Nanzikambe

Yes, I'm in France, I contacted the Italian reseller for this company:

https://www.freedomwon.co.za/

I got this instead of a powerwall because 1) price per kwh 2) tesla will not let you install your own powerwall, you need to go through an installer and attract all those associated costs (which are significant) 3) better integration with a mixed solar equipment install and pv array 4) powerwall does not support an offgrid installation, or at least did not when I looked into it 5) has canbus to a BMS, you're never obligated to connect to the internet

Direct sunlight near equator would be a hard no for anywhere you want to work. Much rather have large/deep overhangs as this building has and most house designs integrate so you have indirect sunlight for most of the day. It will still be very very bright inside with ambient light refracted inward

Victron's Multiplus and Quattro are drama free. I buried and conduited/sealed all my cabling and had zero issues.

Added bonus: if you use them with a CCGX and are comfortable with MQQT and/or Python there is literally nothing you can't control, automate or visualise with them. The CCGX itself is arm + linux and mostly open sourced https://www.victronenergy.com/live/open_source:start

The downsides are: 1) price but imho you get what you pay for many times over. 2) veconfigure for the multiplus itself is windows only, but runs fine in Wine on Linux and Mac

The headline claim is demonstrably poorly researched and as others point out the project seems to be incredibly poor value.

There's a lower tech approach that's been extensively proven and in production since 1998, it produces not just veg, but firewood/biomass, shrimps, fish, fresh water and more:

http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jan/06/news/mn-9169 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P1rPnVUME4

Agreed. After reading the snippet of the manuscript in the OP's screen-shot this sprung to mind:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10049454/Dont-make-fun-of...

My thanks for reporting it and this clarification

The lack of additional detail in this very sparse announcement really compromises users' ability to damage control effectively.

Would like to know if an installation is vulnerable if:

    1) If Applications, PDF is set to "Always ask"
    2) Ublock and/or privoxy are used
    3) Javascript is disabled
    4) pdfjs.previousHandler.alwaysAskBeforeHandling == false
    5) pdfjs.disabled == true

Also which advertising network and which Russian site would be helpful for blocklists.

Not yet

Yep that works fine for my laptop. But I still need bluetooth tether for my android tablet. Sadly I still need that for essential apps (City Mapper, airline checkin apps, k9mail, chat secure)

Yep, it's coming soon(tm) according to Canonical

source Mark's AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1j166z/hi_im_mark_shu...

Happy ubuntu phone user here (E4.5) will probably skip the E5 and wait for the next one if it's beefier in spec.

The only gripes I have with Ubuntu touch atm are:

1) Lack of USB or Bluetooth tethering 2) Lack of USB or Bluetooth tethering 3) Lack of USB or Bluetooth tethering 4) Lack of FDE

Am I missing something? Isn't their targetting of Xcode as massive as if they'd just announced they'd backdoored Gnu gcc?

I mean whether they've backdoored the regular version available to all or only those in use by specific developers, the implication (to me) would be that binaries/applications/etc produced would then be automatically backdoored or at very least weakened?

Disclaimer: I know zip about Xcode or dev in the Apple ecosystem

Agreed, though I doubt this is going to be a popular opinion. I've been steadily divesting myself of pretty much all Google products because of these sort of arrogant and obnoxious decisions.

First it was the won't fix VPN + countless other Android bugs, then repeatedly breaking Canvas in Chrome (why do I care about this? well Chrome auto-updates for 99% of users, so when they break canvas they're breaking sites) and not least the numerous platforms and products they introduced and then dropped despite vibrant & loyal user bases.

kvm/qemu + virt-manager, switched from vmware-server ages ago & never looked back.

Granted my needs are hardly enterprise scale, but may be worth you taking a look (if you haven't already)

It requires that the user trust a 3rd party, as bad a solution as using Tor over a VPN, also requires trust in whatever cryptography and infrastructure Privatoria has in place, not to mention trusting that Privatoria will not compromise WRT to identifying users.

It also adds nothing WRT functionality or in ease-of-use over the TBB which is far easier to setup & get running with.

I'm sure there's a market for your service out there, but it definitely ain't me :) Like I said, I hope you're contributing to Tor (either the project or network) as Privatoria is effectively just monetising their efforts.

A touching story, props to the author for his measured response -- the experience has to be difficult not to internalise or freak out from.

I wonder if the DID experience is the same as "ego death" as described after ingesting large amounts of psychedelics?

Without a locked down browser this is a terrible solution compared to TBB. I hope they're at least contributing relays or exits to the Tor network.

Fascinating, wake me up when this ethereal bill appears and offers protections for the privacy of all humans regardless of nationality, and not just some humans.

As a member of the encrypt-everything clique I have to say, though Moxie has a point, Gnupg is infinitely better than alternative of nothing at all. Until someone comes up with a solution that preserves its power and flexibility and marries it with a functional UX -- I shall keep using it

Totally disagree I find the present trend towards opt-in-by-default to be an anathema.

It's totally unreasonable that I should have to start up applications in a sandbox after each upgrade and/or hire a team of lawyers to go over the EULA/TOS to find what new & interesting ways have been found to sell my personal info.

(Responding to your general point btw rather than specifically against Mozilla, who compared to the alternatives do seem to care about their users privacy, nor Sync which which you have to opt in for)

> unlike with FF and Chrome

Both of these work fine in hidpi, see: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI

    "But clearly he didn't know what he was getting into
    didn't prepare and unwittingly contributed to his own
    death."

In the postcard at the very top of the article Chris says:

"If this adventure proves fatal and you don't ever hear from me again I want you to know your (sic) a great man. I now walk into the wild"

And earlier he asks his friend to return all mail to sender for the foreseeable future.

That and everything else I've ever read has made me think he was entirely aware of the potential for danger in the wilderness. He walked in & did it any-ways.

Plenty people look to test themselves in nature's crucible with minimal preparation, fully cognisant of the risks. Sometimes they lose. I think looking down upon them with the rosy vision of decades hindsight from the comfort & safety of home does them a disservice. Their lives, their choices.

I hope Chris found what he was looking for.

It is (or at least was) possible to opt-out, I'm using none of those with KDE 4.14.3-r1

That said the only reason I was able to accomplish this (and it was convoluted) is because Gentoo (Linux distro) allows me to customise & compile software with specific settings.

I've used Privoxy since late 2002 on a Linux gateway box - never had a single issue with SSL.

In fact the only issue I've ever had was building it an forgetting to enable threaded mode ..

How do you feel about the proliferation of postnatal health education and its associated literature?

No I shall not, donated 100% directly to gnupg

60%? Given that you're using BTC the costs involved here are minimal, considering that there's no practical use for these keys where's the value justifying your 40%?

I'd invite folks reading this to donate directly to https://www.gnupg.org/donate/ and ensure 100% of your charity reaches the folks & help them attain their funding goal + keep one of the most essential tools under active development.

Interesting definition of "All New"

Bar hoppers are alcoholics in training, most countries don't have bars open 24/7 - and $100 buys a lot more alcohol from the off license or whatever.

I'm no doctor, but if a person is able to "exist" for half the day or more without their buzz, I'd suspect they've not yet built very any/much physical dependence.

Though I agree with your main point; in my experience the smoker-at-the-office analogy actually doesn't work. Most businesses won't let you smoke near entrances for obvious cosmetic reasons. There's either a smoker's corner or folks duck out some back entrance.

I quit whilst working by avoiding places that were part of that "ritual": the cafeteria, fire escape/stairwell & pedestrian entry to the garage.

Disclosure: I've long since started again, I work from home now :-P