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I've only been given 1 free meal (by the manager). I just gave the entire difference as my tip. I was already going to spend the money, so why not make a random waiter happy.

For devices where connectivity is more important, switch them from 2.4Ghz to 5Ghz to avoid microwave interference.

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I'm just guessing, but I would say Intel CNVi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNVi

> No thank you, I can protect myself. There's surely some ways you're unprepared to protect yourself. Since you're unaware, you wouldn't be able to thank them. Ignorance is bliss.

With enough of a "vibration pattern", it becomes a fingerprint.

I paid $1000 cash for my Samsung Galaxy S10+ and the 5½+ years with it have been flawless. I was very hesitant to spend $1000 on my first smartphone but if it can easily last 5 yea…

Have you played with "ionice"? Did it help?

You seem angry while the person you're replying to seems calm.

What's wrong with an Adolf Hitler AI? I wouldn't consider it weird to want to interact with said AI. Mein Kampf exists. Should it be banned?

The telephone companies seem to actively push for you to get rid of your land line. My monthly bill recently dropped $75 ($50 for local-only phone service + fees like 911), when I …

Which specific pages are you referring to?

As someone who has carried a pocket knife for most of my life, I very rarely think of the knife as a weapon. When I was younger, me and my friends would throw knives at trees. Some…

> You don't need to lure anything. Right. For example, in 2016, Shodan had sneakily infiltrated the NTP.org pool to harvest IPv6 IPs. The methods have obviously gotten more sophist…

The scenerio I commonly see is a dual-stack (IPv4 & IPv6) router blocking all unsolicited incoming IPv4 packets (because of NAT), while all IPv6 LAN hosts will unintentionally be g…

> And by the way, nobody, noone forbade you from having explicit firewall rules denying anything from anywhere, not explicitly allowed. Just like it is done in a proper IPv4 config…

I worry about the loss of the implicit firewall that NAT offers. Network security audits of dual-stack networks far too often show practically no open ports on IPv4, because of NAT…

Works fine here with Chrome 109.0.5414.85 on Android 12.

Try to adhere to the Hacker News Guidelines. I apologize for being annoying but we all benefit from trying to make better posts. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "P…

Why is the article focusing on Mullvad in particular? All the complaints seem to be problems that any/all VPN providers suffer from.

> Take a close look at how that question isn't answered. I think that's the joke. I prefer this non-answer over a long-winded bullshit answer that ultimately means nothing.

> what would be accomplished by geoblocking a states's tourism site? Avoiding GDPR compliance problems?

In case you're unaware, "goatse" doesn't have anything to do with goats or animals or anything good. Don't Google it.