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Cameron’s American Bistro: Credit Card Required for Restaurant Reservations – NO THANK YOU!
I wanted to book a reservation at one of my favorite restaurants (well, it USED TO BE a favorite, not anymore!) until I saw this nonsense: I don’t know if this is some new thing from OpenTable or if Cameron‘s is just having issues with people not showing, I don’t care. Regardless, I will never…
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KB5046740 Breaks CAC Authentication to AVD
If you’re struggling to log into AVD from a Windoze… ahem, Windows computer with your CAC card… here’s the likely culprit: Update KB5046740. From this thread on Reddit, it seems like quite a few others have been running into the issue. I tripped over it this morning, myself. It’s a quick easy fix assuming you…
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qemu 9.1.1-1 / virt-manager Audio Shenanigans
The upgrade of qemu packages from 9.1.0-2 to 9.1.1-1 broke the audio output of my Windoze 11 VM that I typically work from. Arch Linux is a rolling release, so it’s not as easy to just specify the version of a package you want to install using any of the normal commands with Pacman –…
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WTF Google
It’s no secret that I’ve fallen out of love and into a constant state of disgust with “Big Tech.” Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon… they all do repulsively shady shit that makes me want to swear off tech, sell every gadget I own, and become some kind of Amish hipster. Okay, okay, that might be a…
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High Speed Home Networking
Sometimes I forget … This isn’t “normal” for most other people.
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Updating Dell XPS 15 9530 Firmware on Linux
Today marks the first time I’ve updated the BIOS in my Laptop since I bought it. When I initially powered it up, Windows 11 was “installed” (more like present, it took almost 2 hours for it to fully update itself before it was usable) so I used that to update the BIOS and various firmware…
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See you around, Apple
I wrote a blog post a short while back about why I loved Linux. I waxed nostalgic for a while about my history with the OS and how it impacted my life. In the same post, I talked about my then-current setup utilizing a MacBook Pro, but I managed to get a bit off track…
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Install and trust DoD Certificates on Arch Linux
Continuing our journey to install and configure DoD Certificates on various platforms – this time I submit for your reading pleasure: Arch Linux! This one is relatively easy. Like other platforms, trusted roots can live in a few places on Arch (Personal NSS or System stores, as well as some various Apps that have their…
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Install and trust DoD Certificates on MacOS
Trying to use your CAC on a Mac? Don’t want to run some sketchy compiled app to install DoD Certs on your box? Check this handy scripty-doo out. It grabs the latest PKI zip, unpacks it, converts the certificates into a format that works and then installs them into the system’s trust store. Be prepared…