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March 27, 2026

Caddy Reverse Proxy Docker Compose - Ready to Deploy | Docker Recipes

Caddy web server with automatic HTTPS and reverse proxy configuration.

20 Useful PKG Command Examples to Manage Packages in FreeBSD
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To list all installed packages in FreeBSD, you can use pkg info command.

To list all installed packages in FreeBSD that are outdated, you can use pkg version -vL=

To clean package cache in FreeBSD, you can use pkg clean command. This will remove all old and unused packages from cache.

To remove orphaned packages in FreeBSD, you can use pkg autoremove command. This will remove all packages that are no longer required by any other package.

Engineer sabotaged PC then complained when it didn't work • The Register
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Ewen therefore again made the long drive, and within moments of arriving, he noticed the giant PC was very quiet.

A quick look showed why: the fans weren't working.

Ewen asked if anyone had noticed a problem.

"Oh, the noise was annoying me," replied one of the testing engineers. "So I opened the case and cut the wires." //

Bill GraySilver badge
Chesterton's fence
G. K. Chesterton wrote something that boils down to : if you see a fence running across a road, you shouldn't tear it down until you figure out why it was put there. Somebody presumably went to the time, trouble, and expense of erecting the fence, and had some reason for doing it.

You may eventually learn that their reason no longer applies, or just doesn't matter as much as it used to, and then you might pull the fence down on a suitably informed basis. But you shouldn't equate "I don't see why that's there" with "there's no good reason for that to be there".

As I recall, he was mostly thinking in terms of politics. The idea is that each generation comes along and assumes its parents were idiots, and that society should be rebuilt on more sensible, modern principles... usually without first considering why the parents did such idiotic things. But it's a good engineering principle as well.

Operation Drumbeat: The Dramatic True Story of Germany's First U-Boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II: Gannon, Michael: 9780060161552: Amazon.com: Books

Raymond I. Smithjr
5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
Drumbeat, a well researched and objective historical novel.
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2012
Format: Hardcover
Beginning with an apolitical description of the German u-boat navy prior to WW2, its development and deployment in the Atlantic and the tragic consequences of an inept and unprepared outmoded U.S. Navy,,, through the naivete' and politically mismanaged response of the early military leadership...The U.S. experienced losses far greater than at Pearl Harbor. The author takes us on a thrilling excursion in to both sides of the battle in a very balanced presentation of the behind the scenes as well as the in the thick of the encounters. A good read difficult to put down until finished.

KP57 George
5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
German Submarines controlled the East Coast in 1942
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Excellent; well done research, amazing how unprepared America was for submarine attacks off our East Coast and how highest ranking naval officers let their anti-British feelings deny relevance of British provided intelligence. Thus unfortunately for many reasons our government felt it was necessary to deny the attacks took place and many ships were sunk and many men died.