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brownindian··on My Homelab Setup
Could also use Cloudflare tunnels. That way:

1. your 1password gets a different entry each time for <service>.<yourdomain>.<tld>

2. you get https for free

3. Remote access without Tailscale.

4. Put Cloudflare Access in front of the tunnel, now you have a proper auth via Google or Github.

brownindian··on TIL the Apple TV Remote pairs with MacBooks for presentations and playback
Ah good old days when I was in college and used to use my 2006 White Polycarbonate MacBook with the said remote as a glorified DVD player to play movies I'd rent from Blockbuster. Can't believe that was 20 years ago
brownindian··on Lookup TV Signals by Address
The source of all other tools: https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps
brownindian··on Spotify is killing the open podcast ecosystem (2020)
Well, an important reason for spotify to have podcasts is $$. Unlike music producers, Podcasters are not paid by play count. The ones from openweb are not paid at all by Spotify, I am not sure about the ones that have deals with Spotify directly, like Joe Rogan. Anyway, the more time users spend listening to podcasts, the less they have to pay to music producers. which means more EBITDA! And my friend, its all about EBITDA.
brownindian··on Ask HN: Who has been laid off?
[Boston/DevOps] Not laid off yet, but we have been told that "Role eliminations" is coming. Those not getting laid off, are going on mandatory two-week furlough. Once week in April, and once in May. June onwards TBD. All as part of cost cutting.
brownindian··on There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but I did it anyway
Wendover did a video on this a couple years ago. Basically saying why trains suck in America. And the reason is the same: freight gets priority because Amtrak does not own the track, freight companies do. https://youtu.be/mbEfzuCLoAQ