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Nice in theory, but just when I think I have it figured out something changes and the script quits working. Specifically with 3rd-party hosting like NearlyFreeSpeech, not my own, b…

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I enjoyed this interview by NPR: Airbnb: Joe Gebbia A chance encounter with a stranger gave Joe Gebbia an idea to help pay his rent. That idea turned into Airbnb — a company that n…

Of my 140 orders over the last two years on Aliexpress, only one has been originated in the US (California, to be exact). All but a few of the remainder were from China. I reside i…

I'm rural and have a lot of things sending data to a central node for collection. I found LoRa interesting, but sadly none of the modules offered native encryption capabilities. En…

I see and appreciate your point, and yeah, you might get a little dead, but they can turn a Walmart roast into a tender and delicious cut of meat with the right cooking strategy. L…

Related: If you tenderize with a Jaccard-like tool, examine the teeth very closely before you cook your meat. I have had the blades break in half longitudinally where it still look…

I've had breadboards like his react to air flow. Those cheap ones especially have such horrible connections that the slightest motion of flimsy part like a resistor or LED wagging …

It's a little troubling to see only one mention of PGP in the comments. Thunderbird+Enigmail+GPG makes a highly functional way to send and receive PGP-encrypted mail.

As far as I know it has run fiber through most of the electrical conduit in town. The fiber is mainly for business, but there may be some kind of option for residential, don't know…

I'm a tech worker in Glenwood Springs, CO. This is their muni option (50Mb/100Mb/250Mb symmetrical for $70/$105/$175 respectively): http://gscbn.com/services/internet/business-inte…

Nice work. For reference, here's the original library which has TinyGPS and TinyGPS++: http://arduiniana.org/libraries/TinyGPS/ It doesn't appear to have any compatibility with the…

The whole thing seems fragile, both in terms of the physical properties and legalities. Some thoughts: Cost: $1400 for $12 worth of parts obviously hacked together in a project box…

I have a slight fascination with sweeteners. About five years ago I imported a kilo of "Neotame" sweetener from a chem factory in Shanghai. It was claimed to be 10,000-12,000 times…