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simonbhon Flying Toasters Screensaver After Dark in CSS

This one works well on macOS 13 https://github.com/robertventurini/FlyingToasters

simonbhon Vials labeled ‘smallpox’ are found in Pennsylvania laboratory

Do you actually look into what this document is stating? The document linked to in this article is not from the FDA, but from the group suing them for the FOIA request. This filing, and others from this group, are only allegations. This is not evidence from the FOIA process nor a statement from the FDA. Since I cannot find the original sources of these documents, I can only link to these: Docket: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21087968-txn-42021cv... Filing 1: http://phmpt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/001-Complaint-10... Filing 2: https://www.sirillp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/020-Secon...

simonbhon Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19 content

From what I can read, the use of Sailfish is only allowed in certain EU countries. Why is that? Their site does not address this.

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Twitter comment from Alex Goldmund: https://twitter.com/AGoldmund/status/1209191026725982208

simonbhon Sonos smart speaker controller API and CLI written in Rust

You can buy a One SL, Play:5, Playbar, or Playbase.

simonbhon The Amazing $1 Microcontroller (2017)

I went with a IotaWatt for measuring my home energy usage. It is based on the ESP8266 and is completely opensource hardware and software. You retain control of your data or you send to an external server.

https://iotawatt.com/

Look into pi-hole

simonbhon China is spying on all cars using Chinese 5G Modems

OK, good to know that I am still sane. I started reading the article, and was very confused. I think I need more coffee.

simonbhon The End of Video Coding?

At the bottom of page 3, Patent and Copyright is covered. I am not a lawyer and it is not clear to me how this mixing of code from different groups will work from a licensing standpoint. https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/studygroups/2017-2020/16/Docume...

simonbhon The real answer to the problem of texting while driving

I don't know about IOS, but for Android, there is Android Auto by Google. It makes the UI larger and easier to use, and minimizes what you can do in the car. It will even read texts to you.

https://www.android.com/auto/

simonbhon Best Wifi Mesh Network Kits

OpenWRT on the Archer C7 does not support the 5Ghz radio, FYI.

simonbhon Only 9% of America Chose Trump and Clinton as the Nominees

FYI, Edward Snowden is too young to qualify for president of the US, at least in this election season.

simonbhon I Was Able to Buy an AR-15 in Five Minutes

He failed to mention in his piece that he had not gone through the federal background check process, which is the 5 page document. The gun dealer still has to enter this into their computer system and wait for a response from NICS.

https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/nics

This could take a few minutes to a few hours, depending on how busy the system is.

simonbhon Apple Unveils the iPad Pro

http://hijinksensue.com/comic/surface-tension/

simonbhon Apple Unveils the iPad Pro

spot on

simonbhon TANX: online multiplayer tank battle using WebGL and Node.js

I am using Chrome 42.0.2311.50 beta (64-bit) on Linux 3.19.2 and it works just fine for me.

simonbhon 1k minecraft

it also works for in in FF 3.1.1 in Arch Linux

simonbhon Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

The thing is that any cable company in the US and Canada that streams content to their customers via the Internet is using adaptive bitrate streaming either using HTTP Live Streaming, MPEG DASH, HTTP Dynamic Streaming, or Microsoft Smooth Streaming. It is far from impossible.