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by jbuzbee 9y ago
Just tonight, my Wemo [1] light switch wanted to update its firmware and I noticed the firmware had openwrt in its name [1] http://www.wemo.com/ And strangely enough, my Wemos are also having trouble today, and Belkin (wemo
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Engineers create plants that glow(news.mit.edu)
74 points by jbuzbee 9y ago|32 comments
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by jbuzbee 9y ago
Here's my odd story. Years ago, my wife and I were sleeping over at my parents house and we were awoken by garbled conversation from the clock radio. I sleepily checked it out and saw that the radio was turned off. Thinking that the on
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Hackers shut down plant by targeting its safety system(engadget.com)
102 points by jbuzbee 9y ago|26 comments
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by jbuzbee 9y ago
The can and will come at it from the other side. They will charge Netflix, Spotify, Amazon, etc. money to get access to "their" network. And of course, those charges will be passed on to you resulting in higher bills.
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by jbuzbee 9y ago
I suspect there are a few of us on here that started out with a 300 baud acoustic coupler modem...
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by jbuzbee 9y ago
All things in moderation...
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by jbuzbee 9y ago
In 1984 I recall ordering a phone line in Denver and being asked if I wanted a party line or a single line. My apartment was in Denver-proper and having a party line was still an option in 1984.
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by jbuzbee 9y ago
I lost a lot of respect for Hickenlooper after he waffled on a death penalty decision pushing it off for the next governor. I could have accepted a decision in either direction, but he chose to not make a decision at all. When you are elect
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by jbuzbee 9y ago
They aren't counted because basically they're forced savings. Typically everything you put into SS you'll get back. Lower income folks end up getting more back than they put in. And the same for Medicare. It's a forced i
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by jbuzbee 9y ago
The New York Times had a fascinating article trying to track down the people who ended up being buried in "Potter's Field". One story that stuck with me was of a wealthy, accomplished woman who donated her body to science. O
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by jbuzbee 9y ago
>> Is the slow down part a real thing? They don't necessarily have to slow down competitors. They can just leave them at today's available bandwidth and speed. So ten years from now only companies who pay the toll, or ISP&#x
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by jbuzbee 9y ago
Obligatory: https://img.ifcdn.com/images/e7aa1c63573be10d2cb7b18edc55b0d...
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And I guess We don't need any fancy book-learnins here when it comes t basic economic principles either
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Agreed. In a robust employment market, lawmakers will raise the minimum wage to a level that is still lower than the market rate. The effect is pretty much zilch except for the lowest of the low-level employee. For them, the minimum wage ac
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by jbuzbee 9y ago
No matter the methodology in this report, common sense tells otherwise. It's a basic economic tenet that as the price of a good or service raises, less is purchased (Except for Giffen goods [1]). As a thought exercise, consider the eff
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by jbuzbee 9y ago
Note that Android does not use the Java VM. It never has. Initially code was compiled for the Dalvik VM, but more recently code is compiled for Art: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Runtime
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NIST advises services to not require that passwords be changed periodically(ibtimes.com)
142 points by jbuzbee 9y ago|64 comments
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by jbuzbee 9y ago
I remember my first time in international First Class. A very spacious seat. Personal service. Continuous champagne, caviar, goose-liver pate, Godiva chocolates, etc, etc, etc. All on linen with silver silverware. Since then, I've flow
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by jbuzbee 9y ago
Every time I hear about bad dental care, I think about these articles that were floating around ten years or so ago: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/world/europe/07teeth.html Ouch!
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Google offers at least $880M to LG display for OLED investment(reuters.com)
148 points by jbuzbee 10y ago|70 comments
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by jbuzbee 10y ago
If you use these airline cards thoughtfully, they're a great deal for the consumer. Last year United offered both myself and my wife 50K miles to sign up with no annual fee for the first year. Then they threw in some club passes and mo
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by jbuzbee 10y ago
Of course, there's always the suspicion that ISPs, including Comcast, give priority to the various speed-test sites... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r28685577-Speed-comcast-spee...
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SpaceX even landed the nose cone from its historic used Falcon 9 rocket launch(theverge.com)
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Smart TV hack embeds attack code into broadcast signal–no access required(arstechnica.com)
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by jbuzbee 10y ago
I believe my info on Roman slavery was from this lecture series, chapter 38: http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/history-of-ancient-ro...
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by jbuzbee 10y ago
I often wondered how slave holders justified their actions. And along those lines, I recall a lecture on Roman slavery. It made the point that it was standard-practice in Roman and other ancient cultures to raid other groups, kill everyone
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by jbuzbee 10y ago
The other thing to remember about garage springs is that they can and do break spontaneously with extreme force causing parts to fly off in all directions. The springs should be replaced on a regular basis. We've lived in our house for
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by jbuzbee 10y ago
See link [2] above. Watch his body-language. His facial expressions. His unique dance-movements. Where did all that come from? He was an original
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by jbuzbee 10y ago
A brilliant showman. If you can make your way through the corny "Rock! Rock! Rock!"[1] movie of 1957 you'll see some pretty awful performances from artists of the day. But then on comes Berry[2] His segment was heads-and-sho

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