Category Archives: EN

Anything that does not fit into other categories …

WWW == Wild Wild West?

Posted on 2014-05-08 by Oliver

Since April 2011 the companies of one Mr. Recher from Germany harassed me three times. I reported about this a few times already (e.g. here). I suspect I am not alone. Their scheme is to send automated, unverified abuse notifications … Continue reading →

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Oscar Wilde was right

Posted on 2014-05-06 by Oliver

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

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Proof?

Posted on 2014-05-03 by Oliver

Now, this is a talk on the phone and as such not always easy to discern, especially with both people talking in parallel. The SBU, Ukraine’s secret service, has an article titled “SSU Has Evidence of Russian Involvement into Capture … Continue reading →

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Like!

Posted on 2014-05-03 by Oliver

Maria Zakharova wrote on the Facebook page of the Russian ministry of foreign affairs (Министерства иностранных дел России): One of the most important posts I ever did! I address this to my foreign media colleagues and friends from Reuters, CNN, … Continue reading →

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Is Kerry the successor in spirit of Goebbels?

Posted on 2014-04-27 by Oliver

… and the State Department the new propaganda ministry? Check this out: http://youtu.be/jshAX9ialok Quite frankly I found the one-sidedness of this clip appalling. Not to mention the blatant lie starting at 1:12 concerning the options of the referendum on Crimea … Continue reading →

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Fully static build of tmux using libc-musl for Linux

Posted on 2014-04-15 by Oliver

Find a script that does the job here. It will download the source packages if they do not already exist and then unpack them into a subfolder of the current directory named tmux. Then it will one by one compile … Continue reading →

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Please, someone make this happen: Stephen Fry as Bond villain :)

Posted on 2014-04-12 by Oliver

During his very enjoyable “Stephen Fry in America” he makes so many impressions of a Bond villain that I thought it would be fun to see him as one. Alternatively it would be cool to see him as a more … Continue reading →

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“The less Americans know about Ukraine’s location, the more they want U.S. to intervene”

Posted on 2014-04-08 by Oliver

This Washington Post article is somewhat sad … // Oliver

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“Scarecrow Organic Golden Pale Ale”

Posted on 2014-04-04 by Oliver

As can be expected from a pale ale, it is a bit hoppier. It has a golden color as the name already suggests and it was quite refreshing (at room temperature). The hop note is pronounced, but it doesn’t really … Continue reading →

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“St Peter’s Organic Ale”

Posted on 2014-04-04 by Oliver

This is a relatively pale-colored beer with a noticeable smoky note. Personally I didn’t like it because I dislike smoked food in general, but I found the malt and hope notes quite balanced. So if you prefer a balanced beer, … Continue reading →

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Git once again honors its name #2

Posted on 2014-04-01 by Oliver

Why is it that: $ git rev-parse –symbolic –branches gives me a perfectly parseable output when the more logical $ git branch -l gives me an extra “remark” ala: * (detached from v1.0.0)? The objective was to find out whether … Continue reading →

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Git once again honors its name

Posted on 2014-03-28 by Oliver

So I created a bundle using git bundle create bundlename.bundle –all and when cloning from it I get loads of warning: unrecognized header …. Looking at the bundle file it’s obvious that data from the repository file contents has leaked … Continue reading →

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If Ambrose Bierce was still alive

Posted on 2014-03-18 by Oliver

… a subsequent edition or volume of his “Devil’s Dictionary” might define UN as follows: UN, acronym, pronounced US, spelled UN. // Oliver

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Why do people send Word documents when it’s FYI?

Posted on 2014-03-17 by Oliver

I don’t get it, why can’t we use PDF or another commonly usable format if the intent is not to collaborate on the document in question? Just ranting 😉 // Oliver

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Finally found …

Posted on 2014-02-18 by Oliver

…. professional guidane! I was looking for it everywhere, now I found it. Thank you, Barbara!

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Laughing out loud

Posted on 2014-02-15 by Oliver

This tells more about RMS than about Clang/LLVM which is a great piece of software. // Oliver

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TSA Agent Confessions

Posted on 2014-02-14 by Oliver

Dear America, I saw you naked

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Critique of systemd

Posted on 2014-02-10 by Oliver

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Admittedly this one is funny

Posted on 2014-02-08 by Oliver

Язык в тесте, tongue in dough, says the inscription on this sign. Unfortunately English language seem to have been in short supply in Sochi before the opening. The mistranslation to English is a bit unfortunate, although in English the word … Continue reading →

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“Fuck the EU”

Posted on 2014-02-07 by Oliver

Why does Victoria Nuland have to apologize for what she said in a private phone conversation? Whoever leaked this, it’s enlightening to hear, but it’s also no big deal. Besides, even US-Americans use the f-word much more often than the … Continue reading →

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