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by aheckler 5y ago
I'm wondering if there's any benefit to the average tech-savvy person to using Tailscale/ZeroTier as a VPN (with a VPS, say) vs. just using a consumer-facing VPN like Mullvad or whatever.
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by aheckler 5y ago
I asked the author of the OP about NextDNS on Twitter. His reply: https://twitter.com/benbalter/status/1433123882366611466
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by aheckler 5y ago
Ah, must have missed that, thanks! I guess I just expected it to not even prompt me if it wasn't going to work.
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by aheckler 5y ago
I tried their test site just now [0]. After clicking "I am human", my MacBook prompted me to confirm with my Apple Watch. I double-pressed the side button, but then got this error [1]. [0] https://cloudflarechallenge.co
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by aheckler 5y ago
> But when I start to blog I find the lack of live preview and spellcheck inconvenient. What platform are you using Simplenote on? On macOS at least, you can write in Markdown and preview it with Cmd+Shift+P. Spellcheck also seems to wor
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by aheckler 5y ago
I made a PR to correct this: https://github.com/GorvGoyl/Clone-Wars/pull/64
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by aheckler 6y ago
That's a perfectly fair attitude. I was just trying to show that it's not very expensive to scale WordPress. :)
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by aheckler 6y ago
> inherent inefficiency with WordPress design will incur more cost to scale Check out Cloudflare's Automatic Platform Optimization tool from last year [0]. It uses Workers to cache static and dynamic content from WordPress on the
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by aheckler 6y ago
I imagine it's for easier management of rules used to file email from certain accounts into folders.
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by aheckler 6y ago
I think the percentage that the GP is referencing is from W3Techs [0]. It's currently 39.7% in fact, and that's only looking at the top 10 million websites [1], so it's not just a simple installation count across all sites ev
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by aheckler 6y ago
We call the internal blogs "P2s". You can make one yourself even. :) https://wordpress.com/p2/
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by aheckler 6y ago
> Now they are at the mercy of Cloudflare, ProtonMail, Wordpress WordPress is open source software, not a company or platform. No one can stop anyone else from using it, provided they have some sort of hosting. You may be thinking of Wor
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by aheckler 6y ago
Can I ask how exactly you went about doing that? I would like to try iCloud for photos, but how did you manage to combine the image files Takeout gives to you with the metadata in the JSON files?
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by aheckler 6y ago
Something on Carrd.co? https://carrd.co/ Probably not the best for a blog, but would work for a static site.
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by aheckler 6y ago
Sorry, missed this comment somehow! > Are some of your older relatives not on FB? Just one right now: my elderly grandfather who's 90-something now and losing his eyesight. He's the one we use NanaGram for. Digital delivery wou
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by aheckler 6y ago
My favorite small game is probably Golf On Mars[0], the sequel to Desert Golfing. The game could almost not be simpler: you hit a golf ball into a hole, then the view shifts to show you the next hole. Repeat. Forever. There's no interf
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by aheckler 6y ago
> I disagree visitor count should have much bearing on cost for a mostly presentational site. Well, yes, I didn't say that it should. :) I just mentioned it because a lot of WordPress hosts (including Kinsta and Pressable) use month
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by aheckler 6y ago
If I were in your shoes, I'd move to Kinsta[0], Pressable[1], or some other reputable managed WordPress host. Most hosting providers should have pricing between $50 and $100/month for a site with that amount of traffic. If you wan
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by aheckler 6y ago
We use a private Facebook group, since most of our older relatives are on FB already. There are some privacy concerns, but frankly, the ease-of-use for us and our relatives just outweighs that. For relatives who don't have Internet acc
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by aheckler 6y ago
If you already have a website, maybe just make it a page there? No need to make a whole "Blog" section with this as the first entry. If it has anything to do with code, maybe a GitHub Gist?
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by aheckler 6y ago
I especially love Feedbin's ability to ingest email newsletters, so that I don't have those crowding my inbox. It's also a great way to follow the select few Twitter accounts I'm interested in. Not trying to be a shill,
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by aheckler 6y ago
As someone who works with WordPress every day, I can see both sides of the issue here. Could it be easier to set up and run locally? Sure. Could it be easier to customize without knowing any code? Sure. But also, getting a dynamic CMS like
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by aheckler 6y ago
Not the GP, but I'm guessing they prefer static sites simply because they are much more difficult to hack or compromise in some way. There's no database to defend from injection attacks, etc.
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by aheckler 6y ago
Not built into macOS, but you can use this app to get the Chrome-style quit delay for every app: https://commandqapp.com/
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by aheckler 6y ago
Try the Prana Bridger jean or Mugsy jeans. Feels like wearing sweatpants but still looks like denim.
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by aheckler 6y ago
Indeed! I have a few pairs of Prana Stretch Zion shorts (one of which I am wearing right now) and I can't really say enough about how great they are.
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by aheckler 6y ago
WordPress.com? It's WordPress, but with lots of extra goodies and a revamped interface, though you can still get to the traditional dashboard. It's more or less "managed", so your relative wouldn't be able to crash
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by aheckler 6y ago
You could use WordPress and some plugins (e.g. WooCommerce + Memberships + Subscriptions) to do it. Disclosure: I work for Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com and WooCommerce.
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by aheckler 6y ago
Agreed. It seems especially weird that, after moving files into a folder, they still appear in the main list. That, and the fact that new files are world-readable by default. (With unguessable URLs, but still...)
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by aheckler 7y ago
> Notable: [...] No updates recently. The latest release was on Jan 21. https://github.com/notable/notable/releases

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