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Friendly reminder that 1.1.1.1 is a real, valid, public IP. Seen plenty of networks that don’t recognize this, use it for some internal purpose, and break https://1.1.1.1/

I've been pretty happy with the devices, when they work. But they don't seem built to last. Of the 6 Fitbits I've had in the last 5 years (the original, 2 Fitbit Ultras, 3 Fitbit Z…

Having trouble getting past the author's failure to distinguish between the web and the Internet... :-P

Just before seeing this on HN, I randomly came across this article on "dark lightning" -- a burst of gamma rays that accompanies the RF burst that precedes visible lightning. http:…

Here's another one, for the US: http://hint.fm/wind/

"I’d like it to get OSM to seven billion contributors in the next year or two." Surely that's a typo. Nearly all the world's population contributing to, not just using, OSM? Seven …

In Austin I pay about 1.3 cents/gallon, or 10.4 cents/cubic foot of water, $10.40/CCF. This is including waste water service, which is nearly twice as much as water service (but ba…

Love the idea -- I recently started capturing more and more data on my own life. But I have an Android phone .. haven't seen any other mentions of Android options on this thread so…

I would think the accelerometer trigger would be in case of any unintentional dismount or an unscheduled end-of-trip, rather than a cyclist powered change in speed. But yes, have b…

Funny story: We went on a road trip recently. Checked into a hotel, were given a magnetic stripe key card and a room number, hauled our bags upstairs, attempted to open the door to…

You might be interested in this previous Hacker News post: http://hackerne.ws/item?id=1355292 "Twitter's Alex Payne quits, heads onto something new", namely http://banksimple.net/