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This doesn't actually work. The mobile app is just a wrapper around the web interface.


I thought apple didn't allow this?

Edit: apparently "hybrid apps" using webviews are allowed as long as they're not "thin wrappers" for websites and provide meaningful functionality. See also: the capacitor framework.


Directory Opus is the perfect example of an ultra-high-quality Windows application. I love it.


My sites in Newark are up. The situation is not as alarming as the submission title would suggest. They've updated the status page to indicate that it is limited to an issue with DHCP.


I use Firefox Nightly on a MacBook (Retina) and it performs very well with WebRender on and gfx.compositor.glcontext.opaque set to TRUE. Faster than Safari even! Worse battery life though.


This is super great.


Yes it is


You can now get a PoE adapter for the Raspberry Pi: https://www.pi-supply.com/product/pi-poe-switch-hat-power-ov...


I laughed.


This feels like an attack piece on Sanders in disguise.


I got that distinct impression as well.

Also this: "We have problems, but they are less serious than those faced by just about any other nation on earth."

Seriously? The US has much more serious problems than just about any other developed nation.


Ha, I was sort of feeling the same way...Sanders is the only one for whom politics, rather than personality, are mentioned.


If it's an attack piece on Sanders in disguise, it's an attack on the other candidates as well—but not even disguised.


You're probably not going to have a good time trying to use a USB WLAN dongle as an access point. Even if you manage to track down a) if the driver supports AP mode, and b) put together a whole hostapd configration, you're still limited by the transmit power of the little thing, which I guarantee isn't a lot. Another thing is that acting as an AP is a lot more taxing on a piece of hardware than just acting as a client; there's a chance that the USB WLAN thing will be extra flaky and maybe even overheat.

Instead... just get something that will run OpenWRT. Check out this list: http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start. Running and configuring it at the command line is way more pleasant than you'd expect, and the (optional) web GUI is functional if inconsistent.


I've worked with OpenWRT in the past (it's running at my parents' home, and I've done some embedded development), but frankly I'd like to reduce the amount of devices around me. If I can make my seldom-used linux pc my NAS and my Access Point, I'm fine. Transmit power shouldn't be a problem where I live, it's just the software hassle that's keeping me from doing it.


Congratulations on the site launch! I've been using trunk builds in production for the last three months. Very few issues for pre-alpha software.


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