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I've noticed this as well, across pretty much all of social media that I use. I can't quite place my finger on it, whether it's just a reflection of the state of the collective feelings of people, or if it's mass manipulation. At this point it could be both.

Auto-reverse means Auto RDNS zone creation. Where you're usually trying to translate hostnames to ip addresses, a reverse lookup translates an ip address to a hostname.

So, if I have an internal record, record.example.com @ 192.168.1.2, I can query the server to ask "Hey, who is at 192.168.1.2?" and the server would reply with "record.example.com". This works by creating not only the example.com zone, but also a "1.168.192.in-addr.arpa" zone with the proper mappings. Technitium server will ask you to create the zone if it doesn't already exist when you create an A record for a zone.

https://knowledge.digicert.com/constellix/standard-dns/rever...

Glad Technitium is getting its day on HN! I've been using this for around six months now, did a deployment on my home network after rebuilding it from scratch. Multiple zones, forward zones, hosting SOA for internal domains, DNSSEC. Hands down the BEST modern DNS infra you can deploy if PiHole doesn't fit all of your needs. I'm running it on a Raspberry Pi 4 alongside my Unifi controller with zero issues!

Using Technitium on your local network is like rolling your own Route 53 management console internally. I hate to use that comparison, but I think that'll hit more for some users on HN! If you need that kind of fine grained control, or if you just don't want your hand held on DNS, that is why you would choose this over PiHole.

Thank you to the Technitium team for giving us such a great product! Even if your name is hard to spell.

Hive13 in Cincinnati seems to be flourishing in all regards! The core membership and leadership has always taken the organization seriously, and that attitude has helped them curate and sustain membership for over a decade now. I just checked their financials (the entire org is open), and it seems like the formula they have continues to sustain their bank account and membership numbers. I think that in general, hackerspaces haven't really gone anywhere. Like most organizations, sometimes they fail due to no fault of their own, or leadership decides to pivot to a more sustainable model - as some have mentioned here a more "WeWork" model. The hackerspaces/makerspaces are still there. You just have to look!

https://hive13.org/

Once VR gets to a certain point, and the resolution becomes so undeniably crisp, we'll want things exactly like this. You can already do this on Windows with Virtual Desktop Streamer and a companion application for either the Go or the Quest (paid application). If you can touch type, it's very easy to strap on the Quest and use it as your primary monitor. Having had this experience, I'm guessing that we're only one or two generations of hardware away from this being a normal way of computing. You know, provided smartphones, tablets, and otherwise proprietary operating systems don't take over first, Brother Oculus included.

Here's a story I haven't shared in awhile.

One of my first gigs actually getting paid to code was getting hired on as a last ditch effort to save what was (unknown to me at the time) a failing business. It was a company that basically relisted real-estate auctions on their own site, coded entirely in PHP, by a single developer who had read "How to Code PHP in 24 Hours". They had one client that was basically keeping them afloat. It was so disorganized that at one point I was tasked with making a quick YouTube commercial in Adobe Premier for a client, showing off the features of our whitelabel product with their logos, edited from a stock template. I do not know Adobe Premier. I digress.

The main PHP file (yes) was 20,000 lines of code. Want to add a new feature? Copy that file into a new file and save it as newfeature.php. Database operations weren't transactional, there was no change management, and for about a week we were using production systems to code until development environments were made for us.

There was other shady stuff going on too, like using over a hundred proxy accounts to scrape content from other listing sites. I refused to touch or even look at that logic in the codebase, and it was always talked about in kind of a hushed way. I was young, didn't know any better, would nope the eff out if a similar opportunity came along at this stage in my career.

They folded shortly after laying off pretty much everyone but the CEO and the lone coder. Dumpsterfire would be an understatement, but my coworkers were chill and helped make the best out of a bad situation.

EDIT: Oh yeah! I forgot to mention the hardcoded password the was site wide that we used as a sort of "impersonation" feature. You could type in any user account and this password, and it would log you in no problem. No, we did not have auditing controls.

Pure speculation on my part. I'm just putting the pieces together in a way that makes sense to me, so take it with a grain of salt.

However, my conclusion is based on how the reporting on this is being done, and the fact that we already know that the NSA has backdoored the entire telecom industry, or close to it.

When every statement says "we do not allow governments direct access to servers"...well, what's the logical conclusion? Indirect access, via hardware backdoors, that were leaked and are now widely known to exist. To me, it does feel like there's a wave of 'Blame China' right now, and that maybe Bloomberg is being disingenuous with its reporting on this, if there's even a story to report.

There was an article on HN last week on how Bloomberg pays more to journalists who write stories that "move markets". Seems to be a lot of market moving articles recently. Excuse me while I go back to my corner with my tinfoil hat.

I ask the same question. As far as I'm concerned, Bloomberg has lost all credibility due to their horrible covering of the "backdoor" implants. Remember that implant they found about a week after the main Chinese implant story broke? "Chinese Implant Found In US Telecom" Yeah, that was an NSA backdoor (FIREWALK) that was discovered, not Chinese. Good job Bloomberg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_ANT_catalog#/media/File:NS...

The article I'm referencing: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-09/new-evide...

There's an unavoidable redirect if you're using an adblocker. Can someone post the text of the article?

FL Studio 12 user here. It has definitely matured, but the workflow is pretty different from something like Ableton or Bitwig. I use it because it's what I learned to produce with. The Edison plugin that's bundled is worth the cost of licensing alone.

All in all, once you get to a certain level of knowledge around mixing and mastering, the debate over which DAW to use is much like the vim vs emacs debate. As long as you're proficient in the software, the end result will come out looking more or less the same.

I will say Ableton and Bitwig come with a nicer set of default plugins and samples.

I did this kind of in my spare time, but I'd be happy to write up something quick later tonight or this weekend.

Most important bit is a SOIC8 Pomona 5250 clip and some wires to connect it up properly. I ended up soldering some right-angle headers onto my CHIP so I can do other things besides SPI programming with it.

Recently did something similar with a Pocket CHIP and an X230. This is a wonderful SPI programming setup: https://imgur.com/5KEo4Y5

My thoughts exactly. Blocking arbitrary protocols is a slippery slope.

JanusVR is worth looking into. The markup is an HTML like language and it has browser support. https://JanusVR.com

I'm gearing up to offer this as a service by the middle of next year. However, I have a couple fully functioning proofs of concept that I need people to test. If you'd like to get in on it, shoot me a PM.