calvinmorrison

> You can generalize the infrastructure to run 99% of businesses needs and write that Terraform code only once. You can bring that with you everywhere and take care of the basics in seconds and you…

We used this with Azure. We contracted a firm to write a stack for eCommerce sites we were spinning up left and right. It passed through ITIL and was approved all over the chain. After that - security…

Another point: BMW Motorrad has used driveshafts on their bikes since the 80s. In a conventional setup much like a automobile. The only real majntaining is to lube the end gear which sits in a kind of…

It's interesting, because with a financial incentive, stores have no problem running NICS checks in a few short minutes. I am uninterested in the government itself creating onerous requirements t…

> I simply cannot understand why anyone gives a damn about this. Because I currently cannot get a LCTF from the city. That's why I give a damn. It is currently effecting me. I had no need for …

Basically whataboutism at this point. The conceal carry movement has grown leaps and bounds since the 70's and DC v. Heller wasn't until 2008.

Imagining getting indicted for having to bribe a local official to exercise an essential right, specifically listed in the Bill of Rights, and held up repeatedly in the courts (Hello DC v. Heller). It…

the classic 'perl is dead' argument. things get feature rich and basically stable. Especially for dull libraries. CPAN has got an option for everything, new language X's package collect…

is this why I am immune to COVID?

or just literally host a web page yourself with a link to a git repo, also on your server. All this centralization of git is silly

I absolutely did not delete anything. Maybe I got 'zucced'

is it fake or is it russian disinformation? I can't keep up with you types.

A few months ago there was non-stop coverage of the president purportedly saying very mean things about soldiers. This was from an anonymous source. Even Bolton who is no fan of the president said tha…

It's a bit hilarious to me, that people advertise unchecked unfettered capitalism for internet companies, while arguing for regulation of every other company, say oil company X, due to externalit…

It's a good scrabble word

Water rights have been finacialized for thousands of years. Qanats, which are underground sort of canals ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qanat ) were built in Persia to distribute…

Isn't a H1B visa literally for a single job that's not able to be filled? It's not a work permit for working any specialist job, companies need to justify the need specifically

Have you read "We the living"? I believe it was her first book published. It's a homage to her life as a middle class person living through the soviet world she was in.

Funny, I have heard them called French Drains

Did anyone get alerts so far on a Sunday morning? Suddenly one of my replicas is reporting suspiciously behind but not actually

It's very annoying. I worked at a shop that sold cigars online. No actual cubans, but brands that used the name cuba in it. Inadvertently every time it would get flagged.

Actual 2 stroke mechanic here with a old tomos. How? It's a literal lawnmower engine. You order up different pistons and head and bada bing put it together you have 75ccs. Kits are around 200usd.…

Security by Obscurity is great. This is a takeaway from the port knocking conversation here last week. If there's a zero day exploit in sshd, I'd rather it be behind some layer you would hav…

If you depend on Google suite, you might miss out on features provided by the online office tooling.

I personally love mine. firstname@pobox.com. it's really easy to say "P O box" over the phone and everyone just gets it.

For CardDAV, there's options to do a regular one time import, but it's not setup to sync. For CalDAV, many people use the Fastmail web interface with other calendars by syncing them ( https:…

At the core, google and other companies sell your data for advertisements, at best, at worst they're sending it all the NSA or some other black box. I recommend everyone BUY A DOMAIN. Then switch…

I don't understand from the website this bit which is about the "Long-Term Stakeholder Policy". What was the motivation for adding specific fields to this policy regarding diversity, th…