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ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen3 would be a direct alternative.

Also look at X1 Carbon (lighter but only 16GB RAM), T-series (cheaper but heavier), P-series (performance, but big and expensive).

I can't help but wonder whether the app also streams that information to a cloud service somewhere.

Nextcloud Talk is pretty painless to install and mostly works. Last problems I remember were with with clients not always ringing and connecting, especially over 4G. I've used it with family for 1-1 video calls for a while and it was good enough.

https://nextcloud.com/talk/

For some devices, yes.

Tuyas are quite popular:

https://tasmota.github.io/docs/Tuya-Convert

Sonoff too, apparently depending on which firmware version they come with:

https://github.com/mirko/SonOTA

$60/year is not cheaper than $100 one time, unless you plan to run the RPi for one year and then throw it away.

Would you feel better with a 3000 line install script inside a package? Or maybe you would prefer the same 3000 lines of code nicely compiled in a single binary?

You can find many low priced (and low spec) VPS deals on https://lowendbox.com. Just keep in mind you generally get what you pay for.

In Europe (at least) you need an AM license to drive a 50cc scooter, so also an Ami. If your license is suspended, you cannot legally operate _any_ motor vehicle.

On Android you can do exactly that with an app like NoRoot firewall:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.greyshirts...

For example it helped me find a trustworthy e-mail client (K-mail) by only allowing network access to my email server.

Yes, those are good questions.

He (like most domain squatters) is blocking milk.com from being used for a practical purpose (from what I can tell), hoping to get $10M+ for no other reason than being the first to register it. He is definitely not creating any wealth in the process.

"In public choice theory, as well as in economics, rent-seeking means seeking to increase one's share of existing wealth without creating new wealth."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking

Did anyone ever come up with a workable method of preventing this kind of rent seeking that plagues domain names?

The best scalable and impartial methods that I’ve seen mentioned were high renewal prices and limits on the number of domains one could own, but I get the feeling neither one would work when there is even a remote chance of extracting >$10M in the end.

Given the current system it’s hard to blame him either — I don’t know whether I would find the altruism to let such a domain expire.

Not hard at all, if you add a 48V DC power supply ($20 on Amazon) in series with the wires anywhere in the house, you will be able to pick up any phone and talk to the others.

For ringing apparently you need 60-100V AC, I'm not sure what a simple solution for that would look like. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringing_(telephony)

An infinitely simpler version of this is to connect the phones together with a power supply (48VDC) over two (long, cheap) wires to get a good old telephone line -- with no computers involved. Add in some hand cranks to also get the phones to ring.

When I was young, I used to have this with a friend who lived next door. It was amazing to have a free, private, always on hotline. If memory serves me right, it even worked for playing Starcraft over 56K baud modems!

I don't understand it -- it is amazingly cheap (under $500/year, including hosting and support) and simple to get a great looking online store using a website builder app, including payments (OK, maybe not delivery pickup times, those would still have to go over the phone).

I can see a mom & pop store having some trouble doing that (but even they probably know a high schooler who could do it in a day). I wouldn't expect a serious fine dining restaurant to have trouble with something that basic, especially when takeout just became their only business.

As a side note, I always found it annoying to use “feature/123” instead of “features/123“. Just like in REST APIs, the slash brings to mind a collection or a file system directory, both of which should be pluralized.

For reference, here what I find to be a better release post: https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-focal-fossa-release...

If Xubuntu is a separate distribution, it's safe to assume I'm not independently following Ubuntu and XFCE development -- sell me on the latest features I'll get to see when I upgrade from Xubuntu 18.04, no matter where they're coming from.

The current approach makes it sound like Xubuntu is not worth the separate identity. It's just Ubuntu + upstream XFCE + six new wallpapers.

Oh great, a brand new LTS release, two years after the previous one. Let's see what wonderful new things it contains:

Straight from the release note:

# Highlights

> A brand new dark theme was added

> Six community wallpapers are bundled

> We no longer ship Python 2 by default

Amazing! So there is nothing else more interesting, worth highlighting in the current release?

You can keep a local Borg repository (https://www.borgbackup.org) and copy it anywhere in the cloud with something like https://rclone.org.

To quote the website, BorgBackup gives you:

- Space efficient storage of backups.

- Secure, authenticated encryption.

The encryption is performed on your machine, and you don't need any special features from the provider(s) beyond simply storing a lot of small chunks.

I remember evaluating it around 2011 when they were first picking up speed. What put us off was that, although the simulator worked offline (and writing Lua for it was a lot of fun and 10x easier than getting into native development), the app build process happened on their servers — so it was essentially a service, not a tool. All code would have instantly become useless if they would have just pulled the plug one day.

Not sure what happened afterwards, but it’s nice to see they were able to open source what they had, and to keep it possible to build old projects locally.

*edit: removed uncertainty about building old projects locally

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What gives you the idea that Tesla is hiring junior whiteboard coders for these roles? They wouldn't know anything about optimizing C++/C/raw metal driver code for speed and wouldn't pass a real hardcore coding test.

If you’re into this kind of thing, check out The Fall Of Civilizations podcast — it’s great and also has an episode on this topic.

https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/2019/03/26/episode-4-...

A lot less than stretching for Esc.

I would love to have a (software) indicator that the camera/microphone are being accessed, similar to the location services icon. I think that would already be enough for users to start asking questions and keep abusive use in check.

Maybe I should have clarified: the RE650 is marketed as a repeater but it has an ethernet port and can be used as a simple access point.

The best way to introduce a formatter is with a git hook on commit/push (for JS projects see Husky), to ensure everyone is onboard and avoid exactly the formatting churn you mention.

Thanks LaurensBER for the ‘git blame’ solution!

https://github.com/typicode/husky