FreeBSD + XFCE with sudo privileges is somewhat tricky to set up on a x86_64 vm. It requires open-vm-tools and some other stuff. Chromium doesn’t work. I have VMware set to 4GB of memory for the FreeBSD vm. I wonder if Chromium needs more memory? I wasn’t paying attention during my installation when I was …
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Hundreds of GoDaddy-Hosted Sites Backdoored In a Single Day
I’m glad that I’m on a Linode WordPress. Link: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/03/increase-in-malware-sightings-on-godaddy-managed-hosting/
Code bases
They say: “contribute to a code base.” Where are the federated codebases? The corporate GitHub market is heavily saturated by niche developers and jerks. Nothing innovative is really being done to affect change at local levels because all tech roles are conscripted, IMHO.
Simple Arduino Build Lets You Keep An Eye On Pi
It’s Like GPT-3 but for Code—Fun, Fast, and Full of Flaws
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-copilot-autocomplete-for-code/
DST to probably be made permanent
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-approves-bill-that-would-make-daylight-savings-time-permanent-2023-2022-03-15/
Is It Time To Replace File Systems?
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/02/23/2251233/ask-slashdot-is-it-time-to-replace-file-systems
History of the PDP-11
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/a-brief-tour-of-the-pdp-11-the-most-influential-minicomputer-of-all-time/
Quantum Memory: 2D Material Identified That Can Store Quantum Information at Room Temperature
When a seismic network failed, citizen science stepped in
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/when-a-seismic-network-failed-citizen-science-stepped-in/