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> No political censorhip? Try asking Chinese models about Taiwan.

In open models you can "uncensor" them: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.11717

Re:Getting ready to operate GNU Taler in Germany on Friday October 23, 2026 @05:04AM (#50206246)
> It's "money" [that] expires

I agree. I can hold my paper cash in my wallet for as long as I like. Having digital money that expires (even if i can "refresh" the validity period) is a no go. It would have to be used like this: need to buy something? load some money on GNU Taler wallet, buy thing, keep GNU Taler wallet empty.

So it would be just cumbersome to use in real life.

Re:Upcoming Critical PHP Security Release on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @06:41AM (#50178707)
i started seeing a lot of scans on my webservers:

  ==> /var/log/apache2/access.log <==
  example.com:443 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:02 +0200] "GET /myglu.php HTTP/1.1" 200 837 "-" "-"
  example.com:80 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:02 +0200] "GET /bnmtp.php HTTP/1.1" 301 431 "-" "-"
  example.com:443 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:02 +0200] "GET /bnmtp.php HTTP/1.1" 200 837 "-" "-"
  example.com:80 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:02 +0200] "GET /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-list.php HTTP/1.1" 301 493 "-" "-"
  example.com:443 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:02 +0200] "GET /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-list.php HTTP/1.1" 200 837 "-" "-"
  example.com:80 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:02 +0200] "GET /wp-X1s2e6h3p7.php HTTP/1.1" 301 447 "-" "-"
  example.com:443 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:02 +0200] "GET /wp-X1s2e6h3p7.php HTTP/1.1" 200 837 "-" "-"
  example.com:80 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:03 +0200] "GET /flamini.php HTTP/1.1" 301 435 "-" "-"
  example.com:443 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:03 +0200] "GET /flamini.php HTTP/1.1" 200 837 "-" "-"
  example.com:80 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:03 +0200] "GET /alfa.php HTTP/1.1" 301 429 "-" "-"
  example.com:443 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:03 +0200] "GET /alfa.php HTTP/1.1" 200 837 "-" "-"
  example.com:80 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:03 +0200] "GET /wp-content/index.php HTTP/1.1" 301 453 "-" "-"
  example.com:443 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:03 +0200] "GET /wp-content/index.php HTTP/1.1" 200 837 "-" "-"
  example.com:80 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:03 +0200] "GET /wp-includes/ID3/about.php HTTP/1.1" 301 463 "-" "-"
  example.com:443 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:04 +0200] "GET /wp-includes/ID3/about.php HTTP/1.1" 200 837 "-" "-"
  example.com:80 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:04 +0200] "GET /wp-admin/css/colors/modern/ HTTP/1.1" 301 467 "-" "-"
  example.com:443 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:04 +0200] "GET /wp-admin/css/colors/modern/ HTTP/1.1" 200 837 "-" "-"
  example.com:80 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:04 +0200] "GET //wp-admin/js/index.php HTTP/1.1" 301 455 "-" "-"
  example.com:443 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:04 +0200] "GET /wp-admin/js/index.php HTTP/1.1" 200 837 "-" "-"
  example.com:80 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:04 +0200] "GET /wp-content/admin.php HTTP/1.1" 301 453 "-" "-"
  example.com:443 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:04 +0200] "GET /wp-content/admin.php HTTP/1.1" 200 837 "-" "-"
  example.com:80 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:04 +0200] "GET /wp-content/themes/index.php HTTP/1.1" 301 467 "-" "-"
  example.com:443 74.225.203.7 - - [21/Oct/2026:12:39:05 +0200] "GET /wp-content/themes/index.php HTTP/1.1" 200 837 "-" "-"
Re:Lichess Is Down on Sunday August 24, 2025 @01:04PM (#45005833)
They have awesome uptime for the resources they have, so I am looking forward to the post mortem.
I still don't understand what this breaks. I use a LE certificate for my smtp service, but as I understand it, other mail servers don't connect to it using a client cert, they just check that the cert deleivered is trusted. Or am I missing something?

Does this break some custom setup?

> They were almost certainly both cleared to maintain visual separation.

