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dillonmckay··on “Zombie cicadas” infected with mind-controlling fungus return to West Virginia
OK, two questions:

Can you make some kind of cicada tea with the psilocybin?

Could this have occurred in 1918 and caused human hallucinations because of contamination?

dillonmckay··on NASA Astronauts in SpaceX Capsule Make First Water Landing Since 1975
The article did say Florida.
dillonmckay··on FDA urges consumers not use certain hand sanitizer products
Didn’t the FDA waive some regulations regarding production in March?
dillonmckay··on Do Human crowds during protests resemble animal swarming behavior?
Also music festivals.
dillonmckay··on What I Learned About Failing from My 5 Year Indie Game Dev Project
I think more along the lines of having a partner in a healthy relationship requires some time put forth, which unless the partner is pair programming, time is not being spent on development efforts.
dillonmckay··on TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U.S. deal – sources
This makes the most sense, and why Zoom is not being given the same attention.
dillonmckay··on Show HN: A platform for beginners to learn programming in Python
Man, personally, with Python, programming with the language seems to be the easy part.

I have struggled with virtual environments and runtime executables across various OSs.

What are current best practices?

dillonmckay··on Monitoring demystified: A guide for logging, tracing, metrics
So, in terms of full implementation, is the constraint the dev time to implement, or getting various factions to agree to something?

I guess, is it political, or technical?

Asking for a friend.

Thanks!

dillonmckay··on Apple reports Q3 results
Very few people are paying full price, up front.

It is like leasing a car, except it is a hand computer.

dillonmckay··on Not an Amazon Problem
So, requiring two adult humans in a single household to work to be able to live comfortably, whereas before required only one, that is progress?
dillonmckay··on Not an Amazon Problem
Well, all three are heavily subsidized by the government, so I would argue it is the opposite of the promotion of a free market and deregulation.
dillonmckay··on Not an Amazon Problem
This just depends on the area.
dillonmckay··on We thought it was just a respiratory virus
This made my morning.
dillonmckay··on We thought it was just a respiratory virus
I have definitely binged out on sugar candy, and felt like I was recovering from a hangover afterwards.
dillonmckay··on Small mail server best current practices
Somebody else mentioned you could temporarily sign up for G Suite and use the same domain, and it will magically be whitelisted.

I am assuming you have some budget for this.

dillonmckay··on Small mail server best current practices
Are you using mxtoolbox.com or other third party troubleshooting services?
dillonmckay··on New ‘Meow’ attack has deleted almost 4k unsecured databases
How do they determine ‘almost 4k’?
dillonmckay··on Amazon Warehouse scam: 16TB HDD swapped for 8TB, returned for full refund
So, that is why I thought they put in a security blanket inside the SSD box.

Maybe some rudimentary thermal imagery, and that is the method?

dillonmckay··on Building a Developer Cult
We actively maintain multiple SOAP servers so an OEM can connect as a client, and send us data.

The OEM required us to stand-up the servers so they could send us the data.

We also still use FTP for some vendors (we host).

dillonmckay··on Building a Developer Cult
I think of it like listen to your users, but don’t do everything they ask. Use your judgement to make sure it aligns with your goals, and hopefully you have a goal beyond ‘make monies’.
dillonmckay··on Reverse engineering a camera protocol for fun and profit
Have you looked for inspiration in Red5 or Wowza?

I had used Wowza to take multiple rtsp streams (from cctv cameras) and properly stream to multiple clients (Flash h.264 player and iOS streaming).

dillonmckay··on Reverse engineering a camera protocol for fun and profit
https://www.adafruit.com/product/1284
dillonmckay··on Starlink WiFi Router FCC Approved
Both myself and another remote coworker, this is our situation, although it is closer to $60.

6Mbps/768kbps DSL

dillonmckay··on How do unschoolers turn out? (2014)
So daycare, not education?
dillonmckay··on How do unschoolers turn out? (2014)
Beautiful story.
dillonmckay··on Making aerial fiber deployment faster and more efficient
Yes, that is the rub.

In certain locales, it will require the cooperation of several legal entities.

dillonmckay··on Making aerial fiber deployment faster and more efficient
My guess is because in the US, the municipality usually does not own the power-line or pole, and in the instances the municipality does own its electrical lines and poles, it has probably already deployed fiber.

Also, having the fiber mounted lower on the pole means one can repair one or the other in isolation.

The FB method seems like it could be dangerous for repairs, but I would like to see it applied in real life, too.

So, legal and liability issues.

dillonmckay··on Making aerial fiber deployment faster and more efficient
I was talking to a coworker earlier today (who is starting a community WISP), and it seems most of the effort/time for an ISP is about real estate negotiations, not technology.
dillonmckay··on A voice separation model that distinguishes multiple speakers simultaneously
Same, I can often identify actors on tv shows or movies by their voice, some of which is 20 to 30 years older or later than when I originally heard the voice.
dillonmckay··on Oura Ring 2 Teardown
You can tag a ‘workout’, right? Start time, duration, and level of intensity.
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