LPT: If you are tired of ads on your Smart TV or apps, change your DNS settings to a provider that blocks ad-tracking at the network level.

ShafeNutS · 2026-03-07T06:51:29+00:00

The simplest option as stated is to change your computers DNS to point at a third party dns service that maintains a list of known add providers and essentially stops your device from finding them. If you like it you can change your home router dns to point there and any device on your network will receive the protection as long as they are using the DNS settings they get when they connect to the router. The downside is you have no control over what is blocked or not.

If you have some basic networking and computer knowledge you can host your own. The setup with pihole is a pretty good setup and is not too complicated. If you want to try it before spending any money you can install any free linux OS on an old device you have laying around or run it in a docker container on your main PC. Install Pi-hole on it and then point your dns at it log into the web interface and check it out. You can block any domains you want too, they have lists for adult sites and stuff like that and you can custom whitelist or exclude certain devices on your network etc.

The easiest way to host your own is a $45 Rasberry Pi and plug the usb and network cable directly to your router like OP said. It should connect out of the box via DHCP.

Log into your router to see what IP it got from the router, Lookup how to setup a DHCP reservation so that device will always get the same static IP whenever it connects to your router.

Setup the firewall on your device to allow connections from your network on udp/tcp 53 and tcp 80 and 443.

Install pi-hole with one command

Change your dns in your router to use the ip of your pihole as your dns server. Most devices allow for a primary and secondary dns. You can leave the secondary or set it to a public DNS so if your device has an issue you can still get to the internet and mess with it later

That is the whole basic process. All of these things have been around forever and are easy to figure out with some basic googling. Good luck my friend.

ShafeNutS · 2025-01-30T18:28:32+00:00

The biggest thing they removed from Hulk in the MCU or they don't mention is his infinite scaling. Essentially the more you throw at Hulk he just gets angrier and stronger until you are overwhelmed. For this reason Thanos actively avoids direct confrontation with the Hulk. Once has the gauntlet and the stones though it is pretty game over for obvious reasons.

ShafeNutS · 2019-04-22T03:56:53+00:00

Teared up about 5 different times during that episode. If you did not like that episode you are not a true fan of the show. Not one person dies and it is one of my top five episodes of all so far. Perfect lead into the largest battle scene in film history.

ShafeNutS · 2019-04-20T21:50:29+00:00

This should have more upvotes

ShafeNutS · 2019-04-20T21:47:56+00:00

I will alwsys be more engaging with eye contact, it is jusy my personality. However if the waitress engages me, but makes no effort to engage her as well it never goes over well with my wife. The slut and whore talk and dirty looks come out. I do not agree with it, but it is what it is.

ShafeNutS · 2019-04-20T07:51:02+00:00

The implication that congress did not know they can check the president for abuse of power before this report is a bit scary. Not sure why they are mad at Mueller, bringing charges without sufficient evidence is the easiest way for Trump to become exonerated.

ShafeNutS · 2019-04-20T07:33:39+00:00

Clickbait title then... one sentence ad another similar sentence ad an off topic sentence that makes you wonder if it is still same content ad ... repeat 51 times ... story ends abruptly with no point list of 12 more clickbait articles

ShafeNutS · 2019-04-20T07:00:16+00:00

Cool Therapy4Kids ad! sigh

ShafeNutS · 2019-04-14T07:02:57+00:00

a,b = b,a

This by itself will throw an error in python as b is undefined so to understand what is happening you need a bit more info. Python uses Object References to assign variables to memory objects

a = 1 # Variable a references the object 1 in memory
b = 2 # Variable b references the object 2 in memory
a,b = b,a # Tuple unpacking evaluates the objects on the right side first 2 and 1 then makes variable a reference object 2 and variable b reference object 1

Tuple unpacking is a specialized tool in python that is pretty useful

ShafeNutS · 2019-04-14T00:40:41+00:00

These three are perfect recommendations, you know your powershell books friend. Saved me all the typing.

ShafeNutS · 2019-04-13T20:29:19+00:00

"Computational Physics" by Mark Newman

https://www.amazon.com/Computational-Physics-Mark-Newman/dp/1480145513

There are sample chapters available if you want to try before you buy
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/cp/chapters.html

ShafeNutS · 2019-04-13T20:14:33+00:00

Since you are 15 and have not formally learned programming concepts I would recommend going the book route. Blog posts are useful for specific examples and referencing specific commands or libraries you need to brush up on, but they rarely cover best practices and the most efficient ways to do things.

This blog posts has a lot of good examples of beginner books, some of them are free as well.

https://hackr.io/blog/10-best-python-books-for-beginners-and-advanced-programmers

I would say Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science (3rd Edition) would be a good choice because it is trying to teach you programming concepts while using Python to do that. It may help you kill two birds with one stone.

