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Re:Oxford Word of the Year on Monday December 04, 2023 @11:13AM (#38519067)
The descent continues ...

I was 100% aware of this word ... but ... Oxford Word of the Year?

Slow year.

Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars? on Thursday November 30, 2023 @07:20AM (#38472601)
Still running a 2005 Toyota right here ... I wanted to get rid of it a few years ago, but it's turning into a classic before my very eyes (in my heart anyway).

Has never let me down ... even once ... * knock on wood *

Also enjoying maintaining a 69 Beetle... no Wifi, no tracking, hardly any electronics at all ... LOVE IT.

And though I love driving, I don't drive that often, so my emissions are low.

Sorry, you can keep your new cars.

Re:Anti Tank Vespa on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @05:57AM (#38362024)
When I read the title I thought this might be some new programming fork, but was secretly hoping for ... an Anti Tank Vespa! And it is!
Re:OpenSubtitles is not open anymore on Thursday November 16, 2023 @10:17AM (#38290571)
OpenSubtitles

OpenAI

Open = Closed

Up = Down

War = Peace

Freedom = Slavery

Ignorance = Strength

Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @09:38AM (#38277018)
100% it won't happen.
Re:Don't Spy EU on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @09:30AM (#38276945)
2 out of 3 with room for improvement. I'll take it compared to some places I've been.
Re:Omegle founder shuts down site forever? on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @04:58AM (#38261268)
Yup, Harry Mack is my boy ... I don't even use Omegle but am full aware of due to HMack ... RIP Omegle
Re:Spain lives in flats: why we have built our cities vertically on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @11:02AM (#38192302)
Excellent site ... except for the UI nit of not being able to judge how long the article is ... on my browser, at least.

Saved for later as I had no idea how long it will take to read it ...

Re:The People Who Ruined the Internet on Thursday November 02, 2023 @06:32AM (#38111466)
You mean, like how we interact with ChatGPT? ;-)
What are the absolute numbers?

The percentages don't appear comparable here. They also don't allow for future multiplier effects from the spending.

No agenda, just holding that sentence up to a little scrutiny.

This sounds all true, but on Twitter - I never had the issue before so it seems more than a coincedence.

In fact, I used to be very surprised to read that Twitter had been previously widely used for porn adverts. I was kind of deluded into not even thinking about it. But scratch the surface and it was there. But it never appeared in my daily use.

Prior to the takeover I had been oblivious to it. After the takeover, the surface was scratched and what had previously been "underground" really made itself known in my twitter feed.

That isn't what made me leave the platform, but just my observation at the time.

Re:BBC Gives Up on Threads (By Instagram), Sticks with Mastodon on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @04:47AM (#37762563)
You mean, Twitter.

I had the opposite experience. I never had this problem either, until all the firings happened.

After that, either someone wasn't looking after the thirst traps, or they actively changed the throttle of them so they kept appearing.

That was about a month before I left that cess pit.

Re:India's biggest tech centers named as cyber crime hotspots on Thursday September 21, 2023 @07:59AM (#37596350)
The context is that the current government have been pushing for the name change from India to Bharat, to appease the hard line hindutvas India ... or, at least, the, nationlists.
You have to (I believe) acknowledge that this is a next level situation though.

I've never seen it this bad in the UK.

Re:The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain on Thursday September 21, 2023 @05:18AM (#37595182)
Health risks of travel in post-modern Britain.

A nation awash with sewage and corrupt leaders leading to episodes of ill-health and death.

Re:Car allergic to vanilla ice cream on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @12:10PM (#37585978)
For some nostalgia, go to the root ...

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wkw/

Took me straight back to University ...

Send me location.
Fck yeah boi's !

Let's get at it.

Government by Press Release ...

Like pieces of paper floating on an ocean of excrement.

The pieces of paper are new, but the ocean has not changed.

Welcome to the United Kingdom.

Re:If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @09:37AM (#37404923)
Like my TV ... and my phone ... and my ... and my ink pen (connected via WIFI) ...
Re:X updates Terms to allow it to use data for AI training on Friday September 01, 2023 @01:03PM (#37353447)
Elon can take his Twitter data and stick it up his big fat jacksie ...

Train your AI on that ...

Respectfully speaking, fully in accordance with HN terms, conditions and guidelines.

Over my dead body.
Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @10:35AM (#37236636)
Bad for construction!
Re:Server-Side Rendering Is a Thiel Truth (2020) on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @09:24AM (#37235498)
JFC ... is a Thiel Truth (2004|)
Re:Google Chrome will summarize articles for you on Thursday August 17, 2023 @11:13AM (#37162939)
Google Reader will aggregate articles for you.
Re:Italy shocks banks with 40 percent windfall tax for 2023 on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @08:03AM (#37061378)
You say that. And your I read your original post again, to be sure.

There have been significant windfall taxes before and (in my country (UK), at least) I can't recall any disastrous long term indirect effects.

Re:Italy shocks banks with 40 percent windfall tax for 2023 on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @05:44AM (#37060466)
Oh, please ... I know bankers in my personal network actively boasting about how they're managing to the play the situation with interest rates to maximise profit without doing anything productive to achieve it.

"We've never had it so good" ...

Next up, the energy sector.

... throws packages through our open windows instead of ringing the doorbell ...

Your comment rings true.

A 10 day sentence is pretty weak ...

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