You're welcome to your opinion, but I can tell you from experience that changing from a blade to burr grinder was an obvious improvement in the quality and consistency of the coffee I make. And how you make your cofee isn't relevant. A consistent grind size means a consistent extraction from the bean.
The reason burr grinders are preferred has to do with consistency of the grind, which is really important. But you can get a decent burr grinder for under $50 that will last you decades.
You can get a burr grinder for $50 (or less) and an Aeropress for $30 or a Bialetti for $30. If you want to make lattes or capuccino, sure, but you don't need to spend hundreds of dollars to make fantastic espresso.
Here's what I recommend to anyone who drinks coffee, even occasionally, to make a great cup of coffee at home. For under $100 you can get all the equipment you need to make a great cup.
And for the software, find a decent local roaster or just buy some online.
With this formula you can make a genuinely great cup of coffee and you can do it in about 4-5 minutes and you can do it consistently. It takes me about 2 minutes to microwave water to 190-200 degrees, 10 second stir, and 20-30 second press. Now you've got a shot of espresso. Add some water for americano. All the prep can be done while the water is heating. Cleanup takes another minute, maybe two. You will eventually need to buy some more filters, but the price is negligible ($6.65 for 350).
I've heard other people imply the same thing. That there is some great single "firewall" somewhere in Russia. I've read a little about The Great Firewall of China but I'm not aware of a similar system in Russia.
Do you have some information about the Russian filtering/blocking system?
First, they can easily require ISPs to block any other DNS requests. Second, I think they'll only want to stop the 99% of people (to avoid something like a revolt or mass protest). The remaining 1% they can identify by their traffic (e.g., attempts to circumvent DNS) and monitor their traffic.
This is how I expect it to work, along with requiring Russian ISPs to block DNS requests to any other address by law.
So previously, resolution (for 99% of end users) worked like this: User > ISP DNS (recursive resolver) > Authoritative nameserver (eventually, please lets not get dragged into the weeds here, we all understand the process)
Now it will be: User > ISP DNS (forwarder) > Russian Government DNS Servers (recursive resolver) > Authoritative name server
Then, the government just requires ISP to: deny [tcp|udp] any any 53.
The only way around this would be for people to run DNS on a non-standard port (and reconfigure resolver libraries to use a non-standard port, good luck on peoples iphones) or to use a VPN to tunnel traffic. This would effectively block probably 99% of Russian (or BRICS) DNS traffic.
I don't think their goal is to block 100%. This is to block enough to have a de facto internet "Kill Switch". Anytime they want, the "Russian Government DNS" server above just disables recursive DNS resolution for everything but Russian government TLD and you've effectively shut down the Internet. This also gives the government a tremendous amount of direct access to data from users. It's terrifying and awful, but smart for them.
I understand that it will affect it, but it doesn't affect my cellphone in any perceptible way (maybe I just never noticed?). I think cellphones are operating around what, 800-1200Mhz these days? Does going to something like 30Ghz cause a significant difference and should we expect the rain to cause serious interference at that frequency?
I'm using Microsoft Word for my resume as most employers still need documents in.docx format, and I am seeing very real formatting issues when converting Google Docs documents to.docx.
I think I speak for every employer in the world when I say: please, save it as a PDF.
That's fine, allow a customer to identify themselves as any phone number they can prove they own. Just like a service provider shouldn't allow you to announce routes via BGP you don't own.
Because they're humans and it's technology is complex. So far the only things I'm aware of are Snowden who violated his sworn duty to not leak classified data and however the Russians got a hold of the very small amount of NSA code. The most plausible story of which I've heard was that they left some exploit code on a compromised machine somewhere and the Russians found it.
For all we know the NSA planted it to see who would pick it up because they realized the Russians had found the same exploit and needed to go ahead and get it patched.
We have NO idea what's going on, we don't even see the tip of the iceberg.
It's fantastic. Long time Chrome user who made the switch, running Nightly for several weeks now. More stable and faster than Chrome ever was. Couldn't be happier. Only use a few plugins (Vimium, Tree Style Tabs, uBlock, etc) so it's been a very painless process to switch.
