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   by tambeb 5y ago

   A tweet about this very article caught my eye yesterday, and I'm glad HN's taken notice too. https://twitter.com/JohnFPfaff/status/1477382805583716353?t=... 'For a disease w a 1-in-20,000 risk, a te
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   by tambeb 5y ago

   My results were what I expected, and what I would expect for any MVNO. Are other non-Fi MVNOs being filtered/censored? I think that'd be a pretty big deal, unless it's just Boost Mobile or whoever it is they own that really i
3. 33.▲
   by tambeb 5y ago

   Between Messages app (Fi with RCS enabled, vs. the special Fi syncing system [1]) and GV app. [1] https://support.google.com/fi/answer/6188337?hl=en&ref_topic...
4. 34.▲
   by tambeb 5y ago

   I figured more or less the same thing (my results were expected, in other words).
5. 35.▲
   by tambeb 5y ago

   For what it's worth, messages I just sent to and from my Google Voice number to my Fi number (while on T-Mobile underlying) went through fine.
6. 36.▲
   by tambeb 5y ago

   I just tested example.xyz and spot.xyz between my Google Fi and Voice numbers and both were fine.
7. 37.▲
   by tambeb 5y ago

   I haven't had any problems running all types of GUIs in WSL (1 & 2) through Xming for years now.
8. 38.▲
   by tambeb 5y ago

   Comments like this are frowned upon I guess but I can't not bring up a great quote from 30 Rock's Jack Donaghy: "Wigco.com? Sheinhardt Wig's user-generated content site. All that anybody ever posted on it were penises.&q
9. 39.▲
   by tambeb 5y ago

   >> Yeah, but at least he puts his money where his mouth is. I'd argue one could also interpret this as "putting his mouth where his money is."
10. 40.▲
    by tambeb 5y ago

    I mean style as in style guide, like APA or MLA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_style_guides
11. 41.▲
    by tambeb 5y ago

    Does anyone know what writing style this article is using, if indeed it is a defined one? Specifically I'm referring to how quotations are done with colons and single quotes: So and so, said: 'The thing they said.'
12. 42.▲
    by tambeb 5y ago

    > It's really a miracle the civilisation works as well as it does. I think this all the time.
13. 43.▲
    by tambeb 5y ago

    >Google Fi has a setting where you can have all unknown incoming calls screened by default. It does? I've only ever seen the option to block calls identified as spam. I've found the Google phone app's call screen to be nea
14. 44.▲
    by tambeb 5y ago

    I run my own little ad blocking DNS service and the thing I'm probably most concerned about is websites/publishers/etc. deciding to serve their ad and user tracking assets from their own domains. Though most would probably ne
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    by tambeb 5y ago

    It's because of things like this—not to mention the added overhead/middleman—that I think ad blocking at the DNS level is the best way to go. With both Android and iOS supporting encrypted DNS system-wide, blocking at the DNS leve
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    by tambeb 6y ago

    I'm not typically the bleeding heart type, but this to me overshadowed everything else in the article. You have to be a monster to do something like that, no matter how awful the company is treating you.
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    by tambeb 6y ago

    Somewhat similar to this... My full name is Tambe Barsbay, so I bought the domain mbebarsbay.com and have t@mbebarsbay.com as my email.
18. 48.▲
    by tambeb 6y ago

    Beanie Babies
19. 49.▲
    by tambeb 6y ago

    Haha yes! Right around the time I decided I didn't want the sub anymore was luckily right around when I cancelled (for unrelated reasons) the credit card they had on file. Super easy!
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    by tambeb 6y ago

    I think the quickest answer is that weather is chaotic and incredibly complex. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Norton_Lorenz - under scientific career and then Numerical weather prediction as well as Chaos theor
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    by tambeb 6y ago

    Google's stock camera app supports QR codes.
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    by tambeb 6y ago

    Just to show I wasn't making empty promises, I am now also feeding ADS-B Exchange: https://www.adsbexchange.com/api/feeders/?feed=ndZezh8wKD8NV...
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    by tambeb 6y ago

    Not at all. At home I have a cheapo Adafruit RTL-SDR ($22 at Microcenter https://www.microcenter.com/product/463176/adafruit-industri... ) running on an unused Gigabyte Brix. At my parents' I have a similar SD
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    by tambeb 6y ago

    Thanks for the tip, that actually never occurred to me. (No really, I'm not being sarcastic.) I'll definitely set that up.
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    by tambeb 6y ago

    I contribute ADS-B data grabbed with SDR to Flightradar24. It's pretty sweet because they give you their Business subscription plan (the highest one, $50/month) for free. I think you may need at least a free account to see the sta
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    by tambeb 6y ago

    Neil Degrasse Tyson makes this point anytime he's asked if he "believes" in UFOs. Virtually the entire population has high quality cameras not only in their pockets, but very often in their hand, even when at home.
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    by tambeb 6y ago

    I recommend the stop motion video of the final two and a half minutes of the descent. Even with its low quality I think it's absolutely mind boggling because you're seeing the actual event. https://www.youtube.com/
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    by tambeb 6y ago

    You can sideload apps via ADB. And once an app is installed that way you can then update it normally with an APK going forward. (I have Advanced Protection and I do this.)
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    by tambeb 6y ago

    I have the Raspberry Shake & Boom ( https://raspberryshake.org/products/raspberry-shake-boom/ ). I live in a condo/townhouse situation where the (underground) basement, second and third floors are mine. I m
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    by tambeb 6y ago

    MapQuest directions printed out at home before the trip?