Notices by Daniel Taylor (randomdamage@mastodon.technology), page 9

@gudenau That's pretty typical for a Xinerama display setup.

@gudenau Not surprised. X11 has supported multiple screen operation since before Linux even existed, and still nobody can seem to manage to use it correctly unless some specialty software hides it from them.

@vanicpanic @Slashdot they can do it from a web session as well.

The only way to avoid it is to use a proxy, then they get the IP of the proxy instead and the proxy runner gets to know your location...

@Wolf480pl those, and ports used as botnet control channels. Maybe IRC.

@Wolf480pl put reject on default and drop on some known exploit ports? Reject as default is not a bad choice.

Just because I have a reasonably powerful computer doesn't mean I want to waste cycles on my desktop environment.

I have other things I want it to do.

@AskChip @emsenn the Nonigivens are a fine old family ;)

@mdszy get used to it. I discover new ways to use tools I've used for years all the time. There's just too much going on to know it all at once.

@emsenn I clearly missed a great opportunity to make my daughter a cranky data scientist by giving her the first name that matches our last.

@ChrisWere @RyuKurisu @rhode the secret is simply to be interested by everything ;)

Of course, that way lies madness and midnight Wikipedia binges that end in the wee hours of the morning.

@RyuKurisu @rhode @ChrisWere my preference was always paperbacks.

@erikstl yeah, to do it right you need a system with 8gb ram and 3 roughly matching disks. I guess it is unusual to have hardware like that just kicking around to play with.

@erikstl FreeNAS with SMB sharing on your home network?

Easy to administer, and as easy to use as any network share, and not on someone else's computer.

@mdszy make sure you have the correct brake fluid in hand and know whether there are any special tools/techniques you need before getting started.

I did a brake job on a VW once, and I finished it, but I would gladly have paid a mechanic for that one (had to fab one of the tools myself, and it was seriously painful to use).

@AskChip @ashfurrow it seems to me that TV is the opposite of informational and educational.

@Wolf480pl I would like to think they would have some of that built-in given the mission statement.

Taking a look.