Author: Kelson Vibber

re: Imperial Internet

I think of it kind of like the early Internet, where you might be able to telnet to one server, then telnet from there to another server, then download a file by FTP to that one, then figure out how to get it from the second telnet server to the first, and then download it at the computer lab and save it to a disk you can carry home because you only have dial-up at home (but meanwhile you can carry on a live phone call with someone in the same room as the original FTP server). #

I keep getting tripped up by “derecho” meaning both “right” and “straight ahead,” and …

I keep getting tripped up by “derecho” meaning both “right” and “straight ahead,” and i keep reminding myself that English does the same thing with, for instance, “on your right” and “right down the line” and I can tell the difference there implicitly, so I should be able to absorb the Spanish rules too. Eventually.

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@GailSimone One of my favorite bits from Morrison’s JLA run was Luthor trying to use corporate takeover tactics against the league, not knowing that he was up against someone who was just as good at it as he was!

@GailSimone One of my favorite bits from Morrison’s JLA run was Luthor trying to use corporate takeover tactics against the league, not knowing that he was up against someone who was just as good at it as he was!

FINALLY managed to punch a hole in the firewall…

FINALLY managed to punch a hole in the #firewall that allowed the #docker image to make DNS calls outward so I can actually federate this instance!

(really wanted to punch docker)

Problem was I had to restart the docker service after updating the firewall rules.

#awall #AlpineLinux

Comment by @ikke@ipv6.social:

if you combine awall and docker, make sure you set the awall_dedicated_chains variable to true. This will make sure awall does not interfere with the rules that docker adds. See https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/awall#control-variables

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My response:

Thank you! I suspect you’ve just saved me a future headache the next time something restarts!

I'm trying to remember what phone menu I was stuck on recently that played …

I'm trying to remember what phone menu I was stuck on recently that played audio of a slightly muffled clacking keyboard between voice input and the response, as if it was a real person typing my question into their computer and not a recorded voice hooked directly into the system.

On one hand, it didn't fool me for a moment. And was kind of off-putting. On the other, at least I knew the call was still connected while I waited.

#ux #phoneMenus #voiceUx

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uspol/scotus: How weird is it…

How weird is it for
(a) Gorsuch to be the swing vote and
(b) Gorsuch and Jackson to co-sign a dissenting opinion?

(Basically, whether you think you need to summarily kick people out at the border or not, you can’t justify it as keeping covid out of the country.)

No surprise, the rest of the “conservative” majority voted to force the government to keep doing it, while the liberal judges agreed that the policy should be allowed to expire.

https://wapo.st/3GrwTBj

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