das-hinterland

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by das-hinterland 3y ago
First Soekris now PCEngines. Sad that this market is being ceded to untrustworthy shite from Shenzhen.
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by das-hinterland 3y ago
It may be proprietary but it's developed by Tuxera, the same lads who created and maintain the NTFS drivers for Linux.
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by das-hinterland 3y ago
The infrastructure overhaul needed for a full-on changeover to electric would require an investment on the order of the Apollo program and I don't see that happening. Not just from a financial perspective but the engineering as well. B
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by das-hinterland 3y ago
My response was directed at this comment: > Nuclear energy is expensive, dangerous and will only work with massive taxpayer subsidies. It's unhelpful and doesn't move the discussion forward to unilaterally label something as
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by das-hinterland 3y ago
When I hear "incredibly dumb" the first thing that comes to mind is the following chain of events: 1. Declaring ICE vehicles dead and EVs as the future, and setting hard dates for sunset of ICE (with no legitimate infrastructure p
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by das-hinterland 3y ago
1. There was a serious and highly infectious virus circulating. However this is no longer true hence the rest of society having moved on. 2. The asthma analogy is irrelevant. 3. Societies in east Asia wear masks when they're sick ;
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by das-hinterland 3y ago
Fair enough. Do you think it's easier to add some vent fans or retrofit a building gas->electric in every flat? It's not as easy as it's made out to be. Buildings were designed with sufficient electric service given the ut
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by das-hinterland 3y ago
And largely unnecessary as most building codes now mandate exhaust and fresh air requirements where gas cookers are fitted.
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by das-hinterland 3y ago
The easy assumption is that in cities like Miami, LA, Chicago, St. Louis, and (previously) NYC the violence was confined to particular pockets of the city e.g. those rife with gang violence. It was easy for ordinary people to avoid by stayi
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by das-hinterland 3y ago
What is it going to take to admit that The City has a problem? Because the collective denial and doubling down on our failed policies clearly isn't working.
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by das-hinterland 3y ago
This has been going on for years. Not many people know of the deep integration between Apple and the carriers. Your iPhone, when a SIM is inserted, pairs it with a "carrier profile" which is downloaded from Apple's servers. T
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by das-hinterland 3y ago
We don't know much about the OP's WiFi setup other than he chose to use his own equipment and not to use the carrier's gateway - which would broadcast its own, stronger, passpoint SSID in his apartment and likely these issue
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by das-hinterland 3y ago
Top posting because there is a lot of mis/false information overwhelming the comments section and this needs to be known. Facts: 1. OP is a customer of Xfinity Mobile - which is a "Wi-Fi first" internet service. Note they don
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by das-hinterland 3y ago
That's great when you never leave a 10 square mile bubble in the Bay Area. There's a > 40 mile stretch of state route 542 (mt baker highway) in WA where there is no cell signal . Zip. Nada. No matter the carrier. And this road