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I was using Restic + B2 for a while, but recently switched to Restic + Hetzner Storage Box.
Storage Box is a little more effort to setup since it doesn't provide an S3 interface and I instead had to use WebDAV, but it's more affordable and has automated snapshots that adds a layer of easy immutability.
That would make sense for online-only files, but I have my Dropbox folder set to synchronize everything to my PC, and Backblaze still started skipping over it a few months ago. I reached out to support and they confirmed that they are just entirely skipping Dropbox/OneDrive/etc folders entirely, regardless of if the files are stored locally or not.
I self-host a few apps and use Tailscale to access them remotely. It's worked well, so I recommended it as a possible solution to allow employees at my company to remotely access some on-prem resources while remote, and that's being considered. If we go with that, then that'd be Tailscale making money from me using the free plan.
Did you know that on most models of iPhone, saying "Hey Siri, who's iPhone is this?" will disable biometric authentication until the passcode is entered?
There's only ten possible guesses, and most people use their thumb and/or index finger, leaving four much likelier guesses.
Also, IANAL, but I'm pretty sure that if law enforcement has a warrant to seize property from you, they're not obligated to do so immediately the instant they see you - they could have someone follow you and watch to see how you unlock your phone before seizing it.
The ESP32 (and other ESP chips) are somewhat common in smart home/IoT gear, particularly for devices that are dependent on a cloud service to function. There's a growing trend in the smart home community of re-flashing cloud-dependent ESP32 based hardware with ESPHome, which makes the device fully local controlled, eliminating the risk of the cloud service being discontinued/enshitified.
It's not a particularly common thing yet, but smart home enthusiasts are becoming increasingly concerned about the expense and effort required to replace cloud-dependent hardware because the manufacturer decided the cloud service isn't worth maintaining anymore.
I have a Quest 2 and a Quest 3 - both headsets allow you to continue using them while they're plugged into an external battery pack or charger, so you can absolutely do this already.
I agree it'd be nice to have an external CPU pack for heat and weight reasons, but we're not quite there yet. The closest thing currently is wireless streaming via a PC running Steam VR, but that's not exactly portable.
I'm not a lawyer, but I'd imagine that claiming that for cards that are legitimately yours would be considered fraud and would probably land you in more hot water than the initial debt would.
Small businesses dislike taking Amex because the per-transaction processing fees are bigger.
Even some larger ones. I keep getting emails from Ebay saying they're not going to accept Amex soon.
If I recall correctly, Chamberlin had an optional accessory that added HomeKit support to garage door openers, and that was discontinued last year. Home Assistant is capable of acting as a HomeKit hub, allowing it to control HomeKit compatible devices locally that otherwise would've required a cloud connection.
The FAA generally only has jurisdiction over American airspace, while other countries may be a bit more willing to allow deliberate crashes. In 2012, an experiment that involved deliberately crashing a 727 took place in Mexico, as the FAA was unwilling to grant approval to conduct the experiment, but Mexcian authorities were more tolerant of the idea:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Boeing_727_crash_experime...
A unit test would have caught this, but didn't
The first unit testing library, JUnit (Java), was released in 1997.
Asheron's Call was released in 1999 after four years of development. It's quite possible that this bug was introduced before the concept of unit testing even existed or was widely known.