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by neelc 5y ago
I work at Microsoft (not on Azure) and run Tor relays. My Tor Exit hosts are Psychz Networks, Terrahost, and OVH, along with a middle relay on CenturyLink Fiber. Why? Azure egress bandwidth is too expensive for a Tor relay, even for a well-
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“Christian” Anti-Apple Propaganda (2002, Scroll Down to Macintosh Section)(objectiveministries.org)
3 points by neelc 5y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Startups vs Big Companies: Which do you prefer?
3 points by neelc 5y ago|2 comments
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Can we stay in full control of our personal computers and privacy?(medium.com)
6 points by neelc 5y ago|3 comments
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by neelc 5y ago
I did this deliberately mainly so it doesn't get a lot of attention. I wrote this article when I was angry, but later felt sorry for it so that's why I renamed it to a mix of Chinese and Japanese, so the algorithms move it down. I
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by neelc 5y ago
+1 I'll admit: I have a bad habit of whenever I'm angry just rant online. I deleted the article since I didn't want to put any more bad press against CenturyLink or myself. I could just lie that "I turned off my Tor rela
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by neelc 5y ago
Not an answer, but I work at Microsoft and unsurprisingly develop with C#. I can admit I miss developing primarily on Unix and FOSS. At home I contribute to Tor's Rust codebase and it feels much more enjoyable than C#/.NET. Even u
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by neelc 5y ago
Yes, it is GPON.
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by neelc 5y ago
OMG I wanted to create a similar service to Hoppy Network, but too bad you came first. Guess I'm stuck at a Big Tech job (for now). Anyways, wish all the best luck to you. There's also this service which I have for Tor bridges: h
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by neelc 5y ago
I am the author. Wave G is a crap service. Wave took CondoInternet and threw it down the drain. My "Gigabit" there was actually 10-20 Mbps most of the time. And where I had it, the building had wiring exclusivity to Comcast and Wa
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When Your Fiber ISP's 'Dumb' Device Screws Your TCP Sessions(neelc.org)
63 points by neelc 5y ago|68 comments
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How to DoS and Take Down Your GPON Fiber Modem/ONT with Small Packets(neelc.org)
2 points by neelc 5y ago|0 comments
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by neelc 5y ago
+1 I feel a lot of the "ThinkPad running GNU/Linux" crowd I described were originally descended from the Usenet crowd, and the culture propagated. They are the Unix die-hards who refuse to use non-FOSS solutions at any cost,
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Why are FOSS mailing lists heavy on inline-posting when everyone else top-posts?
3 points by neelc 5y ago|6 comments
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by neelc 5y ago
Thanks for the upvotes. I have updated my article. It seems Chase is whitelisting OSes, but they seem to allow Linux and not FreeBSD based on comments and using a Linux user agent. Chase may not block Linux because does Chase exactly want t
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Why not to whitelist operating system user agents(neelc.org)
147 points by neelc 5y ago|119 comments
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Why OSes suck and how learning from OpenBSD can make them less horrible (2019)(arccompute.com)
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CenturyLink Fiber, Tor Relays, Ping Spikes, and Packet Loss(neelc.org)
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by neelc 5y ago
While I don't own any recent Dell hardware (maybe apart from two thin clients I got off eBay), I own a similarly-spec'd HP Omen 30L desktop (AMD Ryzen 5800X version) that was shipped to WA. I did get the 30L from eBay without a GP
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by neelc 5y ago
I get two Lenovo ThinkPads from work, and have two personal HP Spectres, along with one Gateway (2020, not Acer) and ThinkPad (both low end). I love the 2020 HP Spectre hardware-wise (better than my work ThinkPads), but sometimes forced NVM
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by neelc 5y ago
Disclaimer: I work at Microsoft, but not on Windows (and I deal with a SaaS at MSFT). I am a FreeBSD committer and help maintain FreeBSD's GNOME packages and (very recently) the graphics drivers. The reason why Windows is full of UI in
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CenturyLink Advertises Fiber in Seattle neighborhoods that don't have it(neelc.org)
2 points by neelc 6y ago|0 comments
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by neelc 6y ago
And when Wave bought them, Wave put incompetent people in charge. I moved to a Seattle suburb and had "Wave G" (post-Wave CondoInternet). I had throughput issues, first on my apartment. That got resolved via Reddit. Then the backb
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Report the IANA/ISOC Sale of .org to the IRS(drewdevault.com)
5 points by neelc 7y ago|0 comments
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Why Is Linux Preferred over FreeBSD (Or *BSD/Solaris/Illumos) for Web Serving?
2 points by neelc 7y ago|2 comments
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Verizon Blocks Verizon.com on Tor Relay IP Addresses (Including Non-Exit Relays)(reddit.com)
1 points by neelc 7y ago|0 comments
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Verizon AS701 blocking Tor consensus server tor26 (86.59.21.38)(lists.torproject.org)
169 points by neelc 8y ago|22 comments