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Re:Building Ultra Long Range Toslink on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @11:22AM (#42624128)
Not HDMI, but SDI over fiber is basically this. It can be muxed and is used in the broadcast industry for long haul camera feeds.
Re:Tsunami Warning for Northern California on Thursday December 05, 2024 @02:42PM (#42331850)
This message is for Hawaii.

Edit:

Now as of "1154 AM PST Thu Dec 5 2024" the warning is canceled:

https://www.tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/2024/12/05/so1aq0/3/WEAK...

Re:Some Useful Bash Aliases – Chuck Carroll on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @12:43PM (#38844440)
Neat, thanks!
Re:Some Useful Bash Aliases – Chuck Carroll on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @06:32PM (#38777242)
How do you do that? Is it part of your PROMPT?
Re:Some Useful Bash Aliases – Chuck Carroll on Monday December 25, 2023 @07:27PM (#38767738)
I use this zsh function and define my git alias in my git config.

    # No arguments: `git status`
    # With arguments: acts like `git`
    function g() {
      if [[ $# > 0 ]]; then
        git $@
      else
        git st 
      fi
    }

    # Complete g like git
    compdef g=git
The argument [0] has been made that Twitter was why the US had as good of a response to COVID-19 as it did.

[0]: https://stratechery.com/2020/defining-information/

Re:Cloudflare: Is anyone else seeing DNS outages? on Friday July 17, 2020 @05:20PM (#23875711)
I'm getting some. 1.1.1.1 isn't responding to any DNS requests for me.
Re:Help Message for Shell Scripts on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @04:38PM (#23763762)
You can also use add a hyphen ( <<-EOF ) to suppress leading tabs but not spaces. https://linuxhint.com/bash-heredoc-tutorial/
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2019) on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @01:19AM (#20332352)
Location: Seattle Area Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Linux, NixOS, Python, Docker, iOS, Networking. Résumé/CV: Available upon request. Email: admin [at] psophis.com

Looking for a mid level devops position somewhere in the Seattle area. Currently working as a Network/Linux Admin and sole developer at a local small school district.

Re:Show HN: Vim gf-command improved on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @12:15AM (#19725576)
What's the difference between this and a properly setup file type plugin? As here [0] with python lets you open imported modules using `gf`.

[0]: https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/a87b72cc316e065d66dcbcf7ec1c...

This is very cool. Though I’ve always done remote wireshark captures:

    ssh root@sniff_server_ip -p port tcpdump -U -s0 'not port 22' -i eth0 -w - | wireshark -k -i -
Source: https://serverfault.com/questions/362529/how-can-i-sniff-the...

It works very well on low volume captures.

Re:WiFi Hides Inside a USB Cable on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @09:19PM (#19205027)
About a month ago I found a similar device on aliexpress that has GPS and SIM card slot:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1m-USB-Charging-Data-Cable-f...?

Re:Innovative container ship features hemispherical bow on Sunday July 17, 2016 @03:17PM (#12111345)
Drive by wire. I don't think large ships like these have had mechanical controls in decades.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2016) on Friday April 01, 2016 @01:45PM (#11406851)
Location: Seattle, WA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes, Portland or Eugene, OR.

Technologies: Swift, iOS, Rx, Network architecture, Python, PHP.

Résumé/CV: https://github.com/thanegill

Email: [email protected]

Re:Uber seeking to buy self-driving cars: source on Friday March 18, 2016 @02:34PM (#11313846)
Uber is positioned to be the platform for transportation as a service. In their ideal world no one would own a car. Owning a car, like a plane or boat, would be come a luxury item.
Re:36TB FreeNAS Home Server Build on Thursday January 14, 2016 @10:17PM (#10906906)
There's a very active subreddit[0] that discusses a lot of stuff like this. Worth checking out if you've considered having a server in your home.

[0] https://reddit.com/r/homelab

Re:f.lux for iOS is no longer available on Thursday November 12, 2015 @05:53PM (#10556764)
An open source version that is not affiliated with f.lux:

https://github.com/thomasfinch/GammaThingy/

Re:Square files for IPO on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @05:08PM (#10389539)
I don't think there would be any benefit. Square was revolutionary when they were the only one with mobile card reader technology. Now everyone has it. The only thing they have going for them is their _brand_. Apple historically hasn't bought anything that they can easily do on their own. Google much the same.
That is impressive. I haven't used the Seattle one yet.

It sounds like City of Boston has the resources to do things as they break or wear out. They just don't have the man power to check all the light bulbs or pothole as they break.

Seattle has a "Find it, Fix it" app [0].

[0]: http://www.seattle.gov/customer-service-bureau/find-it-fix-i...

Re:Crystal, iOS ad blocker, to accept money to let ads through on Thursday September 24, 2015 @07:13PM (#10275432)
Apples framework for ad blockers is 64bit only.
There is quite a bit of magic that Safari is doing. One example is that it complies javascript down to byte code in LLVM.
Yes, I believe this is the episode of Debug that you are thinking of: https://overcast.fm/+I_IAnJ5Y

(Couldn't find a link on imore)

Re:3-Way Disk Mirrors with ZFS on Linux on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @12:39PM (#9930678)
mkfile is standard on Solaris. On Debain use fallocate:

  $ fallocate -l 128MB /home/user/disk1

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