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Yep, I was wondering more about the ongoing costs of "operating" the block. I was reading a superuser.com question [1] about it and it mentions ongoing costs, like transit, BGP routing etc.

This is super interesting! I didn't know this was even possible before I started looking into it.

[1]https://superuser.com/questions/323801/how-can-i-own-an-ip-a...

Out of curiosity, how much does it cost for you to run this? Not that I'm willing to pay $10k for my own /24, but I find this super interesting.

I just installed a new FTTH ISP at home and learned the hard way what CG-NAT is, after years of having my own public IP with my previous ISP.

I know two people that died from covid early this year even though they were taking ivermectin. Anecdotal, I know...

Whatever the results of the Oxford study, the goalposts will be moved to fit the conspiracy theories. Especially since Oxford is involved in one of the vaccines...

Same, I just set up alerts via Telegram and they popup on my phone and desktop client. Didn't know they had a browser extension.

Not only that, they have been in power for over 20 years, with the highest oil prices ever. They've consistenly stolen all of the country's resources and destroyed the economy during all these years. The sanctions started 2-3 years ago.

The sanctions started 2-3 years ago. 5 years ago I had to buy milk and diapers for my newborn girl in the black market because the govt destroyed the economy. So don't try to "explain" the situation to me, since I'm living it in the flesh.

I can speak for Venezuela, and the corrupt murderer dictator party has been in power for just over 20 years. The country was completely ruined by the "corrupt murderer dictator" without any input from "the West".

That's right, but the url exclusion tool is only temporary, so the only way to do it correctly is with the noindex tag.

I've been looking at doing this at home with the Mikrotik CRS305-1G-4S+IN. I honestly don't have a need for it right now, but just knowing that it's possible makes me want to go for it...

I'm in Venezuela and we're apparently only getting the Russian vaccine. I haven't met the first person that says they're willing to get it.

I came here to say just that! I grew up with that exact phone in Venezuela in the 80's!

This "Reply All" podcast episode explains the history behind this pretty well: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/wbhjwd

Yes, I was going to mention this. I worked for a small company that had a YouTube product that retrieved video descriptions, duration, thumbnail, etc, using the API.

We started with 100k daily API calls and that got later increased to 1 million after requesting it.

As one person living in one of those countries with greatly reduced purchase power, I really appreciate the way Wes Bos[1] has done it for his courses (I've bought a couple of them).

He's got an episode on his podcast on how he implemented it [2].

It does sound like some work and I'm not saying you should discount or give away your work though.

[1]https://wesbos.com/ [2] https://syntax.fm/show/233/hasty-treat-purchasing-power-pari...

What type of professional would I need to talk to, to learn more about this? I've been looking at Stripe Atlas and Firstbase.io for options, but I want to talk to someone that can tell me what the best option for incorporating is.

Yeah, I'm sure the CCP is going to let the citizens decide...

I can fully recommend reading the book "Sandworm" by Andy Greenberg. It explains NotPetya and all of the sorrounding investigation.

With a monthly inflation rate of about 80% [1], yes that's the reason. The local currency is worthless.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation_in_Venezuela#Na...

Yeah, I had a friend that got the email from the bank about losing access to Zelle. He had a Venezuelan address in his account.

Another friend had a US address and never got the email.

PS: Hablenme los mios

Law enforcement can get pretty creative when they use these "non-lethal" weapons as well.

In Venezuela, police forces killed a student and have injured hundreds of people by shooting the canisters straight at protesters.

They also killed at least two people and horribly injured thousands by shooting at them point blank with rubber bullets.

Very cool! I've been reading a lot about solar power as a form of backup energy. We have power outages every day here and I'm looking for a way to at least power my wifi/modem and charge a laptop so I can keep working.

Hobotech in YouTube might be interested in your idea! I've been watching a lot of his videos lately.

I think Thonny is perfect for this. It includes Python 3.7, has a simple debugger and is multi-platform.

Not affiliated, just a happy user.

https://thonny.org/

Some comments on this Biorxiv site from an epidemiologist: https://twitter.com/aetiology/status/1223328143647236097

"For non-scientists, if you see something posted from a site called BioRxiv, have some skepticism. It could be a fantastic paper! (I've used it!)--but. The site is for preprints, which means they haven't undergone peer review yet."

OK, I'm going to have to ask: who are the largest and most effective?

This video is pretty good, the guy does some testing of different cooling options: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkLr08K0c1E

TL;DW: The Flirc case is one of the best options.

That's pretty impressive! Can you elaborate some more in what you do and how you got there? I imagine you don't want to give too many specifics, but I'm just curious.

Radiolab did a pretty good episode of their podcast about it: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/segments/16988...

Yep, Localbitcoins is usually the way.

There are also a few shops (even one very large shop) accepting some cryptos now, like BTC and Dash. I'm not sure what volume they are seeing in sales though.

This is of course anecdata, but I've personally used BTC to send remittances in Venezuela.

I'm not sure how many people here use BTC as a means of preserving the value of their money since most people would rather hold USD, but for sending remittances, it cannot be beat.

As another interesting anecdote, my sister is in Argentina and a bunch of friends started asking her how to buy BTC before the election yesterday. Seems that those that managed to move their Argentine pesos to BTC did so just in time: https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/argentina-central-bank-cu...