nixusg

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   by nixusg 2y ago

   Solar power works very well in summer and can be used for cooling.
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   by nixusg 6y ago

   For a period I was a digital nomad and stayed in a few cities for ~1 month each. Airbnb allowed us to immerse ourselves in the local neighborhoods and get a real feel for the places. If I had to stay in a hotel for that same period I probab
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   by nixusg 10y ago

   So to provide some real numbers I just did this with a dishwasher. The circulation pump broke on a 4 year old dishwasher and would cost around $180 to repair but a new one with a 5 year guarantee would cost $350. Given the repairs came with
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   by nixusg 10y ago

   A couple months ago I setup an old Android phone to be a 3G hotspot for some ESP8266 devices. It also created a SSH reverse tunnel so that I could access the devices from the internet. After rooting the phone, compiling autossh & nginx
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   by nixusg 10y ago

   Just adding some ram is also not so easy in an embedded system.
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   by nixusg 11y ago

   Lower birth rates? Short term economic pain of a graying population for a long term gain.
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   by nixusg 14y ago

   South Africa is down too.
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   by nixusg 15y ago

   One more reason to have your own IP addresses.
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   by nixusg 17y ago

   For those heading to Cape Town at any point there are fellow HN readers living here that you can contact if you need any information.