jaclaz

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by jaclaz 4y ago
But, set aside the cost, there is as I see it a not-so-hidden environmental cost, the discarded TV set that could be repaired replacing one or two components needs to be somehow taken care of. There was a manufacturer in Italy that - at t
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by jaclaz 4y ago
As a side note, IMHO good ol' zapping (on TV) has been effectively killed a long time ago, when "modern" TV's came out. Once changing channel was instantaneous, since several years it has a delay/lag that takes most
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by jaclaz 4y ago
Seemingly many people don't usually, I think it depends on the country/tradition/habits, in the thread I linked to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25332981 there are quite a few replies of people that r
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by jaclaz 4y ago
>It sounds complicated but for me it just means opening windows throughout the house for about 15-30 minutes per day. In practice what our mothers and grandmothers did, without having ever sampled air. Some old reference: https:/&#
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by jaclaz 4y ago
And bat bombs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb
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by jaclaz 4y ago
Yes, I meant those (I believe much more common) various hardware token generators and those "in-app" ones (issued by the bank), that end up as a 6 or 8 digits that you have to type on the site.
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by jaclaz 4y ago
I think they are pushing for their "ecotank" concept, which is (or should be) less scammy than more traditional inkjet cartridges.
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by jaclaz 4y ago
I think the logic is the same. Having the possibility/capability of intercepting the SMS is only effective if the ID and PIN are already known, and while surely there are "other" ways to get them, the attacker needs all three
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by jaclaz 4y ago
Sure, but in this case, like in many "phishing" schemes, there is no interception of the SMS, this same approach applies to all other authentication tokens, as it is the victim that enters the OTP on the (fake) site or communicate
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by jaclaz 4y ago
Yes, but like most of these "provisions" it assumes that the device is working to be able to set/enter that "maintenance mode", so it is really a "maintenance mode" as opposed to a "repair mode".
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by jaclaz 4y ago
This is something I still cannot understand, in the sense that usually the procedure is the following, at least with my bank (that uses SMS OTP): On the website: 1. you input a user ID 2. you input a password or PIN 3. you press a button th
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by jaclaz 4y ago
I don't think everyone using office in the workd is "under" an IT Admin supervision, many home users and small businesses still use Word and Excel (and local storage), I believe.
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by jaclaz 4y ago
>Smart engineers think of ways to make everything fail-safe. Then humans behave like humans. We have abstract ideas of how responsible engineers/researchers are supposed to act, and then comes reality. As Douglas Adams put it: “A co
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by jaclaz 4y ago
>Was it safe? Safe enough for back then... Yep, but back then we were much more reckless, just the other day there was a story on HN on amateur chemistry (dying or dead): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33517520 Abo
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by jaclaz 4y ago
JFYI, there are two kinds of climbing formworks, the one you posted the video and the other one that makes use of pistons to slide (used mostly for tall pillars in bridges), like these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIMxXs
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by jaclaz 4y ago
>In its bankruptcy petition, FTX Trading said it has $10 billion to $50 billion in assets, $10 billion to $50 billion in liabilities, and more than 100,000 creditors. Seriously? Can such large ranges be filed as company economical data?
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by jaclaz 4y ago
That (at least in EU) is a Class II insulated device (as most low power chapters/adapters): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appliance_classes#Class_II But I have seen laptop chargers with earth/ground, I guess
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by jaclaz 4y ago
It probably depends on local codes, but: >and the outlet was correctly grounded using my water heater as ground, according to my outlet tester. I don't think that grounding to a water heater (please read as to water plumbing) is
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by jaclaz 4y ago
AdBlue is just the common commercial name/trademark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_exhaust_fluid for what should be called AUS32 (aqueous urea solution 32%).
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by jaclaz 4y ago
Interesting, at least here these hand sanitizers tend to be a soapy goop, a sort of alcoholoc shampoo, I could not imagine that anyone would attempt to drink it.
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by jaclaz 4y ago
... when accidentally ingested ... It is a bit different from methanol presence cases in alcoholic beverages such as wine, I don't think that anyone (if not in very rare accidents) would drink hand sanitizer and even if using it seve
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by jaclaz 4y ago
In Europe (France) there was a much earlier experiment (subsidized, the actual cost was astronomical) in the city of Biarritz: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32062275 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?
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by jaclaz 4y ago
>If only I can write an insincere apology to Google to ... I don't know, but likely the Google AI would decide that your apology is insincere and thus unacceptable.
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by jaclaz 4y ago
Ray Bradbury: "Life is trying things to see if they work."
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by jaclaz 4y ago
But that a few kings in Europe were given an elephant means that very likely a live elephant was like the most precious (and rare) gift in the world.
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by jaclaz 4y ago
As I see it, it is not a tank, but rather a manifold to support the two valves/taps. An example of a "modern" one (similar ones in plumbing are still hand made on the spot with pipes, but this is a pre-fabricated one): https
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by jaclaz 4y ago
I remember many years ago when in France to be a moped (technically a cyclomoteur, that could be driven by 14 years old without a license) there was the need to have pedals, so there were "funny" motorbikes with pedals clearly add
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by jaclaz 4y ago
Oww, come on, there is no way it could have been vertical, and even if it was, it would be way too short, given the diameter, to allow for a meaningful air cushion. Besides, in actual hammer arrestors both inlet and outlets would have been
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by jaclaz 4y ago
Surely it isn't a tank (it would make no sense to have a small, 5 or 10 liters or so tank), but it is also not a hammer arrestor, as it is not vertical, and there is no way it could provide the air cushion needed. Very likely it is sim
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by jaclaz 4y ago
Slightly OT, I remember a non-crt, the Toshiba 5200 (which was more than a laptop a transportable as it needed mains connection), plasma screen that had a distinctive (slightly darker than amber CRT's) orange that was very readable. h

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