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by mordant 6y ago
I use an iPad Mini 5 with the Zagg Rugged Keyboard case, which essentially turns it into a small, iOS-based ToughBook-alike. It runs all my iOS apps locally, & I use the WiFi or LTE to ssh or vnc into remote VMs or a local Raspberry Pi
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by mordant 7y ago
How/where can I learn more about your laptops?
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by mordant 7y ago
The Nuraphones are better than the Sonys and the Boses.
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by mordant 7y ago
It is not 'hit or miss'. It is the first, and still the best, steampunk novel. It defined the genre.
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by mordant 7y ago
CTRL ALT Revolt, Soda Pop Solider, & Pop Kult Warlord, by Nick Cole.
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by mordant 7y ago
It doesn't properly support authenticated feeds.
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by mordant 7y ago
Where are the dead grad students? Oh, there aren't any? Then there's no 'cold fusion' taking place.
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by mordant 7y ago
Flow telemetry like NetFlow in general; ntop, specifically.
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by mordant 8y ago
And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful house." And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful wife."
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by mordant 8y ago
How is this Hacker News? This story should be flagged.
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by mordant 8y ago
The fact that he's still alive and kicking undercuts his thesis.
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by mordant 8y ago
>They all sound better, on average, than any Bluetooth No, they don't. They may sound better than cheap Bluetooth headsets. But I guarantee they don't sound better than my Nuraphones, or the Sennheiser Momentum 2 Wireless/
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by mordant 8y ago
>the loss of sound quality My Nuraphones sound great, as did my Sennheiser Momentum Wireless 2/HD-1 Wireless Bluetooth headphones before them. No static whatsoever. Just because you're too cheap to pony up for decent Bluetooth
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by mordant 8y ago
Why use the in-flight entertainment system when you can bring your own entertainment on your phone or tablet?
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by mordant 8y ago
I don't believe you.
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by mordant 8y ago
OP asked about novels . Here are a few excellent novels in this genre which I highly recommend: Soda Pop Solider by Nick Cole Ctrl-Alt-Revolt by Nick Cole Glasshouse by Charles Stross Second the Vernor Vinge recommendations, and the
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by mordant 8y ago
This is about the supervolcano hypothesis. Note that this and the Alvarez asteroid hypothesis aren't mutually-exclusive; a significant impact event could in fact trigger vulcanism on a massive scale. There's plenty of evidence tha
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by mordant 8y ago
My favorite theory is that there's been at least one Bracewell probe in our solar system since the 1920s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracewell_probe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_delay
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by mordant 8y ago
The USSR would've conquered all of Europe if it weren't for Germany - read _Icebreaker_, et. al. by Suvorov.
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by mordant 8y ago
The Expanse is a garbage TV series which totally and completely diverges from the novels - for no good reason, since it's a miniseries, with plenty of time to do justice to the books. It's depressing how many people here either ha
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by mordant 8y ago
. . . so, you either leave your laptop at home (assuming you've a sufficient degree of certainty it won't be hacked there) or you keep it with you at all times, with all wireless technologies disabled. With regards to my checked l
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by mordant 9y ago
One word - immigration.
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by mordant 9y ago
One of my favorite party questions is, "Who was the last man who knew everything ?"
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by mordant 9y ago
I use a Zagg Rugged Book keyboard case to turn my iPad Mini 4 into a 'netbook' which fits into the hip pocket of the 'business BDUs' I routinely wear. My iPhone 7 Plus is great, but my iPad Mini with the Zagg keyboard ca
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by mordant 9y ago
I have and enjoy a Switch. I also have and enjoy the MFi GameVice for my iPad Mini 4. It works quite well. And I use the Zagg Tough Book case with my iPad Mini 4 to essentially turn it into an iPad Mini ToughBook, which fits into the hip p
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by mordant 9y ago
>I also don't buy the religious or Israel explanation, as neither of these groups have that much influence. Um, Israel has yuge political influence in the US - successful secular Jews in the financial and entertainment fields dona
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by mordant 9y ago
People are stupid and cheap, and inappropriately use the Internet as a WAN.
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by mordant 9y ago
My girlfriend loves her Airpods, too. First Bluetooth headphones she's been willing to put up with, heh - because they just work .
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by mordant 9y ago
Sennheiser Momentum 2 Wireless ANC is far superior to Bose.
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by mordant 9y ago
You can search Amazon for these soft latex things which help keep Airpods in place.

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