Why I’d ever want to offer up my code to this asshat’s company remains a mystery.

Fuck the south.com

I’m a fan of pfSense, myself. But other suggestions here for OSes have been reasonable. I have a netgate router feeding an eero wap with a second wap creating a bridged wifi network. Future-proofing with 10GB on a wired switch if a good idea. I got a pair of Unifi 2.5GB switches with 10GB uplink for that. The difference in performance moving large data around is massive. I have 10GB between my primary machine, the one that I run as my always-on server, and my NAS. It’s awesome. Everything else is 2.5GB.

Edit: made one bit plural

12.8TB. Mostly uncompressed rips from Blu-rays, some DVDs, some from iTunes Store. Some from the high seas, but not in a long time because the market solved that problem with streaming.

Go sucky? All right, rascist dev. Me love you long time! /s

Skrillex is popular. Nero. Knife Party. Bassnectar.

I assume it takes more fuel to take off twice than to maintain flight after taking off once. Not an expert by any means.

I don’t have opensource solutions, but CloudFlare had some news about a system that I didn’t read about (saw two headlines) last week. Dunno if it works or not.

Price is fringe, but when you consider that orthodoxy erased mountains of dissenting texts, it’s only fringe because all other ideas were erased for more than a thousand years.

Marcion, for example, had followers for at least three centuries. And the only examples we have of his writing is in quotes from church fathers arguing against him. There was a purge of unorthodox ideas, but his version of spirituality could have won out and then what is currently the norm would have been fringe. Christianity had a stranglehold over Europe and dictated its own history.

Repurposing most of a comment from earlier in the day where someone asked about learning about the Jesus Myth theory that Jesus was originally a heavinly figure and only got turned into a guy with an earthly ministry decades later. This is well supported by the evidence in texts from the start of christianity (epistles, Dead Sea Scrolls).

The Jesus Puzzle, by Earl Doherty. He gets criticized because he’s not a trained scholar, but his work remains compelling and Robert M Price endorses him. I really enjoyed this one.

The Amazing Colossal Apostle - The Search for the Historical Paul, by Robert M Price. He’s a former Baptist minister with multiple degrees in the field, a true expert. He has a bunch of published YouTube interviews talking about these topics as well.

Quick warning: RMP is a Trump supporter. That makes sense. Ministers are rightwing. Coming from believing to realizing that the Bible is a collection of stories rather than history doesn’t necessarily change your politics. He mostly never mentions it, but it’s come out a couple of times in videos. Luckily, he doesn’t say anything further about it. The book is phenominal.

And, if you still want to consider Jeses to be a historical figure, I loved this controversial piece: The Passover Plot, by Hugh J. Schonfield. This book assumes that Jesus was a real apocalyptic Jew who truly believed that he was the messiah and who brilliantly engineered the conditions to fulfill prophecy. It’s a great read. If Jesus was a historical figure, this is the version of him that I think is most likely.

I am currently reading Marcion and the Dating of the Synoptic Gospels, by Markus Vinzent. I’m enjoying it a lot. Marcion was the first “heretic” for his view that Paul was the only apostle who understood the true message: that the creator god of the Jews was a lesser god, which is why there is evil in the world, and Jesus’s god would adopt us.

I’d be in Aukland now if I hadn’t met my partner between deciding in 2021 and the election. She is a refugee and can’t leave or she’ll lose status. She is a political enemy of her government for advocating for democracy there. Did a phone interview and everything.

Cool, more power to you.

Keyboard shortcuts for everything. Mousing to a menu is a waste of time in any app you use daily.

My Synology is compatible with an expansion unit and can support two of them. Check if yours can do the same for the storage aspect.

If you get a NAS with 10G (it’s such a nice upgrade, I made the jump last year), there’s no reason a nice NUC can’t do the job. I went that route after previously running significantly overpowered server hardware ten years ago. We have an embarrassment of riches with modern hardware.

A+

I had a tower that generated so much heat that during a particularly hot summer, I had to stop using it around 1-2pm every day. The room just got too hot to occupy. I’m a computer nerd, so this was particularly heinous for me.

Ha! Me too!

