neelc

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by neelc 6mo ago
I could be wrong, but I hold the opinion that ATProto is the CDMA (3GPP2) of social media protocols, while ActivityPub is GSM (3GPP). CDMA had better radio tech than GSM, but at the expense of openness. Qualcomm basically owned CDMA, and st
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by neelc 7mo ago
It's a cutting-edge distro with 6-month release and 13-month support cycles. Whereas Debian/Ubuntu have 5 years and RHEL/Alma/Rocky have 10 years.
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by neelc 7mo ago
Mac Mini/Studio has an integrated power supply, but other Mini PCs do not have the same luxury. It doesn't matter if you're Minisforum or HP. Minisforum probably reused the x86 power supply for ARM. The x86 MS-01 and MS-A2 su
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An ARM Homelab Server, or a Minisforum MS-R1 Review(sour.coffee)
126 points by neelc 7mo ago|98 comments
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We are a VPS host. We allow Tor exit relays. Here's why(fourplex.net)
8 points by neelc 7mo ago|0 comments
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by neelc 7mo ago
In the US, many refurbished Pixel phones are Verizon variants which disallow OEM unlocking. When was in college and had Sprint this was a nightmare since then I wanted root for unlimited hotspot (Sprint made it easy that way), but most refu
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by neelc 7mo ago
About his comment: > Unfortunately, I must recommend Windows 10/11 here, because then you don’t have to mess around with any drivers; it’s the simplest option. When I worked at Microsoft but ran FreeBSD at home, I often used my work
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by neelc 8mo ago
I previously ran another VPS host who did the same exact thing (before OVH did it?). Unlike Fourplex.net which uses modern ASRock Ryzen 9000 servers, Qeru.net used older HPE DL360 Gen9 servers. I gave 3GB of RAM for $3-4/mo then. But t
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by neelc 8mo ago
This. When I worked at Microsoft, I seldom used Azure for personal use due to it being expensive and complicated. Whereas I have plenty of Fourplex.net servers because even on half the salary, it's affordable enough for 16 Tor exit r
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by neelc 8mo ago
For providers like us, we have to lease IPv4. We came long after IPv4 was already depleted. IPv4 prices did go down. Despite that, the $15/year 128MB BuyVM plan is long-gone. But for a new provider like us, we'd have to spend more
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by neelc 8mo ago
I am very hopeful of CXMT. But then then it could take a while for them to ramp up production. Maybe by then, the AI bubble would've burst. One problem with US sanctions is it could hurt US companies too, like in the case of cutting-ed
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by neelc 8mo ago
This is true. We use ASRock Rack servers, mainly because the only option for our industry are OEMs like Supermicro and ASRock. Dell and HPE are non-starters, except for our "storage" offering. Back in 2019, HPE was a good midrange
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Is the RAM shortage killing small VPS hosts?(fourplex.net)
228 points by neelc 8mo ago|255 comments
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by neelc 9mo ago
The funny thing is, I used eSIM on a Pixel 3, since it was the easiest way to activate on Sprint. Now, no big carrier will use a Pixel 3's eSIM. But then on Sprint, they tried to copy the CDMA activation system on LTE whereas everyone
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by neelc 10mo ago
At the present moment I live in a place in NYC without fiber. Manhattan row townhomes are notoriously hard for Verizon to install FiOS in. I chose 5G over DOCSIS simply because of upload speeds. T-Mobile (both TMHI and Calyx Sprout SIM) has
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I'm done with coding(neelc.org)
163 points by neelc 2y ago|118 comments
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by neelc 2y ago
In case you were wondering, there is a 50% off coupon code: 50OFF_FEB25 Source: https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/9168/l2tp-static-ip-tunn...
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Show HN: Fourplex – public IPv4 and IPv6 addresses over non-IPsec L2TP(fourplex.net)
1 points by neelc 2y ago|1 comments
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Mastodon vs. Bluesky is a new standards war(neelc.org)
7 points by neelc 2y ago|0 comments
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We need a real GNU/Linux (not Android) smartphone ecosystem(old.reddit.com)
199 points by neelc 2y ago|223 comments
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by neelc 2y ago
There is a mis-feature on the ONT called "Broadcom Packet Flow Cache". It apparently speeds up TCP sessions but at the expense of allowing a large amount of then. Lumen fortunately moved off these ONTs. However, the new Smart NIDs
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by neelc 2y ago
When I had CenturyLink, I replaced the ONT via a JTAG cable on the new ONT. The stock CL ONT (Calix 716GE-I R2) had a 16384 connection limit, which prevented me from running high-bandwidth Tor relays. The new ONT (Calix 803G) did not. Calix
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N/A - deleted
4 points by neelc 2y ago|0 comments
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Tech is a cyclical industry: booms and busts are normal(neelc.org)
1 points by neelc 2y ago|0 comments
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Building my own HPE SAS cable from Amazon because HPE won't sell me one(neelc.org)
3 points by neelc 2y ago|0 comments
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by neelc 2y ago
Modern AT&T isn't really Ma Bell, it's SBC who bought AT&T and kept the AT&T name. That's why AT&T is based in Dallas and not New Jersey. Ma Bell today is really AT&T, Verizon and parts of Lumen, Frontier
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My High School banned Phones in 2011(neelc.org)
1 points by neelc 2y ago|0 comments
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by neelc 2y ago
The reality is, when a CDMA carrier deploys LTE without deploying UMTS, there are usually compatibility layers between CDMA and LTE such as CSFB and eHRPD for when VoLTE is absent. CDMA was never designed to interoperate with LTE as LTE was
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by neelc 2y ago
I've seen those at Costco stores also. Whereas in indie coffee shops they use a Square tablet and in Apple stores the store people just use iPhones with special cases. Best Buy or Walgreens uses POS tablets with a relatively ugly GUI.
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by neelc 3y ago
In the US, you could still use cash or debit/credit cards. Not everyone uses mobile payments, my mom and brother use cards but I use Google Pay on my OnePlus 12. You could live a smartphone-free life in the US, but the US is super iP

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