funkypenguin

Re:Get your loved ones off Facebook on Monday May 22, 2017 @02:42PM (#14395942)

Been off FB for years. For kids photos, I setup an "announcement-only" mailman list on my VPS for family, and routinely email photos to members, with a footer requesting they not be re-shared without permission.

As a result I share fewer photos, but the ones I do share are precious and well-received.

Re:Ask HN: Is Dvorak worth it? on Thursday July 02, 2015 @05:30AM (#9817748)

2. I like it not so much as a strict security device (it's easy enough now-days to change the keyboard layout with the mouse), but as a means to discourage the annoying co-workers/bosses who rudely grab your laptop to "show you something".

4. I found my typing speed DID increase when moving to Dvorak, most likely for the fact that it enforced proper touch-typing discipline, since I _have_ to memorize the key locations now.

Recommendations for (OSS) permitting systems?

Posted by funkypenguin on Thursday July 02, 2015 @05:24AM
from the self-post dept.

Can anybody recommend an open-source permitting (i.e., "permit to work") system? I'm thinking along the lines for planned work on a large, multi-customer network.Planned changes generally require a permit with a specified start and end time, which aligns with monitoring, changelogs, signoff, etc. We currently do this manually, but are looking into whether common tools exist. (It's a hard...

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