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kevinbowman

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About kevinbowman

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    Comment #39665808

    There's a guide at https://docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github... , but the critical bit is "In the "Code and automation" section of the sidebar, click Pages."

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    Comment #39570613

    I think Project Zero would count as offensive work in this regard; they are actively trying to find problems in other systems, rather than trying to stop other people trying to fin…

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    Comment #39344604

    Also relevant, houses aren't boiling a kettle and running their oven 24x7, so this is more like worst-case peak load and will be spread across different houses. Having some kind of…

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    Comment #38270568

    It's now!

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    Comment #36954162

    No affiliation, I just thought this was an interesting approach. They publish the prices the previous day, in 30-minute blocks based on the wholesale prices, and add an uplift in t…

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    Comment #34552284

    You have a sale. Maybe the most expensive mug I've ever bought :) I look forward to it.

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    Comment #34539482

    I don't know the numbers, but I would guess that more people sit NodeJS servers behind a CDN or proxy of some kind than PHP, making it potentially harder to identify.

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    Comment #34498357

    It wasn't available in my country (UK) yesterday, but I just checked after updating to 16.3 and it now says I can enable it.

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    Comment #33153027

    > it lets you transfer a web "player" to a TV set that could support sports betting through the remote control The problem with that is the broadcast delays; live betting will alwa…

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    Comment #33152912

    I've been to a few events where White Coat have been doing the captioning, and they're very good. I often find myself reading the live captions even whilst I'm listening to the spe…

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    Comment #31703532

    “Shade balls”, there are 96M of them in (on?) a big Los Angeles reservoir : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shade_balls They are made from HDPE, with an additive to prevent UV-accele…

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    Comment #29625086

    Good to know, thanks for the confirmation!

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    Comment #29624974

    I think Charles proxy can do that, by installing itself as a VPN on iOS devices and also as a device configuration profile (so it can use a custom CA to MITM the traffic).

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    Comment #29624879

    From a quick look at the code, it seems to be doing something similar, except it does it for you. Here's a link to the Firefox bit, where it makes a custom Firefox profile and then…

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    Comment #28286993

    I really like that this weighs the cat; having regular, non-intrusive cat health metrics is particularly useful. Weight change can be a sign of a variety of other issues, but also …

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    Comment #28043753

    > where do you report lateral flow tests? https://www.gov.uk/report-covid19-result > if a lateral flow is positive... I imagine that that report result site will refer you for a PC…

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    Comment #27891810

    I assumed "benefits", i.e. perks beyond the basic salary

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    Comment #27818318

    From the most recent news item on the link you posted: “In the coming weeks this website ( https://opendistro.github.io/for-elasticsearch/ ) will be selectively decommissioned and/…

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    Comment #27818299

    If there’s only one owner, either through limiting the contributions or through insisting on a CLA, then that owner can do what they like moving forwards. They can’t change things …

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    Comment #27357965

    The UK definition is “within 28 days of a positive covid test result”. There was a day in July with no reported deaths, but that used a different definition.

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