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ycommentator

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About ycommentator

As of 1/2024 I've asked one question here, and got 2 helpful replies. Which I really appreciated, but couldn't respond to. Maybe because I wasn't quick enough? Anyway, replying-persons, if you read this, thanks!

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    Least-bad DIY disposal method for Li-ion laptop battery?

    I have an old laptop battery I need to dispose of, but I'm currently in a developing country and it seems there is no responsible / official way to do so. What's the least-bad DIY …

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    Comment #36677163

    And (temporarily in) Cambodia.

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    Comment #35862274

    That is offensively nonsensical. Tipping who, for what? Apart from which, I just did all the work. Where is MY tip?!

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    Comment #34118555

    I use Postfix, Dovecot, SpamAssassin, CrowdSec , Let's Encrypt on Ubuntu 22.04 with 4 domain names running on an AWS t4g.micro. I've done this since about mid 2015 (seems a lot lon…

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    Comment #33984061

    Maybe as simple as a Google / Bing (Yandex / Baidu?) search using some text likely to be unique to your site ("enclose the text in quotes" like that). If your site had been copied …

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    Comment #33969010

    Ah yes... Those stories we read where even a hint of a DCMA request results in a takedown, so that the host avoids the legal risk. That could be extremely effective in this case?!

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    Comment #33968974

    I have almost no experience of this, and nothing recent, so I don't know. But I'm not surprised at what you say, given the amount of abusive stuff that happens online nowadays.

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    Comment #33968952

    Aha, some more good ideas there! But you're right, there's tradeoffs and dependencies and uncertainties throughout, so it's not easy to even guess in advance what would work or be …

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    Comment #33955027

    My networking knowledge isn't great, so apologies if this is wrong. But if it's not wrong, it could help. FIND THE IP FOR THE DOMAIN PS > ping sukuns.us.to Pinging sukuns.us.to [45…

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    Comment #33954833

    Lots of great ideas here. A slight variation or emphasis on some: Specifically aim to advertise your own site on the other one. While you can anyway. Free advertising to their (sho…

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