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Re:StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month on Sunday November 01, 2026 @03:59AM (#50323781)
I remember that happening to me once. The code example that I had written in my answer was edited in a style that wasn't mine and it even contained compile errors and wouldn't run if you were to copy-paste it. Made me quite irritated, since the answer was still signed with my name and it made me look bad.
Re:PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock on Sunday September 27, 2026 @12:02AM (#49863243)
Nice! Have installed it now. I have been using NewPipe for a while, but was missing SponsorBlock and had read that the NewPipe developer didn't want to add it. So this seems great!
Re:BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising on Saturday August 01, 2026 @02:29AM (#49131687)
I mean, I don't know of it's still around, but the ad-supported Amazon Kindle was at least cheaper than the regular version. So the customer got some compensation for being shown ads.
Re:BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising on Saturday August 01, 2026 @02:14AM (#49131588)
Soon Chinese tech will be viewed as premium class while their competitors are eroding their quality.
Re:BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising on Saturday August 01, 2026 @02:06AM (#49131532)
On my Samsung TV recently on the start page some ad has started to show up, years after I bought it. No idea if I can get rid of it. I barely watch TV though, so I don't really care about wasting time trying to get rid of it. But I will for sure avoid Samsung in future TV purchases.
Re:BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising on Saturday August 01, 2026 @02:02AM (#49131510)
Same in my car from 2017. Also has rear camera, no infotainment other than bluetooth (so I guess it doesn't have any telemetry), physical buttons, no internal nav, no EU warning systems, no alerts that I need to turn off. Perfect car. Very peaceful to drive.
Re:BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising on Saturday August 01, 2026 @01:53AM (#49131450)
Wouldn't it be fair if BMW at least shared the advertisement revenue with the car owners?

It's so ugly that they first sell cars, and profit from that. And then they utilize the fleet of cars to squeeze out more revenue, even though that was never part of the contract to begin with. What right does BMW have to do that?

If they found a new revenue source, it would be nice if they at least shared that with their customers. Now it's just abuse of their customers. Where BMW is one-sided profiting while the customers are suffering.

Re:Canceling "Hey" on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @12:15AM (#49079274)
I cannot speak for all of Europe, since I have no idea what rules are elsewhere. But in Sweden in the municipality I live in, they have banned begging in public areas. And the ones who are begging in public areas in Sweden are predominantly gypsies. There are a few municipalities in Sweden that have banned begging in public areas, while most still allow it. E.g. in the capital Stockholm it's allowed, and you may see gypsies sitting at shopping streets, at the central station and outside stores.

Just wanted to share that there are areas where people have gotten tired of gypsies, and have gotten rid of most of them in this way, as some extra context.

Re:Jolla Phone, Over 13 500 units sold on Friday June 26, 2026 @02:05PM (#48689880)
It doesn't have any web browsers. Who you are replying to wants Firefox.
Re:Commodore Releases Flip Phone on Thursday June 18, 2026 @08:32AM (#48584360)
I would possibly be interested in getting one. Sure, it's twice as expensive as other dumbphones (like TTfone TT990, Sidephone, Dumber Mini, Qin F21 Pro to name a few).

But I don't like that they have blocked all web browsers. I don't really mind that social media is blocked, I would probably not install it anyways. But a web browser... I don't really like that arbitrary apps are blocked.

I think it's the form factor and small screen size that would decrease your phone usage. So I think it would be enough with just being a flip phone with a small screen. Blocking apps feels a bit too much.

If I'm out and need to look something up, I would rather that it's a tedious experience with a small screen and T9 keyboard. Rather than not having the option at all.

Re:What dating apps are optimizing. Hint: It isn't love on Saturday February 14, 2026 @04:51AM (#47013192)
> If I'm friendly, responsible, honest, not poor, do sports, learn new things, keep the house clean, then the fuck more you want.

I think you are describing a person who has worked on himself. Like doing sports, that's good. I think too many guys continue with their teenage hobbies like playing computer games, and that's generally not attractive to women.

