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Is intelligence distinct from knowledge?

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  • Yes (64%, 9 votes)
  • Yes, but... (7%, 1 vote)
  • No, but... (21%, 3 votes)
  • No (7%, 1 vote)
14 voters. Poll end: 1 month ago

in reply to Evan Prodromou

knowledge is something you have (or don't), intelligence is something you do (or don't)
in reply to Evan Prodromou

my spontaneous POV on this:

Knowledge is a collection of information.

Intelligence is understanding that knowledge and knowing what to do with it.



@mwl Hi I’m reading your mailserver book, and I’m wondering if you can point me at resources to help me understand DNS in the specific context of running a recursive, non-forwarding, non-authoritative DNS server on a mail server.

I’ve been using a lot of this stuff for decades, and the more I understand it, the better I feel. The less I understand it, well, I still work with it, but I treat it with superstition, like I’m dealing with fae folk, where there are rules, but I’m not allowed to know them, so I’d best throw salt everywhere and behind my back make the sign against strong enchantment.

I know that there are A records and AAAA records and CNAME and TXT records and so on, and that there are zones, and authority zone hierarchies. But bind and rndc themselves have always remained, for me, arcane mysteries (always increment that serial number!) and I don’t know what forwarding or recursive mean. Why run (or why not run) a DNS server on every PC?

in reply to Read along with Matt

the best book on BIND is Liu's "DNS and BIND." It's old but still covers the basics.

Each network is supposed to have a recursive server to reduce load on upstream servers. quad-8 etc kind of broke that model.

pondering writing a DNS book late this year.





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Trump officials pause health agencies' communications, citing review (Washington Post)

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Any recommendations for open source android photo editor?


I'm using a moto g34 phone with android 14. You guys know any open source program that can do basic photo editing? I tried Simple Gallery, but it shows a lot of ads :/


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Update hell. How did we get here?

This blog post speaks to me. The company is inflicting Windows 11 on me this week and I'm not for it.



Docker + Django: Containerize the Right Way with Nginx, Postgresql & Gunicorn

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Why I 🧡 the web:

Someone did a browser port of Pitfall!. 🏃🏻‍♂️

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Belle journée à Sète mais il vaut mieux monter à pieds au Mont Saint-Clair par le cimetière marin car le vent de terre est puissant aujourd’hui !
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Trump defends his decision to pardon January 6 rioters


Trump said those prosecuted for the attack on the U.S. Capitol had served long enough, and he sought to shift criticism to a set of preemptive pardons issued by former President Joe Biden.

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