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Re:Self-Checkout Is a Failed Experiment on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @09:26AM (#37928329)
I'm going to disagree and say that self-checkout has been good, and I only see the systems improving at stores I frequent and more stores are adding it every day. I'd call that a success.
Re:Self-Checkout Is a Failed Experiment on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @09:25AM (#37928304)
it's not an exaggeration, there were also stores near where I live in <major city> that tried to do something similar with scanning apps and then abandoned it due to theft and added the standard self-checkout stations you see everywhere now.
The only way to be sure is to reinstall your OS, then the answer is no, there is no keylogger
> "and now that there's an active board again, it has been busy."
Re:ChatGPT Is Dumber Than You Think on Friday February 03, 2023 @02:44PM (#34646770)
The only way to win is not to play at all. Ignore people talking about things they don't know about. Take everything with a grain of salt and verify everything, even this.
Re:Ask HN: What should I read next? on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @02:16PM (#34522840)
I love TCMC, its my favorite story, but I enjoy reading the abridged version more. I find that every time I read the unabridged I end up feeling like it was slightly too long.
Re:THC can transfer to milk when hemp is fed to dairy cows on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @10:51AM (#33625126)
Sounds great where can I buy some
Re:What to Blog About on Monday November 07, 2022 @10:33AM (#33507110)
keep your stick on the ice!
Re:Ask HN: What's Stopping You from Blogging? on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:53PM (#33453858)
Try using Hugo, makes it very easy
Re:Show HN: Filesystem Watcher on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @03:34PM (#33252697)
Would this mean that fs event based antivirus scanners could be side-stepped by writing a payload to a file and then never closing the handler?
Re:Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon) on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @01:05PM (#33179879)
RIP Signal
> Signal does not care about users and prevents backups on iOS. Lose your device or delete the app due to some issues and reinstall? All your chats are gone!

My chats being gone from new devices is one reason I use Signal over others.

> Signal still has message delivery issues (like long delays)…it’s 2022!!!

I've sent tens or hundreds of thousands of messages over the course of years and the only time i've had delays is when I had spotty service.

Re:France reveals hidden swimming pools with AI, taxes them on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @02:25PM (#32653452)
In this case a basketball court might actually increase the property value enough that your taxes would still go up
in my career i've personally worked with no less than half a dozen bald coworkers. i do think this is a good idea but won't work for everyone
Re:A little trick to spam the spammers (2021) on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @11:12AM (#32251438)
It's like companies who get mad when a Jr engineer drops a production DB on his first day
Re:Psychedelic frees up depressed brain, study shows on Monday April 11, 2022 @03:09PM (#30993280)
better off just having a few drinks then since it's safer.
It seems very hard to do but I worked at a startup in the early 2010s and we were spending >500k/m. We had ~25 employees, 7 of them execs, all buying new homes and cars, meanwhile we had 1 single paying customer bringing in 10k/m. I told some of my close colleagues that we probably had 6-12 months left when I put in my resignation.

12 months later they laid off 10 of the 12 remaining engineers.

definitely breakfast. I can make it until noon on only water and a couple cups of black coffee with ease.
Re:Learn Rust by writing a small OS on Friday February 25, 2022 @11:01AM (#30468668)
You could find it on b-ok to check it out, then purchase a copy of you like it.
Re:Tell HN: YouTube is banning accounts that support Ukraine on Friday February 25, 2022 @10:55AM (#30468603)
YouTube: "What're you gonna do? Go use Vimeo?"
A husband and wife can't be tried for the same crime!
Re:Investors bought a record share of U.S. homes in 2021 on Thursday February 17, 2022 @02:08PM (#30377223)
The problem with hard restrictions like a cap on land ownership is that they would just find a way to circumvent the limit. The best approach is to incentivize them in another direction.
Started TypeBuf https://github.com/shanahanjrs/typebuf a few weeks ago.

It's just a fun little project that I tinker on in my spare time. The code's still not close to feature complete, nor is it very clean ATM but it'll shape up soon :)

Re:Django: Reformatted code with Black on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @03:21PM (#30264052)
Having gone through the effort of testing yapf and black a few years back I also prefer yapf.
Re:Ask HN: Alternate Email hosting to G Suite on Saturday January 29, 2022 @01:07PM (#30128704)
Protonmail's been fantastic
Re:Reddit Announces Blocking Updates on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @11:50AM (#29996167)
The usability of Reddit decreases with every new update
Re:Random number generator updates for Linux 5.17 on Friday January 07, 2022 @11:33AM (#29841156)
I think they assumed that the reader would know 5.17 and (kernel.org) next to it would mean the Linux kernel
rest in peace, Mitch
those are good.

While they arent a single char I do like these a lot:

gs='git status'

gl='git pull'

gcm='git commit -m'

ga='git add -A'

gp='git push'

As someone who's lived both near the equator and in snowy climates, having a car interior thats not 110F or 10F is very nice, especially if you have leather seats/steering wheel.

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