Aside from the fact that I find it subjectively ugly, I dislike it because I think the design is unusable outside of a very base case of 2-4 tabs. Tabs-on-top is also a huge pain in the ass when using Remote Desktop or anything else that puts a bar along the top of the screen. It also goes against all OS design guidelines by removing the window title bar and system menus which makes muscle memory around those UI elements worthless. I could go on, but it doesn't really matter.
As a long time Chrome user I've been running Firefox Nightly on both Linux (Fedora 26) personally and on Windows at work, and it has been absolutely fantastic. The only plugins I use are: uBlock, RES, Vimium and Tab Session Manager but it has been wonderful so far. I have 40+ tabs open at any time and I haven't had a single issue, it's really been fantastic. The performance has been extremely good. The only caveat is that it seems to put tabs to "sleep" in the sense that if you don't use it for quite a while, when you flip back it has to reload the page. But this has really been a non-issue for me so far.
As long as you can find a comparable plugin to what you've been using I can wholeheartedly recommend it.
I bet there's a lot of people who wouldn't take that step (if they could) until much too late.
I can only feel so bad for people who don't take the very basic measures required to wipe a stolen phone. As long as you enable the (FREE!) "Find My iPhone" feature you can login to iCloud and remotely lock and wipe your phone. I consider the PIN, TouchID and FaceID only sufficient to keep someone out of the device long enough to wipe it and report it stolen.
You also have to have the equipment, time and expertise to pull this off. And I guess some kind of 3D model of the person's head? Not sure, haven't read TFA. Personally if I lost my phone I'd immediately have it wiped and locked via MDM. So unless this was all carefully orchestrated before hand, I think I'm ok.
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You're welcome to your opinion, but I can tell you from experience that changing from a blade to burr grinder was an obvious improvement in the quality and consistency of the coffee I make. And how you make your cofee isn't relevant. A consistent grind size means a consistent extraction from the bean.
The reason burr grinders are preferred has to do with consistency of the grind, which is really important. But you can get a decent burr grinder for under $50 that will last you decades.
You can get a burr grinder for $50 (or less) and an Aeropress for $30 or a Bialetti for $30. If you want to make lattes or capuccino, sure, but you don't need to spend hundreds of dollars to make fantastic espresso.
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And for the software, find a decent local roaster or just buy some online.
With this formula you can make a genuinely great cup of coffee and you can do it in about 4-5 minutes and you can do it consistently. It takes me about 2 minutes to microwave water to 190-200 degrees, 10 second stir, and 20-30 second press. Now you've got a shot of espresso. Add some water for americano. All the prep can be done while the water is heating. Cleanup takes another minute, maybe two. You will eventually need to buy some more filters, but the price is negligible ($6.65 for 350).
A nation that does not control its 'cyberspace' isn't a nation
Which nation "controls it's cyberspace" ? China is probably the closest and most people find it trivial to circumvent.
I've heard other people imply the same thing. That there is some great single "firewall" somewhere in Russia. I've read a little about The Great Firewall of China but I'm not aware of a similar system in Russia.
Do you have some information about the Russian filtering/blocking system?
Where I live, the whole town has free wifi
What town is this?
First, they can easily require ISPs to block any other DNS requests. Second, I think they'll only want to stop the 99% of people (to avoid something like a revolt or mass protest). The remaining 1% they can identify by their traffic (e.g., attempts to circumvent DNS) and monitor their traffic.
This is how I expect it to work, along with requiring Russian ISPs to block DNS requests to any other address by law.
So previously, resolution (for 99% of end users) worked like this: User > ISP DNS (recursive resolver) > Authoritative nameserver (eventually, please lets not get dragged into the weeds here, we all understand the process)
Now it will be: User > ISP DNS (forwarder) > Russian Government DNS Servers (recursive resolver) > Authoritative name server
Then, the government just requires ISP to: deny [tcp|udp] any any 53.
The only way around this would be for people to run DNS on a non-standard port (and reconfigure resolver libraries to use a non-standard port, good luck on peoples iphones) or to use a VPN to tunnel traffic. This would effectively block probably 99% of Russian (or BRICS) DNS traffic.
