Dandedoo

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r/DataHoarder•

I think archive.org is an important project, and I donate to them.

I'm particularly interested in old abandon ware - games, publishing, design, audio software, etc. also books (archive.org has some good books).

They have an air of legitimacy. But I know their 'library' has caused pushback from publishers.

My understanding is that anyone can upload stuff to there. I was thinking the security would therefore be comparable to torrents etc. - plenty of good stuff, but no guarantees. Compiled software being particularly risky.

I just don't fully trust a platform that anyone can upload to. I run the games in relatively sandboxed environments like VMs, linux firejail,

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r/ScamNumbers•

This targets Chinese Australians with a message in Chinese at the end.

They also say ‘press 9 for translation’ or something to that effect.

They don’t ask for money (in English at least).

Unfortunately DHL (logistics / courier company) appears to be getting a lot of customer service calls as a consequence. They have a greeting message telling you to hang up if that’s why you’re calling (fair enough).

I think it’s been posted already, but this was a different number.

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r/MechanicAdvice•

My question is, is it a bad idea to leave the hand lever on a hydraulic trailer surge brake on permanently (ie months) for parking the trailer long term (wheels are chocked with bricks also). Will it cause brake fluid to be forced out through cylinder seals etc., damaging or destroying the brake system.

We have a single axle boat trailer for a 6 meter boat. I also have a very old large box trailer, about 5.5 foot by 10 foot box, very heavy, tandem axles. Both have hydraulic surge brakes. Both are drum brakes, although boat trailer might be disk, can’t remember (it’s actually a family member’s).

I once left the handbrake on on the box trailer by mistake. (Not while driving, although we did

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