Re: [Discuss] Personal finance software on Linux
On 09/20/2014 12:47 PM, Daniel Barrett wrote: Money is kind of important so I recommend throwing FOSS allegiences aside for this one. :-) Likewise for taxes (I run TurboTax in that same VM). freedom is also important, but we each decide our own priorities. i have been quite happy with gnucash for almost decades. i have very simple requirements, though. i glance through the release notes for gnucash and there seems to be many new features that it keeps adding [most likely prompted by quicken], but i don't use them. each situation is probably going to be different. for taxes, again, i have a simple situation of one income from one employer. but my solution has been to use the paper forms. as a web programmer, i just don't trust the other end ... of course, i'm probably in no better situation regarding privacy; nonetheless, there is something satisfying about using an outdated method to interact with a huge bureaucracy, but i think it has little to do with the technologies involved ... -- \js : sentient being ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] TrueCrypt EOL, what's next?
On 05/29/2014 09:20 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: I have a bet with my coworker. He's betting coercion suicide, I'm betting hoax. i'm with your co-worker. -- \js : sentient being ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] protecting kids online
On 02/05/2014 12:00 PM, Eric Chadbourne wrote: I have two nieces (7 9) with shiny new android tablets. I've looked at various browser plugins and apps but nothing really stood out to me that would effectively block adult content and was no cost. The couple of things I tried seem pretty easy to get around. Anybody have any suggestions? i can understand your desire to protect your nieces from the craziness and darkness that humans put up on the network; however, any technical solution is bound to be imperfect [as you and others have pointed out]. a different approach would be to monitor the traffic with a log and then review and discuss what is necessary. as the father of three that have passed or are passing through adolescence i can tell you there are many things that are outside of your control. good luck. -- \js : sentient being ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] What goes around, comes around
hi On Fri, 17 May 2013 11:54:05 -0400, Richard Pieri richard.pi...@gmail.com wrote: So, as of today, I've switched back to Firefox because it's 1% and then some better than Chrome in a couple of ways that matter. google almost seems too big to fail [with all the problems that classification entails] chrome was cool- but it never had the open source sheen that i look for ... [i realize this is a completely idiosyncratic criteria] i'd encourage you to think about opera- much lighter. doesn't always display as designers intend [due to bad source HTML usually], but it works pretty well for me [maybe it's because of the simplistic sites i visit, but that's another matter]. -- \js ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Home Routers
hey On Fri, 10 May 2013 20:08:27 -0400, Chris O'Connell omegah...@gmail.com wrote: I'm thinking it's time to replace my TZ190, it's old, and kind of low end by today's standards. i had one of the original linksys WRTs and just retired it as i kept needing to restart it in order to get the wireless to work. i think it had to do with the WPA2 encryption i was trying to run on it ... when i switched to WPA it wasn't as problematic. i eventually went to overstock.com and picked up a netgrear WNDR3700v3 which is like going from a broken down tricycle to a new hybrid [bicycle, that is]. so new hardware is often worth it. i've used many of the firmware replacements and all of them are better than the linksys firmware. earlier someone was hating on tomato, but it worked fine for me. as a programmer, and open source proponent, i find the openWRT project to be the most to my liking. it supposedly runs on my new router, but so does DD-WRT and it's installed [couldn't find openWRT firware when i installed and configured it]. one weekend i may try change the firmware. so, if you absolutely don't want to spend money, try the other firmwares- but you'll probably be happier with new hardware. good luck! -- \js ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] license haiku
hi given the recent discussions, i thought some members of this list might enjoy this: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/000360 regarding haiku, i am of the mind that by sticking slavishly to the syllable counts, you lose the poetry part; but that's a discussion for another list ... -- /js [http://or8.net/~johns] this space for sale ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
