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Blast from the past: Boston Globe “special section” on Clinton Impeachment

Look back on simpler times, when the GOP pretended that lying about an affair was sufficient grounds to remove a president from office. Look, and despair.

Category: Boston Politics Tags: Bill Clinton, Boston Globe, Donald Trump, GOP, impeachment

Today’s example of “everything is shit and there’s nothing we can do about it”

We encounter bits and pieces of micro-shittiness all day, every day, because people don’t care about the quality of their work, people don’t take responsibility for fixing things that are broken, and people don’t think any of it matters, even though it does, very much, actually.

Category: Computers Consumer activism Tags: RadNet Management, Shields Health

Today’s edition of There Are No Good Health Insurance Companies

My insurance company screwed something up, and after many online messages, letters, and phone calls, it’s still not 100% certain that it’s resolved, and even if it is it’s going to take another month to be properly fixed.

Category: Consumer activism Government activism Politics Social Activism Tags: Blue Shield of California, health insurance, Magellan Health

Finally built my own PC, should have done it years ago!

I got a much faster computer for much less than it would have cost if I had bought something pre-assembled.

Category: Computers Tags: DisplayLink, DIY, Intel, Linux, Micro Center, NVIDIA

City of Boston electronic poll books: they DO know what they’re doing!

Boston has robust plans in place to ensure that Poll Pad failures will not compromise an election, but I still have some concerns.

Category: Boston Computer Security Computers Government activism Tags: elections, KNOWiNK, Poll Pad

Don’t abuse open-source software maintainers or this might happen

If you abuse me privately, I will name and shame you publicly.

Category: Everyday etiquette Free software Social Activism Tags: Chandler Sobel-Sorenson

The Anti-Defamation League has always been trash

In 1988, B’nai B’rith told supporters, “The Arab presence on the college campus is poisoning the minds of our young people.” They meant it then, and they mean it now even more.

Category: Israel Judaism Politics Social Activism Tags: ADL, B'nai Brith, Gaza, Hillel, Palestine

Why software product support is (sometimes) a terrible job

Software maintainers can’t help people who can’t or won’t read and answer straightforward questions, and some people who need help with software are incapable of reading and answering straightforward questions.

Category: Computers Free software Tags: FOSS, open source software, send later, tech support

Boston Election Department switching over fully to electronic poll-books; I hope they know what they’re doing!

Using electronic poll-books at 275 precincts on election day is a much heavier lift than using them at ten early-voting locations. I hope they’ve covered all their bases!

Category: Boston Computers Government activism Tags: Boston, elections, poll-worker, voting

Notes from migrating Linux to a new hard drive

Migrating a Linux install to a new drive can be easy (Clonezilla) or hard. I chose hard. It was a learning experience.

Category: Computers Free software Tags: Linux, LUKS, LVM, SMART, sysadmin, UEFI
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