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djchen

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About djchen

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Recent public activity

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    Comment #33373161

    What distro and kernel version are you running on there? The Realtek 2.5G NICs should work natively with a recent kernel.

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    Comment #32966755

    The law doesn't say you can't build parking spaces with the dwelling(s) nor does it make it harder to include parking in the proposal for the dwelling(s).

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    Comment #32793442

    You can auto-renew the domain. Even better you can manually renew it for the max number of years allowed by the registry (10 years for a .com).

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    Comment #31957542

    ZeroTier has an iOS app now.

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    Comment #31564906

    FSKAX is Fidelity’s mutual fund equivalent.

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    Comment #31403996

    You can transfer your GV number to a consumer Google (@gmail.com) account. https://support.google.com/voice/answer/12083094?hl=en&ref_t... See the section titled: “Transfer to anot…

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    Comment #23752333

    In California we have this as well. PG&E (SF Bay Area) calls it Solar Choice, SCE (SoCal area) calls it Green Rates, and SDG&E (San Diego area) calls it EcoChoice. You can choose b…

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    Comment #20136159

    Yes, except if you connect to their WiFi.

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    Comment #20066851

    Why would you need to fall back if there is more LTE coverage than 3G/CDMA coverage?

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    Comment #20062527

    I actually cited a source above that Sprint alone has more LTE coverage than 3G coverage. The same is also true for T-Mobile.

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    Comment #20057897

    Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint each have more LTE coverage than 3G/CDMA. (AT&T is the exception with more 3G coverage) Source: https://www.whistleout.com/CellPhones/Guides/sprint-co…

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    Comment #20057790

    Comcast's Xfinity Mobile allows non-CDMA iPhones on its network (through Verizon). They will only connect to Verizon's LTE network and is unable to access its CDMA network. I suspe…

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    Comment #20057557

    Boost also uses Sprint's LTE network.

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    Comment #16327683

    He's referring to Maps/Google Maps. You can't use Google Maps on CarPlay

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    Comment #16153195

    I saw them mentioned in another HN thread recently. From the photos on their web site, they use Ubiquiti gear (probably the Ubiquiti airMax LiteBeam) which runs on 5ghz. https://su…

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    Comment #16027114

    There are iOS apps to check the battery stats on an iDevice. Example: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/battery-life-check-runtimes/... (I have no affiliation with the app, just a sa…

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    Comment #15846408

    I don't know if this is still the case but Jet doesn't handle fulfillment for all of the items on their store. I've bought stuff on Jet that were shipped from over e-commerce web s…

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    Comment #15840417

    Like someone above, I use an ER-X (with hw offload enabled) and a UAP-AC-PRO. Cost is about $200 total. Rock solid reliability. I have never had to reboot my ER-X or UAP-AC-PROs ex…

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    Comment #13903844

    I have used AWS at a couple work places and I personally use Google App Engine. My sites on App Engine have less than 5 minutes of downtime per year as measured by Pingdom. Deploys…

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    Comment #13888097

    Most of those providers you mentioned aren't as reliable and scalable as AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, etc. That isn't an apples to apples comparison. I would not want to host my busin…

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    Comment #8052022

    If I am a paying customer of an ISP, I sure would expect them to get me the content I want at a reasonably high speed, even if that means they need to bring up additional capacity.…

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    Comment #8051790

    You can run your own VPN on a VPS and have a dedicated IP without needing to worry about Hulu getting blocked.

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    Comment #8051783

    > Well that's a convenient argument, given that Level 3 sends way more traffic than it receives on that link, and currently (it seems) isn't paying for that difference. That is tru…

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    Comment #8051771

    I do the same thing as the OP, I use an OpenWRT router with OpenVPN back to a VPS I have and it improves streaming video quality and speed for Netflix and more. Highly recommend it…