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dnf-plugin-protected-kmods A safety net when updating kernels and kmods

`dnf-plugins-protected-kmods` is now available in EPEL. Full details at www.jdieter.net/posts/2025/0... #EPEL

16.07.2025 21:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Shaken trust My son's laptop was compromised by his school's IT vendor

My son's laptop was compromised... by his school's IT vendor:
www.jdieter.net/posts/2025/0...

23.02.2025 00:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Welcome, Sam!

22.01.2025 17:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What's their excuse for not honoring the warranty?

13.01.2025 23:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I just completed "Hoof It" - Day 10 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/10

I love it when part two can be done by removing code from part one. 😁

This one was done in Python, but sometime soon I'm going to put up a blog on doing day 6 in QuickBASIC on a Macintosh Classic.

10.12.2024 20:27 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My SCSI drive died very shortly after I got the computer, but the ZuluSCSI saved me. I've been able to try out different OS versions and some of the software I used when I was a child.

04.12.2024 21:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I actually use a ZuluSCSI adapter that makes an SD card look like a SCSI hard drive. It's not as hard-core as floppy disks, but it's reliable.

04.12.2024 18:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I did it the hard way. And it doesn't help that QuickBASIC 1.0.0 (the only version available on Mac) has slightly different syntax to the later DOS versions (DO WHILE... LOOP doesn't exist, but WHILE... WEND does).

02.12.2024 23:41 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Macintosh Classic running QuickBASIC

Macintosh Classic running QuickBASIC

I've completed Part One of Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/2

Today I made it a bit more of a challenge - by using QuickBASIC for the first time in over 30 years.

Took me 1.5 hours versus 5 minutes yesterday. Programming languages have come a *long* way.

02.12.2024 22:56 👍 208 🔁 5 💬 7 📌 1
Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024

I've completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1

These were a couple of fun little exercises. 😁

01.12.2024 22:42 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I realize this is late, but it's the Time Traveller's Bookshop on Bridge Street.

18.11.2024 21:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0