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client4··on Study finds Montanans are increasingly OK with wolves
My "perhaps ..." comment was a joking nod to the fact Missoula is described as "the Berkeley of the West". I do appreciate you spending so much time on your Internet comments though.
client4··on Study finds Montanans are increasingly OK with wolves
From Montana, and the bumper sticker has a picture of a wolf and the words "Shoot, Shovel, Shut Up". Perhaps the study was done exclusively in Missoula.
client4··on Ask HN: Why Keybase?
I love keybase and it's brilliant filesystem. On laptops I symlink ssh keys and configs, dotfilels, etc. so that they're stored in Keybase but available when I'm logged in. If there's an issue a can revoke a device. I also use their Certbot for SSH groups.
client4··on How An ASML Lithography Machine Moves a Wafer [video]
I used to work for SemiTool (now Applied Materials) in high school and it's amazing how big each machine is. I was tasked with disassembling a SUV sized machine that was used to coat the wafer in copper. Only one of hundreds used in a fab line.
client4··on Placemark is going open source and shutting down
Placemark was such a great map editor in a collaborative environment. Sad to see it shut down.
client4··on It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs
I've been trying to figure out how to disable my trucks cellular antenna without disabling any other systems. It's proven more difficult than I thought.
client4··on All About Cats, and What Ethernet Classifications Mean
FS.com has transceivers at $8, and 5-port SFP+ Mikrotik is about $160.
client4··on Cloudflare outage – 24 hours now
That are having issues with the new process spanning global MITM'd traffic to the NSA.
client4··on Bifrost: A peer-to-peer communications engine with pluggable transports
And to be clear, not Bifrost the submarine cable.
client4··on Boox Palma review: A phone-shaped e-reader
I'd like to know if there's a working microphone. Google voice on a wifi eink phone sounds pretty great to me.
client4··on The end of the Red Hat security-announcements list
Rocky Linux should go beyond Centos 2 and become Redhat 2.
client4··on A DIY near-IR spectrometer
A different design could leverage laser micro ablations on glass over a traditional CMOS sensor.
client4··on How the ultra-wealthy infiltrated anti-capitalist Burning Man
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pDY6bWT5oTM
client4··on The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Sequence Diagrams in MermaidJS
I really enjoy MermaidJS. I've been trying to shoehorn representing vlan flows over switches recently and haven't been very successful. My basic goal is to show [p1]switch1[p2] <------> [p9]switch3[p12] in a graphical manner (and more intermediate switches). MermaidJS kind of works. I'm tempted to use something like Visio or Google Drawings but they take too much manual work.
client4··on Lasers enable satellite internet backbone, might remove need for deep-sea cables
Only within the DC, not between exchanges.
client4··on Tell HN: My Reddit account was banned after adding my subs to the protest
You know, I still miss Digg. I wonder what's next.
client4··on TikTok is now banned in Montana
It's the beginning of States waking up and helping protect citizens privacy when it comes to technology. Sure this is a one-off directed at TikTok, but Montanan's have a constitutional right to privacy that's being violated daily by technology companies. Another great bill to check out is by State Senator Daniel Zolnikov regarding consumer data privacy. I'm optimistic for a future where I have a legally enforceable right to privacy. Specifically one where I can use modern technology without the depraved acceptance I'm giving up my digital privacy.

http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/law0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BI...

client4··on Montana’s Governor’s Changes to TikTok Ban Bill Would Ban Social Media
...maybe it's a good thing a state is concerned about the individual privacy rights of their citizens and are willing to take big steps to enforce it.
client4··on Used Routers Often Come Loaded with Corporate Secrets
I've definitely gotten private keys and full configs from Cisco and Arista gear that hadn't been properly wiped. What's annoying about Arista is that while they don't post EOS versions for download, they don't even post SHA sums. It would be super easy to buy, backdoor, and resell Arista gear without any way for an end user to verify their EOS version.
client4··on Reddit plans for further improvements to web experience
A huge improvement would have the mobile web site act less hostile. It pushes the app on first arrival; at the bottom there is an "this page looks better in the app" a fat finger width from the next button; comments are un-scrollable randomly; etc. To be honest, it does curb my access of the site so perhaps the status quo benefits my time.
client4··on Apple’s plunge in PC shipments is steepest among major computer makers
I'd be interested in a Mac once Linux is viable on it. OSX feels outright hostile to power users at this point.
client4··on Transitioning Away from Google Services
I switched to Migadu and have been happy.
client4··on Ask HN: Can any Hetzner user please explain your workflow on Hetzner?
CA isn't terribly difficult. https://keybase.io/blog/keybase-ssh-ca
client4··on Wine Wayland Driver
And Microsoft figuring out how to make Windows even worse with every new day!
client4··on Run Your Own Television Network in the Browser with Channel Two
I like the project name. It reminds me of a Soviet joke. "In Soviet Russia there are two channels. First is propaganda. Second is KGB telling you to turn back to channel one."
client4··on Keybase.pub Shutting Down on March 1 2023
I still use Keybase and KBFS daily. It sounds like those services are around to stay -- but I hope if Zoom ever decides they don't want to keep running them anymore they spin it off to a non-profit to keep it running.
client4··on Ask HN: How do you plan on making money with Open AI API?
Word wiggler. Pipe chatGPT from one computer to another via keyboard emulation and fool the corporate spy software with long email drafts that take you hours.
client4··on tcpdump is amazing (2016)
At the defcon ctf in 2016(?) One of the teams used a Wireshark 0day to pwn another team and see/use all of their flags.
client4··on Ask HN: What is the worst enterprise software you use every day?
Seconded
client4··on No more airplane mode? EU to allow calls on flights
I was annoyed I couldn't join a zoom call while flying as a participant, however it seems a small price to pay to not have someone trying to lead a stand-up next to you.
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