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by k33l0r 9y ago
Seems that you can at least buy a Quantum SA.45s Chip Scale Atomic Clock for a mere $928: - https://www.microsemi.com/products/timing-synchronization-sy... - https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/
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Shopify is making its own cleverly designed credit card reader(theverge.com)
2 points by k33l0r 9y ago|0 comments
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by k33l0r 10y ago
I've looked at Heap before but the lack of pricing between free and “custom” has turned me off trying it. Really hard to recommend it to anyone else either since there's no information about what it would end up costing (assuming
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by k33l0r 10y ago
I bought myself an Ubiquiti Security Gateway and the AC Pro access point. Works really well and the total cost wasn't all that much more than, for example, an Airport Extreme…
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by k33l0r 10y ago
Adafruit sells the MCP9808 (±0.25°C), not quite 0.1°C but closer… https://www.adafruit.com/product/1782
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by k33l0r 10y ago
Google also supports U2F
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Nokia is buying digital health firm Withings for $191M(theverge.com)
11 points by k33l0r 10y ago|0 comments
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by k33l0r 11y ago
Seems that the server is sending an incomplete chain: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=hubl.in (“This server's certificate chain is incomplete”)
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Show HN: Goad – Goad is an AWS Lambda powered distributed load testing tool(github.com)
10 points by k33l0r 11y ago|0 comments
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by k33l0r 11y ago
Nothing since then. I moved on and aren't inclined to go back to CloudFlare.
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by k33l0r 11y ago
I tried using CloudFlare for my site, but they (or their CA partner) wouldn't issue a certificate for my domain (piranhas.co) because it contains the substring “iran”. Seriously[0]. [0]: https://twitter.com/matiaskorhon
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by k33l0r 11y ago
I've been through the training for airport security officers (not in the US, though) and that's one of the techniques they taught us. Also most baggage locks are ridiculously easy to pick with basic tools (literally a 15-30 minute
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by k33l0r 12y ago
Something not mentioned in the article: only SHA-1 certificates with expiry dates past the 1st of January 2017 will be marked as “affirmatively insecure.” https://www.entrust.com/sha-1-deprecation-update-not-chrome-...
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Lenovo.com has been hacked, possibly by Lizard Squad(theverge.com)
8 points by k33l0r 12y ago|0 comments
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by k33l0r 12y ago
The connector for iPods, iPads, and iPhones has only changed once. And the old 30-pin dock connector was in use for 11 years. 11 years now counts as “every so often”? As for macs, the original MagSafe connector was in production for 6 years
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Introducing the $19 Photon (a wifi-enabled microcontroller)(blog.spark.io)
1 points by k33l0r 12y ago|0 comments
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by k33l0r 12y ago
It's mostly useful for those of us who don't actually live in a country with an Amazon “presence”, so to speak. I can never really be sure which Amazon will be cheapest for me here in Finland.
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by k33l0r 12y ago
Thanks for the feedback. A shopping cart approach is something I've thought about, but I'm not sure when I'll have the time and/or energy to get it done…
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by k33l0r 12y ago
I used to use a couple of competitors, but I was pretty dissatisfied with them all. I thought I could do better, hence the site... bigwords.com also only seems to work for textbooks.
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by k33l0r 12y ago
Thanks!
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by k33l0r 12y ago
Amazon.es is on my todo list. I should get round to it relatively soon…
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by k33l0r 12y ago
You're welcome! The Book Depository was actually founded by some ex-Amazon employees. Amazon bought them a couple of years ago.
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by k33l0r 12y ago
I submitted this sometime ago when I first launched it, but it's recently undergone a fairly major redesign (basically a full rewrite of both the front- and backends).
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by k33l0r 12y ago
Thanks
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Show HN: Compare book prices across Amazon, Wordery, and the Book Depository(piranhas.co)
42 points by k33l0r 12y ago|36 comments
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by k33l0r 13y ago
There are efforts underway to redefine the kilogram: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilogram#Proposed_future_defini...
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Time to do something about validate & validates (in ActiveModel)?(randomerrata.com)
1 points by k33l0r 13y ago|0 comments
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by k33l0r 13y ago
This was our team's Rails Rumble 2013 entry. More details on our blog: http://blog.kiskolabs.com/post/64607343183/meals-feels
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Show HN: Meals/Feels - Log your meals and feels to spot food allergies(mealsfeels.com)
83 points by k33l0r 13y ago|41 comments
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Show actual signal strength (in dBm) instead of little baubles on your iPhone(randomerrata.com)
1 points by k33l0r 13y ago|0 comments

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