fostware's comments

Twitch... I just had DiVX vs Xvid flashbacks

Do what everyone else does - synthesize the abstract relations into views and limit the self-serve BI dashboard to the views that do make sense. Users default to only seeing it from their perspective, so have alternate methods to let them see it how they think it works.

I'm aware of a product that uses time-based attendance for education, because not every day, every school, or every campus uses the same timetable quilt and often you have to be flexible (school sports carnivals, relief swaps, joint class activities, or 14-day rolling timetables for example). Doesn't mean there isn't a view that synthesizes the quilt into class-based attendance, or even just AM/PM for those users that think that way.

I imagine some just need a stiff breeze

I liked the old Cisco where if there was a sufficiently high CVE, you could call TAC and have your long-passed (or retired but now running the home network) device get the latest security patch in that train. Better for the internet as a whole, to have patches available.

Now all the vendors hide their severe CVE fixes behind the maintenance contract. I get putting new feature branches behind the contracts, but in the meantime, it'll be their name in the news when the equipment gets exploited.

Anyone know of a good list of consumer routers to avoid, regarding lax software/firmware updates past the 12-month warranty (which is sometimes it's artificial EoL)?

The reason I run a router based on open-source, is I know it's going to get updates for years. Previously I've encountered a number of vendors that either only provide updates for their flagship models, hide behind the latest revisions of their hardware getting updates, or they just ship the occasional major update when a CVE hits the news (ie too late to provide protection).

> (the S in IoT stands for security)

Yoinking that for later...

It's been that way since the RP3 - heavy load resulting in rainbow square. Use the official power supply labelled 5.1v and the square disappears

Could at least point to https://www.redditstatus.com/ instead of Xitter

Was a sanity saver for WSL1 with split WFH DNS with company Windows VPN client. DNS has been a lot better with WSL2, but the config has remained in place.

It's been happening for years. Anything to limit the number of onsite visits needed because that takes a lot more time.

I know insurance brokers who have revisited a clients renewal, because Google Maps and/or the council's GIS photography shows activity or buildings counter to the client declarations. Is it a final decision? No. It's used to prompt the client to review their coverage and amend their submitted documents. Sometimes, those amendments mean the brokers are no longer able to get coverage, and the clients go somewhere else.

Many colour-correction swatches use a pale woman with a fruit hat due to the colour range, gradual skin tones, and high dynamic range. I'm surprised it hasn't become the replacement standard image...

Yeah, so many "untrusted website" screenshots in the office chat. Half a productive day for staff in Australia

The "HPE Battery for real-time clock" (otherwise known as CR2032) from the an official Australian HPE spare-parts supplier was listed at $50AUD. Now, those types of listings are behind a "Request Quote" partially, IMHO, because it was shared around a number of VARs as a joke.

Maybe the extra money was for the oversized boxes and packaging HPE spares are sent in...

I'm surprised they even allow a certificate greater than 13 months /s

A friend had the numberplate 'NULL'. Quite often carparks with numberplate technology would go all 'Hotel California' on him - wouldn't let them out until he called someone to remotely activate the boom to let him through. Eventually the councils and carpark operators caught on.

Likely also referenced by Microsoft whenever antitrust came around for a cup of tea and a bit of a dance.

For a group so devoted to "cattle, not pets", so many responses here indicate an almost constant need for hands-on effort from upgrade testing, UAT, right through to post-upgrade hypercare.

I'd like a slightly longer LTS purely so I'm not having to spend all my time spinning the plates to keep things up. I don't need 10 years LTS, I need three so I can work with the rest of the enterprise that moves even slower.

But as developers, we're happy enough to suggest `wget -qO - https://github/url | sudo bash -s`

No, however, Australian housing rent prices are now higher than mortgage repayments in some areas due to housing availability.

Also, those who have paid off their house, have been profligate during the recent sales.

The timing are co-incidental, but the media loves mixing correlation and causation.

It's peripheral movement which hinders my reading, and granted, it may just be me. That said, an "Edit attribute" later, and I'm impressed with the project. I know many a project that have suffered due to bad or non-existent parts documentation and availability. I had an issue with the Molex connectors orientation, but realise track length and the pinouts aren't in your favour.