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lftp says “DH GEX group out of range”
I use lftp in a launchctl script to transfer and delete files from an Axway/Tumbleweed secure server, but after upgrading to macos Sierra, the connection failed (and looped forever retrying) with a brief flash of a “DH GEX group out of range” message. Searching for the message reveals that it’s an ssh issue (DH is diffie-hellman): Apple…
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MacOS Sierra, Apache, and Postgres
I upgraded my office workstation from El Capitan to Sierra last week after waiting a while to make sure there were no problems with the new version of the operating system: my office workstation is used for some campus-wide services, and I go into panic mode when upgrades break things. So after a decent interval…
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Tesla Referral Code
Anyone buying a new Tesla can get free supercharging and a $1000 credit towards a new Model S or Model X by using this referral code. Tesla updates the terms of the referral offers quite regularly, but the referral code itself is the same for all changes in the terms. As of this update (April 2018), the…
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Google Forms Do Not Work For Workflow
Google Forms is terrific for gathering information, but it sucks as a workflow tool. Today I received a Word document that instructed people to fill it out, print it, collect three signatures on the paper copy, scan that, and return it by email. No way to track progress; no record of what’s happening, but partial…
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Promise Fulfilled
Yea! DreamHost’s upgrade to WP 4.6 was automatic and uneventful.
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Greetings
Notes mostly to myself. Migrating from a Drupal site because keeping Drupal up to date was a bother. DreamHost will update WordPress automatically. At least the minor ones.