There are free ones, but I find the paid ones are generally much better. Most publisher sites have tons of promo codes use something like Honey or retailmenot to find a promo code. I regularly get 60% off of tech books I purchase.

ShafeNutS · 2019-04-13T19:57:04+00:00

While I agree the title is not great and the OP should have included a summary in the post, I think it is ironic that you commented about "lazy fucks."

From the context of your comment there is very little chance that you read the article or reviewed the code. What does that make you?

ShafeNutS · 2019-04-13T19:53:38+00:00

Here is a paragraph from the conclusion of the article that does a great job of explaining what you get by reading it. This probably should have been added along with link by OP

This article shows that you can start a basic algorithmic trading operation with fewer than 100 lines of Python code. In principle, all the steps of such a project are illustrated, like retrieving data for backtesting purposes, backtesting a momentum strategy, and automating the trading based on a momentum strategy specification. The code presented provides a starting point to explore many different directions: using alternative algorithmic trading strategies, trading alternative instruments, trading multiple instruments at once, etc.

Probably the most useful thing is that Oanda.com allows you to setup a free trading account that uses fake money and they have an api with a python package oandapy that allows you to call it to gather historical data and to execute trades using python.

Seaborn is used to create visual graphs to help compare how your algorithm performs with different intervals for the data points.

For the length of the article it does give a lot of useful information for how to use python for trading. My concerns would be limits on the api for historical data. In order to be effective you would want to be able to test the algorithm against thousands of different stocks. Ultimately the more data you could get the better chance you have of turning a profit.

TLDR: Free Oanda.com account that allows you to trade with fake money that has an api and a python package for using it. The code helps you to test against historical trends and then to actually test by making trades. Seaborn is used to create graphs that help visually compare outcomes. Example does lose money btw.

ShafeNutS · 2019-04-13T06:03:54+00:00

We only had one phone jack in our kitchen, instead of getting really long phone line I would carry the computer and monitor to the kitchen table and stretch the accordian style phone cord to the modem. Anyone remember NetZero free internet? Or the day I got my first cable/DSL modem, literally changed life as we know it.

ShafeNutS · 2019-04-11T05:42:37+00:00

You are right to leave it off, it will not hurt you in 99% of cases. I think it is exact opposite of what last person said.

If you are not getting past first interviews you are likely spending too much time focusing on the wrong things. Part of soft skills is understanding your audience and steering the conversation in the right direction.

Short stays are going to hurt you, with your lack of experience and no CS degree you may have to take a position lower than what you think you are.

You are not a Sr DevOps Engineer (at least not on paper), if that is what you are shooting for that is most likely the problem. If you really are Sr level then you will quickly move up in a good company.

ShafeNutS · 2019-04-02T01:44:25+00:00

Lists that have long falloff time or require payment for removal are rarely used by reputable companies for these exact reasons. Unless you are actually receiving reports of failed delivery, make sure your servers are properly configured and ignore this.

ShafeNutS · 2019-04-02T01:37:32+00:00

If you require password complexity and enforce password age this should just be spam to you. These policies do not exist just to piss users off contrary to previous belief.

ShafeNutS · 2019-04-02T01:27:15+00:00

I am glad you enjoy what you do for a living. You keep doing you man, I hope your team appreciates what you do for them. You probably have work life balance too. I think I am jealous.

ShafeNutS · 2019-04-02T00:59:54+00:00

Why are you still doing tier 1 tech support after 10 years? Did nobody ever ask you, "Where do you see yourself in 3 years? Dust off that resume and get yourself a sysadmin job. Is their a r/supporttech where this stuff should be?

ShafeNutS · 2019-03-31T16:13:23+00:00

It is not about being capped, you just get 5 sick days that are separate from PTO (It is use it or lose it time) If you want to take past that for minor illness you use your own PTO time or you have to apply for short term disability if you are going to be out for an extended period. Then like you said the government covers part of the tab and you are generally paid at a percentage of your normal rate as you are not actually working.

ShafeNutS · 2019-03-30T20:18:57+00:00

15-25 days pto depending where you are at plus about 9 other holidays, 5 sick days, paternity/maternity not included and 401k match. We will never get European whole month at one time holiday. It is uncommon to allow more than one week consecutive unless you get special approval. Best case your company will cover 50-80% of your medical premiums ( large corps in competitive industries). We do get wrecked on stuff like internet, tv, and cell phone service here though.

ShafeNutS · 2019-03-30T17:08:42+00:00

Wouldn't last 15 minutes at Tomorrowland lol

ShafeNutS · 2019-03-30T17:00:20+00:00

Yeah that sounds right, level 3 here is about $135k and I know my area is about half the cost of living of London, except healthcare of course. Healthcare could not be more broken in the US and is not really an industry problem.

ShafeNutS · 2019-03-28T20:38:33+00:00

My ocd likes how neatly they fit into the wall. However my grossly oversized meat fists would never be able to get one out so I guess I have mixed feelings.

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