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Re:Stopping the smart TV from being used against you on Friday August 28, 2026 @06:20PM (#49484949)
I took an old HP all in one, installed a linux distro, put kodi on it with some custom applications and now I have a smart TV that I control.
Just leaving this here...

https://gwern.net/fiction/clippy

Re: on Friday July 10, 2026 @07:34PM (#48866738)
Interesting concept. I've been playing with using agents to modernize finish the ~200 projects I started. Next will be the idea pile...
More impactful than prison? Nah. Why not both?
The article talks about European colonies, so would these have been European values then since America did not yet exist?
Do they already gather TPMS data too?
Re:How Fear and Social Pressure Are 'Overarming' the U.S. on Thursday June 04, 2026 @02:29PM (#48402698)
Agreed, there's not a lot of substance here. I read the article more than once and still don't know if "overarming" means too many individuals own guns or too many guns per individual. I assume the former based on context. Also interesting is that they focus on the US but two out of three groups studied are not in the US.
Re:Deflock hits 100k ALPRs Mapped in USA on Sunday May 31, 2026 @07:56PM (#48351072)
It didn't happen
Re:Why I collect DLES on Saturday May 30, 2026 @07:25PM (#48341572)
Well thanks for the kind words
Re:Why I collect DLES on Saturday May 30, 2026 @10:18AM (#48336480)
Here you go-

The point of the game is to find as many words as possible with the least number of swaps and leftover letters. There's always a solution that takes no swaps and uses all letters.

https://wordgame.o565.com/

Re:Why I collect DLES on Friday May 29, 2026 @07:52PM (#48330869)
I put a word game together, it was a fun exercise. Nobody plays it except my wife and her family. It's really not even finished or even that good. Since it's one of the few things she likes that I made, it's still up with a user base of 3.
Is there an Uber for process servers? Eventually someone would get through...
You can measure attendance by hours spent at a desk
Is it though if the value of the degree for the overall group is collectively diminished?
You'd probably need a very large balloon to overcome the weight of the string
Re:I'm Scared About Biological Computing on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @09:26PM (#48031031)
> using live animals as the computational substrate. Use the visual cortex of one as the input, send the neural spikes to a second animals frontal lobe for computation and finally send those signals to a third animals motor cortex to physically press buttons.

That sounds terrifying.

Works for me, thank you
I'm always up for learning more about everything. Point me in the right direction?
Re:Changes to GitHub Copilot Individual Plans on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @09:50AM (#47863617)
I have been needing to cut back on my subscription services, too. I also canceled.
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026) on Sunday April 12, 2026 @10:57PM (#47747033)
Planted a few fruit trees, some strawberries, and vegetables. Every time I water them, I think about automated irrigation.
Re:Microsoft PhotoDNA scanning problem on Thursday April 09, 2026 @09:57PM (#47712683)
Is it a specific picture of the face or any picture of it?
This one is a call center metric. Similar to after call work or first call resolution. This one, I believe, is average handle time.
Sincerely, TH FART
Someone should tell that to the people who publish the gas station mugshot magazines.
Could they have added some swap?
Sounds like something that could be weaponized. Order a bunch of 'gifts' to be shipped to a target via UPS/FedEx or whichever vendor helpfully pays the tarrifs for you. Then your victim has to fight collections or pay up.
Re:Alive Internet Theory on Sunday November 09, 2025 @08:28AM (#45865459)
Its a cool idea, just beware. Saw some dead kids and some NSFW among the otherwise interesting content.
Lighten up. People spend their time doing lots of things they enjoy regardless of the value others place on their efforts. Instead of projecting embarrassment, go save the world if that makes you happy.
Re:AI scrapers request commented scripts on Saturday November 01, 2025 @11:22AM (#45782359)
Googlebot has no problem identifying itself because Google knows that you want it to index your site if you want visitors. It doesn't identify itself to give you the option to block it. It identifies itself so you don't.
Re:AI scrapers request commented scripts on Saturday November 01, 2025 @11:15AM (#45782304)
Yes, the client wanted the server to deliver content it had intended for a different client, regardless of what the service operator wanted, so it lied using its user agent. Exact same thing we are talking about. The difference is that people don't want companies to profit off of their content. That's fair. In this case, they should maybe consider some form of real authentication, or if the bot is abusive, some kind of rate limiting control.

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