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Re:Dd is not a disk writing tool (2015) on Sunday January 08, 2017 @06:43PM (#13352832)
You could use it to rate limit... or arbitrarily set block sizes per use case. I've used it for the former when doing 'over the wire' backups through ssh
Re:Dd is not a disk writing tool (2015) on Sunday January 08, 2017 @06:05PM (#13352629)
Been waiting for years, frankly. I guess if I was motivated enough and had the time, I could do the research and submit patches..
Re:Ask HN: What's on your RSS reader? on Saturday July 30, 2016 @11:01PM (#12195550)
Feedly is OK
Re:Leaving the Nest on Friday June 03, 2016 @07:19PM (#11833943)
Mine stays at 77, any lower and the fan never shuts off.

Why? Well, Florida. And the fact that I'm on the 2nd floor of a multi-tenant building with poor insulation. The struggle is real

Re:Leaving the Nest on Friday June 03, 2016 @07:16PM (#11833922)
My wifi key is also insanely difficult. Spinning that wheel and pressing down on the face to select one of the characters is so annoying, you can easily get the character next to the one you intend. And the selector for the space character isn't obvious either. I had to reset mine 3 times, and enter that key each time. I refuse to do it again, that's how annoying it is to anyone who cares about decent wifi keys
Re:Search Bangs on Friday May 27, 2016 @08:45PM (#11790102)
I had no idea the bangs didn't have to be the be the first thing you enter. My life is now a lot easier, thanks!
The one that said raw sockets in Windows XP was going to break the internet
Re:Moxie Marlinspike Makes Encryption for Everyone on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @01:23AM (#11672795)
Watch his documentary "Hold Fast" to get a glimpse of just how unique and interesting a character he is. Anarchists yachting? Yes, more, please
Re:RIP Kuro5hin on Monday May 02, 2016 @10:34PM (#11617430)
Another one I miss. Recently also was thinking about plastic.com
Re:LKML: New syscall: leftpad() on Thursday March 31, 2016 @09:42PM (#11401987)
It was only natural. I propose a POSIX extension with a new signal type: SIGLPAD. You know, for on demand left-padding by the user. Because user choice is important
Re:Unmasking Startup L. Jackson on Thursday March 17, 2016 @11:49AM (#11305100)
@PHP_CEO is one of the funniest Twitter accounts I've seen.. example: "IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT SOMEONE CALLED JASON HAS BEEN ENCODING AND DECODING DATA IN OUR APP. PLEASE CHANGE YOUR PASSWORDS"
Needs more Jello
Re:An update from Linode about the recent DDoS attacks on Thursday December 31, 2015 @09:33PM (#10820881)
Linode has always been a great host. Sure they've had their growing pains but I've never been more happy with a virtual hosting provider, even their support. But yes, days without communication is not a good thing. Let's hope they learn from this.
This affected me. It's immoral and should be illegal