The big problem is that it trivially easy to make new tokens, and give them the appearance of a market with fake liquidity. I know people think Smart Contracts are a real innovation, but 99.999999% of the time they are just used to make more crappy tokens.

Crypto advocates say it’s security comes from the network effect of all the nodes working on extending the blockchain, but that security is of little value if it enables scams on higher layers.

I think OPs point is that if Indy was burrowing a hole in the desert, and some random started talking to him, Indy probably wouldn’t respond by punching his way out of the hole.

You can finish that buzzword bingo card by having players pay in crypto

It just means you need to figure out how to route between them, that’s all.

The music is cool

I was hoping it was gonna be about https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Summer_Games

Now I’m eagerly awaiting the “Doom Loop” level in the next Mario Kart

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/4X

Oh, they just left you some extra patch cables? That was nice of them.

The wavelength of the fiber might be printed on it. I know some fibers are color-coded based on their wavelength, but I don’t know if it’s universal.

You’ll need to match the modules to the fiber.

There definitely are optics available for single mode. The problem is that the wavelength will need to match what you are being sent from your provider. So we can’t really answer your question, you will have to ask them.

1310nm is quite common but we can’t assume your link is 1310nm.

This lock has a keypad, so the kid just needs to remember that. It has a key also, but if the kid never has the key, they can never lose it.

Maybe you can go a bit lower tech. There are “smart” door locks with a keypad that have Bluetooth, but are not otherwise cloud enabled. Then find a small device you can use as a Bluetooth proxy and position it near the front door, to keep tabs on it. Our lock is from Kwikset, and while there is an app to program it, once it is programmed it is pretty much stand-alone and won’t need the app anymore.

The lock does have Home Assistant integration but I haven’t tried it yet because I haven’t done the Bluetooth Proxy yet.

In the spirit of this post, I would also like to hand back my prestigious award as Time’s 2006 Person of the Year. You should, too!

Where can you get that awesome keyboard? Forget the fact that Beepy went dark, I’d love to build my own so I have a dedicated pocket serial terminal, that would come in so, so handy!

It’s because when you first buy the thing, you don’t want to get rid of the box right away, in case you need to RMA it. So it gets put in the pile along with the rest of the boxes. Then you’re in the same place for years and the pile gets bigger.

I do a decent job with culling the boxes, and even toss obsolete tech now and then, but I have been hoarding hard drives for 30 years. It seems more trouble to securely dispose of them than to just let them pile up. I even still have IDE drives and am not quite sure whether I have an adaptor that can read them. But I can’t throw them out, because I don’t know if I have sensitive info on them.

Can you rent a degausser?