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I think that you’ll find that it’s pronounced “Aber-baijan”.
Re:Tesla Roadster on Friday October 16, 2026 @04:39PM (#50124319)
“We designed the Tesla Deathtrap 300 to explicitly break any regulations regarding danger to human life”
Re:Tesla Roadster on Friday October 16, 2026 @03:56PM (#50123699)
The “Cybertruck” (ffs …) is not legal in the EU due to safety regulations, so I would say that you are mistaken.
Could you elaborate on how he was “completely unqualified”? AIUI his PhD was cleared on any claims of. It being untoward. Maybe something I missed, of course.
Re:Systemd is a suite of basic building blocks on Friday September 18, 2026 @03:49PM (#49759293)
> It’s on AA

Administrators Anonymous?

Is that where the alt.sysadmin.recovery crowd go now?

It is unlikely to be necessary on HN to remind readers to remain indoors.
Re:Macbeth and His Problems on Monday September 07, 2026 @06:25PM (#49603669)
TL;DR - he has 99 problems, but a witch ain’t one.

I’ll see myself out.

They realised that gender affirming care is something that they were against?
Re:Orbs on Sunday August 30, 2026 @01:16PM (#49500627)
How do you feel about a huge ever growing pulsating brain that rules from the centre of the ultraverse?
No thanks - I’ll keep my human rights, thank you.
Re:The Future Belongs to the Weird on Monday August 24, 2026 @09:56AM (#49419851)
Hi, Dan from Red Bull here - would you be interested in being one of our brand ambassadors?
Re:The Debt That Apple Owes to the CIA on Thursday August 20, 2026 @04:26PM (#49379789)
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a fully laden Honda Civic
Re:Ask HN: GitHub employees what's going on? Why? on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @02:15PM (#49350037)
Like the way that they shipped ‘95 without a browser?
Has he held a surgery, though?

Photo ops are all vey well.

Jaywick is possibly the area in the UK most dependent on benefits handouts.

Good luck with the guy who wants to slash your benefits, people.

Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid

And if the standards committee sees fit he will be doing it again soon.

Re:Principia Mathematica is modern and insightful on Thursday August 13, 2026 @02:42AM (#49282481)
I suppose that to make it slightly less tedious we could just refer to the version using the number of significant digits: 10
I wonder where that guy lives now
Re:U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio reaches 123% on Friday July 31, 2026 @12:26PM (#49125240)
You are Brian Bilston, and I claim my £5
Now it’s our turn to embrace, extend …
Re:Future euro banknote design proposals on Saturday July 25, 2026 @01:37PM (#49049719)
The Glaswegian would be incorrect in his insistence:

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/explainers/what-is-legal-ten...

Re:The Beam Engine on Friday July 24, 2026 @02:56AM (#49032046)
There’s also the amazing Crossness, which does have occasional steaming days. And if you’re in Manchester the Museum of Science and Industry has a great collection of small and large engines which they run
Re:Modern decor may be straining people's brains on Saturday July 11, 2026 @03:06PM (#48874789)
Not sure that I’d want to lie down with a book on a slab of concrete.
Snails? These are MARINE snails, soldier! Oorah!
You’re all set!
Re:Best Simple System for Now on Friday July 03, 2026 @01:07PM (#48777295)
Sounds a bit like the First System from Gancarz’s The Unix Philosophy.
No, but the only two people that I personally know who voted for Brexit, my partner’s parents, were both retired. They did it as a protest because they never thought that it would pass.

They immediately regretted it once my partner explained how it would fuck up her/our future.

They have subsequently both died.

Nigerian Prince scam 101. Just send another payment to cover disbursement costs and the money will be with you real soon now.
Some brass neck coming from the Daily Mail who championed Andrew Wakefield.

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