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Can you expand on why the history of WireGuard is bizarre?

Do you believe that a blackhat presentation taints the code quality of WireGuard? Do you believe that Donnefeld's desire to maintain tight control over kernel implementations suggests he has ulterior motives?

I might have the history wrong on this one but it sounds like FreeBSD forked OpenBSD's PF code at one point to add SMP support. OpenBSD's continued PF updates have not been merged into FreeBSD due to the incompatibilities introduced by their SMP changes. I believe single thread performance has also increased quite a bit since the fork happened. I don't require 10gig support currently but I have no doubt that SMP support will eventually be required if OpenBSD wants to remain usable as a router in the future.

Here is the presentation which provides more context than the slides alone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E9ga-CylWQ

I've watched it before and it is compelling; however, at the end of the day, an OS that tries to take security seriously is probably better than one that doesn't. The OpenBSD code is small and I suspect that the defects/KLOC is far less than other projects capable of routing. I'd love to hear more critiques for using it as a home router though.

This whole fiasco has made me question why I bother with pfsense for my home network. When I only require a simple NAT/port forwarding for torrents, OpenBSD seems like an obvious choice. Other than hardware support, is there another reason why OpenBSD hasn't taken off as a viable home router alternative to pfsense and opnsense? SecurityRouter is the only OpenBSD specific routing appliance that I'm aware of and it is no longer being developed. It also had a closed source backend and unknown licensing for the client.

The data was used for this article: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/police-misconduct-costs...

In retrospect, it was inevitable.

I feel for badly for users that adopted the touch bar into their workflow... It never should have been a thing. For those that do use it, an alternative solution could easily be implemented by using a touch display. e.g. touch the bottom left or right of the screen and the OS displays something similar to the touch bar. This might be the first valid use case for having touch functionality on a laptop.

If I had to pick between USB-C charging and MagSafe, I'd pick MagSafe for accident prevention. The option to use USB-C or MagSafe charging would be a win for everyone.

The same reason it always goes up. Supply < Demand.

I don't think it is a stretch to assume that GameRanger will never add RaceNet server emulation.

The decisions to withdraw particular features or modes of certain EA games, or to retire online services relating to older EA games are never easy. The development teams and operational staff pour their hearts into our games, their features and modes almost as much as the players, and it is hard to see one retired. As games are replaced with newer titles, the number of players still enjoying the games that have been live for some time dwindles to a level – typically fewer than 1% of all peak online players across all EA titles – where it’s no longer feasible to continue the behind-the-scenes work involved with keeping the online services for these games up and running. [1]

[1] https://www.ea.com/service-updates

Games impacted by the above policy:

https://www.ea.com/service-updates/a-h

https://www.ea.com/service-updates/i-q

https://www.ea.com/service-updates/r-z

Richard Burns Rally is still played today. Unfortunately due to Codemaster's requirement for RaceNet, Dirt Rally 2.0 will not see the same longevity. CM should remove this requirement before the EA acquisition. EA has a long history of shutting down online services required to play games.

Drone footage before the damage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1T9ZbytyFo

SEO is crushing the utility of Google. It is pretty telling when you need to add things like site:reddit.com to get anything of value. Harnessing real user experiences (blogs, etc) is the key to a better search engine. This model unfortunately crumbles under walled gardens which is increasingly the preferred location of user activity.

I'd love it if the reMarkable team focused more on eReader functionality. Unfortunately nothing has really been pushed since the initial release of the first reMarkable. Less than 7GB usable storage hurts as well.

I'm hoping KoReader can salvage what the reMarkable team has ignored.

If you want a third data point, add the trend. Obviously demand is greater than supply and it has been for over 10 years now.

It is somewhat disturbing to watch the confusion around bitcoin's price swings when the formula is baked into the code. We're basically talking about two constants here; human nature and the halving of the reward subsidy every four years. Once again, the market has failed to price it in.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19454827

Changing something at this point feels like an admission of guilt. I can't imagine a better case for de minimis use than this.

