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clashandcarryon I spent a week without IPv4 (2023)

2000:1::1 would expand to 2000:0001:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001

2000::1::1 could be 2000:0000:0000:0000:0001:0000:0000:001, or 2000:00000000:0001:0000:0000:0000:001

There's ambiguity on where to fill in the five groups of 0000 in the second case.

clashandcarryon Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’re Becoming E-Waste

For some with Intel or AMD X86 chips, Mr. Chromebox offers a BIOS that will allow another OS to be installed. I got a few more years out of Acer Chrombook with this BIOS and an 2.5" SSD upgrade.

https://mrchromebox.tech/#home

clashandcarryon The end of the accounting search

Also, none of the open source alternatives support simultaneous multiuser access.

Users can slowly adapt, but most businesses larger than a sole proprietorship need multiuser capability.

clashandcarryon A four-decade secret: One man’s story of sabotaging Carter’s re-election

https://archive.ph/F0yhX

clashandcarryon California’s economy may seem healthy. Just wait for the next recession

https://archive.ph/fsbRI

clashandcarryon I collect and read old computer manuals

Atari Technical Reference Manuals and De Re Atari. Printer manuals with command reference and schematics.

clashandcarryon CryptoHack – A fun free platform for learning cryptography

https://www.dcode.fr/caesar-cipher

clashandcarryon An Example of Terrible UI Design: The Gas Gauge in the Volkswagen Atlas

ATTENTION ASSIST: https://www.mercedesbenzhiltonhead.com/blog/what-does-the-co...

clashandcarryon WRT54G History: The Router That Accidentally Went Open Source

Linksys is currently owned by Foxconn.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/26/17166272/foxconn-buys-bel...

clashandcarryon Al Alcorn, creator of Pong, explains the NTSC color graphics trick

It was a "registration fee" as the UC system was intended to be tuition free The UC system stayed free of the word tuition that way.

clashandcarryon Ask HN: What’s the most important modern simple invention?

I find Philips brand bulbs appear to have circuitry to "smooth out" the voltage and provide consistent light levels. I use my phone camera's slow motion mode to record my bulbs and see the flicker. Every brand I've tested via the above method, save for Philips, have suffered from flicker.

Give Philips a try? May just be worth the premium. Hopefully a standard like the one mentioned in a comment below is put into place.