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In the past, anybody could buy concert tickets and have them mailed to their home. Then the Internet allowed people to buy tickets and print them at home. Those days are gone. Now you need an app on your venue approved smartphone.
The world is caught in a seemingly endless cycle of enshitification. This is my rant.
Dinosaur OS has required very few changes since I first created it. A recent change in the updating behavior in Bluefin encouraged me to finally go forward with a change I had planned initially but decided against.
It's trendy for people to make New Year's resolutions to go to the gym. Most of them stop within a month. Now that we're passed that month and the quitters are weeded out, I want to share my guide on getting started with kettlebells.
The universe we occupy is a very complex system. The human brain prefers simple answers. This combination leads to some fascinating beliefs.
I upgraded my WireGuard VPN server to work with both IPv4 and IPv6. Unlike the setup described in most guides online, my server provides each client with a globally routable IPv6 address rather than using NAT to share a single IPv6 address.
I've been self-hosting my online services for almost two decades. Over the years I've learned a lot. In the spirit of the holidays, I want to give my readers the gift of advice. Hopefully you can avoid some of the mistakes that I've made over the years.
I feel like a broken record whenever I discuss this topic. But seeing another mass shooting in Australia, a land with stringent gun restrictions, warrants repeating the fact that gun restrictions do not work.
Ludwig von Mises in Human Action wrote, 'Acting man is eager to substitute a more satisfactory state of affairs for a less satisfactory.' He then clarifies that action is not the same as expressed intent. Far too often people express a less satisfactory state of affairs and an intent to move towards a more satisfactory state of affairs but don't actually take action.
Temperature controlled by presence detection. Lighting with color and brightness automatically adjusted based on the time of day. Electrical plugs that automatically turn on or off depending on programmed criteria. The smart home promises much, but I keep my home dumb. I explain why in this post.
