gary-kim
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Comment · 4 years ago
You can enable tab complete for Git including for branch names.
I don't know how I would live without that. I tend to make rather verbose branch names and typing it all out stuff like push would take forever.
Though, you have a much more fun solution.
Comment · 4 years ago
To add onto this, I have been using Libreoffice Online or Collabora Online for the last 4 years or so. I used to compile LOOL myself but eventually I just switched over to using the Collabora Online Development Edition that Collabora releases. I am using it integrated with Nextcloud.
I enjoy using it and it has been a life savior for the times I need to work on a document with someone else since I can just send them a share link for it. The fact that it uses leaflet which is meant for maps does mean that the latency to the server matters quite a lot to experience but I don't mind that much, personally, with my not great 120ms RTT to my server.
Comment · 5 years ago
Element's primary paid service is Element Matrix Services [1] which is exactly for that. They run a Matrix server for you, optionally on a domain that you provide.
Comment · 5 years ago
A change in your repo does not need to result in an import path change if you set up vanity URLs for your import path. For instance, all my go libraries use the import path of gomod.garykim.dev even though the repos are actually hosted on GitHub. That means if I ever change to self-hosting, for example, I just need to update some of the meta tags on the gomod.garykim.dev website to change the repo location.
Comment · 5 years ago
This is likely the one they are referring to: https://github.com/tulir/mautrix-signal/
I use it myself and it has been working perfectly for me since I switched to it.
Comment · 5 years ago
I've been running a Matrix server for a half a year and I have not run into any problems. The main thing that surprised me was how much database space Synapse took on my server but that was an easy enough issue to deal with. That may also have to do with the fact that I'm in some of the most complex rooms that exist on Matrix.
I tried running a XMPP server for a bit but that was a rather frustrating experience between getting it to integrate well with the rest of my infrastructure, figuring out what configuration was needed and what XEPs were needed, what clients had the features I needed, what clients supported the OSes I used, and spam. To be fair, the reason I thought setting up Synapse was extremely easy may have been because I did it with almost twice as much experience with devops than I had when I tried to setup the XMPP server.
Regarding registering with a central authority, you're probably thinking of identity servers. Identity servers are used to provide 3PID (email/phone number) -> Matrix ID mappings and are completely optional. There have been attempts to decentralize that as well but for one reason or another, no good way to do it has been found. At least the source code of the identity server is open source[1] so there is that.
Otherwise, to set up a Matrix server, you simply have to either set up a json response from "/.well-known/matrix/server" or an SRV record on DNS that points to the Matrix server.
Comment · 5 years ago
Having to login every time is definitely a bug. You may want to make an issue for it at https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues .
Comment · 5 years ago
Set the retention policy setting on your homeserver (I'm assuming you're using Synapse): https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/bce0c91d9a89097c9...
I also have mine set up though without a default_policy so I can have the server forget stuff in my bot control rooms cause they get cluttered with useless stuff pretty fast.
Comment · 5 years ago
DCOs don't give copyright ownership to anyone else or even any more rights to anyone else. It is simply a declaration that you have the permission to license the code you wrote under the license you're giving it for.
This article gives a nice description of the differences: https://opensource.com/article/18/3/cla-vs-dco-whats-differe...
Comment · 5 years ago
I'm using a .dev domain name as my primary email address and in the last few years of using it, I have only run into one website that did not support it properly. I ended up using my .com email alias for that website.
Comment · 6 years ago
Adding on to this, I personally have improved versions of open source software projects that I just forked for personal use because pushing the improvements upstream would mean having to sign a CLA which is something I am completely unwilling to do.
It is possible that the lack of useful contributions is due, in part, to a CLA being required.
Comment · 6 years ago
It is important to consider, though, that the reason flying is extremely safe is because we do freak out about everything that goes wrong in aviation. Commercial aviation is one industry in which there is a strong correlation between safety and profitability so the industry does freak out over every problem.
Of course, it's a balance, and the balance that commercial aviation has found is heavily focused on safety.
Comment · 6 years ago
I lived in Singapore and while I was there, I used MyRepublic's mobile plans. The plan I was using was $24(SGD) a month for 17G. Rarely had connectivity issues though for the most part, I stayed in the more populated areas so I may not have had the same connectivity issues as you.
One of the nice things was that each telco would keep changing their plans to be better and better so it paid to pay attention and change plans whenever a better one came along.