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seanherron
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About seanherron
Contact me at sean@seanherron.com
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Comment #35114971
The author is right that USB-C docks can be used to hide malicious devices - but the same is true of any USB device. You could hide a Pi Zero in a mouse, keyboard, memory stick, or…
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Comment #33837037
Sure - but I'd rather not tunnel everything through a VPN, especially given the fact that I already have relatively high latency.
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Comment #33836881
I've been using Starlink as my primary internet provider for the past year. I'm just outside of Eugene, OR and prior to Starlink my only internet options were Viasat or dial-up. I …
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Comment #33134960
Often BDR calls don’t even focus on if the product is a good fit - it’s “how much budget do you have?” “Are you the decision maker?” “When are you looking to make a purchase?”. Tha…
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Comment #33134914
This is more of a post-sales item. A pivotal part of a renewal is going to be how successful implementation is - and that success is largely dependent not just on the sponsor of th…
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Comment #33133717
Seems to be a fair amount of recent interest in 10gbE home networking. I bought a Brocade ICX6450 based on this thread with 24 Poe+ ports and 4 SFP+ ports for about $100 on eBay wi…
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Comment #33133631
I didn't expect to learn much from this article - but it actually really resonated with me. I often am responsible for purchasing decisions and found much of the advice to sales re…
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Comment #33133423
Yeah, optics or DAC cables are definitely preferable. I wouldn’t run more than one or two 10G-BaseT units in most switches - but when you have a modem or device that only supports …
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Comment #33129148
For about $50 US, you can get a 10Gbase-T SFP+ module that gives you a copper port at 10gig within a SFP+ form factor. That, coupled with a cheap Mikrotik switch, is plenty to get …
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Comment #29050067
I wish used equipment was that cheap now! We are constantly looking and old balers in our area are still going for $7k+. For something relatively recent and in good working order, …
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Comment #29049922
I own a farm, this summer we produced and sold about 1500 bales of hay. Had no idea hay exchange existed, the vast majority of our sales were via craigslist and Facebook marketplac…
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Comment #10629320
Those all happened at least 20 years ago - I was looking at things that have happened in recent history.
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Comment #10628347
In what modern situation would a whole plane parachute actually help save lives? The vast majority of the (extremely rare) commercial aircraft disasters occur during takeoff or lan…
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Comment #9620721
Wasn't this invented by Disney in the 50s? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle-Vision_360%C2%B0
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Comment #9606063
We looked at doing things like logging git commit frequency to try and provide realistic estimates to users of their time that they could then confirm or alter. Realistically, with…
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Comment #9606032
>>> Given that there is no download link or price Like everything 18F produces, Tock is a work of the US Government and is in the public domain. There's a link to the GitHub reposi…
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Comment #9276684
Very interesting to look at the original content of https://github.com/greatfire/ and https://github.com/cn-nytimes . One appears to be a collection of resources for proxying aroun…
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Ask HN: What's the best way to nab a soon-to-expire domain name from a squatter?
A domain name that I am interested in is currently being squatted on by a ad-laded splash page. It's set to expire next month. I've been reading up a lot on NameJet, SnapNames, and…