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For me, Auth0 was the quickest and easiest.

I only wanted read-only social network login.

There was an official library in the language of my choice.

It was free (at my level of use).

The only thing I need to keep secure is the API tokens for Facebook / Twitter / GitHub etc. I don't even bother storing anything other than the user's ID, current name, and service.

If someone hacks my service, they won't be able to do anything nefarious with the user's data.

Building your own is a nightmare. If a login provider changes their API flow, Auth0 are incentivised to fix it - rather than passing the buck to me.

3 days ago • Comments on a post

I don't know where you live, or what your roofs are made of. But the 1.6m x 1m panels we have weigh only 20KG.

That's much lighter than the tiles they replaced.

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TLD List

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8 days ago • Comments on a post

I'm genuinely curious - did you read the penultimate paragraph of my post?

8 days ago • Comments on a post

What makes you think I didn't do all of that?

I went to cool museums. Drank beers I'd never heard of. Ate weird new foods. And wandered down cool side streets.

Most of the places were card only - and carrying cash is expensive. I read books in a park, chatted with locals. Wrote a blog post.

I used to do all that too, before GPS and smartphones. This way is much better for me.

8 days ago • Comments on a post

Well, it depends how you want to define those problems. Paper records got wet, or burned away. Gas wasn't always available for street lights. Forged coinage was a problem - as was bribery and corruption.

So we're trading problems - but I know which world I prefer.

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The Modern World

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Chaosnet

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Hash Collisions and Exploitations

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10 days ago • Comments on a post

Pretty good. You can download several years of data from my domestic panels at https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/07/1800-days-of-minute-by-minu...

Sure, some days they'll be covered by snow. But in industrial systems that can easily be melted / brushed off. Obviously they don't generate as much in winter as in summer. But cool bright winter days are surprisingly plentiful.

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HTML Ruby and Bidirectional Text

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Fairphone Easy: a smartphone subscription for a fairer future

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Why does Alexa speak to me in German?

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17 days ago • Comments on a post

Sorry to be a little pedantic, but "road tax" was abolished in 1937 - https://ipayroadtax.com/

The current Vehicle Excise Duty is based on the amount of pollutants emitted by the vehicle - https://obr.uk/forecasts-in-depth/tax-by-tax-spend-by-spend/... - so electric vehicles still receive tax demands (albeit for zero).

Electricity to refuel cars is subject to VAT (at 5%).

17 days ago • Comments on a post

One day - not too long from now - you're going to sprain your back. Or twist your ankle. Or get a nasty cold. Or, maybe, just get old.

As you painfully shuffle towards your TV in order to increase the volume, you'll mutter to yourself "I've never seen a compelling use of remote control technology."

Once done, you notice it's getting late. Do you continue sitting in the dark or heave yourself up to reach the lightswitch? You smirk. "I'm glad that I'm not dependent on the whims of some corporation."

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HP's New Linux / Pop OS Laptop

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20 days ago • Comments on a post

I can understand that problem for some sectors. But what's the advantage to a restaurant in publishing an inaccurate menu (fake foods!)?

20 days ago • Comments on a post

That doesn't come up on LeetCode so must be pretty difficult to implement.

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Google's AI doesn't understand restaurant menus

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DNS Toys

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