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Same shit, different job…
I’ve written a few times (here and here) about how every time you change something, every bug anywhere near that area now becomes your fault. In my current job, I was in charge of a system called “Entitlements” that controlled … Continue reading
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More Mailman idiocy
I’ve written a few times in the past about idiots who get their monthly email reminders from my Mailman mailing lists and then write to me personally to unsubscribe instead of following the instructions in that email reminder. For the … Continue reading
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Why I don’t consider myself a Linux person any more.
Time was, I was an enthusiastic Linux geek, proselytizing, apologizing, saying “well, it doesn’t now, but somebody will write something to do that”, overlooking the visual horror of the clashes of look and feel and user experience of all the … Continue reading
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Getting there…
My IP block has been delisted by SpamHaus. Unfortunately, in spite of the “R” in “RBL” standing for “Real-time”, apparently some ISPs cache their copy of the SpamHaus RBL and are still blocking me. Hopefully normal service will be restored … Continue reading
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No such thing as a free lunch…
… or a flawless migration. Apparently the new IPs for my servers on on the SpamHaus SBL list. This is a major problem as several of the people on the mailing lists I run (including my xcski.com address) use SBL … Continue reading
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