I don't think their goal is to block 100%. This is to block enough to have a de facto internet "Kill Switch". Anytime they want, the "Russian Government DNS" server above just disables recursive DNS resolution for everything but Russian government TLD and you've effectively shut down the Internet. This also gives the government a tremendous amount of direct access to data from users. It's terrifying and awful, but smart for them.
I understand that it will affect it, but it doesn't affect my cellphone in any perceptible way (maybe I just never noticed?). I think cellphones are operating around what, 800-1200Mhz these days? Does going to something like 30Ghz cause a significant difference and should we expect the rain to cause serious interference at that frequency?
I'm using Microsoft Word for my resume as most employers still need documents in .docx format, and I am seeing very real formatting issues when converting Google Docs documents to .docx.
I think I speak for every employer in the world when I say: please, save it as a PDF.
Pretty sure you could target an individual with ricin. Just wait until they walk out their front door.
Yes and no. Microsoft offers some SaaS products but also offers IaaS/PaaS products that compete with Amazon via the Azure platform.
Wouldn't it be easier to just spray around some ricin?
Windows isn't.
It's damn sure free if you're running it on one of the Top 500 supercomputers in the world, I guarantee it.
That's fine, allow a customer to identify themselves as any phone number they can prove they own. Just like a service provider shouldn't allow you to announce routes via BGP you don't own.
You have outed yourself sir !
We don't put spaces before our punctuation. But nice try.
Because they're humans and it's technology is complex. So far the only things I'm aware of are Snowden who violated his sworn duty to not leak classified data and however the Russians got a hold of the very small amount of NSA code. The most plausible story of which I've heard was that they left some exploit code on a compromised machine somewhere and the Russians found it.
For all we know the NSA planted it to see who would pick it up because they realized the Russians had found the same exploit and needed to go ahead and get it patched.
We have NO idea what's going on, we don't even see the tip of the iceberg.
It's fantastic. Long time Chrome user who made the switch, running Nightly for several weeks now. More stable and faster than Chrome ever was. Couldn't be happier. Only use a few plugins (Vimium, Tree Style Tabs, uBlock, etc) so it's been a very painless process to switch.
I lost it at OverbiteFF, I've actually played with that before.
Seriously, how many do you actually need though? Two or three?
Aside from the fact that I find it subjectively ugly, I dislike it because I think the design is unusable outside of a very base case of 2-4 tabs. Tabs-on-top is also a huge pain in the ass when using Remote Desktop or anything else that puts a bar along the top of the screen. It also goes against all OS design guidelines by removing the window title bar and system menus which makes muscle memory around those UI elements worthless. I could go on, but it doesn't really matter.
You can hide the connection bar. There's also Tree Style Tabs.
37 Extensions? I didn't even know there were that many. Mind sharing a list?
As a long time Chrome user I've been running Firefox Nightly on both Linux (Fedora 26) personally and on Windows at work, and it has been absolutely fantastic. The only plugins I use are: uBlock, RES, Vimium and Tab Session Manager but it has been wonderful so far. I have 40+ tabs open at any time and I haven't had a single issue, it's really been fantastic. The performance has been extremely good. The only caveat is that it seems to put tabs to "sleep" in the sense that if you don't use it for quite a while, when you flip back it has to reload the page. But this has really been a non-issue for me so far.
As long as you can find a comparable plugin to what you've been using I can wholeheartedly recommend it.
I bet there's a lot of people who wouldn't take that step (if they could) until much too late.
I can only feel so bad for people who don't take the very basic measures required to wipe a stolen phone. As long as you enable the (FREE!) "Find My iPhone" feature you can login to iCloud and remotely lock and wipe your phone. I consider the PIN, TouchID and FaceID only sufficient to keep someone out of the device long enough to wipe it and report it stolen.
You also have to have the equipment, time and expertise to pull this off. And I guess some kind of 3D model of the person's head? Not sure, haven't read TFA. Personally if I lost my phone I'd immediately have it wiped and locked via MDM. So unless this was all carefully orchestrated before hand, I think I'm ok.