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Ask HN: On Toilet Paper Consumption

Posted by danradunchev on Friday July 21, 2023 @10:02AM
from the ask-hn dept.

1. How much toilet paper a restroom in a restaurant consumes in a month?2. How much toilet paper a hotel/motel consumes in a month?Guesses/Estimations welcomed. If you work in the industry and have direct observations or know someone who have - please share.

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Re:Show HN: Use DNS TXT to share information on Monday July 17, 2023 @01:07AM (#36754375)
The quote used is from excellent article here: https://bgr.com/tech/the-internet-isnt-free-it-never-was-and...

Show HN: Use DNS TXT to share information

Posted by danradunchev on Monday July 17, 2023 @01:06AM
from the show-hn dept.

dig +short TXT youpay.govorenefekt.com @1.1.1.1 | fold -sYou can base64 encode an image, split to TXT records and send over Internet. Useful in certain circumstances. Like when one of the communicating parties is under severe censorship.

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Re:How and Why I Stopped Buying New Laptops (2020) on Saturday July 08, 2023 @01:47PM (#36646792)
Although capitalism could provide us with used laptops for decades to come, the strategy outlined above should be considered a hack, not an economical model. It’s a way to deal with or escape from an economic system that tries to force you and me to consume as much as possible. It’s an attempt to break that system, but it’s not a solution in itself. We need another economical model, in which we build all laptops like pre-2011 Thinkpads. As a consequence, laptop sales would go down, but that’s precisely what we need. Furthermore, with today’s computing efficiency, we could significantly reduce the operational and embodied energy use of a laptop if we reversed the trend towards ever higher functionality.
Re:The internet isn’t free, it never was, and it probably never will be on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @04:45PM (#36606837)
People always mistake free to access with free of charge. Time to realize the difference.
Re:Show HN: Bulgarian Podcasts Search Engine on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @12:43AM (#36502406)
In the backend I have a database of Bulgarian podcasts shows. The database is updated every 15 min. I had to built it as its not easy to find good Bulgarian podcasts in large podcast directories. Aside of this search engine same database is used by an Android app which loads and plays random episodes from the database helping people discover new and interesting shows.
Re:Show HN: API –> Bulgarian Podcasts Database on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @12:36AM (#36502362)
An API to query my database of Bulgarian podcasts. It can be used to feed podcast players or to embed in web sites. Example usage on one of my sites to show last 10 released Bulgarian podcast' episodes -> https://govorenefekt.com/last-ten/
Re:Using Nginx to block Meta, Twitter and ChatGPT access to your sites on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @02:08AM (#36489421)
For everyone who miss the point.

- I don't want my content on those sites in any form and I don't want my content to feed their algorithms. So I do not care for opengraph or previews.

- Using robot.txt assumes they will 'obey' it. But they may choose not to. Its not mandatory in anyway.

- Yes, they can fake UA. This does not mean I should not take any measures to block them just becasue they can fake.

Re:FediBlock Meta's new Threads domain on Monday June 26, 2023 @07:58AM (#36478568)
Just give all of them a finger. Don't allow anyone to commercially profit from your content without your consent.

Using Nginx to block Meta, Twitter and ChatGPT access to your sites - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36476243

Re:Using Nginx to block Meta, Twitter and ChatGPT access to your sites on Monday June 26, 2023 @02:04AM (#36476244)
How to turn your site ( and/or fediverse instance) invisible for Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Threads), Twitter and OpenAi ChatGPT.
Re:Down the Gopher Hole on Sunday June 25, 2023 @02:59AM (#36465667)
I find it relevant especially in the lights of the recent developments around birdsite, meta expansion at fedivesrse. Back to the roots may provide new paths and ways to save the interweb. Not saying we should all go back into the gopher hole but just maybe the answers for the future can be found in the past...
Re:Down the Gopher Hole on Sunday June 25, 2023 @02:52AM (#36465645)
And still relevant.