Posts published by: Mark McGuire

Chat Etiquette

What is Chat?

Chat is an asynchronous form of communication using text and images. Some other forms of asynchronous communication include text messages, emails, or letters. In these forms of communication the sender does not know when someone will read or reply to the message. In contract, having a face to face conversation, a phone call, or a video chat are all forms of synchronous communication. In practice the usual time to response for a …

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Yubikey + WSL2 = 👍

Some time ago I bought a Yubikey and have enjoyed using it as a second factor and an SSH key (signing my git commits is also a plus). It's been pretty easy to set up everywhere with one exception: Windows and Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2).

I prefer Linux for development and putzing around the internet, but I also enjoy playing video games on mouse and keyboard. This means I need a Windows machine …

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