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Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
I’ve worked in environments where USB is 100% disabled, including HID.

Today, I believe but can’t find an affirmative document, that some motherboards have an option to hijack USB HID mouse & keyboards and present them to the OS as something other than USB.

Comment · 1 year ago
Given the founder’s background, Pila seems well positioned to create a new Virtual Power Plant. I’d welcome an opportunity to participate in a VPP at a smaller scale than a traditional power wall.

Similarly, I hope that Pila can crack localized Peak Shaving, with limited or no cooperation with utilities. I imagine the Pila ecosystem tracking critical dynamic pricing events and take action accordingly. I’m not sure how to get this done with so many North America residential utility companies but I’d love to see them try.

PS, a 100 Watt PV input seems silly. The 1100/1200 watt input via the expansion pack makes much more sense. I can’t help but to think these should be three different components: Pila Base, Pila Expansion, Pila PV

Comment · 2 years ago
Have you considered replacing/creating/updating RFCs/BCPs relevant to your field?
Comment · 2 years ago
I wonder how desirable and feasible a [matrix] interop would be.
Comment · 4 years ago
Documentation; narrative & technical.

Systems like SDF have an enormous rich history of implementing technology but the what, how, and why seems lost.

In a corporate environment, this knowledge is often passed down (or later inferred) because it must be but unavailable to the masses.

I couldn’t technically recreate SDF if I wanted to. I can build something functionally similar but the components would be very different.

Comment · 5 years ago
DNSSEC + SSHFP is a simple, scalable, accessible solution.

Root CAs are just a bit of a bummer; I hope to be a part of the transition away from them.

Comment · 5 years ago
These shenanigans are exactly why Universal IPv6 only access still fails.
Comment · 6 years ago
> the rest 2/3 are split between Web and API.

Does this ratio include the Dropbox official mobile apps?

Have LANsync peers been considered as a sources of blocks for mobile clients?

Like most, I’m observing (and participating in) multidimensional access to data. For not, accessing files on my local desktop is still much faster than direct downloads from the Dropbox cloud. It’s a bummer to source files that are on my LAN from the cloud. This may become more problematic as bandwidth billing models move toward pay-per-bit.

Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
It's also worth trying to login to the free wifi in the lobby and roam to the guest room. Often works a treat!
Comment · 8 years ago
Any more insight on the dead site or how it became a standard? Is its DB still available?
Comment · 8 years ago
U-M? ARC-TS?
Comment · 8 years ago
Any details about the font? Download links?

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