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by p1mrx 1y ago
The current shadow looks physically impossible... or it would only be possible during a lunar eclipse. At least there are no stars in the shadow, so they get partial credit.
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by p1mrx 1y ago
Might be useful for people to investigate hardware mods that disable WiFi on their newer gateways. I have an XB3, but motion detection requires an XB7/XB8: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43527521
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by p1mrx 1y ago
It's much easier to build an IP layer 6-to-4 gateway (like NAT64) than a 4-to-6 gateway, because the IPv4 header doesn't have room for a 128-bit destination address. The most practical "4-to-6 gateway" would be a SOCKS o
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by p1mrx 1y ago
https://beej.us/guide/bgnet/html/ section 5.6
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by p1mrx 1y ago
> real time chess That would describe Crypt of the NecroDancer .
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by p1mrx 1y ago
I often do that (with a larger prefix, like 1MB) to reset flash drives with weird partitioning.
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by p1mrx 1y ago
> and needing external tools like Rufus Ubuntu and Linux Mint are now recommending balenaEtcher, which is easier to use than Rufus.
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by p1mrx 1y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IOL4q5tDDQ
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by p1mrx 1y ago
They probably couldn't be bothered to sort trash and compost into separate bins.
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by p1mrx 1y ago
I'm slightly impressed that the video (3.4 MB) is only 100 times larger than the original MIDI (33 kB)
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by p1mrx 1y ago
These are currently selling for under $20 on eBay. There may be an opportunity to buy and recall these for a small profit, though personally I don't think it's worth the effort/risk.
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by p1mrx 1y ago
> Scientists expected the outermost layer of Venus’ crust would grow thicker and thicker over time I recall watching this NOVA episode in 1995 where scientists had no idea whether the lithosphere is thick or thin. Seek to 36 minutes: ht
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by p1mrx 1y ago
We can avoid orbital drift through the magic of building two of them.
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by p1mrx 1y ago
> gasoline pump ads: one button always mutes them I don't think this is true anymore. I've pushed all 8 buttons on a pump near me, and it didn't mute. Almost purchased a car wash though. Thankfully my primary car is electr
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by p1mrx 1y ago
> Don't need to run power lines for hundreds of miles if you have a generator on your roof. To remove the need for power lines, you also need batteries, and enough solar to make it through winter.
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by p1mrx 1y ago
Maybe they could use a plastic bag surrounded by a cardboard box, like the bulk cat litter at Menards.
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by p1mrx 1y ago
Titanium is 4.51 g/cm³, vs osmium at 22.5 g/cm³. Did you mean tungsten at 19.3 g/cm³?
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by p1mrx 2y ago
You could also try the BirdNET app: https://birdnet.cornell.edu/
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by p1mrx 2y ago
Deep Freeze
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by p1mrx 2y ago
The cheaper service more than offsets the cost of electricity, I just prefer to use an OpenWrt router, and it bothered me to burn more energy on a worse modem that spews WiFi for no apparent reason. If xfinitywifi were on the list, I would
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by p1mrx 2y ago
I tried a factory reset, and was able to configure bridge mode via ethernet.
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by p1mrx 2y ago
I'm not sure how NOW handles replacements, but the modem has a label saying "This is customer owned equipment and should not be collected or swapped by Comcast personnel, unless within warranty repair." The FAQ says "you
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by p1mrx 2y ago
-beam_dot_size is configurable, and larger values make the screenshots more interesting.
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by p1mrx 2y ago
If anyone from MAME is here, please review my PR to make vector dots round: https://github.com/mamedev/mame/pull/13116
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Xfinity XB3 hardware mod: Disable WiFi and save 2 watts(gist.github.com)
87 points by p1mrx 2y ago|43 comments
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by p1mrx 2y ago
Does AV1 just emulate the film grain from the source video, or are people adding/customizing the grain when encoding?
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by p1mrx 2y ago
Yeah, that can't be right. You can tow a 100 kW generator (2.4 MWh/day) with a pickup truck.
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by p1mrx 2y ago
the cloud
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by p1mrx 2y ago
Failing hardware isn't the problem. The consoles are showing nondeterministic behavior (slight variations in audio/video sync), and probably did from the factory.
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by p1mrx 2y ago
Seems less sketchy to use uBlock Origin with bypass-paywalls-clean-filters... at least then you're not directly adding executable code, though I'm not sure if uBO filter lists can be exploited.

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