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compuguy··on The Fry’s Era
Specifically its just outside of Vienna, VA, near the WMATA metro station (Vienna): https://www.microcenter.com/site/stores/fairfax.aspx

It's a decent place to shop at if you need something quickly.

compuguy··on EU governments choose independence from US cloud providers with Nextcloud
You're referring to AWS's GovCloud regions, right (https://aws.amazon.com/govcloud-us/)? I also believe Microsoft has a eqivalent product (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/gove...)
compuguy··on What happens when you launch Google Chrome for the first time?
I use an adblocker and support the developer of ThreadReader. So I don't see the ads.
compuguy··on What happens when you launch Google Chrome for the first time?
Last time I checked ThreadReader is an indie app developed by one or two developers. I've had no issues with them in the past.
compuguy··on Americans' plastic recycling is dumped in landfills
This is why I'm looking into buying more beverage products that use aluminum cans...they are more recyclable than plastics...
compuguy··on US government approves T-Mobile/Sprint merger
I agree, but only in areas that Sprint has band 41 deployed. In areas that Sprint only has band 25 and band 26, its data speeds are at the bottom of the pack...
compuguy··on A Cold Take on IBM, Red Hat and Their Hybrid Cloud
I'm quite aware of this.
compuguy··on “My GitHub account has been restricted due to US sanctions as I live in Crimea”
In that case Russia should of renegotiated the deal, instead of invading a portion of a sovereign country (the Ukraine)..
compuguy··on “My GitHub account has been restricted due to US sanctions as I live in Crimea”
The US doesn't have a recent history of annexing countries. The US did do this in the 19th and early to mid 20th centuries. The current Russian government does have a recent history of invading/annexing countries though (Crimea and portions of Georgia, the country not the US state).
compuguy··on Tulsi Gabbard Sues Google for Suspending Ad Account
Exactly. That was the point I was trying to make in my previous comment.
compuguy··on Tulsi Gabbard Sues Google for Suspending Ad Account
That's what I do in general with articles. Russia Today has a pretty consistent and documented history of being a propaganda outlet for the Russian government: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_(TV_network)#Propaganda_cla...
compuguy··on Tulsi Gabbard Sues Google for Suspending Ad Account
Last time I checked, Vox media isn't tied to, nor funded by the Russian government. Russia Today (RT) is.
compuguy··on Half Life Text to Speech
Last time I checked the sounds from Half Life were still copyrighted, no? It's still neat!
compuguy··on A Cold Take on IBM, Red Hat and Their Hybrid Cloud
With the move to cloud services, governments may gravitate towards CentOS (which is based on RHEL)...
compuguy··on U.S. Tech Companies Sidestep a Ban, to Keep Selling to Huawei
That doesn't mean there isn't evidence that is non-public or classified, though....
compuguy··on Building an LTE Access Point with a Raspberry Pi
Here in the US, portions of the 900 MHz band are used for ISM uses. Hypothetically, could one deploy a LTE access point on LTE band 8?
compuguy··on Apple’s all-new iCloud for Windows app, now available in the Microsoft Store
Might as well make an Android app for iMessage while were at it (I doubt it will ever happen though).
compuguy··on As Tech Goliaths Face a Reckoning, Small Businesses Say They Finally Feel Heard
Good to know (though I have a subscription to the NYT).
compuguy··on As Tech Goliaths Face a Reckoning, Small Businesses Say They Finally Feel Heard
Not sure. Here is a archive.is mirror: http://archive.is/Fhnb3
compuguy··on Raytheon, United Technologies Merger Will Create A New Aerospace Giant
Technically it was BBN Technologies that worked on Arpanet. Raytheon would acquire BBN in 2009...
compuguy··on Amazon interested in buying Boost from T-Mobile, Sprint: sources
That, and they haven't rolled out band 41 in most of there service area.
compuguy··on The sorry state of OpenSSL usability (2017)
There are people in government that care about security. Unfortunately we aren't the ones that write the specifications/regulations.
compuguy··on The sorry state of OpenSSL usability (2017)
I agree. Until someone convinces NIST to modernize and/or improve the FIPS standard, people who work with government agencies are stuck with it...
compuguy··on The sorry state of OpenSSL usability (2017)
Unfortunately if you work with the US Government, there are situations where FIPS mode is required. This is why RHEL and CentOS still use OpenSSL...
compuguy··on Google relents slightly on blocking ad-blockers – for paid-up enterprise Chrome
Wondering the same thing with Vivaldi....
compuguy··on Show HN: Ship Your Enemies GDPR
I'm honestly not sure. I doubt you could do this if you weren't a EU resident or citizen...
compuguy··on NASA executive quits weeks after appointment to lead 2024 moon landing plan
DARPA was also apart of the development of GPS...
compuguy··on Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Buy Supercomputer Maker Cray
Duplicate article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19936562
compuguy··on Rolling your own servers with Kubernetes
I have a feeling they deleted the blog post. There is an archived copy here: https://web.archive.org/web/20190508123542/https://gravitati...
compuguy··on Detroit’s LED streetlights going dark after a few years
Not all are. In the county I live in, they are still using sodium lamps. The one exception I'm aware of is a pilot program at a commuter parking lot, where they use LED lamps.
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