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by tga 5y ago
A nicely done episode of the Fall of Civilizations podcast on this topic: https://youtu.be/ghmjIBD2Fd4 https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/2019/05/06/episode-5-...
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by tga 5y ago
You can still buy a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser J70 in 2021. Even though it will be newer than the iPhone 12, it won't spy on you -- because it was designed in 1984. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Land_Cru
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by tga 5y ago
I would recommend you try VMware Fusion. https://www.vmware.com/products/fusion.html From your list I've only tried VirtualBox and the experience wasn't so good, bad performance and many outright crashes. Fus
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by tga 5y ago
I would find ffmpeg much easier to work with if it would take in a file with spelled-out, nested instructions (say JSON or YAML, like a CI tool) instead of a long list of order-sensitive, cryptic arguments. I know there are wrapper librarie
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by tga 5y ago
Just in case someone didn't know this and finds it useful: the system Files app on iOS can also scan documents to PDF, including perspective correction. I believe the Notes app can do that too.
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by tga 5y ago
Given an Android phone or tablet, you can get sticky NFC tags and make the device play the corresponding stream when it touches one. Stick them to photos with the radio station logo, and you’ve got a record player / Toniebox. The tabl
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by tga 6y ago
Tracking someone in real life is not illegal. You can sell someone a physical device that makes a lot of noise and then sit outside their home and write down each time they use it. Nobody would be able to stop you.
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by tga 6y ago
You can force all port 53 traffic to your server. There is nothing you can do about devices/apps that really want to use their own servers (DNS over HTTPS, pinned certificate), short of keeping them offline.
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by tga 6y ago
It looks like they’re about to lose a bunch of business value because of it.
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by tga 6y ago
The actual 1x1 pixel is a leftover from the previous generation tracking tools, and even the page you liked to recommends _against_ using that method because it can’t spy on users enough. Here we are talking about a tracking _script_ embedd
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by tga 6y ago
I've been running a work Linux virtual machine (or a few of them) on a MacBook. Best of both worlds really -- I don't have to worry about running Linux on the hardware or running dev tools on macOS. As a bonus, a full system backu
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by tga 6y ago
The minor lesson here: be careful operating heavy machinery with no cost limits -- or hire someone who knows what they're doing to do it for you. The major lesson: audit your expenses every month (or hire someone to do it for you). The
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by tga 6y ago
The power of Django (imho) is in how you can define data models only once, and out of them get excellent database migrations, database operations, form validation, API serialization/deserialization, and an admin interface. Is there any
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by tga 6y ago
You can add the Fujitsu Esprimo Q910/Q920 to the list of alternatives. There are many cheap options on eBay. I also run Proxmox, with a few LXC containers and full KVM virtual machines, including a reverse proxy that routes traffic to
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Vite 2.0(vitejs.dev)
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by tga 6y ago
https://bahn.guru Easy price calendar for (mostly) German trains.
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by tga 6y ago
Njalla is not a domain registrar. They buy the domain themselves, and let you pay with Dogecoins -- possibly a good deal for the next Pirate Bay, but not what I would use for general domain registration. There is a good chance one day they
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by tga 6y ago
Just one more step missing for a fully remote docker setup: have you ever tried combining this with a sshfs mount so you can also develop an app running in a remote container?
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by tga 6y ago
Skype is also a familiar option for many non-technical folks. It has syncing, a web client and optional one-to-one encrypted chats. It also uses Microsoft accounts, which many already have because of Windows integration.
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by tga 6y ago
On iOS, try shaking your phone in frustration, you may discover undo. https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guideline...
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by tga 6y ago
I’ve done pretty much the same thing many years ago by connecting directly to the Excel sheet from Access, and then writing queries and reports on top of it. The advantage was that there was no import step, so edits could be sent back right
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by tga 6y ago
The article project is already using a Pi controller.
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by tga 6y ago
Agreed then, Redux does give you enough rope to get into trouble, especially when used indiscriminately.
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by tga 6y ago
When using Redux, components are supposed to select small parts of the state tree, and then they only rerender when those change. It is absolutely not the case that all components render on each unrelated update of the global state, that wo
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by tga 6y ago
Aren’t all smart TVs dumb if you don’t connect them to the internet? I wouldn’t be surprised if manufacturers start selling TVs that need to be activated online before first use, but I don’t know of any that do that already.
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by tga 6y ago
What turned me off about Joplin was how awkward it was to link to other pages. I might have missed something, but by default I think that takes creating the other page first, then manually copying its id -- way too much clicking, and breaks
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by tga 6y ago
So, once your super secure local app will remind you to contact a friend, how will you message them to exchange detailed personal stories? Gmail? Facebook?
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by tga 6y ago
If you buy a car that keeps on breaking down, will you talk about how the auto industry is a nightmare or will you just pick a different manufacturer next time?
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by tga 6y ago
We are talking about a full computer that is small and cheap enough to control a single light bulb. We got here through unbelievable technological development. Why would you want it to stop now, when the tech is both amazing _and_ rough aro
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by tga 6y ago
This is the great part about Zigbee/BLE/433MHz devices, they do _not_ go on your wifi (and the internet), but instead talk to a dedicated gateway. As long as you find a way to talk to them, you can mix and match sensors from the s

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