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by agent86 7d ago
Depends on if you reasonably expect to encounter one of those devices again and if the future cabling is backwards compatible. Using your list I'd likely keep one IDE and comoposite video cable, but toss the RG59 and CAT5 because I cou
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by agent86 2mo ago
> That should clear the next flight to go to orbit and deploy operational satellites! Mid-stream they said they were deploying 20 real V3 Starlink satellites. At the end of the stream the said all 20 had checked out as well.
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Google isn't waiting – the 30 percent Android app store fee is dead(theverge.com)
2 points by agent86 7mo ago|2 comments
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by agent86 7mo ago
Two Notes: 1) I had to abbreviate the title as the official article title is 4 characters too long for HN. 2) The gift link in use to bypass the Verge paywall was posted by the official Verge account to /r/Android on Reddit[1]. [1
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by agent86 7mo ago
I couldn't find something to read about it, but I did find this to watch and learn about it. I won't spoil it here either :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwV1lEDJH9Y
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by agent86 8mo ago
In the LoRA/radio device sense, Meshtastic[1] is probably the easiest to get started with. It's the biggest player in the space, has devices that come pre-installed and configured, the most likely chance of making contact with so
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by agent86 8mo ago
And, as of 3 weeks ago, the one man is "stepping back from all public-facing interaction with this project".[1] Further, "Occasional updates may appear at unpredictable intervals, but there will be no support, no responses to
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by agent86 11mo ago
> even the secret way to turn on 30-sec skip on the TiVo Select-Play-Select-3-0-Select ;-) Also can't forget the ,#401 dialing prefix to enable the device to call home over the Internet using a USB Ethernet adapter instead of the ph
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by agent86 1y ago
ESPN is already partly doing this with "SC For You" [1]. It gives you a personalized feed of sports clips, generated and narrated by AI that uses the voices of ESPN on-air talent. [1] - https://support.espn.com/hc
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by agent86 1y ago
For anyone interested, ESPN has a HAM Radio club - WE1SPN[1] - and they are live streaming some of their Field Day operations on YouTube[2]. They're not operating overnight, but should be back in the morning eastern US time. If you&#x2
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Millions of Apple Airplay-Enabled Devices Can Be Hacked via Wi-Fi(wired.com)
18 points by agent86 1y ago|1 comments
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by agent86 1y ago
I'd like to play devil's advocate for a minute and ask a question: Does anyone know exactly what the Bosch service sends the dishwasher? While I agree that connecting a dishwasher to the Internet should not be necessary, it does o
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by agent86 2y ago
The system I'd love to have a better understanding of is the one TiVo deployed for the transmission of data to their boxes in the early 2000s. They would buy a 30 minute paid programming in the early hours on cable TV networks under th
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by agent86 2y ago
Direct URL is https://bfcm.shopify.com/ I had to run the link through TinyURL because using the original URL pulls up the 2023 HN thread which is entirely different.
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by agent86 2y ago
Back in 2022 libtorrent implemented memory mapped IO as part of v2 [1]. Unfortunately, it didn't go so well. Memory usage went through the sky, leading to performance degradation and crashing [2]. The issue is still open in the projec
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by agent86 2y ago
The more interesting thing to consider is that Trump has said Elon will have an active role in his administration. How is he going to do that on top of everything else? How are Tesla investors going to feel about this?
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by agent86 2y ago
While it is true that democrats carried urban centers it is worth noting that their support appears to have eroded somewhat in these areas. Republicans picked up a statistically relevant number of votes there.
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by agent86 2y ago
In interviews with people who are primarily voting on the economy a common response is that they feel things were economically better for them under Trump than they were under Biden. They want to go back to that, and they believe Trump can
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by agent86 2y ago
https://archive.ph/A1c9B
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by agent86 2y ago
One thing to keep in mind is that CR-39 is not impact resistant. They will shatter and can do horrible things to your eyes when they do. Kids should always be put in impact resistant lenses. If you’re a desk jockey, or impact resistance is
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by agent86 2y ago
How about Weezer's "Buddy Holly" music video on the Windows 95 CD? Sometimes when I see articles about viral videos and views I wonder where that video would rank if we had the capability to track its plays.
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by agent86 2y ago
Is it even possible to do this effectively using Mullvad after they removed support for forwarded ports? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36113215
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by agent86 2y ago
Math Notes certainly appears to be moving into Soulver/Numi territory. I'm a bit surprised by this one as while I personally love Soulver I didn't know how appealing it would be to Apple's overall user base.
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by agent86 2y ago
Previous Discussion from 12/05/22 (95 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33856942
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by agent86 2y ago
Valve - the PC gaming giant and owner of Steam - is very famously a flat organization. Their Handbook for New Employees[1] that goes into detail about how they operate has made its way out into the world a few times as well. [1] - https:&#
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by agent86 2y ago
Traditional colonoscopies are still the gold standard for colon cancer screening. One major benefit of them is that while they are performing the screening if they see something like a polyp it can be removed and tested.
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by agent86 3y ago
It is kind of funny how printers just hop onto the latest marketing trends. Previously it was the "razor blade" model of making the device "inexpensive" and charging more for the consumables, now its subscriptions. The
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by agent86 3y ago
https://archive.ph/rYF2K
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Supreme Court Rejects Epic v. Apple Antitrust Case(theverge.com)
2 points by agent86 3y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Black Friday Discounts/Specials
37 points by agent86 3y ago|22 comments

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