It turns out being an adult is mostly Googling how to do stuff.
chawley The First Symptoms In July 2022, I was on day two of a weekend party at the lake about an hour from home. We had lodging accommodations, so I’d been drinking. Not to the point of inebriation, but enough that I was glad I didn’t have to drive all the way home. I’d spent the … Read more
Q: Ubuntu phased updates Recently, during the normal software upgrade process (i.e., apt upgrade or apt dist-upgrade) I started getting messages like this: What are my options? A: Phased Updates are a safety feature It’s there for your protection. Don’t try to outsmart it. Most users should DO NOTHING. It’s not broken. Don’t try to … Read more
Summary LanguageTool is a free online proofreading service for English, Spanish, and 20 other languages. Instantly check your text for grammar and style mistakes. It’s a free alternative to similar sites/services like Grammarly. While I’m not sure that Grammarly is a Privacy Nightmare, I don’t like the idea of sending everything I write to a … Read more
Summary It’s about time I get a standard sshd_config file that doesn’t rely on sane defaults. Disabling Password-based Authentication You should disable password-based authentication altogether. Make sure to only do this once you have verified that you can log in with an account that can escalate to root – or that you have an alternate … Read more
If you don’t know already, beets is a command line python program meant to automatically sort music. If you do know already, how have you set up your config file? Here’s mine: Save it in $HOME/.config/beets/config.yaml Obligatory “how much music do you have” dick measuring contest From this Reddit thread: For those of you using … Read more
I’m no bibliophile, but I’ve read a lot of books and recently while discussing the “book was better” trope of horror movies, we talked about how it is pretty common knowledge that Stephen King hated Stanley Kubrick’s take on his story of “The Shining”. Not because it was better, but because Kubrick fundamentally changed the … Read more
To get UFW to work well with Docker, you have to add some rules to the bottom of /etc/ufw/after.rules Adding Rules Then you can add rules. Always add rules with comments. Examples below: Show active rules with Reference(s):
Summary Do you work on Linux machines? Do you only have a Windows machine from which to connect? Then you’re probably already using PuTTY. Well, step aside PuTTY, there’s a new terminal client in town. KiTTY is a fork of the original PuTTY software, with loads of new features, including a portable version that saves … Read more