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Re:Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy? on Sunday November 01, 2026 @11:33PM (#50333153)
This is so cool! My next TV is definitely going to be a rootable one.
Re:Bidirectional Charging During Grid Outages on Sunday November 01, 2026 @11:14AM (#50326971)
One of the problems with companies like GM is that they still see this as a premium feature and require their hardware (not just a charger). Tesla requires not only their chargers but also their inverters and cars.

What is missing is a spec that inverters and cars and chargers can all follow, then we will see mass adoption.

It really does feel a day late and a dollar short for Europe, especially Germany.
Nuclear ICBMs generally make this a moot point. An advanced enemy can explode a "nuclear reactor" anywhere in your country at any time.

Regarding drones, most reactors are built relatively hardened. For example, they're protected against a 747 flying into it at full speed. So even a drone attack would take an advanced enemy, and they might as well drop a bomb on you.

Re:US tech stocks see sharp falls over AI cost fears on Friday October 30, 2026 @02:29PM (#50308204)
I don't know how anyone could be bearish right now. We are seeing technological innovation at a pace I never believed possible. Bullish on AI. Bullish on America!
Re:US tech stocks see sharp falls over AI cost fears on Friday October 30, 2026 @01:54PM (#50307658)
Some good news!
We are getting very close to this with cheaper and cheaper glp-1 drugs. Soon they'll be free for any overweight American.
Re:Google Search is now less than half of Alphabet’s revenue on Thursday October 29, 2026 @02:33PM (#50293805)
Google has what all its competitors want desperately right now: 2 decades of data. That's their moat and where they will extract the most value as they increasingly lean into AI search results.

OpenAI and Anthropic can catch up, but first they must invent Google search, Google Maps, Gmail, Google Calendar, Youtube and Android.

Also the rates are rising globally. This isn't an exclusive US problem.
The rise is global.
Re:Tesla Semi catches fire on I-880 on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @12:30PM (#50276348)
You know a Tesla was involved in an accident because they always make it part of the headline.
Re:New iMac with M6 on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @10:37AM (#50260073)
Wait until the ProRes version comes out before you sleep on it permanently.
It looks like this stems from the Mar-a-lago raid in 2022. Did we ever find out what the president was actually squirreling away there that he wants to sell on eBay? I remember the leak at the time was that it was nuclear secrets, but I haven't really seen an update on it.
Re:OLED iPad Mini on Monday October 26, 2026 @10:23AM (#50244224)
Tech price appreciation is really throwing me off!
Re:OLED iPad Mini on Monday October 26, 2026 @10:18AM (#50244149)
Apple likes to slow roll features out. It's kind of a necessity when Wall Street expects you to put out a desirable hardware version every few years. Gotta protect that runway!
Re:Lula wins election after final votes tallied on Sunday October 25, 2026 @11:10PM (#50238610)
Pro labor is when the government makes it illegal for you to switch jobs or quit.
Re:Lula wins election after final votes tallied on Sunday October 25, 2026 @10:29PM (#50238397)
So the anti-fascist USSR and the Nazis overlapped by about 80-90%.
Re:Lula wins election after final votes tallied on Sunday October 25, 2026 @09:23PM (#50237898)
Anything not left wing is fascism. What I don't like is fascism. Not being a heckin decent human being is fascism. Loving the government too much is fascism but so is hating it too much.
They should make a list of all Afd members. Maybe make them wear something that identifies them as Afd.
They should just make it illegal for people to vote for certain parties and this problem is solved.
Re:Quad9 (DNS Resolver) to Exit France on Thursday October 22, 2026 @11:31AM (#50196804)
Europe needs to strengthen its free speech protections. It turns out, even though the US founders had no idea what DNS was, they still created the right framework to protect it.
Re:How I got over 300 Tor exit nodes removed on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @01:26PM (#50169729)
I'm having trouble differentiating the different "attacks" here. Based on your thread it sounds like you're getting a DDoS attack against your nodes. The article appears to show some level of sophisticated OS backdooring (possibly from the ISP being compromised). Are you also seeing attempts to backdoor your nodes?
I suspect that there's twice as many people taking RUO versions of it than actual prescriptions.

You can get the stuff at a mall kiosk now.

Not to mention the first people on these drugs were type 2 diabetics who are the exact group that's at risk for NEON.

Think of all the things they're not gonna be at risk for, not being diabetic now.

These kind of headlines just don't sit well with people. What's the point and who cares when the electric company gouges you on time-of-use plans when the sun starts to fade in the evening.

PG&E rates basically quadruple when we pass solar noon. Why should the average person care how much solar we have?

Re:Gold is now the top U.S. export on Saturday October 17, 2026 @03:43PM (#50134397)
I don't quite follow. Countries hold gold to protect their own currency from devaluation, not bc they expected it to become stronger against a dollar.
Re:How the Military Will Hack the Election on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @03:36PM (#50093768)
After 4 vomitous years of "Russia hacked our elections" eventually boiling down to basically $10k spent on facebook ads I'm not sure I can handle more of this.

There are real ways to secure our elections but the end result is that it's insecure by design. The states who run the elections seem perfectly happy to run them with the current level of (in)security.

It really bothers me that every dick and jane website has normalized asking for your personal phone number. It's the first thing they ask when you sign up. At this point your phone number has become your social security number of the internet.

I don't care if fighting fraud is hard for you. Figure it out without stripping away my privacy.

They stopped making games (but not programming) according to Giles.

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