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Re:MacBook Pro Rival with the Nvidia Powered Surface Laptop Ultra
on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @09:45AM (#48370205)
I paid well over $2k for a TV and years later started getting ads. Inspected the traffic and it connects to at least a dozen different Samsung domains on startup and then periodically. I took it off the network permanently and now I no longer own any TVs.
Re:US Visa Applications Must Be Submitted from Country of Residence or...
on Sunday September 07, 2025 @01:21PM (#45160160)
This doesn't affect nationals eligible for visa-on-arrival.
Re:LLMs Get Lost in Multi-Turn Conversation
on Thursday May 15, 2025 @02:32AM (#43992389)
I believe Claude has forking in their web interface.
Re:Life, Death, and Retirement
on Sunday October 06, 2024 @03:01PM (#41759288)
Many people find it fulfilling to help those in need.
Re:Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars
on Sunday October 06, 2024 @02:54PM (#41759238)
That didn't work out very well for consumers buying GM cars that sold their driving data out the back door to insurance companies.
Re:Why I self host my servers (and what I've recently learned)
on Friday September 06, 2024 @01:01AM (#41463034)
Unfortunately, you can’t avoid having your information sold by the DMV in California. Likely others too.
How this is legal is beyond my comprehension.
Re:Police can't stop sideshows. Solution: Make the streets more annoying
on Saturday August 10, 2024 @04:31AM (#41208132)
Somehow we always end up punishing the masses for the sins of the few.
Re:The other side of Formula 1: Barcelona residents protest for race-c...
on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @07:58PM (#40733581)
I would imagine they do this because it’s a positive ROI.
Re:Apple is launching its own password manager app
on Monday June 10, 2024 @04:08PM (#40638259)
Evernote.
Re:Goodbye Auth0
on Thursday February 15, 2024 @08:20AM (#39382329)
You’s case was deliberate corporate espionage, not a disgruntled former employee.
Re:US rail safety legislation stalled one year after East Palestine Oh...
on Monday February 12, 2024 @04:05PM (#39350485)
94% of China's population lives in the 43% of the country closest to the ocean.
Re:Risk Management is not Project Management
on Sunday December 17, 2023 @09:12AM (#38672949)
Sure you can! Consultants/contractors are hired for that all the time.
Re:The City of Seattle Accidentally Gave Me 32M Emails for 40 Dollars ...
on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @02:11PM (#38003007)
Not quite equivalent. When the feds show up looking for the uranium, I can clearly see if they take my refrigerator with them when they leave.
Re:India official empties dam to retrieve lost phone
on Saturday May 27, 2023 @12:19AM (#36092041)
This will almost certainly be activated most often after being dropped into a toilet.
Re:Vallejo CA police shared data in violation of state law, watchdog says
on Monday March 20, 2023 @11:26PM (#35242209)
Do those states have year-round beautiful weather? I wouldn’t underestimate that factor.
Re:Max Verstappen got blank screen while leading virtual Le Man 24 hr,...
on Sunday January 15, 2023 @10:52AM (#34390258)
Sure, but it would be minuscule compared to what Red Bull pays him.
Re:Draft policy proposal would authorize SF Police to use deadly force...
on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @08:32PM (#33726853)
I think that’s a political problem, not a military one.
Re:Draft policy proposal would authorize SF Police to use deadly force...
on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @08:23PM (#33726776)
The military is held to a much, much higher standard than regular law enforcement. Their rules of engagement are much stricter.
Re:Iceland’s forest and bush cover has increased sixfold since 1990
on Monday July 18, 2022 @01:26PM (#32140827)
Very. It's extremely tourist-friendly. With the exception of grocery store cashiers, everyone I interacted with spoke at least some English.
Re:The Dubai Debt Trap
on Friday February 18, 2022 @08:25AM (#30385395)
As someone whose father withheld child support payments to turn the screws on my mother, I disagree.
Re:How Many People Can Someone Lead?
on Sunday September 12, 2021 @05:10PM (#28504978)
You missed the part where she's criminally underpaid for the work she does.
Re:Big Sur is both 10.16 and 11.0
on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @06:17PM (#23911591)
If I had a dollar every time I had to explain this to a PM or a CISO (!!)...
Re:Show HN: Game of Life in 32 bytes of assembler
on Friday May 01, 2020 @01:32AM (#23039394)
It’s turtles all the way down.
Re:I think Catalina 10.15.4 broke SSH
on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @12:34PM (#22739318)
The first thing I install on a fresh Mac is amphetamine.
Re:Merkel bans meetings of more than two people to slow coronavirus
on Sunday March 22, 2020 @08:14PM (#22660070)
There's absolutely no way that fine will hold up in court.
Re:Chinese military personnel charged for hacking into Equifax
on Monday February 10, 2020 @10:59AM (#22290185)
That starts World War 3.
Re:Domino’s launches e-bike delivery to compete with UberEats, DoorDash
on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @04:46PM (#20690063)
You'd be terrified to learn that many do this by doctoring their paperwork. At least in the United States.
Re:WeChat confirms it makes all private user data available to Chinese...
on Saturday September 23, 2017 @03:38AM (#15318679)
Correct. I signed up with China Unicom last week, was required to use my passport, and was only allowed a single SIM card. Anonymity is nearly impossible.