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chewyland··on Why Emacs has buffers
Salivatingly fascinating.
chewyland··on Beware of a New Amazon Token Crypto Scam
Cost me 28 cents to wire my BMW dealer the full cost of my brand new BMW GS. I used Wise.

I'm in BG.

chewyland··on The most powerful people in crypto
Beautifully said.
chewyland··on Asahi Linux for M1 Macs Progress October-November 2021
I have been running Ubuntu on my 14 inch Mac for a little while now and it works great. This project here is also really exciting.

Also, Windows ARM with the recent updates also works well in the new base 14 inch. I've been using it daily, no issues.

I have nothing but praise and swiftly switching between 3 OSs sure is neat. This computer is sooo fast.

I can see myself using this Mac for many years ahead.

chewyland··on Cooling off your Raspberry Pi 4
Same. Passive cooling works great and the heatsink is also a case. Dead quiet and no throttling.

I'm using as a media center with my cheap 75 inch TV.

chewyland··on Ontario police warn of SIM swapping fraud
Interesting.

Here I am 6 years without a phone number and probably make 3 calls a year.

Only thing I have is an Android tablet with a data plan and an old iPhone SE, only a data plan.

chewyland··on Americans lose $50M to phone scams in the last year
Kitboga

YouTube.

Very entertaining.

chewyland··on Ubiquiti adds phone-home to the access point firmware
Dealing with this exactly at this moment. Using Winbox is like using Windows 3.0.

No no... It's way worse than that.

chewyland··on Ancient Greek ships in the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria
I live 20 minutes from Nesebar. Looking forward into researching this a little more. Thank you for sharing this.
chewyland··on Bulgaria is the world’s fastest-shrinking country
The problem is Russian influence. They continue to be locusts in EU countries and want everything to be bad and miserable and poor.

Source, Canadian living in BG for 6 years.

chewyland··on Bulgaria is the world’s fastest-shrinking country
Moved from Vancouver, Canada to Bulgaria 6 years ago. Best decision I've ever made. Sooooo much fun here and living in a free country is really relaxing.
chewyland··on Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Facebook
PiHole.
chewyland··on U.S. to leave global postal union next month barring last-minute action
Ohh NO. Does this mean I won't be able to get a 79 cent LED bike light shipped from Chi na to my seaside Bulgarian Village (or Vancouver, Canada apartment) for free anymore?
chewyland··on Dollar vans, NYC’s other transit system
I use these in Bulgaria. Mini busses for less than a buck. Great.
chewyland··on Blender 2.80
Doesn't anyone think that MacOS is pretty much abandonware at this point? I don't want to stir anything up but I don't believe Apple is putting too much effort into the OS at this time. When I boot my MacBook into MacOS (once a year, if that) I feel like I'm 10 years back in time (yes, I have the absolute latest version).

I think they're focusing most of their resources on ARM.

Or, I'm probably just crazy.

chewyland··on A second heat wave hits Europe, with Paris expecting to reach 109F degrees today
Almost 8pm on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast.

29 degrees.

chewyland··on California is cracking down on the gig economy
Just used one in Sofia. It was pretty great.

Ride to bus station cost me about 2Euros.

chewyland··on The low-down on home routers – how to buy, what to avoid
Just bought a Mikrotik router. Can't wait to get it home and start tinkering.
chewyland··on Tesla sued in wrongful death lawsuit that alleges Autopilot caused crash
Was adding the "kid" part integral to the reply? Made me cringe a bit.
chewyland··on An Introduction to C and GUI Programming
Whoa, this little book just arrived in my mailbox in my Bulgarian village apartment. Can't wait to crack it open.
chewyland··on VSCodium: 100% Open Source Version of vs. Code
Zero for me and I've been using Code for ages.

Literally zero.

chewyland··on Cats know their names – whether they care is another matter
Ohh that's cute. We have 2 Bulgarian Calico sisters and without a shadow of a doubt, absolutely factually, they know their names.

I would bet a million Leva on that.

chewyland··on Office Depot rigged PC malware scans to sell unneeded $300 tech support
Should have been a 350 mil fine and a criminal investigation.
chewyland··on Ask HN: What backpack are you using?
Hand sewn leather bag custom made by some folks in a market in Morroco. It will outlast the sun.
chewyland··on Altimir: Life in the depopulated Bulgarian countryside [video]
It actually is the world's fastest shrinking country due to facts that it is.
chewyland··on Google’s attempts to undermine adblockers
PiHole. The easiest and most rewarding project I've ever put together.

Super easy to setup and incredibly effective.

Don't forget to donate a couple of bucks to the developers.

chewyland··on Altimir: Life in the depopulated Bulgarian countryside [video]
I have visited over 80 Bulgarian towns and villages in my campervan over the last 6 years and have never seen anything what you are describing.

Sure, lots of empty towns, plenty of poverty and old people but did ever feel fear or see any violence, not once.

BTW, I'm just a random friendly Canadian who talks with everyone.

chewyland··on How badly are we being ripped off on eyewear? Former industry execs tell all
I bought two pairs of prescription glasses including frames and nice little cases + one them was photocromatic.

The total cost was 47$ for both.

This was in Sofia.

chewyland··on Thousands of Women Say LuLaRoe’s Legging Empire Is a Scam
The Dream is a wonderful podcast describing a lot of these scams. I highly recommend it.
chewyland··on Pi-Hole – A black hole for Internet advertisements
PiHole as a service will definitely happen and I would be willing to pay a monthly fee for it.

My setup has been running for over a year and it has completely transformed the Internet for me.

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