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by creeble 9y ago
I get it a little, but still think this article summarizes the deficiencies well, and concurs with your confusion: Bitcoin Is None Of The Things It Was Supposed To Be https://theoutline.com/post/2592/bitcoin-is-non
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by creeble 9y ago
The monopoly broadband providers are extremely good at spreading FUD based on (incorrect) market-based economies: that public-sector solutions are usually more expensive and less efficient than private-sector ones. This is only true in the
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by creeble 9y ago
>”The sort of activity which led to the financial crisis would not be mitigated by the establishment of a decentralized currency.” Indeed, the ‘sort of activity’ which led to crisi is simply called greed. As far as I can tell, crypto cur
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by creeble 9y ago
Hey! An Amdek color monitor! I worked for Amdek in 1983. We sold a LOT of those color monitors.
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by creeble 9y ago
A few for mining Bitcoin, I think :) I hadn't heard of Eccles and Jordan before this article; I had previously believed that the flip flop was invented by Eckert and Mauchly. Good to know!
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by creeble 9y ago
Wow, both terrific tips, thanks!
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by creeble 9y ago
Trailer age restrictions, I haven't heard of that. We bought a pretty old (1986), small (15') travel trailer that we've been working on in order to explore some bits of California and hopefully other parts of the US we haven&
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by creeble 9y ago
And to comment more on my own post, and make the Amazon link even more ironic(?), there's the whole Amazon "Camper Force"[1] thing, which Wired[2] did an article about a couple of months ago. It seems Camperforce is a combin
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by creeble 9y ago
Sorry, I just used the link from the little email icon Amazon shows. Didn't realize it had an affiliate link (I don't have an affiliate account that I know of).
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by creeble 9y ago
Trailer, RV, and mobile home living is experiencing a huge resurgence, largely because of the 10k baby boomers a day entering retirement. Unfortunately, while many of those boomers are just wanting to check out the experience, many have f
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by creeble 9y ago
I'd be curious to know the benefit of IFTTT over the registered search/notify built in to CL. Different options or...?
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by creeble 9y ago
I like this article, "Bitcoin is none of the things it was supposed to be": https://theoutline.com/post/2592/bitcoin-is-none-of-the-thin... Bitcoin can't operate as a currency without having exchang
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by creeble 9y ago
I love my Tomato router, I'm on my second in about 7 years. Asus N66u I think. The first I bought and configured myself, which was a tiny bit of pain finding the right binary, etc. The router I'm using now I bought from FlashRoute
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by creeble 9y ago
I hate to be too cynical, but in today's 'regulatory framework' it's easy to interpret this method of "notification" as merely a test to use for future notifications. Not getting fast enough Netflix? Here'
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by creeble 9y ago
Not sure I understand the point of the article. How is this different from what CloudFlare does (for free)?
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by creeble 9y ago
Caution: open recursive resolvers need protection from being used for DNS amplification attacks.
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by creeble 9y ago
Interesting, this was an echo dot for me too. I have both a dot and regular Echo and haven't heard anything from the Echo, although it's in the other room and I might not notice at night. Maybe a Dot thing.
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Ask HN: Does your Amazon Echo talk to you without being asked?
23 points by creeble 9y ago|29 comments
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by creeble 9y ago
It can install on most Debian-based systems pretty easily. I had it running on a VPS for a few months before running it on a Pi on my LAN. Just be aware that running an open resolver on the Internet's can make you a source for a DNS am
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by creeble 9y ago
Be careful of open DNS servers being used in amplification attacks. My previous internet-based Pi-hole server got flagged for this.
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by creeble 9y ago
There is a "temporary defeat" button in Pi-hole that turns it off completely for n minutes. I use it surprisingly frequently when I'm shopping for something. Google ads can be extremely useful when you're looking for som
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by creeble 9y ago
Okay, sorry, perhaps my point is different. It is irrelevant whether you have any credit cards, or whether you have a bad credit rating, or whether you care. If you have a mortgage in the US, then Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion have you
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by creeble 9y ago
I would suggest that your disagreement with patio11's post bears no relevance with people who already have credit ratings, have been caught by the Equifax leak, and are at increased risk for identity theft as a result (which, I think
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by creeble 9y ago
This is not true. I checked, and it offered me the opportunity to sign up "on or after" a specific date. There is no automatic enrollment.
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by creeble 9y ago
I got the same message, but nowhere did I read "you have been affected". Is this just implied? I cancelled my Equifax credit watch account about 5 months ago, when they decided to raise rates. Never have I hoped so much for a busi
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by creeble 9y ago
"Feels flimsy" doesn't mean they can't last. I paid usd$350 for our new Kenmore washer in 1995. I have had it apart three times in that period, all for repairs that cost less than $50 in parts and at most two hours time.
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by creeble 9y ago
Need? Like, there are people going around complaining that their clothes never get clean enough unless they swap them around in the washer? I have found most washer "innovations" are simply ways for companies to sell new washers,
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by creeble 9y ago
Is there actual evidence that consumer horizontal machines take less energy per cycle?
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by creeble 9y ago
Try replacing the springs, or checking to see if one is broken. Happened to me. 22 years, same washing machine.
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by creeble 9y ago
Is this a British thing? I'm pretty sure my 22-year-old Kenmore washer doesn't have any concrete in it. I have it apart three or four times in 22 years for different maintenance (never costing more than $50 in parts) and it's

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