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10,239karma·2,402submissions·April 5, 2019
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My notes as I am chewing through article - Is it really just citizens vs subjects? left-right, ying-yang, black-white? Are the anti-democratic paths deliberate or simple drift? I am not clear of the &…
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The way I read this (and my layman understading) probability is about predicting future events, given a known model or assumption, while likelihood is almost the mirror image: I observe the data/…
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I gather, the root cause was a latent race condition in the DynamoDB DNS management system that allowed an outdated DNS plan to overwrite the current one, resulting in an empty DNS record for the re…
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> The final reason why China is winning is that the trade war has made Mr Xi and the Communist Party stronger, not weaker. I am not so sure of this. The CCP just had to go through a massive purge …
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tip: take a kitchen brush and "paint it" thick (have to stick your tongue out as far as you can when you say the ˈθ sound, i do not make the rules) on parchment paper. put it in oven, and t…
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I can only speak to my experience, certified devices by the largest firms will mostly not interoperate (fails around authN). Apple: Keeps Thread credentials locked to HomeKit's border routers. Go…
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Thread as i see it currently is a locked ecosystem that cannot be breached. so far, all the Thread devices I have been interested in will only accept their own manufacturers' thread border rout…
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This is the way. My rule #1 in home automation is making sure none of the technology fails its original function without connection. I implement Home Assistant to assist in homes for non-technologist.…
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Slightly tangential, my hope is that the Blitzortung project picks up momentum. > Blitzortung.org and Lightningmaps.org are world-wide non-commercial low-cost community-based lightning detection an…
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The associated SonicWall announcement https://www.sonicwall.com/support/knowledge-base/mysonicwall... …
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I went the other way. I do not memorize anyone's number, just mine. Or, how it used to be before we had to know every incoming number (versus just outgoing numbers, which was pasted right next …
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Great idea! Want to learn more on the safety though... > Once in place, people simply plug a micro-inverter into an available wall outlet. later >Gründinger and experts at the German Solar Indu…
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yes! Home Assistant integration with BirdNET will take the audio streams from your cameras; no immediate need for the BirdNET-Pi. Since cameras are often outside, there is better chance to capture so…
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Another article talking about CISA ending https://securityboulevard.com/2025/09/critical-cisa-cybersec... …
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This has been the same for most low cost airlines (e.g., Frontier, Spirit). To get a boarding pass without a mobile , customer must go to the counter, pay an additional fee and get the printed versi…
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I echo what some already stated. I think this topic if real needs to be known. Problem is that I cannot find any reference where this information is coming from. Give me a link, document, referenc…