BenjiWiebe

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by BenjiWiebe 2mo ago
Well mostly true. You can replace an inefficient (turns power into heat) antenna with a more efficient antenna which will then radiate more. And some frequencies are regulated by effective radiated power, where they basically care about the
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by BenjiWiebe 2mo ago
Doesn't seem to allow port forwarding so I think you're probably good.
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
Are they truly open, or are they captive portals? Of course, it might be possible to exfiltrate data through a captive portal network, depending on how they implement the portal.
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
In that case, would it pay to call for an elevator going up, and then remain on it until it's being called down?
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
Do your neighbors have open Wi-Fi? I'm a country dweller, but when I'm in town I look at the Wi-Fi list (in horror) sometimes, and it's really rare to see an open Wi-Fi network.
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
Also, btw, the 'mag' part of the breaker is irrelevant. The magnetic component is for sudden large overcurrent events, to provide a quicker break than what a bimetallic strip can do.
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
Very true. Sorry for misreading your comment. I thought perhaps you had a non-eink ereader and were equating eink screens with ereaders. Apologies.
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
It wasn't obvious. My thought process was that they were equating ereaders with eink displays, and they had a non-eink ereader. To me, emitting light and reflecting light are completely different. (I suppose I'm not supposed to
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
The issue wasn't heat generated by excessive current, but heat generated by excessive resistance and normal current. Mag breakers and fuses won't help. A thermal fuse could work, provided it was thermally bonded to the bad conne
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
Eink doesn't emit light.
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
One awesome thing that SPF/DKIM/DMARC did... Now that spammers have "adapted", it means they can't say their email is from @mybank.com, or @microsoft.com, or @facebook.com, etc!
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
Not a lot of whimsy and delight in having your glue joint fail because the delightful & whimsical website gave bad advice.
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
5G has more range than 4G on the same frequency bands. 5G UWB has less range than 4G.
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
You can actually ditch the GUI and go to the command line with OpenWrt and do custom/weird/power-user stuff to your heart's content.
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
Looks like OpenWrt supports that model, so going that route would be an option of not having locked down software.
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
I just had double jaw surgery so I'm "eating" though a straw (or syringe). At least I can order regular food with this.
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
Maybe just the best marketed?
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
If you see chips where a chippy is working, that's fine. If you see sparks where a sparky is working, get a different sparky. :)
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
I think people getting blood usually have lost a bunch of their own first. And blood isn't usually given just for fun, it's to save their lives, i.e. PFAS isn't a huge concern at that point.
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
Btw, flash powder (at least the pyrotechnic variety as opposed to that used for camera flashes) is actually a primary high explosive. Primary = easy to activate, doesn't need an explosive initiator. High explosive = detonates rather th
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
Our dog is not ok with fireworks or gunshots. He either goes into the basement (normally off limits) or into the bedroom (mostly off limits) when he hears them. However it also took him quite a few years to get over his fear of thunder. I
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
Probably because they don't know any Italians (in Italy), just Italian Americans.
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by BenjiWiebe 3mo ago
Did you know that if you stay up a bit later* than twilight, the satellites disappear? *The later you stay up the more disappear, until the middle of the night. But they're most obvious shortly after dark.
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by BenjiWiebe 4mo ago
Just to compare it to my rural county: Henrico county: pop 345,000, 237 sq miles, 1455 population per sq mile Marion county: pop 11,600, 954 sq miles, 12 pop/sq mi. So it might be a small county but it sure ain't rural!
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by BenjiWiebe 4mo ago
In fact, just to for single mode fiber. Looking on fs.com, single mode cables are slightly cheaper, and the optics (for 10G) are $30 to MMF's $25. And you get much better future proofing with SMF. And if you do need a long fast run,
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by BenjiWiebe 4mo ago
Cameras and screens. /s mostly
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by BenjiWiebe 4mo ago
(Before Linode was acquired) I called in and quickly got on the phone with a live human who was very familiar with the product and helpful, and sounded (accent) like US-based support. At the time I was paying $12/month IIRC.
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by BenjiWiebe 4mo ago
Me neither, but I found the $3 option with an even quicker glance. https://tnahosting.net/hybrid-vps/
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by BenjiWiebe 4mo ago
You can buy used ICE cars for $10k easy. Like really really easy. Apologies if I missed your point.
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by BenjiWiebe 4mo ago
I've encountered control systems and PID controls, and I still find PID elegant and cool.

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