Bonus: I recently learned that another podcast that I listen too has his wife as a contributer. I won’t name it. It was just a fun reveal.

I made a list for a friend very recently.

404 Media is really good independent journalism. I’m subscribed to their Patreon.

Darknet Diaries is good computer security and privacy focused.

You’re Wrong About focuses on cultural issues.

Noble Blood focuses on historical events through the lenses of nobility (I’m a history nerd).

Grumpy Old Geeks focuses on tech, books, television, etc. the one positive thing in my life that came from Aaron.

Better Offline is Ed Zitron’s excellent newsletters in audio format talking about the tech industry. He’s pretty pissed off about a lot of things and articulates why effectively.

Behind the Bastards is audio essays about terrible people both current and historical.

Last Podcast on the Left (horror movie reference, not political) does true crime-ish stuff, but for example the assassinations of JFK and Lincoln, too.

Strong Songs dissects pop songs with the artists. Depends on if you care about the song for the episode.

Stuff the British Stole is a seasonal show that deep-dives stolen museum items and their legacy.

Maintenance Phase takes on cultural issues like diet fads and policy decisions.

Alphabet Boys looks at cases with government agencies.

Chapo Traphouse is Leftist policy-driven and usually pretty funny.

QAA Podcast originally focused on people involved in the Qanon movement, but broadened to include other cultural issues. One of the funnier shows that I listen to.

American Hysteria focuses on cultural topics like the Satanic Panic or the development of Halloween.

Boonta Vista is a news-based comedy podcast out of Australia that is pretty funny.

Bad Blood is a short investigative journalism show about HIV-contaminated blood exported from USA for blood transfers.

Who the Hell is Hamish is a short investigative journalism show about a conman.

S-Town is a short investigative journalism show about corruption in a southern small town and a genius redneck.

Bed of Lies does seasonal short investigative journalism show about multiple topics.

In the Dark is a seasonal investigative journalism show about multiple topics.

Serial is a seasonal investigative journalism show about government and such. The season on USA crime was mind-blowingly good. They’re very prestige.

The Story Behind the Song is similar to Strong Songs.

What Went Wrong is an excellent behind the scenes film examiner.

The Women’s War is a short investigative journalism show about women in terrorist-adjacent Middle East. Very good. Behind the Bastards-adjacent.

Your Favorite Band Sucks. Two guys who know a lot about music and the schtick is that everyone sucks, don’t take them seriously. Start by listening to an ep of a band you don’t care about, not someone you really like.

The Fall of Civilizations podcast deep-dives ancient civilizations. Phenomenal.

99% Invisible looks at the built world. It’s produced in Oakland. The episode on progress bars in software was surprisingly interesting.

A Tradition of Violence was a short investigative journalism show about sheriff gangs. Holy crap, it was good.

Bechdel Cast reviews movies from a female perspective.

Behind the Police is another Behind the Bastards-adjacent short run.

History of Rome is a long series of short episodes from a historian. It’s very amateur at the beginning.

Kids of Rutherford County is a short investigative journalism show about state corruption and mismanagement.

Nice White Parents is a short investigative journalism show about policy and education. Very good.

According to Need is a short investigative journalism show about homelessness I. The Bay Area. Very good. 99% Invisible-adjacent.

Order 9066 is a short investigative journalism show about Japanese internment during WW2.

Sad Oligarch is a short investigative journalism show about Russian oligarchs dying mysteriously over the last few years. Good stuff.

Song Exploder is similar to the other song shows.

The Line is a short investigative journalism show about murder by soldiers in Afghanistan.

The Coldest Case in Laramie is a short investigative journalism show about an unsolved murder. Serial-adjacent.

Blowback looks at USA global policy failures by season.

Bed of Lies focuses on British government murder and coverup. Bad Blood-adjacent.

1619 is a short investigative journalism show about slavery in the USA.

Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History is one I’ve been meaning to get to for a long time, but I already had to reduce how much time I listen to podcasts as it is. People rave about it.

Yes. Periodically, we invite friends over for a dinner and a movie. My partner loves sharing her cooking with people and I love sharing our (my) badass home theater setup.