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Re:Self Hosting a Google Maps Alternative with OpenStreetMap
on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @09:15PM (#33714295)
High Fidelity.. Pity their road names don't zoom up to some degree.. it is so hard to read the road names, that as an old bugger i need a magnifying glass..
Re:Crypto is the 'commoditisation of populist anger, gambling and crime'
on Monday November 21, 2022 @04:13PM (#33698011)
It is absolutely correct to say reversing a transaction is a classic source of fraud.
Errors made should always be reversed by a separate transaction for an audit trail.
Re:Reconstructing images a person sees via non-invasive brain scans
on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @09:42PM (#33634271)
looks more like images/ combined images from an AI data base of previously collected images rather than just "reading the brain" outright
Re:‘Out of control’ Tesla Model Y crash in China leaves two dead
on Monday November 14, 2022 @11:40PM (#33605373)
Re:PayPal Inactivity Fee
on Monday November 14, 2022 @10:37PM (#33604952)
They may not be a bank but they get the earnings on all that money sitting there.. it is a source of funds for the business.
Re:Money Creation in the Modern Economy – Its a Wonderful Lie
on Sunday November 13, 2022 @08:50PM (#33589388)
Not so.. for example in Australia..
https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/GST/In-detail/Rules-for-spec...
Re:Baking Bread with a Hot Car
on Friday November 11, 2022 @07:13PM (#33568526)
There is a group of American Private pilots who go on regular trips in their aircrafts and cook lunch in their aircraft engine bays.
Sorry could not find a link..
Re:Fake account and $8 blue checkmark wipe $20B off Eli Lilly's market...
on Friday November 11, 2022 @07:04PM (#33568457)
I presume they are talking about Eli and who ever pranked them
Re:Save London's Gas Lamps: Campaign Grows to Keep Our Heritage Glowing
on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @08:37PM (#33541020)
"They also burn a fossil fuel, which is more detrimental to the environment than low-power LEDs"
True however the true cleverness was that they burn the fumes coming off the sewerage system safely disposing of formally dangerous build ups of the gas while getting brighter at the same time.
So essentially fossil fuel is only a part of what they burn.
Re:Mysterious company with government ties plays key internet role
on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @06:57PM (#33540027)
Re:Research: Disconnection, not teens’ screen time, is the problem
on Sunday November 06, 2022 @07:52AM (#33492036)
Except the screen time is causing the disconnect..
Re:General Mills latest to halt Twitter ads as Musk takeover sparks br...
on Sunday November 06, 2022 @07:50AM (#33492017)
More likely than anything all these companies will realise not advertising makes no difference anyway.
Re:United Airlines Blocking Seats Due to Passenger Weight
on Saturday November 05, 2022 @10:21AM (#33481728)
The logical thing to do is reduce seat numbers on planes and give everyone more room
Re:Ask HN: Have you set up a procedure to disclose you passwords in ca...
on Monday October 31, 2022 @08:16PM (#33415275)
Written down on paper in a safe
Re:Musk fired Twitter execs in attempt to avoid payouts
on Sunday October 30, 2022 @08:46AM (#33394006)
and payback for not letting him reneg on buying twitter
Cosco (China Ocean Shipping Company)
Yevgeny Prigozhin- Vladimir Putin's chef revealed as Wagner Group mercenary boss
Re:Pouring the 200 inch disk at Corning Glass Works
on Sunday October 23, 2022 @06:51AM (#33306004)
Story of Palomar - 1948
Re:Indonesia bans cough syrups as 100 children dead of kidney failure
on Friday October 21, 2022 @11:32PM (#33295454)
TLDR Antifreeze in cough syrups kill
Re:Running rarely wrecks your knees, and often strengthens them
on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @06:46PM (#33268809)
i have never heard of running hurting knees, but I have heard of jogging as hurting the knees which they do not address in the article.
(Australian) Defence investigates RAAF pilots lured to work for Chinese military
Re:Gain of Function? Not So Fast
on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @09:36PM (#33256353)
Main argument is it is less dangerous.. discovered AFTER creating it.
Re:Life expectancy changes since Covid-19
on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @03:18AM (#33244029)
Surely it is a temporary life expectancy drop, as when survivors breed, their children will be more immune to Covid
Re:Ex-UK pilots lured to help Chinese military, MoD says
on Monday October 17, 2022 @09:47PM (#33242031)
Should be considered treason
Re:NHS vendor won’t say if patient data was stolen during ransomware a...
on Sunday October 16, 2022 @04:38PM (#33226993)
If they won't say, then one can assume patient data was stolen
Re:Oura ring can't measure more than 65535 steps in a day
on Saturday October 15, 2022 @06:48AM (#33213605)
Re:Everyone going to World Cup must have this app, experts are soundin...
on Saturday October 15, 2022 @03:38AM (#33212676)
Free countries should shut down all travel including airlines in and out of Qatar, and issue a travel warning.
In fact this should have happened years ago..
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/10/27/women-reportedly-subject...
Otherwise, what do we believe in? what do we stand for? Do we truly only car about money?
Re:Britain's zombie economy is crumbling, real culprits are getting of...
on Friday October 14, 2022 @02:20AM (#33200207)