Couldn't the software simply fetch the token and display it to the user for manual input? It seems like the software's automatic use of the token is somehow breaking part of the DMCA. Is it actually illegal to display returned data from a web request? Is the manual input of "keys" legitimately a possible loophole? Did any of the early DVD rippers require manually adding keys?

Did Satoshi Predict Pooled Mining, Big Farms and ASICs?

https://webonanza.com/2015/10/02/did-satoshi-predict-pooled-...

JS8 communication monitored over the last 24 hours: https://pskreporter.info/pskmap.html?preset&callsign=ZZZZZ&m...

Does the DOJ refile the complaint each time the coins move?

The number of FT8 contacts dwarf JS8. That said, 40m is probably your best bet for making contacts on JS8 at the moment.

When I first read about FT8, I immediately started looking at the code to see how simple it would be to handle more meaningful conversations. Fortunately I stumbled onto this video from Jordan Sherer: https://youtu.be/mZKhVcFOljY He had done all the work for me in JS8Call: https://bitbucket.org/widefido/js8call/

If you want to skip the video, the design document gives a nice overview of the protocol: https://github.com/jsherer/ft8call

The reviewer mentions a Norwegian source for future monetization plans involving cloud storage.

Based on the review posted, there is still no way to natively transfer files other than the web interface. The reviewer is a developer so he should know what he is talking about.

This is the only other method I've found: https://github.com/nick8325/remarkable-fs

You'd think scp would work also but I haven't found info on the subject and I don't own the RM1 to try.

edit: found someone's scp script: https://github.com/reHackable/scripts/blob/master/host/repus...

The changelog is public so you can see the rate of development if you're interested: https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/11500546010...

I almost impulse per-ordered the RM2 when I first read about the SD card mod here on HN. I decided to wait after hearing about the limitations as a reader and the slow software development. If you're considering the RM2 for anything other than a sketch/note pad, I highly encourage you to watch this fantastic review from My Deep Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iIAYMsugzM

Full review: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsSI9-gaSSmiXwb7Vjk5V...

I ultimately passed on the device for a few reasons:

1. The RM1 and 2 both don't allow file transfers as a mass storage device. If you want local, non cloud based transfer, you need to use a flaky local web UI that hasn't been improved in years

2. The internal storage still hasn't been updated from 8 (6 usable) GB. This is an obvious attempt to sell cloud storage in the future

3. While the hardware is amazing the software moves at a snail's pace. This is either management holding development back by trying to simplify the device out of existence or the team simply lacks the resources or ability to improve it

4. There has been almost no attempt to improve reader functionality in years. Things as simple as font resizing are 30x slower than on a Kindle

5. It seems obvious to me that management doesn't understand the target audience for the device

Slow. The Nitrogen8M SOM used in the MNT Reform uses the i.MX 8M which is a 4x Cortex-A53 @1.5 GHz and a single Cortex-M4F @ 266 MHz. The performance should be comparable to a Raspberry Pi 3 B+. Still, I love the idea and I hope they support future SOMs from Boundary Devices.

NewPipe also has background play that only uses the audio feed. I thought I would miss the logged in experience but if you take a few minutes to subscribe through the app, the UX is actually better or at least on par with the native youtube app.

"Once someone is infected with SARS-CoV-2, the immune system is mobilized. As the virus replicates, cell and viral debris or virions may interact with the nAChRs blocking the action of the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. If the initial immune response is not enough to combat the viral invasion at an early stage, the extensive and prolonged replication of the virus will eventually disrupt the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway seriously compromising its ability to control and regulate the immune response. The uncontrolled action of pro-inflammatory cytokines will result in the development of cytokine storm, with acute lung injury leading to ARDS, coagulation disturbances and multiorgan failure. Based on this hypothesis, COVID-19 appears to eventually become a disease of the nicotinic cholinergic system."

"Nicotine could maintain or restore the function of the cholinergic anti-inflammatory system and thus control the release and activity of pro-inflammatory cytokines. This could prevent or suppress the cytokine storm. This hypothesis needs to be examined in the laboratory and the clinical setting."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7192087/#!po=22...

Thanks for the insight. I feel like a lot of us missed a good chunk of history by avoiding /r/btc.