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TIL "idempotent" meaning: "(computing) Describing an action which, when performed multiple times, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed"

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TIL about ".home.arpa" top-level domain (RFC 8375) for you home LAN domain. I never bothered setting up a domain on my home router. Giving this a try to help name resolution. There are arguments for using a real domain that you've purchased doing something like .lan.myrealdomainname.com so the you don't have to worry about certs and browsing just "works" but I'll give this a try first just to test the waters. FAFO as they say.

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FFS, trying to log in to the California DMV and SSO isn't working. It give ma Saleforce error "We can't log you in because of an issue with single sign-on. Contact your Salesforce admin for help." I have a Salesforce admin? Giant bag of fail.

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I am planning a self-hosting build and am currently trying to decide between a full Docker setup (I'm comfortable installing the OS, but Docker is still relatively new to me) or exploring options with a bit more user-friendliness, such as Yunohost or CasaOS. I don't mind working at the command line, but additional helpful interfaces might make the experience feel less like a second IT job. If anyone has experience with this and would be willing to share their insights… techlifeweb.com/blog/2026/08/p

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Audio reveals moment American Airlines passenger's laptop EXPLODES in flames mid-flight as smoke fills cabin and five people treated for burns in Dallas | Daily Mail Online dailymail.com/news/article-160 'American Airlines Flight 2398 was carrying 133 people from Atlanta to Dallas on Friday when a passenger's laptop suddenly began smoking before catching fire about 30 minutes before the aircraft was due to land.'

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My internet went out and ISP couldn't get it working so service appointment Monday. Shut off the modem for an hour and internet is back. I think there is a heat issue.

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Interesting article explaining what data centers are and their impact on the community they are built in. | Did you know most of your daily online activities rely on data centers? Here’s how it works – PolitiFact politifact.com/article/2026/au
Key numbers from the article:

* Typical AI data center electricity use: up to as much as 100,000 households per year
* Largest data centers under construction: about 20× that amount (per the International Energy Agency estimate… techlifeweb.com/blog/2026/08/p

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Are mass layoffs coming? Most states let you check – here’s how | FOX 5 San Diego & KUSI News fox5sandiego.com/news/are-mass 'A federal law called the WARN Act, which stands for Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, requires medium-sized and large companies give notice before they slash staff. Those notices, in most cases, are publicly available – if you know where to look.'

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Went to the Cardiologist today. The good news is that she does not suspect my recent issue to be heart related. All EKGs (including todays) have been fine. I'll have an Echocardiogram in the near future to ensure the ol' ticker is okay.

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Amazon’s new 7.65GW Texas AI data center power plant could become the largest source of CO₂ pollution in the US — custom 35-turbine gas plant authorized to emit 33 million tons of annual greenhouse gases | tomshardware.com/tech-industry

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"Some poor, phoneless fool is probably sitting next to a waterfall somewhere totally unaware of how angry and scared he’s supposed to be. "~ Duncan Trussell

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This is fun. Bingebuster is a 3D experience where you virtually wander around a Blockbuster store looking for movies. Hovering over the title shows you the service it is streaming on and clicking on it gives you more detail about the movie and a link to take you right to that streaming service. Bingebuster — your streaming services, restocked as a video store bingebuster.net/

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Sweeping cyberattack on water systems in multiple states has US officials on edge | CNN Politics cnn.com/2026/07/31/politics/sw 'The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency have for the last week been scrambling to try to help secure the water facilities and ensure that the safety of drinking water isn’t affected. No incidents of contamination have been reported.'

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I followed a bot account and then put it in a list so it doesn't take over my main feed. Problem is it posts so much and often that it just ends up being spam. It did have a few interesting links which is why I was trying it. I'll probably nuke it.

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Hugging Face Incident Initial Post Mortem I CSA cloudsecurityalliance.org/arti
According to the report, AI models being tested by OpenAI allegedly escaped their testing environment, found vulnerabilities, accessed Hugging Face systems, and pursued their goal without direct human guidance. The report presents this as the first publicly documented example of a fully autonomous cyberattack.
(Note: there is a download link right under the sign-on, you don't need an account)

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Spectrum still working on stuff since midnight. Hope they get done before my workday starts. 😬 At least I have OTA so I can catch up on the morning news.

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I'm testing using Vivaldi as my email client again. I figured out that I can go to the Vivaldi settings and under Appearance I can check "Force a dark theme on all web sites." This has the desired effect of rendering HTML email as dark mode. It also alters all the sites you visit appear to have a dark mode. So far, so good with that. I don't think you can turn it off site by site though. We'll have to see if anything "breaks". For no though, I'm not greeted with a flash… techlifeweb.com/blog/2026/07/p

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Clearing an app cache is such a terrible solution. It's too technical. I get that a cache can become stale but an app should just do it and automatically delete the bits that can cause common issues on log out/in.

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Have you noticed what is happening next month??
Friday the 13th (says what it is on the tin) 🔪
Saturday the 14th - Valentines Day ❤️
Monday the 16th - Presidents Day 🇺🇲
Tuesday the 17th - Mardi Gras AND Lunar New Year 💜💚💛🧧🐴

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Today is Epiphany, aka Three Kings’ Day. This is the day that Mary, holding the sleeping infant Jesus, says to the little drummer boy, "you wake this kid up and His Father will NOT be pleased!"

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If I find an interesting post on another instance, say via RSS or someone sends me a link, and I then decide I want to interact with the post (e.g., Like, Repost) I'm greeted with "<snipped nice greeting> You are not logged in to this server. Where is your account hosted?" That's the nature of decentralization but it is a rough edge. Are there any browser plugins or other ideas to smooth that edge?