Re: Any mention of 'bug-out-bags'?
Most common name I've heard in the US is bug-out bag by far. Go-bag occasionally, jump bag almost never. Just my 2¢...
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Tuesday 20th June 2023 06:54 GMT
Re: every time he opens his mouth
> Have been surprised to see how many networking and systems folks seem to rely on Reddit for some of the most trivial things though.
I've found Reddit posts often cover really obscure edge cases. Sometimes it's not a full solution, but it gives me a direction to start looking. I can usually solve those problems myself by digging through documentation and/or source code, but I have found issues only documented on Reddit.
A couple of examples: I was having sorting issues in KDE Dolphin, and the r/KDE subreddit is now private. I solved that issue with the KDE forums, but I've also had issues with old servers that were only documented on Reddit. It seems that when official forums either never existed or have been shut down, people often default to Reddit.
That being said, there's nothing special about Reddit from a technical standpoint and I'm glad to see decentralization. But this may cause a similar problem to the MS Technet shutdown a few years back, where there is suddenly a lack of documentation on very old/niche issues. Network and systems folks are often the ones who end up maintaining ancient systems long after they are out of support, which is probably why you're seeing so many complaints from us.
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