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by nandhp 3y ago
Something like it! Setup for Windows 95 through Windows ME, when run from DOS, unpacked and launched a version of Windows 3.1 that was included in the MINI.CAB file.
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by nandhp 3y ago
This is an amazing article; I expect I'll get a lot out of it next time I have to debug a Cable modem problem. > Some cable modems (often based on the Broadcom chipset) expose a 'Spectrum Analyzer' interface on port 8080.
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by nandhp 6y ago
It looks like slrn.org has been compromised by spammers (perhaps the owner failed to renew the domain name in time?). https://slrn.info/ appears to be the current home of the project. ( https://jedsoft.org/
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by nandhp 6y ago
In the US we have "whipped butter" which (according to Wikipedia) is made spreadable by aerating it with nitrogen. I recall hearing that it isn't suitable for situations that require measuring because the volume is not the sa
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by nandhp 7y ago
PEP 594, actually: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0594/
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by nandhp 8y ago
> do people know that by emailing their local government their email address is now free for scammers to request under FOI? Florida, which has fairly broad open records laws, at least makes this extremely clear: http://www.leg
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by nandhp 8y ago
Probably those apps open pages in the browser (reddit posts certainly qualify), so this could happen if he uses Chrome (or uses Chrome for custom tabs) and has sync turned on. Chrome's browsing history can show up in Web & App Acti
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by nandhp 8y ago
The American Library Association specifically discourages the behavior of your local library: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/privacy/guidelines/library-manag... > For example, if the LMS offers the ability to
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by nandhp 8y ago
> Lenovo is pretty terrible with parts availability Really? That's too bad - I had to replace the fan on my Lenovo T500 some years back (~2011) and they had sent one overnight-by-10:30 (and it was pretty inexpensive, too). It certai
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by nandhp 8y ago
> Additionally with Android I still can’t send/receive sms via my computer like I can with my iPhone using 1st party tools (yes sms, in addition to iMessage work with my iPhone). I’d like to use android but this sort of messaging ex
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by nandhp 8y ago
Hasn't Dell offered AMD chips for a long time? Dell currently sells AMD-based laptops, and was doing so back in 2008 as well. For example, this Ryzen laptop: http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/ne
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by nandhp 8y ago
According to Wikipedia, it became a configuration file in Windows 95 (MS-DOS 7.0): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSDOS.SYS
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by nandhp 8y ago
> I've used googles (a bad idea, in retrospect) for the last 10 years or so. That is a reasonable consideration, but Google is very specific about how they use and retain data collected by Google Public DNS. Assuming they are not ly
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by nandhp 8y ago
It appears APNIC still owns the IP address, described as "APNIC and Cloudflare DNS Resolver project, Routed globally by AS13335/Cloudflare, Research prefix for APNIC Labs". https://wq.apnic.net/apnic-bin/
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by nandhp 8y ago
This sort of effort has existed for a long time, e.g. SETI@home and the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (although they don't tend to pay people). They've faced many of these same problems, and presumably devised minimum overh
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by nandhp 8y ago
"Access all data on all websites" isn't the only permission level. However, there are a lot of things extensions do that can only be implemented as hacks within the page the user is viewing, and if you want to run a script in
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by nandhp 9y ago
That's a good use for 3D printing, assuming someone knows and can publish the appropriate measurements for the gauge block.
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by nandhp 9y ago
You can set the time on your phone, and GPS spoofing is a technology that already exists -- or you could disable location services. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoofing_attack#GPS_spoofing
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by nandhp 9y ago
Software patents are not recognized in Europe, where the VideoLAN organization is based. http://www.videolan.org/legal.html
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by nandhp 9y ago
I think this is what they were referring to: 17 U.S. Code § 120(a): "The copyright in an architectural work that has been constructed does not include the right to prevent the making, distributing, or public display of pictures, painti
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by nandhp 9y ago
> Applies to: > Windows 10 for desktop editions (Home, Pro, Enterprise, and Education) x64 > Windows 10 for desktop editions (Home, Pro, Enterprise, and Education) x86 > Windows 10 Mobile ARM > Windows 10 Mobile x86 > Wind
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by nandhp 9y ago
AP also does some investigative work. For example, "Americans buying salmon for dinner at Walmart or ALDI may inadvertently have subsidized the North Korean government as it builds its nuclear weapons program, an AP investigation has f
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by nandhp 9y ago
Yeah, I saw that on the portfolio page. Since about July I've been looking mostly at the portfolio on the homepage, so I missed it.
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by nandhp 9y ago
Also, while the charts no longer require Flash, they no longer support arbitrary date ranges. So they're useless too now. Also, I find it very disappointing that they removed portfolios and portfolio downloads without telling anybody i
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by nandhp 9y ago
It's the A350: https://sqlite.org/famous.html And a video: https://twitter.com/copiousfreetime/status/67583454330408140...
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by nandhp 9y ago
See also, from four years ago: http://insideevs.com/entry-level-40kwh-tesla-model-s-cancell...
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by nandhp 9y ago
US Starbucks Cards can be used in certain other countries[1], and international money transfer would be a plausible excuse for requiring such information. However, that doesn't seem to be the case for Argentine Starbucks cards[2]. [1]
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by nandhp 9y ago
Maybe, but they must have had a strange priority. While I think I logged in recently, my account has always had a zero balance.
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by nandhp 9y ago
Email on the 27th, and also on the 19th and 20th.
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by nandhp 9y ago
I got three notifications from Coinbase, dating as early as July 19th; that's way more than 4 days notice.

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