[Discuss] Floating Daylight Re: Abolish DST

2021-11-23 Thread Rich Braun
I’d be happiest if it were still light out at 9pm year-round. With ntp-based clocks, we could have them automatically adjust by an hour at a time several times each year (depending on latitude) so sunrise floats between 5am and noon. Just need a perl script to make it so. Support FDT! -rich _

Re: [Discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 110, Issue 12

2020-07-25 Thread Rich Braun
Jabr does this: > [I run] Windows in a KVM/qemu VM on a separate CentOS rackmount server Last year I built a new Windows 10 VM to replace the Win 7 VM I’d used for things like tax software for the last couple decades. (I use Virtualbox rather than kvm, running on one of my fileservers.) These d

Re: [Discuss] systemd plans to solve a problem I didn't know I had....

2020-06-06 Thread Rich Braun
Other than a raised central digit, my own response to systemd is two words: Docker. Kubernetes. While my kubernetes hosts need at least a little systemd orchestration to get the volumes mounted and a few basic monitoring services running, gone are the days of troubleshooting circular dependenc

Re: [Discuss] Introducing BusKill: A Kill Cord for your Linux > Laptop

2020-01-04 Thread Rich Braun
David Kramer suggested: > https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2020/01/02/buskill-laptop-kill-cord-dead-man-switch > > Neat, simple system.? A udev rule fires if a USB device is removed.? I > would not implement the hardware the way he did, but this is definitely > an idea to play with. The articl

Re: [Discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 103, Issue 12

2019-12-18 Thread Rich Braun
Rich Pieri observed: > I think you missed the point so I will rephrase the question: does your > backup protect you in the event that your service provider of choice is > rendered permanently inaccessible? Examples include but are not limited > to the Megaupload data center seizure and Crashplan d

Re: [Discuss] Backups

2019-12-17 Thread Rich Braun
Rich Pieri asked: > Does your backup protect you in the case of the FBI and DoJ seizing > entire data centers because there's a warrant for someone else or > their data? Few of us feel the need for it, but a lot of the backup tools provide AES encryption. If you’re paranoid, some of them (like C

Re: [Discuss] Cloud backup

2019-12-15 Thread Rich Braun
Check out Duplicati, https://www.duplicati.com/. It works about like CrashPlan (the service withdrawn from home-user market a couple years ago), allowing you to define retention schedules and maintain a full history of modifications file-by-file. It can send the files to most any online storage