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Re:Help Keep Thunderbird Alive on Thursday April 09, 2026 @01:45PM (#47706868)
Nice insight and links. I wonder how Hack Club (501(c)(3)) does it.
Re:Distrusting StartSSL on Saturday April 12, 2014 @07:01PM (#7579519)
I think this is Langley's post tptacek is referencing: https://www.imperialviolet.org/2012/02/05/crlsets.html
Re:Mac OS X - The state of the file system (2011) on Thursday November 14, 2013 @09:21AM (#6732392)
Sadly ZEVO looks to be in trouble, if not dead [1]. Even Don Brady (the lead engineer behind ZEVO) has reluctantly returned to HFS+ on 10.9 [2].

[1] http://jollyjinx.tumblr.com/post/64863395820/time-to-say-goo...

[2] https://twitter.com/DonJBrady/status/393028766554812416

Am I the only concerned that once a few billion of these energy parasites are deployed everyone will have to have to use more energy to broadcast the same signal the same distance?
Re:I Wish Nest Did More Than Thermostats on Saturday May 04, 2013 @12:21AM (#5653990)
This is where Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) with web tech (ideally) and/or Apps (practically) could shine: the sprinkler system could vend a much better software UI to our smartphones than the hardware UI it's currently offering.
Re:Expunging Google on Monday April 22, 2013 @12:00AM (#5587713)
I've barely used it, but http://librelist.com seems like a potential Google Groups replacement.
Re:Time Capsule for $25 (Using Raspbery Pi) on Friday November 30, 2012 @01:29PM (#4854606)
I agree with your analysis, and that doesn't even include the value of your time.

However Time Capsules run hot and have a nasty habit of burning out every two years or so. I presume the Pi + external drive would run cooler and have a much longer life.