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I don't have a claim to fame, or a fancy car. I like drinking and thinking about craft beers. I really enjoy programming, and doing systems administrator work. https://keybase.io/thewilson [ my public key: https://keybase.io/thewilson; my proof: https://keybase.io/thewilson/sigs/Q6eMAL59aV3-iG1j3oF_Hi6U-ZbnETEoTbUYc8sNHss ]

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I use Silicon Dusts HD home run and it works great. Live TV from home while I'm travelling is one of my primary use cases. I subscribe to a TV listing service. The DVR function is good too. My biggest issue was that I had to get a graphics card that could transcode on the fly then TV worked perfectly.

Usaid.gov 1 year ago

Through this I learned CISAs website runs on Drupal and that was much cooler to me than I thought it would be.

thought process (hmmm what other gov do I know? oh I'll curl up cisa. oh it uses drupal thats neat.)

What a wild world. I also just got a kinesis keyboard, and pay for keybr.com but i have the freestyle2 the one that is split down the middle. I've made it to X but would really like to get my speed up on the number keys and function keys too. Good luck!

I think it'd be wonderful if any project with a social presence would consider mastodon. Even when it's just a bot that parrots what the twitter account says it is nice to not have to use twitter.

I think this is a good solution for businesses that are starting to outgrow their home garages. Here's my feedback:

When I read this post and looked at the site I thought you were offering a turnkey drop shipping solution service. I also had the impression that you offered warehousing and other logistical services.

I know this is not the case, but it took me several minutes to figure out what exactly was happening.

I used to be really grumpy about SELinux until I learned about audit2why and audit2how. With those two utilities SELinux is just as easy if not easier to configure than any systemd process.

Every job is hard when you are using the wrong tools. Don't change your oil with pliers, and don't setenforce 0.

I use GNU/Linux and OS X soon to be rebranded MacOS. I started off using RedHat 3 dot something ages and ages ago then moved on to FreeBSD for about 6 or 7 years before I did lots of distro hopping in my 20s. I remember the fun and annoyance at having to recompile your kernel for sound driver support, or to add or remove a feature.

So the why? I think that it gives me the blend of power and convenience that I am personally looking for. In my early days the open source, free compilers were a godsend as I had to get a ride out of town to get to a book store that sold a book or manual with a distribution CD. As the internet access got better I started using the GUI and noticed that my use case was slowly evolving. Now-a-days I find that I am on whatever is handy Chromebook, iPad, MacBook, Desktop PC running Fedora.

Many computer users merely want something that works, and you can't blame them for that either.

This seems like it could be a fun question.