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joelkoen

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About joelkoen

Socials: - github.com/joelkoen - joel.net.au

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    Comment #47829924

    Looks like a cool website, but after I test a few different keyboards it prompts me to subscribe. After pressing 'maybe later', it comes back again and again, only letting me test …

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    Comment #46668260

    > What happens if a train has to stop in the middle of the tunnel, and you phone for help? [...] the system has been deliberately configured to transmit the location of the nearest…

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    Comment #46069428

    > Bom tried to explain that the site's refresh - prompted by a major cybersecurity breach in 2015 A perfect example of the state of IT in Australia.

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    Comment #44246824

    That's neat, could you explain how you achieved that? I tried a year or so ago and had to round trip to my Android over mobile data so it was too high latency for what I needed. If…

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    Comment #43841281

    This is the most impressive demo I've ever seen - no app download, no account sign up, no crap, just works instantly. Well done.

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    Comment #43541693

    > Point-of-Sale Systems — process transactions regardless of internet connectivity Mentioning this as an example use case is simply untrue, right?

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    Comment #42661976

    Haha yeah just noticed they call Bytespider "TokTok's crawler" too

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    Comment #42661232

    > “OpenAI used 600 IPs to scrape data, and we are still analyzing logs from last week, perhaps it’s way more,” he said of the IP addresses the bot used to attempt to consume his si…

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    Comment #42559375

    If you're lucky a neighbour may already have a compatible weather station nearby, which you can freely collect data from as long as you're in range ;)

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    Comment #42316132

    Anyone aware of public archives of videos like this? These are so cool and I imagine that in the future this would be an incredibly valuable peek into history given how raw it is.

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    Comment #42114179

    You can achieve the exact same thing in Firefox using the Sidebery extension: https://github.com/mbnuqw/sidebery

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    Comment #41958997

    Given his position, is it possible the Intel CEO is a little biased? /s

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    Comment #41913632

    omg look at this cute puppy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUXcfNkepdg

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    Comment #41773166

    It is `_nomap`, not `no_map`. https://support.google.com/maps/answer/1725632#zippy=%2Chow-...

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    Comment #41316120

    How is this related to wardriving? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardriving

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    Comment #41221097

    I'm 17, recently had a similar experience to what you describe. As others have mentioned, and from my own experience, this may indicate they are avoiding a much bigger problem. If …

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    Comment #41090378

    Have you tried Better than Adventure[0]? It's a fork of Beta 1.7.3 for exactly this reason! [0] https://www.betterthanadventure.net/

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    Comment #40902599

    It is archived here: https://archive.org/details/MLS_Full_Cell_Export_Final

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    Comment #40897244

    It is rather surprising how many people have started contributing already. I believe that people want to support alternatives to big tech so they aren't completely reliant on these…

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    Comment #40897216

    Just commented on that issue, thanks!

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    Comment #40896885

    Distributed referring to the community not yet recognising one specific software as "the go to"? Or distributed physically?