Daily Archives: August 15, 2016

New Realities

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Robert Pogson

After a long and interesting life, retirement has opened up new opportunities for me. I’ve long taught students how to do maths, save and invest money and solve typical problems using mathematics/reasoning. Now, it’s paying off, in spades. Today, my … Continue reading →

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M$ Shoots Foot, Again

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“Microsoft’s restricting of Azure Server to a handful of vendors and certifying to a limited set of known hardware configurations will work. But it’s a policy that historically helped usher open-source and Linux towards broad success on servers and HPC. If … Continue reading →

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USA, Get On With It. Just Go FLOSS.

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“When agencies procure custom-developed source code, however, they do not necessarily make their new code (source code or code) broadly available for Federal Government-wide reuse. Even when agencies are in a position to make their source code available on a … Continue reading →

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Trump: Drop Democracy – Call In Thought Police

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Robert Pogson

“Trump is also set to call for increased vetting of individuals entering the United States by developing a “test” that would question visa applicants on their support of US values and seek to weed out any supporters of extremist ideologies.” See … Continue reading →

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Fixing Things

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Robert Pogson

Well, even Linux has bugs. Recent reports that TCP connections can be hijacked have kicked an anthill at Kernel.org. Linus and others have a patch. I’m testing it despite my little operation likely being below the radar, just in case. … Continue reading →

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