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This again? Just use v6, it’s not that hard.

I still use the Kermit client almost daily. Enterprise network gear still has serial ports (most still defaulted to 9600 baud!) and have an old laptop running MS-DOS and Kermit in my staging room to quickly configure remote access.

Boots in seconds :)

Quad9, like most global DNS providers uses anycast to provide redundancy and low latency. My connection to them still terminates in Chicago. If my DNS queries are answered in the US, surely they are under some type of US Gov authority and regulation?

I think I agree with others, seems like a publicity stunt with very little real-world impact.

I have been looking for something exactly like this. I've tried some other apps as a place to collate and organize PDFs but haven't found anything. This looks really promising.

If you're interested in this type of information in podcast format, check out the History of Networking series from The Network Collective: https://thenetworkcollective.com/category/episodes/history-o...

My city went to one to pay for water, trash pickup, etc. It's a horrible experience to use. It takes longer and is less efficient than just logging into a modern website and paying.

I'm surprised at the marketshare dnsmasq has, I would've thought BIND and dnsmasq numbers to be flipped.

What are fellow HN'ers using for file sync/sharing? I was a Dropbox early adopter but haven't been as impressed as of late, with Dropbox suddenly trying to integrate into my MS Office apps and trying to upload my screenshots and photos.

I'm not a huge fan of Google Drive's recent redesign either. I like box.com but haven't moved anything yet.

Cool. I'm not the one who originally posted the question but had the same one upon checking out the starting page. Great idea, something I would be interested in signing up for, but too much plastic at this point.

What do you find problematic about the 16:9 aspect ratio?

Any similar software recommendations for Windows?

I'll have to look into OTR+XMPP. I was hoping for something straightforward for non-technical folks to use as well. Any recommendations on clients?

What I meant by iOS/Chrome is that you currently can't setup the desktop (Chrome) app with an iOS device, it's Android only.

No private chats for Windows/Linux.

> Just what sort of obscenely restrictive firewall are you behind?

Many companies block outbound on non-well known ports, for various reasons. tcp/443 is almost always available though.

In parts of the US, it's common to hear them referred to as "high comma", especially when spelling a name.

There's a lot of people saying "don't use btsync for sensitive data" and rightfully so. What are some alternatives that are considered more secure?

> curl -s http://getmacapps.com/raw/6bl | sh

> ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)"

Please stop doing this. I looked at the script and I know it looks fine but piping a raw curl into a shell interpreter is just a bad practice. Unfortunately, it seems to be more and more common as time goes on.

Took me awhile for find - but full specs:

Full specs

Screen

* 11.6" display with 16:9 aspect ratio (IPS Panel)

* 1366 x 768

* 60% Color Gamut

* 300 nit screen

* Wide viewing angle (176 degree)

Inputs

* Chrome keyboard

* Fine-tuned, clickable touchpad

* VGA Webcam

Ports

* 2 x USB 2.0

* Micro-SIM slot (3G and 4G/LTE model only)

* Micro USB for 15.75W charging and SlimPort video out

Industrial design

* Magnesium chassis for strength

* Available in black or white with a choice of 4 accent colors

* Silent, fanless design

* No visible screws, vents, or speakers

Size

* 297 x 192 x 17.6 mm

Weight

* 2.3lb / 1.04kg

CPU

* Exynos 5250 GAIA Application Processor

Memory

* 2GB (4x 4Gbit) DDR3 RAM

* 16GB Solid State Drive1

Audio

* Combined headphone / microphone jack

* Digitally-tuned speakers with sound ported up through the keyboard

Battery

* Up to 6 hours of active use (30 Wh battery)2

Network

* Dual-band WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n

* Bluetooth® 4.0

* Verizon LTE connectivity (optional and coming soon)

Goodies

* 100 GB Google Drive cloud storage, free for two years3

* 60-day free trial with Google Play Music All Access, and $9.99/month pricing after that4

* 12 free sessions of GoGo® Inflight Internet5

http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/hp-chromebook-1...

I've actually owned that phone. It really, really does not work well, even for just calls. My battery life when using it was atrocious. Also, send/receiving texts was a very difficult task.

See http://xkcd.com/977/ for a summary of even more types.

+1 I've had the same experience.

I don't see GPG/PGP integration. I have been looking for a lightweight, multi-platform offline capable IMAP client with good GPG/PGP encryption for awhile now, and nothing seems to quite fit the bill.

I'm a bit surprised there's no discussion yet about PGP/GnuPG (GPG). If we all encrypted our mails would this be such a big deal? No. Is client-side encryption difficult? Not really. I think there's a big market for a desktop email app that does PGP/GPG really well and does so with other people.

Ninite is by far my preferred way to get java. No crapware, and with pro you can turn off the auto-updates.

I've used this to great success, it does just what you're talking about, including OCR if you'd like: http://1dollarscan.com

No http 418 "I'm a teapot"? (RFC 2324) http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2324