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Telco systems validate and may transcode voice data between phones, so the functionality is limited.
You can generate the coin movement operation in the air gapped machine, write it down on paper, and then use a normal, connected computer to transmit it to the network. The private key never left the air gapped machine, with this method.
It can probably be a bit simplified by using IPv6, as that avoids the IPv4 checksum.
Re:Win16 Retro Development on Saturday December 24, 2022 @07:05PM (#34122563)
What are those tedious reasons? Like when booting on very old hardware, you got a Vista-like splash screen on Win7?
It still does, it's now called "Secure Folder". There's "Insular" from F-Droid as well.
Re:Longevity of Recordable CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays on Friday October 07, 2022 @06:11AM (#33119359)
Hi, I do the BD M-Dics at home, with Linux, with 0 problems. What problems did you get?
Same here with Yakuake. It's always there
Re:Tech Compensation in Europe on Monday August 01, 2022 @10:44AM (#32306674)
I keep getting calls from recruiters offering 30k€ in North Spain, but they are hurting, as nowadays everybody is getting better deals thanks to remote work.
>switching ISPs may throw your internal network addressing in disarray which can be either a pain or a massive problem

Those are what ULA's do. A local router that provides global addresses and ULAs solves all your problems, and that's the default behaviour of OpenWRT (and probably other routers). If you want traffic to not leave your local network, listen to your ULA (fd00::whatever) and call it a day.

Thanks for responding, it's quite interesting story.

> When a CD was inserted, it checked for a watermark and if there, returned pseudo random sectors of data.

So, if the driver was not running in the machine, the disc would be a standard Data+AudioCD? Nothing else to stop reading it as a generic music disc?

Can you tell us what the driver actually did? How did it "prevent" piracy, and what are your feelings about the allegedly bad software quality?
Re:Ask HN: What is your home networking setup? on Thursday January 20, 2022 @07:25AM (#30007990)
ISP fibre -> ISP fibre terminating box -> Router Netgear R6220 running OpenWRT.

My home server and several machines are directly connected to the router via ethernet, and it also offers WiFi in the house. The router offers regular IPv4 NAT in a /24, and passes down GUA and ULA /64s. It also runs a wireguard VPN, DNS and DDNS, and acts as firewall.

My home server runs Ubuntu and runs a lot of stuff, like storage, Nextcloud instance, torrent, internet radio, UPNP media share to the TV, and more. Mostly docker containers and traefik for HTTP, managed with ansible playbooks.

Considering I got both of those devices from the recycle bin, I'm very happy how they work.

There's plenty of bluray drives still manufactured, mostly on each modern console. I hope I can find a working in 20-30 years, my PlayStation 1 is still working strong :D
I simply burn the photos in 100GB M-disc blurays. Then I bury them next to a tree in a zip lock bag.
Re:My troubles with MP3s on Saturday January 01, 2022 @12:36AM (#29755822)
What's stopping them to just burn the files into audio CDs and get the same physical features?
Probably IPv4 is on CGNAT and Sprint doesn't keep the logs of the translation. On IPv6 there's no NAT, and there might be a deterministic relationship between subscription and IP
And with DXVK you also get Direct3D for free too.
Firefox Relay is what you are looking for.