solotronics (u/solotronics)

solotronics commented on Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for accounts utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/spa... · Posted by u/throw0101b

dotancohen · 2 years ago

  > It’s useful to have your own domain with your own email

Until you've forgotten to renew, or were to sick too renew, or the domain is hijacked. I've had my domain for over twenty years, and I've come way too close to losing it at least twice.

solotronics · 2 years ago

Is there a way to actually "own" your domain instead of paying registration fees every year?

solotronics commented on Cloud outage causes Bambu 3D printers to start printing on their own themessenger.com/tech/bam... · Posted by u/rcarmo

MegaDeKay · 2 years ago

Anti-features like this just make me more convinced to get a Voron instead. Open source design, great community, almost infinitely moddable, and at least as capable as the Bambu. You can self-source all the parts or buy kits from various vendors.

https://vorondesign.com/

However, I say all this as someone that is technically inclined, wants to tinker, and is a fan of the open source. Somebody that wants plug-and-play should definitely look at another printer.

solotronics · 2 years ago

+1 for Voron project. I recommend first time builders to get a reputable Voron kit, you will save a lot of time creating wiring harnesses and such.

solotronics commented on YouTuber who staged plane crash faces up to 20 years jail news.yahoo.com/youtuber-s... · Posted by u/tafda

solotronics · 2 years ago

Is it actually even illegal to crash a plane on purpose? Plane companies do this all the time for testing purposes, albeit in a controlled manner.

solotronics commented on GitHub incident: ongoing issues with Actions, Issues and other Git operations githubstatus.com/incident... · Posted by u/jaitsu

hospitalJail · 2 years ago

I'm the lone person at my team that still believes in keeping most of our stuff local, with online versions as primarily backup.

Every time some global service goes down, or internal internet/intranet goes down, there is a security breach, or a WFH person has a power outage I'm reminded I'm right.

I'm no luddite, these services make you dependent on them. The worst thing I'm dependent on here is a bad computer. We have backups and keep our files on our network, so it seems fine. We are slowly moving to an online system, and I'm constantly reminded all the problems shifting online.

Meanwhile, if I had a linux server, we would be in control of our own destiny.

solotronics · 2 years ago

GIT is actually a great protocol for keeping distributed copies of code. You can pretty easily with bash cycle through a list of backup urls for a git repo, looking for updates.

solotronics commented on NAT between identical networks using VRF blog.oddbit.com/post/2023... · Posted by u/ytch

solotronics · 3 years ago

All of this just because people didn't want to figure out IPv6!

solotronics commented on Why are antennas popping up over the Salt Lake City foothills? ksltv.com/516749/why-are-... · Posted by u/RF_Enthusiast

sumoboy · 3 years ago

Definitely a helium miner in play here. Plenty of pics on reddit where people have built self-powered deployments, solar charges a battery inside, 4g for internet access, and mine away helium all day long. Was very profitable 14-24 months ago but HNT crypto price has plummeted and helium founders pretty much bet the same type of deployment could happen for 5g deployments which has pretty much been a disaster. 5g implementations require more $$$ equipment and pricey antennas, and a complex setup with a limited range.

The appeal of these helium miners was a very simple setup and low cost. I'd seen offers for people who work on cell towers in SLC to rent space for these miners. Plenty of places in the SLC that can reach a large % of the valley without having to go that high. I still have a single miner running in Vegas that has a 50km reach from a residential house with a single 5.8dbi antenna. Could easily put one on a hilltop but doubtful it would help. I highly doubt the cartel is invested in these, very low data throughput which why IoT devices are the target market.

solotronics · 3 years ago

I always assumed these helium miners were doing some weird radio data collection, IP obfuscation, or something. There has to be some incentive behind getting people to set up these radios everywhere.

solotronics commented on NYC officials say they can't find EV garbage trucks powerful enough to plow snow gothamist.com/news/snow-g... · Posted by u/IronWolve

solotronics · 3 years ago

How hard would it be to make an EV garbage truck that turns some of the garbage into electricity?

solotronics commented on Billionaire Winklevoss Twins’ $900M Disaster Is No Shock thedailybeast.com/winklev... · Posted by u/pseudolus

solotronics · 3 years ago

Not your keys, not your coin. Best practice is to try to minimize the amount of time you leave Bitcoin on an exchange. Don't ever loan it out! What could they possibly be doing with it that is a safe investment?