Phil Schaefer @logrus1@fosstodon.org

And I thought the 2 minute ads on YouTube were bad. How is something that is 40+ minutes considered an ad? The video I'm watching is almost as long. How long before we get ads this long that we can't skip?

Been sitting at the dealership for 2 hours now just getting an oil change/tire rotation/transmission flush. Car maintenance is expensive but I don't want to invest the time to do this stuff myself...

When coffee makers are demanding a ransom, you know IoT is screwed | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/09/how-a-hacker-turned-a-250-coffee-maker-into-ransom-machine/

Please send $20 in Bitcoin to this address for coffee...

I don't even want to use this on windows....

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/09/edge-linux-missing-features/amp
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/09/edge-linux-missing-features

Stupid question time! Looking into LBRY since I've seen a few links to videos there posted here.

Would like to host/seed the videos I watch on my laptops/desktops from my linux server that is always on. Would I just need to set my blobs folder to point to a share on that server and run the desktop app on the server as well with 3333/4444 open to that server through my firewall?

What happens if I try to use the app on my laptop and that network share is not available? Anyone doing this?

Had a coworker mistakenly delete a cloudformation stack that was still needed. Luckily it was in our dev account but still needed. Luckily we had snapshots of the OS and app volumes and I was able to rebuild fairly quickly.

Also made me notice we weren't getting snapshots of the uat instances and was able to remedy that.

Friendly reminder to check your backups, and even better, check your ability to restore. 😝

Love all the recommendations and traction this toot got. I decided on Bitwarden and am pleased thus far. Thanks again for everyone's insight.

Just dropped @fosstodon a little love through paypal since I'm enjoying my time here. Is there normally a call for donations a couple times a year as money gets tight or is everybody doing the patreon thing or just good about remembering to help keep the lights on?

Anyway, thanks for being excellent everyone.

Gangster capitalism and the American theft of Chinese innovation – TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/20/gangster-capitalism-and-the-american-theft-of-chinese-innovation/

"In the U.S. according to relatively recent data, 81% of electrical engineering grad students are international, 79% in computer science are..."

"It’s great to believe the fantasy that if only these international grad students would stay home, then “real” Americans would somehow take these slots."

Except they won't cause that's hard. It's definitely an interesting point/article.

Bitcoin Skeptic Turns Bitcoin Bull: Billion Dollar Company Buys 17K BTC in 74 Hours | News
https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-bull-microstrategy/

Always fascinating to see big names jump on the Bitcoin hype train.

Windows Update Gets Serious: You Have The Weekend To Comply, Homeland Security Says
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/09/19/windows-updates-get-serious-you-have-the-weekend-to-comply-homeland-security-says/

Glad I don't have to work on windows servers anymore. Hope nobody is working to late this weekend.

I really hate oracle BI. That is all.