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It is a fun rabbit hole to go down. Good luck!

When I started the company, we used the RPi as the WiFi Access Point. The trouble with them is that the built in WiFi module is pretty limited in its ability to handle many simulta…

The keyword to search for is "WiFi captive portal". My company provides captive portals for guest networks as a low cost hosted service: https://www.stad.io I recommend the Cisco M…

Thanks for the eulogy Fragmaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UkcZ4LtSE8

Yes, this means the business model is based on extracting whatever they can get from you.

2₵s: The wording of this title is extremely misleading. "Biden Crime Record", refers to controversial legislation Biden was involved with, not a record of crimes he is accused of. …

LOL. Silence is an answer.

I haven't checked if this works, but using a HEX code for the color value would be slightly shorter:

Geniuses Wanted: NASA Challenges Coders to Speed Up Its Supercomputer: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/science/nasa-supercompute...

JPL: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/opportunities/experienced/ CalTech: https://jobs.caltech.edu/postings/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&quer...

Why not use the Raspberry Pi?

Lord why? 40M for engineers who will quit as soon as possible? What is the point? 《Edit》honestly I read the whole article, please explain how this makes sense from a fitbit perspec…

Maybe someone would pay a premium to own Ross Ulbricht's BitCoin.

Aside from being easier to automate, getting IP's via the ASN lookup is also better for blocking HTTPS requests when you are MITM, since the HTTPS request will only contain the IP …

A good reason to be in Boston this week.

This is an issue across many EU countries, that require by law that WiFi providers track what their users do online, and to keep a permanent record of it. Its onerous to implement …

Check out the Meteor Dev Shop talks: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e... They usually have a guest speaker or two or three who has built something on Me…

My 2 cents: Even w/ WPA encryption enabled, a malicious user merely needs to get the network password/access to sit on the network and sniff packets as they fly by. This could be a…

I'd argue they did build a technology solution, they did constrain their ideas to achieve it during the hack-a-thon, and their "inspiration" award is just that. They were awarded f…

Gina, I think the first part of your essay is inspirational. I liked and related to your experience learning to code. I'm sure many others on HackerNews would agree. The second par…

I would be transparent. Ask for and negotiate for what you want _up front_, not after the fact. Back it up with evidence based on your other offers, and make it clear that your wil…

If you are looking to tinker on projects, kits, etc., other tutorials/books may get you the basic starter info faster. You don't need a deep knowledge to just start playing around.…

Yes, but.... this is a tome. A bible. It covers everything. Its not a hold your hand, electronics for dummys, type of book. You will learn from it, and never stop learning from it.…