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Re:As a psychiatrist, I diagnose mental illness, and help spot demonic... on Monday August 28, 2023 @01:44PM (#37297795)
This exact career is that of the protagonist in Evil, my wife and I's favorite show. The show is led by a Catholic priest and an atheist psychiatrist (possibly a -gist in the show) tasked with investigating demon possessions.

Highly recommend it. It is written by a married couple, one Catholic and one atheist. It takes the supernatural seriously without getting hokey or dismissive.

Re:Ask HN: PayPal's negligence and incompetence has cost me $270. What... on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @11:45AM (#37135363)
Slightly off-topic: has PayPal become unusable in the browser for anyone else? When using Firefox, no VPN, no ad blocking, I get some nondescript error that bounces me from the login screen. My IP must be on some list, but it is really annoying.
Re:Hetzner is having a major outage, even the status page is down on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @10:50AM (#37049832)
Edit: The status page and home page were down for me for about 15 minutes (checked on multiple devices and networks). Now they load about half of the time, but are very slow. Might be a load issue in this region of their CDN or something. My hosted services are fine, as far as I can tell.
Re:Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here? on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @05:45PM (#36607599)
https://blakeashleyjr.com

New to blogging but interested in DevOps, WordPress, and Go, along with normal techy things.

Re:US Air Force colonel ‘misspoke’ about drone killing pilot on Friday June 02, 2023 @12:10PM (#36166985)
This is a full retraction of the previously discussed story:

https://web.archive.org/web/20230602014646/https://www.thegu...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36159866

Seems like a big story to publish on the word of a single person (relayed through a blog post) with no other corroboration.

Shame on The Guardian for not mentioning the retraction/edits and simply reusing the same URL.

Re:US military drone controlled by AI killed its operator during simul... on Friday June 02, 2023 @12:06PM (#36166945)
This has been fully retracted: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/02/us-air-force...

Original story: https://web.archive.org/web/20230602014646/https://www.thegu...

Shame on The Guardian for not mentioning the retraction.

Re:Amazon in talks to offer low-cost or free mobile service to Prime c... on Friday June 02, 2023 @11:06AM (#36166140)
I wonder how the current cell carriers have to charge $50+ to be profitable in a hyper-competitive space, but Amazon has the margins to consider throwing it in for free?
Re:Ask HN: Insurance Against Patent Trolls on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @10:02AM (#36124992)
Directors and Officers insurance would provide some measure of comfort. What you need is an insurance broker who can advise you on what coverages will protect you best.

Edit: Looks like Intellectual Property Insurance is exactly what you are looking for.

Re:Ask HN: What's the Best Book on Religion on Sunday May 28, 2023 @05:49PM (#36108130)
My recommendation, as well.

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