Scoffs derisively at the new popular thing and switches to BSD…

Batch scripts run on my locked-down work laptop. Powershell requires administrator privileges that I don’t have.

I don’t make the rules, I just evade them :D

If I have to use windows, I write batch scripts. They still work and there is a lot of documentation online. There’s even a good set of GUI dialogs with WizApp (or the Zenity port).

That was a great series. I really enjoyed the games. There was a lot of room to skate and the fastest players had an opportunity to put on quite a show.

When our local internet provider (Telus) first distributed wifi routers around 2004, they didn’t turn on encryption by default. I think I made use of nodes in the “neighbour net” for about three years before the majority began setting up WEP.

I’ve run an XMPP server for a small online user group for about 7 years. It was relatively simple to get a basic server up and running.

One challenge came when my wife and I decided to use it as our everyday mobile messaging service. I had to learn about and configure a number of extensions to get Prosody working well with Conversations (Android) and Monal (iOS).

Another challenge was filtering spam. I posted my administrator XMPP address online and got hammered with spam. It took a while to figure out how to effectively combat it.

With respect to why it’s not more popular, imagine if you were trying to sell people on email (with no business use-case). It’s a generic federated protocol. I don’t know if you can get much more bland.

Also, when poor people stop being cooler than rich people :D

Just did!

Hey, yeah, definitely.

It’s https://github.com/Visiblink/CanadianRetailers

I just started it when all the tariffy-goodness began, so it’s bound to see additions whenever I (or anyone who wants to add to it) shop for things.

A lot of searching. Then I add good alternatives to a “buy Canadian” list I keep at Github. That makes it a lot easier the next time around.

Showrooming Amazon. How Ironic. I love it!

Just ended… the goal was reviewed due to possible goaltender interference.

Quinn Hughes would score five goals and Jimmy Pattison would finally have to pay someone a million dollars…