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SoreGums··on Australian Geocoded national address data to be made openly available
so test/test gets you into the web system - unfortunately has a different password for getting the actual data from the SFTP server... Just have to wait until Feburary then I guess (no release date announced, this is the next scheduled release of data), oh well.
SoreGums··on 'Li-fi 100 times faster than wi-fi'
>You can Chromecast local content via Videostream[0] for Google Chromecast. You can even control the Videostream host via mobile app[1].

The issue with Chromecast is you still need an internet connection to get the app onto the Chromecast to stream the video to it... I was using this and it was awesome! Then things happened and I was stuck on a shaped 256kbps connection and Videostream stopped working reliably. Switched to Kodi on the Remix Mini, works well, though not as good as Videostream did...

SoreGums··on Show HN: Hacker News Lock Screen features trending stories from HN front page
I've got something going on that is forcing a pattern, pin, or password for stock lockdown...

Also doesn't look like weird DPI is handled.

I like the idea ahs would be near I reckon, Good luck ;)

SoreGums··on Flutter – Cross-platform mobile framework from Google
The app I want to write is basically a service that just does stuff (with files) based on signals from other devices/services. The UI is actually client side webapp. So I was hoping to write the service bit in Go which then would run on Linux, Windows, Mac, Android. Oh well.
SoreGums··on Show HN: Valleygirl – A chrome extension that discreetly likes everything
Fun project to get bearings in making a Chrome extension. Good one!
SoreGums··on Show HN: Popcorn Time in your browser
Works here, clicked it for a laugh not expecting it to work because streaming here is crap, only site that works is YouTube. Bought Vimeo won't even cast to TV. This though, just works, from Chrome on my phone too, nice job.
SoreGums··on I've been scrubbed
Right - having read that, my use of "politically correct" was not what you've laid out and I've used an inaccurate term to describe what I want to say.

When in Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand, there is a sense that people look out for themselves. The govt is there, however they aren't there to make sure you wear your seat belt, tuck in your shirt, etc. Sure there is an exercised control over media/news and ensuring the message about the government is inline with what the government wants. I'm not referring to this.

I'm referring to the: the photo is there, I don't have to look at it if I don't like it. I'll call you a foreigner, because you are. I'll call you white, because you are. Referring to people relating to each other. The people are most interested in themselves and their families rather than what other people are up to. The opposite of the American way "how dare you exist and offend me, I'll sue you!!" - whatever this is...

Cheers for taking the time to re-define what Politically Correct actually means :)

SoreGums··on I've been scrubbed
That's one aspect I really like about South East Asian culture - it hasn't been infected yet by the whites "politically correctness" - life happens and they simply get on with it. I follow some people and man some of the graphic photos that get posted (Facebook) there are intense, think /r/gore x10.

Anyways minority ruling the majority... 1 person complains all obey, sad

SoreGums··on The Difference Between Saying 'Thank You' in Chinese and English
>> working while you are sick. In China, this is appreciated, people would think this hard-working. But here, this is disliked. people think you are infecting people.

> This depends on your workplace. In some you'll find the attitude you describe. In others, sick days are for weak, uncommitted people and you'll hear people take pride in never having taken one.

yup, if you work in an office and have the flu, you need to stay the fcuk home :P

SoreGums··on Ricochet: An encrypted, anonymous IM client built on Tor hidden services
i've obviously misread what a TOR hidden service is then (and how connection are established between two end points), will go read again later.

my current understanding is even though an IP Address might not be connected to me personally, all the routers in between me and the destination server know that my IP wants to connect to dest IP . Thus there was some communication between my IP & dest IP at some time, and is in a log if routers keep logs (or any other device that is physically connected to the same physical path that my packets took)

Sounds like TOR hidden services don't create breadcrumbs like this then.

SoreGums··on Ricochet: An encrypted, anonymous IM client built on Tor hidden services
so it's not like blockchain where if you know the realid of addresses you can follow where the coins go.

from first glance i was curious about this aspect. if a connection exists, the end points are known or unknown? if they are known and there is a db of endpoints to realids then these know endpoints are no longer anonymous...

i get that the content is unknowable due to encryption - that's fine. the endpoint identification though, seems pretty cool if this is truly anonymous.

SoreGums··on AWS EC2 Container Service
Not really, common to refer to Private IP's as "private IP address space" as per RFC 1918(IPv4)/RFC 4193(IPv6).

If a user of the service is wanting to get on board, it is their responsibility to ensure what they think is accurate or not.

SoreGums··on Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire
Be great if there could be the data rates / current speed on the graph > traffic view. That's one thing I am missing - takes too long to figure out which app is doing something.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qdzovwg9eif5ebp/glasswire_datarate...

SoreGums··on Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire
This is great.

Surprising really it has taken so long to get an app like this on Windows. I've been using My Data Manager[1] on Android for a the previous 2-3yrs.

The closest I've gotten on Windows up to this date is CFosSpeed[2] in traffic shapping = off mode + process explorer. There have been other apps that attempted to present the data, however none have done it like GlassWire.

Looking forward to the paid version, this is awesome :)

Got a few rendering issues on Windows 8.1[3]

Hopefully these issues get sorted out, quickly.

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobidia.an...

[2] http://www.cfos.de/en/cfosspeed/cfosspeed.htm

[3] http://i.imgur.com/0jOFvos.png

SoreGums··on Rbenv, an unobtrusive rvm replacement
login as regular user, download some version of ruby, compile for use as logged in user, install rvm, shazzam install any version of ruby you want - all of this only applies to the logged in user and has zero impact on the rest of the system. RVM rules :)

I no longer install ruby at a system level, not needed, only users running ruby stuff need ruby installed and never use distro ruby, creates all sorts of issues...

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