post. SIGH The Handshake community is confused, divided, and looking for answers. As someone who has been engaged in the community since late 2019, I feel some...

• Homebrew social networking :: Bryan Cantrill and other blogs at DTrace.org

  One of the most persistent cycles in the history of computing is the oscillation between centralization and decentralization. This cycle becomes entrenched because each has distinct advantages and...

• The Hypnotized Society :: Monomythical Newsletter

  I. HypnosisIf you're preparing for an unmedicated childbirth, chances are you'll encounter a method called hypnobirthing, meant to help women better manage their psychology during the experience....

• Does meditation experience improve success with the jhanas? :: Nadia Eghbal's Blog

  Jhanas – a series of altered mental states that are accessed via concentration – are often described as an “advanced meditation practice,” a phrase that suggests that one must be a skilled...

Politics

• The Silicon Valley Canon: On the Paıdeía of the American Tech Elite :: Scholar's Stage

  I often draw a distinction between the political elites of Washington DC and the industrial elites of Silicon Valley with a joke: in San Francisco reading books, and talking about what you have...

Uncategorized new blogs

• upcoming.fm makes playlists to sample from future shows by venue; this is about all I have going on these days :: maya.land

  Listen to upcoming artists at your favorite venues, all on Spotify. Updated every Monday. Put in your city, put in a venue. It doesn’t 100% work for all – e.g., Seattle’s Chop Suey doesn’t seem to...