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Archive for January, 2018

Snaprant


One of the things I hate the most about snaps is the so-called "security" system that makes them impossible to extend or fix if something's missing from the snap. Example: GRadio, an otherwise-excellent internet radio player, does not have the MPEG2 AAC codec required to decode my local radio station Q102's stream. If it were […]

Boo


Meltdown, Spectre. UGH. The only silver lining is that now I have a valid reason to stop livepatching pre-2018 kernels.

Sigh


Coffee and advil is a helluva drug. If only my teeth were the worst thing falling apart around me! :D On the bright side, the even larger class I have to teach was only a partial clusterfuck, rather than the complete disaster I was expecting. It was good to see friendly faces.