BorgDrone
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- Comment on Anon is incompatible 2 weeks ago:
If I need any of those I simply set the machine to network-boot. I have all of those and more available as network boot images on my LAN.
Alternatively I can simply log in to the IPMI interface on any of my machines and attach the disk image as a virtual drive and boot it from that. No need to even physically go to the machine as all my x86 machines use server-grade hardware with remote management capabilities.
- Comment on Anon is incompatible 2 weeks ago:
I don’t have internet spawning from my ass, so it works better in non-connected environments.
Yeah, if you’re in the middle of a desert, Antarctica or in some jungle then I can imagine. But the majority of people who are not on a safari somewhere and live in a normal, populated area will have internet practically everywhere. You’d have to go out of your way to find a place without internet.
More importantly I have no fucking clue what any of that means
Then maybe just buy a Mac and get 99% of the benefits of a *nix system without needing the appropriate knowledge.
Can I SCP my dad the pictures of my vacation from 3 states away? Maybe. Would he prefer I mail him a “zip drive?”
He would prefer you sending him a simple WhatsApp message with your pictures instead of having to mess with a thumb drive.
You really need your monthly 3rd redundant backup of your .kdbx file to be lightning fast?
No. I need my hourly incremental backup of my entire drive to be fast.
- Comment on Anon is incompatible 2 weeks ago:
Linux distros (either install media or straight live boot disks like Tails)
What’s the advantage of using a slow USB drive instead of just network-booting the install media or mounting it through IPMI?
moving files larger than like fucking 2gb without relying on spyware or self hosting a cloud service
Just send the data between machines using SCP, much easier and faster.
redundant backups of your most important files
Backups you do either to a NAS or to a Thunderbolt-connected SSD, not a USB-A drive. Again, much too slow to use a USB drive.
- Comment on Anon is incompatible 2 weeks ago:
Who the hell still uses flash drives in 2026? Especially a slow-ass USB-A one. I can’t think of a single use-case for them.
- Comment on On the seventh day, god created uranium 3 weeks ago:
Why would an all-knowing god need to test anything?
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 3 weeks ago:
What the hell are you on about, they added a new piece just last month.
- Comment on Sony PlayStation Accounts Are Reportedly Being Hacked With Ease 4 weeks ago:
Helldesk comes from the BOFH stories.
It’s because working for customer support is absolute hell.
- Comment on Sony PlayStation Accounts Are Reportedly Being Hacked With Ease 4 weeks ago:
Is this even social engineering?
According to Wikipedia:
In the context of information security, social engineering is the use of psychological pressure to influence people to perform actions or divulge confidential information.
No one got tricked or pressured, the helldesk employee was just following established procedure. They did exactly what they were supposed to do.
It’s just that Sony’s procedures are laughably insecure.
- Comment on Sony PlayStation Accounts Are Reportedly Being Hacked With Ease 4 weeks ago:
No one got hacked. No one found an exploit and broke into Sony’s servers.
They simply called Sony’s helldesk who handed over accounts with little to no verification. WTF.
- Comment on All in one 4 weeks ago:
Bold of you to assume my car is waxed.
Or wash for that matter.
- Comment on Forza Horizon 6 immediately beats its predecessor's all-time Steam record with 130,000 concurrent players – and that's only counting people willing to pay $120 for early access 4 weeks ago:
Also, a racing game without VR support? What is even the point of that.
- Comment on The half-assed implementations of battery charge limits... 5 weeks ago:
Solar is very common, and I suspect battery storage to become really popular (at least in my country) in the coming years due to legislation changes.
- Comment on The half-assed implementations of battery charge limits... 5 weeks ago:
What environmental damage?
I’ve got 5400Wp of solar panels and a 15kWh home battery. Excess solar power generated during the day is stored and used at night. With the exception of a few months in winter all my power is self generated using solar.
Even when I use grid power in winter I have a contract with the energy company for 100% renewable energy. In winter it doesn’t matter anyway since that 3 watt eventually ends up as heat which means my heating system needs to produce 3W less.
- Comment on The half-assed implementations of battery charge limits... 5 weeks ago:
How is that in any way equivalent?
