Hacker News: backendanon

New comment by backendanon in "Ask HN: Are there any all Linux corporations?"

backendanon — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:36:48 +0000

Interesting, probably not these days but it would be interesting to know.

Ask HN: Are there any all Linux corporations?

backendanon — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:28:32 +0000

I read sites that are for system administrators (I don't know why, I'm a coder) and the majority of their posts are Windows, Azure or other Microsoft technology specific.

I know IBM has Linux, or did 10-15 years ago, across the org, around maybe 30% used Linux on the desktop even in Marketing. I don't know if it's still the case there.

It makes me wonder if there are any fully, just Linux corporations, no Windows.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37523536

Points: 11

# Comments: 5

New comment by backendanon in "Is this Ad at risk of causing epileptic seizure?"

backendanon — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 01:18:40 +0000

I couldn't post there because Reddit allowed the advertiser to lock the thread with no comments. The Ad is very flashy, it hurt my eyes within seconds, I'm not epileptic, but I am worried for those who are.

Is this Ad at risk of causing epileptic seizure?

backendanon — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 01:18:39 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/user/ThreatLocker/comments/162epb0/keep_ransomware_locked_out_of_your_endpoints_with/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37503747

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by backendanon in "Domain Registrars Which Developers Recommend"

backendanon — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:42:08 +0000

For Google Domains customers being dumped onto Squarespace (like me):

https://domains.squarespace.com/google-domains

"Squarespace will honor all existing Google Domains customers’ renewal prices for at least 12 months after closing the acquisition, ensuring that domain hosting and management remains hassle-free."

It seems like there's no hurry to consider migrating yet.

If I do migrate:

  - might consider Namecheap
  - GoDaddy's renewal pricing I can't figure out
  - Porkbun sounds too hipster for my tastes though I do like pork
  - Cloudflare sounds altruistic but they want to get up all inside my domain's stuff with their proxying; I'm not sure if that could cause any issues with my Letsencrypt or other TXT records.

New comment by backendanon in "How does Linux NAT a ping?"

backendanon — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 02:37:05 +0000

IPv6 needs to die. IPv4 using NAT ensures a moderately high level of privacy. IPv6 with privacy extensions does not.

New comment by backendanon in "Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users"

backendanon — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 02:32:32 +0000

First, there's nothing overbearing about the Ubuntu install.

Second, Fedora uses rpm management, rpm repositories sooner or later corrupt themselves, happened to me and others I know on Red Hat, on Fedora and on SuSE.

I'd use Debian but I've found Ubuntu's driver management to be far more stable and reliable, especially for WiFi.

New comment by backendanon in "Coffee in a Can"

backendanon — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 15:09:12 +0000

I was in Sasebo, Japan in the early 1980's and remember buying cold coffee in a can from a vending machine similar to buying a can of Coke in the States.

New comment by backendanon in "Mullvad on Tailscale: Privately browse the web"

backendanon — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 20:39:53 +0000

I've never used Tailscale or Mullvad, I do use a VPS and Wireguard that I configured and run. I'm wondering if people working at Tailscale or Mullvad could snoop on the traffic passing through their servers?

New comment by backendanon in "Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks of Copilot"

backendanon — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 20:36:48 +0000

> side step copyright protections

So, are you saying people should only obey the laws they agree with when those people feel they're morally justified higher than those who voted for the laws in the first place, because it's your opinion to do so or did I not grok what you are saying you support?

New comment by backendanon in "Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks of Copilot"

backendanon — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 18:17:22 +0000

The context is whether it extinguishes the legal protections of the owner by making the barrier to sue extraordinarily high. Conversely, if you write something that is copyright protected under the law, would you be OK with Microsoft effectively stealing that protected work and sharing it with the world without even attribution to you as the original author?

New comment by backendanon in "Texas just got closer to blackouts than it has since 2021. What happened?"

backendanon — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:06:52 +0000

According to my Google foo, around 1000 people per day have been moving to Texas in the last three years alone. Put anywhere between a half million to three quarters of a million additional people on the power grid in a three year span and the grid is bound to have issues.

Also, really like how the majority of the comments sound like Reddit /r/politics's far left, adult man child, ignorant insights.

New comment by backendanon in "Device offers long-distance, low-power underwater communication"

backendanon — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 19:55:35 +0000

At 1 million times less power than existing sound transmission systems I'd say it's probably less audio going into the water than a baby whale fart.

New comment by backendanon in "Device offers long-distance, low-power underwater communication"

backendanon — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 19:52:32 +0000

As a former Submariner and Sonar Technician (trained in oceanography and underwater acoustics), it's interesting that such low power could be used. Long range underwater transmission of sound isn't a new thing. It's possible to passively track targets for up to 3000 nautical miles when the audio gets trapped in the deep sound channel.

The device discussed in the article has only achieved a distance of 300 meters using a slightly modernized version of sonar transducers and receivers that have been around for a very long time. I've seen MIT ocean projects meet the real world and go poof, but it's good to see people are out there trying to figure things out again, in the world after the pandemic.

New comment by backendanon in "Preserving trust in photojournalism through authentication technology"

backendanon — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:50:11 +0000

Ok. I read it, thanks. I plan to continue using GPG.

New comment by backendanon in "“Waterfall” doesn't mean what you think it means"

backendanon — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:04:49 +0000

> This seems to skip over the main issue I've had with waterfall - management picking dates before detailed analysis.

Yup. In Agile though, the opposite happens, we the devs are encouraged or coerced to agree to work tickets whose scope is not baked enough to start serious coding which should happen during planning or grooming...except raising a question you often get the "what part is not clear" condescending tone which discourages discourse and fleshing out of the ticket's scope.

New comment by backendanon in "“Waterfall” doesn't mean what you think it means"

backendanon — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:59:42 +0000

> The biggest problem is that we don't have adequate tools for writing requirements.

All that's needed is a text field and someone who can write requirements.

New comment by backendanon in "Preserving trust in photojournalism through authentication technology"

backendanon — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 02:02:37 +0000

Agreed, it's no better than using a fingerprint to secure a device.

New comment by backendanon in "Preserving trust in photojournalism through authentication technology"

backendanon — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 02:01:25 +0000

GPG is not good now? When did that happen?

New comment by backendanon in "The worst programmer I know"

backendanon — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 22:06:19 +0000

When there's a good, engaged PO then Scrum can work.