Of course, there are no guarantees. There's no magic checklist that you can fulfill and be guaranteed to find a partner. But I think there's always more you can do to make yourself more attractive.

Re:Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @01:44AM (#46867383)
Same here. I think I will probably look at some alternative to Notepad++.
Re:Compressed Agents.md > Agent Skills on Friday January 30, 2026 @02:57AM (#46821686)
What's RL?
Re:Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @10:53AM (#46796947)
Happened to me just a few days ago. Woke up, turned on PC, all my open programs were gone due to a Windows Update...
Re:Claude Code's new hidden feature: Swarms on Saturday January 24, 2026 @08:51PM (#46749863)
Very cool! A couple of questions:

1. Are you using a Claude Code subscription? Or are you using the Claude API? I'm a bit scared to use the subscription in OpenCode due to Anthropic's ToS change.

2. How did you choose what models to use in the different agents? Do you believe or know they are better for certain tasks?

Would be interesting to hear how it works what you have built.

Edit: Saw your other comment now.

Re:Claude Chill: Fix Claude Code's Flickering in Terminal on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @05:36AM (#46703671)
What is the flickering issue?

Sometimes Claude Code scrolls up far away, and I struggle to scroll it down again. And I have to restart the terminal and Claude Code for it to behave well again. But I don't know if this is the flickering issue, or if it's due to a bug in Windows, Alacritty, Zsh or something else.

Re:Nova Launcher Added Facebook and Google Ads Tracking on Monday January 19, 2026 @11:00PM (#46687777)
What devices are those? A phone with eink?
Re:Nova Launcher Added Facebook and Google Ads Tracking on Monday January 19, 2026 @10:59PM (#46687771)
Good advice!
Re:Nova Launcher Added Facebook and Google Ads Tracking on Monday January 19, 2026 @10:53PM (#46687734)
I made the switch to KISS some time ago. Really like it! I haven't missed anything. Simple and does the job. No distractions.
Re:We can't have nice things because of AI scrapers on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @05:13PM (#46624466)
Feels like parasites who are killing their hosts by DDOSing them to death
Re:You probably don't need Oh My Zsh on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @05:11PM (#46624447)
I will check it out! Thanks for the explanation! Sounds really neat
Re:You probably don't need Oh My Zsh on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @05:10PM (#46624441)
Thanks! Sounds interesting!
Re:Claude Code On-the-Go on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @05:10PM (#46624430)
Smart! I will have to try that!
Re:Servo 2025 Stats on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @09:30AM (#46616437)
I know they have said that. But it feels a bit strange to me to continue to develop in C++ then, if they eventually will have to rewrite everything in Swift. Wouldn't it be better to switch language sooner rather than later in that case?

Or maybe it doesn't have to take so much time to do a rewrite if an AI does it. But then I also wonder why not do it now, rather than wait.

Re:We can't have nice things because of AI scrapers on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @07:13AM (#46615156)
I don't get why the AI scrapers need to scrape the same sites and pages over and over again.
Re:You probably don't need Oh My Zsh on Saturday January 10, 2026 @02:14AM (#46563541)
I'm using Asdf too. Have heard well about Mise, but I haven't figured out what the difference is, so I have stayed with Asdf
Re:Claude Code On-the-Go on Monday January 05, 2026 @07:32AM (#46498055)
I wonder when/how to test and review the code though? I mean, how do you know Claude Code hasn't entered a completely different path than you had imagined?
Re:Awesome-Jj: Jujutsu Things on Sunday December 14, 2025 @01:14AM (#46261156)
I started to use JJ during the summer, and now I'm hooked. It feels much easier to do things such as reorder, squash and split commits, as well as change commit message.
Re:Google Maps allocates survival across London's restaurants on Friday December 12, 2025 @04:16AM (#46242310)
I have recently tried to navigate with OsmAnd a few times where I live. Once I ended up in the wrong location, and a few times I have had to look up the business in Google Maps to find their address.

I would love to use OsmAnd more. StreetComplete sounds great and looks like a nice way to be able to contribute fixes to OSM. Thanks for the recommendation!

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