Rants about Linux, technology, data, and science
It has been announced that Grumpy Cat (aka Tardar Sauce), queen of Internet memes and an inspiration to my inner curmudgeon, passed away at the tender age of 7 due to complications related to a urinary tract infection. Grumpy Cat’s owners stated in part: “Some days are grumpier than others… We are unimaginably heartbroken to Read More …
Overview Several aspects of my previous article on a “Quick Globus Endpoint Setup” are now deprecated. Thus, the following quick procedure has been tested on CentOS/RHEL 7.x with success. PLEASE NOTE: It is important to install “yum-plugin-priorities” so that the myproxy-server compatible setup/version is installed to work in-concert with Globus. If you install myproxy-server from Read More …
Well color me shocked (OK, not really)! A new German study shows what should have been common sense – that the power plants that supply energy for recharging electric vehicles, means that electric cars are NOT “green”. Moreover, the emissions generated in the manufacturing process for EV batteries must be added to our CO2 output, Read More …
Funny, true, helpful. By Itchy Feet Comics.
“A picture is worth a thousand words.” So with that thought in mind, I present the “Shit Map” of San Francisco, California The “Shit Map” is designed to allow residents of the Bay Area to self-report sightings of human feces in places where it should not be (e.g. a sidewalk say). In addition to graphically Read More …
Pascal’s work “Pensées” is widely regarded as a work of Christian Apologetics designed to make the case for the belief in God. Pascal on misery, entertainment, diversion and delusion: Misery.–The only thing which consoles us for our miseries is diversion, and yet this is the greatest of our miseries. For it is this which principally Read More …
As I’ve written previously, autonomous driving systems are decidedly not ready for prime time, and in fact, represent a clear danger to road safety. While many people have focused on hacks of the onboard infotainment system, the primary hazard is presented by tricking onboard sensors. I’ve talked about GPS spoofing as one technique, but security Read More …
If you want to move a repository from one Gitlab instance to one on another server, the following works well (make sure you create an empty repo on the new Gitlab instance, and make sure the name is different): git clone git@my.gitlab-server.com/someRepo.git someRepocd someRepogit remote add someRepo2 git@my.other-gitlab.com/someRepo2.gitgit push someRepo2 mastergit remote set-url someRepo2 git@my.other-gitlab.com/someRepo2.git Read More …
As details emerge from the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 max aircraft, we are reminded about the limitations of autopiloted flight control systems that have been in use for literally decades. Why the general public and our government do NOT see the deadly hazards posed by thousands of autonomously driven cars on America’s roads, Read More …
Tuesday, March 26, 2019, the European Parliament voted to approve new Internet regulations across all member nations. Of particular concern are Articles 11 and 13 of the new law. The provisions of Article 11 require anyone – individual or corporate – to pay a licensing fee for URL links that they publish. This is being Read More …