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https://github.com/PotatoFi/spectrum

This again? Just use v6, it’s not that hard.

I still use the Kermit client almost daily. Enterprise network gear still has serial ports (most still defaulted to 9600 baud!) and have an old laptop running MS-DOS and Kermit in …

Quad9, like most global DNS providers uses anycast to provide redundancy and low latency. My connection to them still terminates in Chicago. If my DNS queries are answered in the U…

I have been looking for something exactly like this. I've tried some other apps as a place to collate and organize PDFs but haven't found anything. This looks really promising.

If you're interested in this type of information in podcast format, check out the History of Networking series from The Network Collective: https://thenetworkcollective.com/categor…

My city went to one to pay for water, trash pickup, etc. It's a horrible experience to use. It takes longer and is less efficient than just logging into a modern website and paying…

I'm surprised at the marketshare dnsmasq has, I would've thought BIND and dnsmasq numbers to be flipped.

What are fellow HN'ers using for file sync/sharing? I was a Dropbox early adopter but haven't been as impressed as of late, with Dropbox suddenly trying to integrate into my MS Off…

Cool. I'm not the one who originally posted the question but had the same one upon checking out the starting page. Great idea, something I would be interested in signing up for, bu…

What do you find problematic about the 16:9 aspect ratio?

Any similar software recommendations for Windows?

I'll have to look into OTR+XMPP. I was hoping for something straightforward for non-technical folks to use as well. Any recommendations on clients? What I meant by iOS/Chrome is th…

No private chats for Windows/Linux.

> Just what sort of obscenely restrictive firewall are you behind? Many companies block outbound on non-well known ports, for various reasons. tcp/443 is almost always available th…

I've been looking through different messaging apps lately (iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Wire, etc.), looking for one that has end to end encryption as well as native clients for m…

In parts of the US, it's common to hear them referred to as "high comma", especially when spelling a name.

There's a lot of people saying "don't use btsync for sensitive data" and rightfully so. What are some alternatives that are considered more secure?

> curl -s http://getmacapps.com/raw/6bl | sh > ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)" Please stop doing this. I looked at the script and I know it looks fi…

Took me awhile for find - but full specs: Full specs Screen * 11.6" display with 16:9 aspect ratio (IPS Panel) * 1366 x 768 * 60% Color Gamut * 300 nit screen * Wide viewing angle …

I've actually owned that phone. It really, really does not work well, even for just calls. My battery life when using it was atrocious. Also, send/receiving texts was a very diffic…

See http://xkcd.com/977/ for a summary of even more types.

+1 I've had the same experience.