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Local Networks Go Global When Domain Names Collide(krebsonsecurity.com)
8 points by dmckeon 2y ago|0 comments
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by dmckeon 2y ago
One problematic additive is ethanol, often found as 10% of gas pump fuel volume. Ethanol absorbs water vapor from the air, then settles to the bottom of the gas tank or carb bowl, and corrosion or deposits may ensue. Drain tank & run
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by dmckeon 2y ago
Also related: if you place anything on top of your car - coffee, wallet, briefcase - putting your keys with it makes it hard to forget & drive off.
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by dmckeon 2y ago
Before a 1959 earthquake, Old Faithful had a very regular cycle time - thus the name. Since then, the name has become less apt.
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by dmckeon 2y ago
> promoting bike brands and riding bikes provided by their sponsors Therein lies an answer - change the disincentives - instead of banning cheating riders, ban all of the sponsors of those riders for a time. Now the onus is on the spons
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by dmckeon 2y ago
and Mork. Not the alien, but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mork_(file_format)
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by dmckeon 2y ago
> I also remember this lunar lander game running on a couple terminals at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, California, also in the mid 1970s. I recall lunar lander being available on, IIRC, ADM-3 terminals at Lawrence in early 1
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by dmckeon 2y ago
The comp.risks archive is at http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/
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by dmckeon 2y ago
I wonder if some miniature chain shot, made with ~2-3mm split shot fishing weights clamped over 20-30cm of monofilament line, all in a smoothbore shell, would work to entangle drone propellors, and perhaps leave the drone in a reusable stat
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by dmckeon 2y ago
Have you found and cleaned all the lint filters and exhaust air passages? A shop vac and/or an electric leaf blower may serve to improve throughput.
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by dmckeon 2y ago
A recent find in Minnesota may change that outlook: https://interestingengineering.com/energy/minnesota-dream-he...
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by dmckeon 2y ago
Pet peeve: During Q&A, the presenter should repeat the question. Even if the asker has a microphone, they are often not clearly audible. Repeating the question, or a brief version of it, lets the audiences, both present and via video,
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by dmckeon 3y ago
Fun fact: Henry David Thoreau's family was active in the pencil-making business in the 1820..1850 timeframe, and Henry D. made several innovations in the art. https://www.walden.org/what-we-do/library/the-tran
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by dmckeon 3y ago
In my opinion, wait times for voters of more than 30 minutes should be grounds for civil suit or impeachment of the election officials responsible. Other variables of interest would include voter dwell time - the time it takes for one vote
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by dmckeon 3y ago
For similar sounding names, this fuzzy match is pretty effective. https://www.archives.gov/research/census/soundex
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by dmckeon 3y ago
One approach to requiring prerequisites is to give a test on the prerequisite content on the first or second day of class, with the test scored quickly, and the results worth 20% of the final course grade. Students who do well on the test
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by dmckeon 3y ago
Congress-people have few incentives to restrain or reduce the national debt. There is plenty of talk, but little action. The event horizon may be distant, but the pull is inexorable. What could possibly solve this? Could we give repres
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by dmckeon 3y ago
It would be interesting to see train conductors on electric mountain bikes, with drones scanning each side of the stopped train for damaged or cut air hoses, hotbox bearings, etc. Could save a lot of walking, if the railroad and the union
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by dmckeon 3y ago
Note the temperatures - 5C, 41F - is the mouse tidying, or trying to build a nest in what might be a styrofoam container?
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by dmckeon 3y ago
There is an excellent book that covers the topic: The Fabric of Civilization, by Virginia Postrel. The part most amazing to me was the pyramid effect of fabric production in the days before mechanization - 20 spinners per weaver producing
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by dmckeon 3y ago
Publishing reproducible research would disincentivize fraud by providing a clear way to expose fraud, and could tend to benefit other researchers in the field, by effectively sharing specific methods as well as results. Incentivizing reprod
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by dmckeon 3y ago
Dual dash-cams with high-endurance SD cards can help with auto liability. If your auto policies only meet the state limits, or your home insurance has not kept up with market values or replacement costs, perhaps talk to an independent bro
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by dmckeon 3y ago
Rather than an post-hoc investigation model, how about promoting reproducibility in publication, with an expectation that others can run the same study with identical equipment, models, codes, playbooks, etc. For PIs getting government fun
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by dmckeon 3y ago
Newspapers and reviewers published in them have exposure to their reputations. Readers who get advance copies may have no reputation to care for or defend. Book publishers could send a few one-time codes with each advance copy if they wan
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by dmckeon 3y ago
That Goodreads accepts reviews for books that have not yet been published tells me almost everything I need to know about them.
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by dmckeon 3y ago
Put a patch panel in the structured media center, attach all house Cat-5++ cables to it. Put in-wall keystone RJ-45 receptacles at the other end of each cable. Put ISP router/gateway/wifi box at some central location. Use patch c
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by dmckeon 3y ago
My spam calls are down to 1 or 2 per month after using nomorobo.com for 5 years. It is not direct action as TFA suggests, but it works well for me. Callers reach voicemail, almost never leave messages, and the phone almost never rings. F
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by dmckeon 3y ago
Okay, make that spouse instead, because spousal immunity. Also, make the funds' holdings temporarily blind: a fund does not reveal the entirety of the holdings in its portfolio until 5 years after year-end, and waits 3 months after th
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by dmckeon 3y ago
Radical proposal: Rather than trying to police leakage of insider information, level the playing field for both politicians and fed employees by creating a dozen or so national mutual funds of at least 1,000 equity positions each that int
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by dmckeon 3y ago
For flight to a destination, it may be possible to use an altitude with a more favorable wind direction. For landing, the aircraft approaches a mooring mast from downwind.

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