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New ask Hacker News story: Xfinity silently blocks lots of new domains

Xfinity silently blocks lots of new domains 9 by dschwartz18 | 2 comments on Hacker News. We built a site for a launch and it was unreachable for anyone on an Xfinity router. We only found out because we have an Xfinity router at home. There's no notice to the site owner. Xfinity's Advanced Security draws on third-party domain reputation lists and blocks at the gateway. We found out a blacklist called SURBL had flagged us. Not sure exactly what tripped it. Since then I've hit the same block on 10+ unrelated sites and told the site owner. Now sharing with everyone here. How to check whether it's happening to you: https://ift.tt/Rgjkvxw If blocked, look for the upstream list: https://ift.tt/ezNFPWK Report at https://ift.tt/sjOx6mZ and call them nonstop (reviews take ~3 business days) and get off the upstream list too. Trying to help get this out there so it happens to less people who are launching products.
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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Laptop or Desktop?

Ask HN: Laptop or Desktop? 5 by Gecko4072 | 3 comments on Hacker News. What portion of you all use a laptop versus a desktop and why? Ever since I got a laptop I've had recurring neck pain and issues from not being strict with desk setups and using laptops here and there instead of at a table. There is no good way to use a laptop without a stand and external peripherals. It makes sense for students and traveling professionals but not really for most people I think. Thinking I will go back to a full desktop now. Bonus: Mac or PC or GNU/Linux or BSD.
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New ask Hacker News story: Both recent GCP outages caused by fiber optic maintenance

Both recent GCP outages caused by fiber optic maintenance 2 by fastest963 | 0 comments on Hacker News. Both of GCP's recent outages were caused by "fiber optic maintenance". On August 20th when us-west1 went down they said [1]: > The disruption originated during scheduled fiber optic maintenance, which unexpectedly compromised network capacity between data centers within the us-west1 region. Then on September 1st when us-central1-b (and collateral affects in other zones) went down they said [2]: > The immediate technical trigger for this event was the inadvertent physical disconnection of network fiber-optic cables during a routine hardware maintenance procedure. Not sure if they're related but apparently procedures we're significantly changed after the first incident to prevent the second incident. [1] https://ift.tt/sJ8GLWC [2] https://ift.tt/WEjkybN
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New ask Hacker News story: Are others seeing Google's ReCAPCHA rejecting Firefox users?

Are others seeing Google's ReCAPCHA rejecting Firefox users? 3 by Animats | 2 comments on Hacker News.
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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Who is using MCP in production?

Ask HN: Who is using MCP in production? 4 by sukit | 1 comments on Hacker News. I’ve been following MCP since it first came out. It got a lot of attention early on, but I haven’t come across many people using it in production. I may simply have missed them. If you’re using MCP in production, what are you using it for? What advantages have you found over a normal API or direct tool integration or just CLI?
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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Are Technical Blogs Dead?

Ask HN: Are Technical Blogs Dead? 4 by quaintdev | 6 comments on Hacker News. I think the traffic for technical blogs has plummeted. Why would anyone searh for technical blog when they can just ask their agent about it? Also I am seeing less and less of them here on hacker news.
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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?

Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password? 3 by 0xbadcafebee | 1 comments on Hacker News. I just found out that 1Password is donating $300,000 to a project founded by a very controversial person, and I'm looking to move to a different password manager. Has anyone migrated from 1Password recently to another tool/platform? Have you had a good experience with any tools in particular? Any advice, tips? I'm also interested in the corporate-use context; if I can convince my company to switch to an alternative with business controls, I'll surely try.
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