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simonmales

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About simonmales

I send faxes with Bitcoin: https://bitcoinfax.net

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    Comment #49095843

    I'm not a printer... What does that mean?

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    Comment #49019782

    I have zero experience with C# and it all lives inside a docker container and just works. Naturally, I would prefer a non-windows language, but it is literally a black box that wor…

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    Comment #49011962

    Lightning ain't slow though.

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    Comment #49011945

    TIL DAI cannot be frozen. Perhaps the first stablecoins I might be a little interested in. The merchant should send the funds (sweep the UTXO) back to you if the funds are flagged.…

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    Comment #49011854

    You mean payment processing? BTCPay Server is the defacto standard I would argue. Have used it for accepting LN transactions for years.

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    Comment #49003818

    Thanks for the tip!

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    Comment #48744932

    Would love for Pine64 to thrive. I don't own any of their products, but I am glad they exist.

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    Comment #48744843

    Will this forever exist as a Fedora "remix". Or will we find the support in upstream so I can one day run Debian-based distro? I think the last time I used an RPM-based distro was …

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    Comment #48181095

    It's a personal bias for me. Perception of quality, because the author is under constant review.

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    Comment #47933897

    I think nowadays on Android it's called QuickShare, and it works. But I believe the fragmentation and awareness is a part of the problem for Android.

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    Comment #47489392

    Thanks for sharing the "fixed wireless terminal" tip. A HN post a while ago describe hacking a landline to a wireless terminal. But this tip removes the hacking :)

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    Comment #47438521

    What's the risk? Personally, I only see benefits.

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    Comment #47427410

    I guess competition with the Bitcoin equivalent https://www.l402.org/

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    Comment #47273565

    Here is my recent history of phones: https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=8972&idPhone2... The Nokia 6.1 now feels like a monster in my hand at 75mm. I agree that 70mm is…

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    Comment #47273514

    The Pixel 8 might be my next "upgrade" (sidegrade?)

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    Comment #47244662

    The small form factor phones simply do not sell. Some great thoughts on the topic: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR9zBsKELVs * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZdbbN3FCzE Not a…

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    Comment #47119335

    Good thing about trmnl is you can run the entire backend if the company disappears.

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    Comment #46959639

    I made fun of the 'America First' campaign slogan and referred to it as 'America Only'. Then you can quickly use this idea on people who put themselves in front of others. And the …

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    Comment #46957027

    Coming from Slack for a number of years, there is an initial shock of missing out of the 'slack way of things'. The killer feature is everything is a stream/thread. I argue that is…

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    Comment #46676672

    It's getting movement in tough political environments like Uganda: https://www.archyde.com/bitchat-surges-to-1-in-uganda-amid-p... And natural disasters like in Jamaica https://www…

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    Comment #46575961

    You might be referring to Bitchat.

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    Comment #46567422

    As a fan of webapps, https://yr.no is a good no-frills weather webapp.

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    Comment #46567402

    I was a big fan, the original version was called forecast.io. It was a rare example at the time when it was _the_ webapp better than any existing 'native' apps.

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    Comment #46523847

    Whats the cycle time here? This work flow makes sense to me.

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    Comment #46310001

    This is a hard truth. I looked at my own Show HN post history, some are definitely in the graveyard.