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How OpenSource Bugs are -fixed-

      These 3 “solutions” are what typically “fix” all OpenSource bugs. Close without testing because “code has changed too much.” Declare it an “upstream” bug so you get credit for the close without actually doing anything. Let it rot until the version it was logged against is “no longer supported” and tell the user to retest against a currently supported code base.

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The Gender Fluid IT Crisis

Most everyone reading this is familiar with the Y2K crisis where lots of computer systems simply weren’t going to work after December 31, 1999. Many conspiracy theorists believe it was a scam to earn more money and that there never was a crisis. The theorists are wrong. IT workers put in millions and millions of hours fixing things incompetent management was too greedy to fix. They were all too busy laying off workers they needed … The Gender Fluid IT CrisisRead more

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How Many Browsers do You Test Your Blog With?

It was Friday and I spent the morning visiting my father. When I got home I didn’t feel much like doing “real” work so once again I spent time changing the theme on my blog. Been looking for the “right” theme for a while. Don’t know what it is but will know it when I see it. Today I experimented with Blog Way. I actually spent time going through all of the customization options tweaking … How Many Browsers do You Test Your Blog With?Read more

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How Far We’ve Come – Pt. 6

The Backup Script As I started to get back into this I realized I skipped one final yet critical piece of the system. The backup script. I imagine some of you questioned where I got the csv files for Postgres to import. As I said, one of the main reasons I went with Postgres all of those years ago is that I was tired of dealing with the oddities of backup and restore with DBF … How Far We’ve Come – Pt. 6Read more

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How Far We’ve Come – Pt. 5

Copying from a thumb drive into our Termux world takes a bit of doing. It’s actually yet another “expert friendly” part of Android. If you don’t already know where things go you can’t find them. I had an 8 Gig thumb drive in my Android 2 in 1 while doing the other Termux stuff. I mention that because I don’t know if the Android device did it or running the program to make storage available … How Far We’ve Come – Pt. 5Read more