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by jsingleton 9y ago
+1 for Pi-hole: https://pi-hole.net It's better than a browser extension, as it works for mobile devices and native apps (e.g. Skype). Remember to set a backup secondary DNS server in case it goes down though. If the router
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Introducing Support for Brotli Compression(blogs.msdn.microsoft.com)
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Age verification plans put web users' privacy at risk(openrightsgroup.org)
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by jsingleton 9y ago
I think Scott updated the sample used for the screenshots after putting it in the post. The code is listed as: // FIRA CODE object o; if (o is int i || (o is string s && int.TryParse(s, out i)) { /* us
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by jsingleton 9y ago
Most modern motor-homes I've seen/used have a solar panel for trickle charging the leisure battery. Some other good examples of retrofits here: http://www.goalzero.com/solarlife/stories/en-route/
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by jsingleton 9y ago
For anyone curious, a VAWT is a Vertical-axis wind turbine ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_axis_wind_turbine ). I always thought these were less efficient than the conventional designs but they're clearly s
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by jsingleton 9y ago
Progressive JPEG is slightly different but JPEG2000 is very interesting. The wavelet transform is pretty clever in how it arranges the frequency components. It's a shame JPEG2000 never took off, probably due to the patent issues. It ha
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by jsingleton 9y ago
This appears to be quite similar to FLIF ( http://flif.info/ ) and to some extent BPG ( https://bellard.org/bpg/ ). There's no shortage of image formats that are better then JPEG and some have been ar
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Introducing ASP.NET Core 2.0 Preview 2(blogs.msdn.microsoft.com)
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by jsingleton 9y ago
To be fair, the new https://docs.microsoft.com site is much better than the old ones, but I know what you mean. I still occasionally get confused at all the .NET nomenclature, and I wrote I book on the topic. I gave a talk at th
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by jsingleton 9y ago
Shameless plug but I cover a lot of lower level network and hardware effects for web developers in this book: https://unop.uk/book/ It's mainly aimed at people interested in ASP.NET Core but there are a lot of gen
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by jsingleton 9y ago
Deadline to complain to the home office is 19 May (tomorrow). You may also want to write to your MP, as they will probably be up for re-election very soon. https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-home-office-protect-...
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by jsingleton 9y ago
Follow up blog post (linking this to WannaCry): https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2017/tcns-encryption (discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14365046 ) Deadline to complain to the ho
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Selective, secret consultations have no place in open Government(openrightsgroup.org)
1 points by jsingleton 9y ago|1 comments
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The UK Government should protect encryption not threaten it(openrightsgroup.org)
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by jsingleton 9y ago
Carbon Capture and Storage (particularly on biomass) appears to be one of the more realistic solutions. So it was a huge shame when the UK Conservative government cancelled planned investment in CCS (breaking a manifesto promise in the proc
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by jsingleton 10y ago
FWIW FastMail also comes with file storage and notes.
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by jsingleton 10y ago
They do have a calendar, which is something lacking from ProtonMail (although I believe they are working on this). ProtonMail has a free plan and if you only need a single custom domain then it's cheaper than FastMail. FastMail only ha
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by jsingleton 10y ago
True, but probably still better than the US or UK: https://protonmail.com/blog/investigatory-powers-bill-email-... Their EU servers are in the Netherlands. Although I guess it's hard to know if any EU traffic goes
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by jsingleton 10y ago
It does seem a little inconsistent. https://thatoneprivacysite.net/email-chart-formulas/ "Our headquarters are located in Melbourne, Australia with servers at New York Internet and QuadraNet in the USA, and at Swi
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by jsingleton 10y ago
That's a good site. I wonder why Fastmail has a red mark against business ethics. ProtonMail (and even Gmail) are green (not even yellow). Edit: ProtonMail seem to be better for activism. I guess because of things like: https:/&#
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Cloudflare and FastMail: Your info is safe(blog.fastmail.com)
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Running a high-availability SaaS infrastructure without breaking the bank(engineering.freeagent.com)
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by jsingleton 10y ago
Looks like this is launching soon: https://protonvpn.com/
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by jsingleton 10y ago
Background: https://protonmail.com/blog/investigatory-powers-bill-email-...
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ProtonVPN(protonvpn.com)
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The Investigatory Powers Bill and Online Privacy(protonmail.com)
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by jsingleton 10y ago
These is also FAKE (F# Make), a DSL for build tasks ( https://fsharp.github.io/FAKE/ ). Similar to CAKE ( http://cakebuild.net/ ), which uses C#.
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FAKE – F# Make – A DSL for build tasks(fsharp.github.io)
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by jsingleton 10y ago
Nice post. Simply written and easy to understand. There are two others: - http://benbowen.blog/post/cmmics_i/ - http://benbowen.blog/post/cmmics_ii/ It's well worth learning about t

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