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As a long time FreeBSD user, the Foundation has really failed to impress me in recent years. I lost faith in them back in 2018 during the "code of conduct" fiasco, when they wasted…

Yes, same here. Very frustrating. It is almost as if the powers that be don't want lowly netizens controlling their own destiny.

For those who feel that self-hosting limits music discovery, a more traditional option is "radio" (traditional in the sense that you listen to a curated playlist made by someone el…

Or, more likely, we're seeing the result of a generation growing up glued to cell phone screens and crappy social media every waking moment from their youngest years?

Luckily, this can all be achieved using a Wi-Fi or (even better) a Z-Wave thermostat that is 100% locally-controlled using something like Home Assistant or any number of other solu…

This is spot on. Nicely written! I think many people forget what a great, unique, and exciting time those decades were. (Or many simply did not experience them). There was a palpab…

Not really true on modern digital radio systems. They are AES-256, but the voice frames are encrypted right after the vocoder does its thing, then the voice data is dropped into th…

Pre-shared, static keys are unfortunately quite common. However, the P25 standard does provide for re-keying over they air through a process known as OTAR (Over The Air Re-keying).…

Yeah, I know about the workarounds, but that just kind of defeats the purpose for me. Also, I've read comments from folks stating they were having a hard time getting a larger pref…

Thanks, I appreciate your explanation. I was aware that there are workarounds, but to me that defeats one of the core tenants of IPv6, which is that we're supposed to be doing away…

Please offer a good TrackPoint keyboard. Please.

I recently decided that it was high time to stop ignoring IPv6 after 30 years of computing and actually learn how it is supposed to work. So I started digging in, and there's defin…

This is such a dumb problem with IPv6. Unless ISP stop being crappy and start offering static prefixes to regular residential subscribers, then I just don't see how v6 would ever b…

Doesn't using ULAs kind of defeat the purpose (or one of the main intents) of IPv6, which is every device having a globally rotatable IP address? It kind of puts us right back in t…

This is amazing. Thank you so much to the authors for putting the time into this and sharing it. I would love a way to download a local archive of music like this. Also, I hope thi…

This is nothing more than another data harvesting scheme thinly veiled as a useful service.

Anyone looking for a commercial-free, listener-supported "radio" station would be remiss not to check out https://radioparadise.com -- it is truly a rare-gem in our over-commercial…

Somewhat related: Previous, an emulator of NeXT boxes. https://previous.unixdude.net/

Came here to echo this. Also, it always amazes me how many people respond to warnings like this (as seen in this thread as well) saying lower-resolution displays look just fine. I …

It's a shame that the .us locality namespace and delegated manager infrastructure has been allowed to languish. GoDaddy (and Neustar previously) have intentionally made it difficul…

Doesn't matter - Fastmail's response is just PR bunk. Two big isues: - Fastmail pays taxes to the Australian government. By supporting Fastmail, you are supporting this lunacy indi…

Thanks for this. Additionally, it might be beneficial for folks to file complaints with the Washington, D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs [1], since the Internet S…

I've been a user of SDF for many years, and even though it may be irrelevant form a technical standpoint, even with all its faults I am thankful for its continued existence. At lea…

I am sharing my experience because I know how awful sleep problems can be. I'm in my 30s and eat what many consider a very healthful diet - virtually no sugar, just veggies, high q…

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