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by briHass 3y ago
I agree with that, but there's always going to be exceptions like 'smart' TVs. I have a Roku-based one, and I accept that whatever service (Disney/Hulu/etc.) I connect to can track what I do on their app, but I don&
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by briHass 3y ago
You might actually be surprised, or at least I was, that browsers -- and typically worse, IoT junk, still generally respect the DNS server(s) served to them via DHCP or they use plain ol' 53 to the hardcoded Google/Cloudflare stan
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by briHass 3y ago
Yeah, I was saying the feeder neutral has ties to ground at the pole and usually at multiple points near the house: multiple ground rods, UFER, copper water pipe, etc. The equipment grounding conductor (typically referred to as the 'gr
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by briHass 3y ago
Sure, but the transformer still has 2 connections on the input (HV) side. The neutral path just doesn't run on a continuous wire all the way back. I think it's interesting that a similar idea can actually be demonstrated in your o
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by briHass 3y ago
Short answer: they don't. A residential transformer has an input connection to a 'hot' and the neutral line. The neutral connection just isn't as obvious, because it may be to the body of the transformer itself.
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by briHass 3y ago
I'd recommend staying away from the 8266s at this point. The chip is EoL and the ESP32 offers double the speed, more than double the IO pins, and bluetooth. The 8266 is limiting with its single ADC pin, and single hardware serial and i
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by briHass 3y ago
I had a similar awakening as I got older. Mine was mostly driven by reading non-fiction books, where the author drags a concept that could be adaquitly explained in 10 pages into a 350 page book. It just feels disrespectful of the reader: l
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by briHass 3y ago
I have many fond memories of birthday parties/outings at Showbiz. I was mostly aging out of it by the time it converted to CeC in the early 90s. As a young (and current) nerd, I always liked the animatronics, and how can you top pizza,
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by briHass 3y ago
It's always shocking to me that in my lifetime (programming on a VIC-20 as a kid), computers have gone from something that you could understand at all levels to a deep pile of abstractions that no one can honestly claim to understand w
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by briHass 3y ago
I swear the 'keep doing what you're doing' must either be the standard HR planted review (I wasn't invited to the HR conference where they learned that!), or it's GD's own spam for pay. I've seen that too
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by briHass 3y ago
Discipline does work; it's ultimately what the 'bad' kids get when they have runins with the criminal justice system. The lack of discipline from the parents, mentors, and teachers early on is why the State has to do it later
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by briHass 3y ago
I have a love/hate, but SQL Server Management Studio. Especially if you load a couple of the Redgate tools, it is insanely powerful and the intellisense completion is amazing. I've used almost all of the major tools for other DBs,
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by briHass 3y ago
If you're on Windows, OneNote is almost impossible to compete with. Even though it's part of the Office suite, it's a free, stand-alone download. The phone apps are free, and you get 5GB of free storage. Then, for less than t
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by briHass 3y ago
This is perhaps true for shrink-wrapped software (in so far as that still exists), but for B2B SaaS products, the ability to easily maintain and enhance the codebase is vital to the long-term success of the product. Maybe it won't actu
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by briHass 3y ago
Same here. Anyone that works in a highly-regulated industry doing software (e.g. finance, healthcare) is probably not going to see much AI pressure on programmers until the legal quagmire is cleared up. There are privacy concerns with the d
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by briHass 3y ago
Sure, for now. If it ever reaches wide adoption, when Google/MS/Apple see only 2% of users use a 3rd party to store keys, why would they continue to maintain the ability to integrate? Especially if there's some advantage (loc
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by briHass 3y ago
The problem is how you get those keys, rather, the results of crypto functions on those keys, back to the requesting website. That process, 'Client to Authenticator'[1] relies on the goodwill of the 'Clients', which for
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by briHass 3y ago
OAuth/OIDC flow through Facebook (or whoever) doesn't really have the same tight integration into the browser/OS that WebAuthn proposes, however. There's also no compelling reason for 'Website X' to support OID
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by briHass 3y ago
Fair enough. I stopped using it right around the time (~2 years ago?) when they finally added the ability to do an export. At that time, the compelling reason to use alternative TOTP apps was the ability to sync the secrets. I assume this f
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by briHass 3y ago
I'm calling it now: if/when this really takes off, this will absolutely be used as a way to lock users into the platform (OS and/or browser). Even the vendors that have committed to being open about 3rd party integration will
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by briHass 3y ago
Yep. Late 70s is when the major shift happened: no more lead paint, no asbestos, electrical with a ground, Romex wire instead of that dangerous cloth crap, and ductwork for basic HVAC (furnaces at least.) The only major advancements beyond
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by briHass 3y ago
Renogy sells a 10A charge controller ( https://www.amazon.com/Renogy-Wanderer-Amp-12V-24V/dp/B07NPD... ) that frequently goes on sale for around $10. It has a RS232 port, and there are libraries for ESP devices and&
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by briHass 3y ago
Not this one, though. It's actually surprisingly expensive for what it is. One could build this with an ESP32 and a couple of jellybean parts to regulate the voltage to what the chip needs and create a voltage divider. Even with a case
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by briHass 3y ago
Don't forget, however, that the $45K landscaper probably pays zero in Federal taxes, while the 900K dev (assuming it was all cash, which it isn't) is losing a third of that to Fed taxes alone, and tons more to State and local. I&#
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by briHass 3y ago
I've also added (pfSense with pfBlocker) a list-rule to block all Public DNS servers ( https://public-dns.info/ ). If you want to resolve a name, you gotta go through my DNS server. The UDP:53 block gets almost everythin
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by briHass 3y ago
Blame the state and local governments (and especially the disparity among them) for that. Amazon and other big realtailers just said it's not fair that we have to deal with sales tax if smallecommerce.com doesn't. Sales tax is a p
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by briHass 3y ago
I admit to being a bit of a YT addict, but this would be the end of watching YT for me. Whenever I watch YT on the Android app, I'm absolutely appalled at the frequency, duration, and low-quality of the ads. Often, a 30s-1 min video wi
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by briHass 3y ago
This problem is multiplied by the fact that most consumer goods have subtle differences in design between brands and even model lines within the brand. If there were only 2 or 3 different, standardized dishwasher racks for all models, stock
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by briHass 3y ago
> That said, I'd absolutely recommend sugar over many other available sweeteners. I sure wouldn't. Many of the classic, non-nutritive sweeteners like sucralose have been tested more thoroughly than almost any substance we inges
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by briHass 3y ago
Because, at least for many, the desire to learn is hardwired and gives us an immense feeling of satisfaction and pleasure. I read/study/try many things that have no (or negative) material value and are done far better and more eff

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