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by almog 4y ago
I regret not reading his books earlier in my life. Yet in these last 2 years (which weren't all that great for me), reading his books (for the first time) has been a rare treat that's been really lifting my spirit.
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“I think I was good though I could have been better” – Terry Pratchett biography(theguardian.com)
19 points by almog 4y ago|3 comments
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U.S. household wealth suffers record drop in second quarter(reuters.com)
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by almog 4y ago
I have the ACR ResQLink 375. It's the second one I own, the previous one I lost in the Pyrenees (attached it to by shoulder straps in a bad way and could not hear it fall due to the winds). The reason I mention it is that NOAA (which r
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by almog 4y ago
It is my understanding that inter-satellite links makes communication effectively instant, not ground to satellite delivery in challenging environment, such as deep canyons (especially north to south ones) with narrow view of the sky. GEO m
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by almog 4y ago
Modern PLBs send your location to both LEOSAR, MEOSAR and GEOSAR, as well as 121.5MHz homing signal for SAR responders that need to find you exact location (since you might not even have good GPS signal or GPS signal at all if you're i
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by almog 4y ago
> It’s like suggesting to encrypt public keys. Wouldn't that same argument suggest that that encrypted DNS queries should not be something one would want to use? My point is - it's nothing like that, I'm sure that most peo
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by almog 4y ago
Not only that a PLB let you send a distress signal to low orbit network of satellite, it sends its 406MHz signal to three types of networks: low earth orbit (LEO) , geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO) and medium earth orbit (MEO), as well
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by almog 4y ago
I imagine it might be obvious for most users and potential users of pass, and being in line with the unix philosophy, it might be by design, but still, since I didn't see it mentioned in the documentation, it's worth mentioning: B
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by almog 4y ago
> The industry should fix email interoperability before politicians do. We will all win. Not sure if by "politicians" he means legislators, but given very few players that control today's email deliverability, while doing
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Meta Horizon VP is leaving the company(cnbc.com)
3 points by almog 4y ago|0 comments
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by almog 4y ago
I'm no expert in search engine and as such, I found Victor Lavrenko's videos (52 of them) very well made though it's probably not nearly as rigorous as what you might be looking for: https://www.youtube.com/c
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Firefox search-bar undo function has been broken for over 8 months now(bugzilla.mozilla.org)
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by almog 4y ago
Cannot speak for the environmental but DWR is usually contains either wax, silicone or fluorocarbon. The latter is I think the more durable of the three. DWR on outer clothing layers such as shell works in tandem with inner PU or PTFE membr
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by almog 4y ago
Dan Durston's posts on BPL are the goldmine I usually end up at when searching for technical explanation or classification of a fabric: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Abackpackinglight.com+...
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by almog 4y ago
These are great examples of threads to use in outdoor applications (I use Tera 80 and 60 almost exclusively). However, I believe* polyester threads are not a popular choice when it comes to quilting (unless of course they are referring to t
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by almog 4y ago
I've used that for legitimate use too, and yes, it can be convenient. I think it can stay convenient without some of the issues that made this particular phishing mail so well made (i.e. tell the recipient that the message they're
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by almog 4y ago
I received a phishing email like this two weeks ago (different text and phone number but same scheme overall): https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FZWERGlXgAIUVF7?format=jpg It took me a while to figure out what's going o
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by almog 4y ago
Thanks for the encouragement! The tent looks pretty great, considering what was available in 2010 both in terms of fabrics choice and educational materials. Nowadays I'm mostly a flat-tarp user. I use an HMG 10' x 8' tarp whi
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by almog 4y ago
Great explanation! I have the other zigzag model, the "Automatic Zigzagger", model 160985 which uses cams. Have only used it for finish work on thin fabrics but did use it to mend and reinforce denim garments, and it worked quite
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by almog 4y ago
I was humbled by just how complex sewing can be for me as someone who up until recently only experience with sewing was mending rips and buttons by hand. That is to say, I have a lot to learn when it comes to applying sewing technique to pa
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by almog 4y ago
I'm not associated with learnmyog.com, but have been wanting to get into MYOG pretty much since I learned of ultralight backpacking and people who were making their own packs, tarps, quilts etc. So in 2015 I've bought an old (as i
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Learn to sew your own outdoor gear(learnmyog.com)
748 points by almog 4y ago|164 comments
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Amazon to charge sellers a $0.35 fee per item orderd using Fulfillment by Amazon(cnbc.com)
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by almog 4y ago
Have you tried probing for 4G provider(s?) IP renew limits and IP allocation space size? Things I can think of that would be interesting to know: 1. How uniformly distributed are the IP addresses you're getting. 2. The size of th
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by almog 4y ago
Is that Marc Andreessen's modern day's equivalent of a stuntman putting his face into a Lion's mouth? Whatever A16z's reason's might be, I can only assume (and hope) it'll end up not unlike the story of the sco
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TikTok now offers a basic text-to-image AI generator directly in the app(theverge.com)
3 points by almog 4y ago|1 comments
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Record Death Valley flooding ‘a once-in-1k-year event’(theguardian.com)
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by almog 4y ago
Do Amazon and Meta get away with zero oncall compensation policy even in Western European countries?
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by almog 4y ago
While not directly related, it reminded me of another plan (from 1963), sponsored by the US to create an alternate to the Suez Canal, through the Israeli Negev Desert using... 520 nuclear bombs: https://www.businessinsider.com&#x

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