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It's difficult for hobbyists to get 10DLC approval for SMS (text messaging) for small projects. Here's a way to do it using a cell phone module and a cheap, unlimited-text-messagin…

When the cost of software drops, supply increases. That means we'll see even more niche apps, and more custom apps. That doesn't mean everyone becomes a builder. It means that the …

> It costs a lot of money to deliver power to rural customers Utilities (generally) have a universal service obligation. If someone can cherry-pick just the denser areas with lower…

Great book on the early industry: https://www.amazon.com/Makers-Microchip-Documentary-Fairchil...

This is true in many, many places: as zoning, safety, access, and environmental rules evolve most older buildings become not buildable under current rules. Our national housing sto…

Security is relative, NOT absolute. Involving SMS in the authentication process raises the bar significantly for script kiddie attacks using password databases. It also forces a la…

You advertise the price in the fiat currency you want. Bitcoin is only used in transit.

There is a killer app for crypto: international money laundering and untraceable transfers.

> "The only good use cases that come to mind is if there is some particular reason for you to evade the conventional and easier systems of communication and storage." * Nailed it *…

This is a great example of "it's not my preferred mode, so it must not be anyone else's." Dictation is widely used in medical transcription. Dictation is a killer way to write a fi…

Awesome, thanks! I didn't realize that the newer EIO cards were so backward compatible.

They stopped manufacturing the HP LaserJet 4000 over 21 years ago, and the jetdirect EIO network card (J3111A) not long after that. If there is a newer network card or firmware tha…

I thought about that. The real issue I’m running into is page rendering time: I think the processor on it is only 50 or 80 MHz, and modern software generates some pretty elaborate …

Related: I have a HP 4000 with duplex, which is an absolute unit (beast) of a small workgroup laser printer. It's 20+yrs old, still going strong and parts are easy to get. BUT, it'…

We've gone down this path with virtually every other bit of computing technology: operating systems, databases, etc. Open always wins....given enough time. No single company can co…

What are the issues with having a "mark obsolete" flag that users can check? (with an optional comment) At a minimum, that would be an input to the presentation ranking -- old, fla…

Latency matters a lot, and it's one of the least-appreciated aspects of UX design. I (accidentally) dropped my desktop Linux system into pure console mode the other day and realize…

Progress in science and technology progress has supposedly "stalled". YET, today, we carry pocket supercomputers with nearly all of the world's information at our fingertips. Ten y…

For the subset of highlight intelligent people that care about being rich (not all do): there's also luck. The luck vs skill ratio of life is often skewed toward the "luck" side mo…

Being the “Andy Payne” cited in the acknowledgment, I can authoritatively say “can confirm”. I built an implementation of this method around 1992-93.

TL DR: The author argues that startup options are "better than they look" because you can quit (and keep your options) at any time. The model is extremely naive: it doesn't account…

TL DR; The author wants a modal editor (like vim) that's also "modern"/graphical. My view: this is largely a religious issue. Editor design is like QWERTY keyboards (or beer): pref…

That's a good start, but there's more to claim 1: ...filter the plurality of photographic images using a transfer criteria wherein the transfer criteria is a subject identification…