- Comment on The half-assed implementations of battery charge limits... 5 weeks ago:
Oh no, 3 watts. How will I cope with the €0,00 that is going to cost me?
- Comment on The half-assed implementations of battery charge limits... 5 weeks ago:
Do you also turn off your phone at night? Or your tablet?
- Comment on The half-assed implementations of battery charge limits... 5 weeks ago:
MacBooks use practically no power when in standby. Turning it off actually uses more power than leaving it on (due to the time and processing power it takes to start everything back up).
Leaving it on also reduces wear on components. Being on all the time doesn’t cause a lot of wear, it’s switching between on and off that causes wear due to the component warming up and cooling down.
why would you just leave it on if you’re not using it?
We’re talking a MacBook, not a desktop Windows machine. There is no benefit to turning it off and a lot of downsides.
- Comment on The half-assed implementations of battery charge limits... 5 weeks ago:
Why not? There is no point in turning it off. Just close the lid and it goes into a deep sleep mode. It’s super efficient and it’s ready to go instantly if you need it.
It’s don’t know anyone who turns their MacBook off when they don’t use it.
- Comment on The half-assed implementations of battery charge limits... 5 weeks ago:
when the MacBook is turned off and plugged into my dock it just keeps on charging to 100%…
Why would you ever turn it off?
- Comment on Why is society at large okay with euthanasia for pets but not for humans? 1 month ago:
Someone comes up with an idea that the state should cut spending on the sick and elderly and start campaigning about how we should be focusing healthcare on only the fit and the strong
That’s already the case with private health insurance.
I think the terminally ill should have a way to leave with dignity instead of jumping off bridges or driving into oncoming traffic.
Where I live euthanasia is available in case of “suffering without chance of improvement”, which includes mental health issues in very rare cases (and only after every treatment option has been exhausted).
The last few years there has been some discussion to allow for euthanasia for people who feel they have “completed their life”. As in: elderly who don’t want to spend their last few years in an old peoples home wearing adult diapers slowly withering away. They had a good life, they feel like there is nothing left for them to do on this earth and just want a dignified death on their own terms. There is something to be said for that.
- Comment on Why is society at large okay with euthanasia for pets but not for humans? 1 month ago:
How do you imagine that would work?
I live in a country that allows for euthanasia and it’s not like you just walk into a doctor’s office and ask for a suicide pill. It’s a long process involving multiple doctors and psychological assessments.
- Comment on Why is society at large okay with euthanasia for pets but not for humans? 1 month ago:
Why would those disadvantaged groups agree to being euthanized?
- Comment on Funny how android used to be what we now call FOSS 2 months ago:
Not based on Konqueror (the browser) but on khtml (the render engine Konqueror was built around).
- Comment on Cry cry cry 2 months ago:
They just proposed it, so sounds like they aren’t the ones who get to make the final decision.
I suspect they’re going to end up calling it ‘trump crater’ or something equally heinous.
- Comment on It hurts. 2 months ago:
Over here in 2026 we have satnav in our cars and on our bikes.
- Comment on It hurts. 2 months ago:
Ugh that grid pattern. Imagine living somewhere so uninspired.
- Comment on DST 2 months ago:
I live in northern Europe, summer days are long. We don’t get actual night for several months (best we get is astronomical twilight for a few hours). DST makes no sense here.
- Comment on DST 2 months ago:
That’s not an issue at all during summer. Do you really need sunlight until 22:00 at night? Right now you basically cannot be outdoors during summer nights because it’s too hot in the direct sunlight. By the time it cools down enough to be outdoors it’s already time for bed.
The best parts of summer nights are when the sun goes down and the world finally cools down enough to be outdoors. We should move the clock an hour back in summer to get more of that. Call it Moonlight Saving Time.
- Comment on DST 2 months ago:
Is there any benefit to DST? I can’t think of anything.
- Comment on I've had enough shimmying along ledges and squeezing through cracks sideways to last me a lifetime 2 months ago:
LOL, What do I know right. I only have a degree in computer engineering and 20 years of experience as a software engineer.