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The Painted Man is a novel that was mostly written on the author's Blackberry while riding the train to work. https://www.geeknative.com/6955/the-painted-man-written-on-a...
A good read, too!
I also write code using my phone when I'm on a bus or the subway. It requires some patience but after getting used to it, the experience is surprisingly pleasant especially if you're familiar with terminal-based tools. My environment consists of: - Galaxy S24 Ultra - Termius: I think it is the best terminal emulator and SSH client on Android. The sad thing is that the paid version is a bit too expensive. ($10 per mon…
It does nothing to fix lag, but connection failures are handled without a hitch, same session resumes like normal on spotty train wifi and mobile data.
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We shipped 10,000 packages of free hardware and other prizes to teenagers this summer as part of https://hackclub.com/arcade/ . In total we shipped to 119 countries. India and Bangladesh caused by far the most issues with customs. Packages got held up, and they often tried to charge duties of up to 70%. His concern is definitely real. The best option is to buy an item within the country using a US card, or to buy an…
Customs theft is basically the norm there, it’s very frustrating.
So we fedex him a laptop and then agi by end of week
It's not that easy to just send him a laptop [1]: >>I'd caution against posting a laptop to Bangladesh as there is a very real chance it'd spend the next six months sat in customs while an official looks for a pay off. >Yeah, this is the reason I wasn't too keen on having stuff shipped from outside. [1] https://github.com/OXY2DEV/markview.nvim/issues/218#issuecom...
We tried to ship banking 2FA devices to india and customs took them too.
200% useless to anyone but us, but confiscated anyway
I also write code using my phone when I'm on a bus or the subway. It requires some patience but after getting used to it, the experience is surprisingly pleasant especially if you're familiar with terminal-based tools. My environment consists of: - Galaxy S24 Ultra - Termius: I think it is the best terminal emulator and SSH client on Android. The sad thing is that the paid version is a bit too expensive. ($10 per mon…
I have been really impressed lately using Samsung Dex on a XReal Air 2. AR glasses have really improved in the recent years. It gives you a better screen than many small laptops. For longer trips (train, airplane), add a mechanical wireless bluetooth keyboard (my choice would be a NuPhy Air 75) to feel like a king. For the occasional browser + SSH on the go, it's better (less space + better keyboard + larger screen e…
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Customs theft is basically the norm there, it’s very frustrating.
Seems like an easy problem to solve the criminals are at a fixed address and are in documented possession of the items.
Also there's no clear chain of custody for stuff or incentive to have it, "Lost somewhere in customs" is about as precise as you usually get at the best of times
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I had a talk with him and it seemed like the best fit. In the end, MacBooks are the best use of money when in comes to laptop. Battery life is crucial due to frequent blackouts. I'd have preferred something from new Intel ones but I couldn't find anything available there.
Not sure I agree. They are built to last, yes, but would be a pain to get fixed if they break down. If it were me, I'd have preferred something like a Thinkpad.
On the contrary, usual recommendations, like business grade retired fleets were a lot more uncommon, because "business" work laptops on the area were just consumer grade whatever was cheap at the moment
The weird ocasions you saw stuff like Thinkpads or similar, they commanded a premium because the techies WANTED them
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Seems like an easy problem to solve the criminals are at a fixed address and are in documented possession of the items.
Assuming already poignantly corrupt authorities have any reasons to police themselves, they also have a billion ways to stall, cover and act innocent "Oh noes, we've been so overwhelmed, I swear I was just about to approve this, woe is me", and it will probably be true (The first part at least), they just take advantage of it Also there's no clear chain of custody for stuff or incentive to have it, "Lost somewhere in…
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Be sure to check the privacy policy on your default keyboard. I've been burned by that before. The default keyboard on my last galaxy phone was sending every single keystroke to a third party and checking their privacy policy showed they used that data for things like market research, guessing at my level of education, building a psychological profile, detecting my interests, etc. and that they in turn shared that da…
Phone keyboards are a big security risk. Is there a way to completely block them from accessing the network?
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Try pairing tmux with mosh, it's how I've been working for years whenever I'm forced to admin through a brittle straw. Mosh combats lag pretty well and doesn't care if your connection drops intermittently. https://mosh.org/
I tried Mosh but it didn't fit my taste. It tries to "predict" the state of the screen before being acknowledged by the server, but sometimes the prediction is wrong and Mosh reverts the cursor movement and redraws the affected area of the terminal. For example, when I'm using split windows in Vim or tmux, Mosh allows typed characters to overflow beyond the separator, briefly, until being told "no" by the server. Per…