Posts by Sumpbuster

Axiom Space dials up Nokia to connect moonwalkers to 4G

Roaming?

"Our roaming partner, MoonCell has a fair-usage policy of 5GB"

*5G will be available soon.

**4G Coverage on the far-side will be limited.

***Ping times will be variable (weather permitting)

Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' still the Bedrock choice for moving off Windows

I would always recommend the UUID= method in /etc/fstab as it saves a lot of hassle if you move the SSDs/HDs around and the /dev/sdx enumeration changes

This might help.

Use the export mailbox function on Outlook online.

Gearwheel (top right) -> General -> Privacy And Data -> Export mailbox.

Wait a few days and you'll get an email link to the PST file.

Then use Evolution to import it directly to check.

I believe you can then export it to mbox format, and use Thunderbird "local folders" option to point to it.

Xfce first login fail

"The Xfce and MATE editions were more reliable, although the Xfce flavor showed a similar issue to our testing of Xubuntu 24.04 – sometimes, the first login attempt fails, and we needed to retry."

I've just tried an install of Mint 22 xfce under VirtualBox, and same as... the first login fails, and sometimes the whole X11 install locks.. Although you can get a login via ctrl-alt-f1 etc.

But. enabling 3D and setting the Video memory to 128MB seems to solve it.

Windows 11 24H2 might call time on that old NAS under the stairs

Voda Ultrahub

My Vodafone/Cityfibre connection has a supplied Vodafone Ultra Hub. It allows a USB connected harddisk for simple DLNA/SMB sharing....

A nice notice indicates

"The protocols in use do NOT support encryption and will only operate in your Local Network. All data will be exchanged in plaintext"

And it is running V22.1.0515-6261033 of the firmware, and the online updater indicates "you are already running the latest firmware"

And, no username/password required, all anonymous.

Does Big Tech hire white boys ahead of more skilled black people and/or women?

Re: artificially boosting the credibility of a person based on a "minority" concept

>Fine. Suggest something better. But leaving things alone and hoping that things will change for the better doesn't work.

Sometimes, leaving a system alone may be the best solution.

>So how would you fix the problem?

As I originally asserted - by hiring the most able person.

Discrimination, in people terms, is usually about fear.

Prevention of this can be achieved by education, or at least, promoting awareness of such issues.

Re: Equality ?

Indeed - all that matters is ability. My concern is that positive discrimination can alienate the very people it is attempting to assist. Yes I am a white male - but artificially boosting the credibility of a person based on a "minority" concept seems a rather odd way of ensuring equal representation.

Equality ?

I just hope it doesn't descend into "equality through quota" <sigh>

Universal Credit CRISIS: Howard Shiplee SHIPS OUT of top job

Re: Advisory capacity

"Cons - finding something to do for the other four."

Erm, being a consultant on another four projects?

How I poured a client's emails straight into the spam bin – with one Friday evening change

Its a regex !

When the condition mentions "matches text patterns" you can use a regex, so perhaps ^Yes$ would be more suitable?