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• Post #4132138

  It's #backupfriday and I just collected a package with some 10 Gb network gear - it is a bit early as the installers only finished the cable trays in the building this week, and there is still some digging to be done until the building is fiber-connected, and after that my apartment has to be connected as well... Unfortunately the access point I ordered is advertised as having at 10 Gb ethernet port, but on the box it says it only has 2.5 Gb, so I'll likely have to return it. If you ha...

• Post #2698539

  This #backupfriday is what in Sweden is called a "klämdag" - a work day squeezed in between two days off; following the example of the Swedes I took the day off. In non news, nothing has happened on the fiber side since the week they got half way down the street. We will see if it ever reaches my building.

• Post #2698538

  You'll have to look far and wide to find a more #1990's #music video than the one for "Volcano Girls" by #Veruca Salt. That guitar playing - what a song.

• Post #2539309

  I really like using C-x 8 RET in Emacs to write unicode characters that I don't remember a short keystroke for. C-x 8 e i and C-x 8 e l are nice for adding emojis. I have not found an easy way to type a flag, given the country name (code or tld). Is there one? Maybe C-x 8 e f could prompt for a country name/code/tld and insert the appropriate flag emoji? C-x 8 f gree TAB to enter 🇬🇱, for instance.