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mfiro

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    Comment #48652047

    It doesn’t surprise me at all. Deutsche Bahn got so bad in the recent years that Switzerland started turning some German trains around at Basel (border) to protect its own timetabl…

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    Comment #45655479

    Add this to the end of .bashrc function cheat() { curl cht.sh/$1 } Then in terminal you can use the following to see the examples: $ cheat curl

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    Comment #45493555

    Thank you for that useful link. I've bookmarked it as I usually go through the similar steps once in a while and I forget each, what needs to be done exactly.

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    MKJFGFI.nrw is not a captcha but a German government ministry

    I came across mkjfgfi.nrw and assumed it was a random or suspicious domain. It turns out to be the Ministerium für Kinder, Jugend, Familie, Gleichstellung, Flucht und Integration o…

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    Comment #45351377

    One of my coworkers, a network specialist, compares IP restrictions to a garden fence. They’re enough to stop casual passersby, but anyone determined will find a way over or around…

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    Comment #45057270

    The problem is the countries, which censor Internet and block VPNs, also jam shortwave radio signals.

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    Ask HN: Anyone else getting forced auto-dubbing on YouTube Android app?

    I live in Germany and speak both German and English fluently. Some English videos on YouTube (Android app) now get auto-dubbed in German with no option to switch to the original au…

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    Comment #42471550

    That's awesome! Would it be possible to include the business owner's comments for each listing to make them searchable?

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    Comment #42465900

    Great project! What steps did you take to address the legal implications of scraping from different websites?

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    Comment #41553429

    I wonder how many will switch to Firefox after this action. But it may be a small number because I assume that not many people use adblockers and most of those who use them already…

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    Comment #41419940

    I think, one other side effect of this is the increasing restrictions on VPN usage for accessing big websites, pushing users towards logging in or using (mobile) apps instead. Rece…

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    Comment #41351502

    In my opinion, Telegram is more of a social network than a messenger. There are many useful channels and in many countries, it plays an important role in sharing information. If we…

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    Comment #40552671

    > The encryption app? That might be the next step. Banning encryption. We live in a strange world right now.

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    Comment #40540173

    Moving E-mail is the easiest part on this journey. For me the biggest reason, was the risk of being locked out of my E-mail accounts and reaching no (human) support. What I found t…

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    Comment #40540024

    If you use it with domain you own, you can just point it to another email provider.

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    Comment #40480714

    Using technology to improve lives is one thing, but using technology to survive missile attacks is just another level. Sometime I ask myself, will humans ever stop wars once and fo…

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    Comment #40333491

    It is undoubtedly one of the best media apps out there. What I really like about this project is the attitude of the maintainers towards open software and donations [0]. Kodi is al…

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    Comment #40122874

    The problem is that "maps" in the top bar is also missing. The only way now to search for a map is going to maps.google.com and search there. I find it actually very annoying.

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    Comment #40122585

    That IT is lagging behind in Germany is something that is known, but it affects more corporations in adopting new innovations. For example, I know many companies couldn't yet make …

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    Tell HN: Google search no longer has a link to maps in Europe

    Probably many of you already know, but I have lately noticed that there is no map button in google searches. Also if the search shows a map, it's not clickable. At First, I thought…

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    Comment #40040469

    Fritzbox assigns a domain for the router, something like DynDNS. The config is bound to this domain.

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    Comment #40040372

    After setting up the Wireguard on the router (Fritzbox), you get a QR code or config file which you can import to any Wireguard client.

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    Comment #40040144

    My dsl router has the option to setup wireguard and it can be the exit node with a few clicks. What does Tailscale offer more than that?