DCA TWR: PAT25, traffic just south of the Woodrow Bridge, a CRJ, it's 1200 feet setting up for runway 33.

PAT25: PAT25 has the traffic in sight, request visual separation.

DCA TWR: Visual separation approved.

Audio of MID-AIR CRASH into Potomac River: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiOybe-NJHk

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2024) on Saturday November 02, 2024 @11:01AM (#42026777)
Location: GMT+1 Italy

Remote: Only

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: javascript, node, c#, java, postgres, oracle, sqlserver, azure, gcp, aws, but really almost everything you throw at me I get it done.

Résumé/CV: https://31337.it/about/

Email: s2 at 31337.it

Re:PUBG developer Krafton make a life simulation game inzoi on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @03:47AM (#41307819)
No, it's most probably the PUBG engine.
Just nitpicking here, but Milan (Lombardy) is the second most expensive region in Italy. The first ist South Tyrol: https://www.immobiliare.it/mercato-immobiliare/

Probably because income there is higher than in the province of Milan, and quality of life is better for some indicators.

I usually feed all the documentation to an llm and ask the question to the llm that fetches the info with rag. For example:

> how do i configure Traefik to proxy traffic to two backend services?

Configuring Traefik to proxy traffic to multiple backend services is a common use case. You can achieve this by defining multiple entry points and routers in Traefik's configuration, each pointing to a different backend service. Here's a basic example of how you can configure Traefik to proxy traffic to two backend services:

  yaml
  
  # traefik.yaml
  
  # Enable API and Dashboard
  api:
    dashboard: true
  
  # Define entry points
  entryPoints:
    web:
      address: ":80"
    app1:
      address: ":8081"
    app2:
      address: ":8082"
[...more stuff...]
I remember the discusson between Simon and Robert about RLS in Postgres, a feature I was eagerly awaiting at the time: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CA%2BU5nM%2BADSzcSs_2d...

Simon always replied in a professional and objective tone, while making his point. I liked him.

Re:How I Backup on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @07:27AM (#39523231)
I do something similar[1] with rsync --link-dest and hard links, so that I can go back in time if I delete something. OP seems to just have a copy of his actual files, but if he sees a file missing after 2 weeks after deleting it, he has no way of recovering it.

[1]https://31337.it/incremental-backups-with-rsync/

Or god wanted them all to die, but human technological advances made them live.
Re:The Never Ending Now on Sunday August 20, 2023 @11:39AM (#37200161)
> From the moment the driver hit the gas pedal, everybody was on their phones. From the back row, I watched my friends scroll their social media feeds with ferocious intensity.

Sorry, but I think you should change friends. Or your friends have a serious problem with social media that you should help them overcome. There are tons of other interesting venues on the internet. This is one of them. And here you have articles from the past, as from the present. No need to live in The Never Ending Now.

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss. It made me change how I aproach a negotiation in about every aspect of my life.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062407805

Re:How to lose your work using Undo Copy in Windows on Saturday May 13, 2023 @08:14AM (#35927619)
The folder you copy your file (any file that has some importance to you) to should be a onedrive synced folder. Word/Excel/Powerpoint/... files you edit in a synced folder save automatically without the need for you to ctrl+s.

If you undo copy that file you will find it in your onedrive history.

Haskel monads.
I'm using Nextcloud. Works great.
Re:Using HTTP Basic Auth in 2022 on Saturday January 01, 2022 @02:50PM (#29761938)
Send an ajax request to your api with invalid credentials. The response returns a 401 and loggs the user out. Then redirect to the pre-login page.
Re:Tell HN: You are not alone this Christmas on Saturday December 25, 2021 @06:55AM (#29682535)
I think this whole christmas thing makes a lot of people feel alone and depressed. I hate that. Posts like these make me think this even more. I am alone, and I like it. I can play Warzone and code some stuff I wanted to finish. I can do things I like. I know this may sound stupid, but if you feel alone, don't. There is no reason to. It's just a day like many others. There is really nothing to it.

And we don't need "Christmas" for a virtual hug. We can do that every day of the year.

I hope they don't terminate it like they did with a lot of other producs. GCP is a pleasure to work with.
Re:Spain passes law allowing euthanasia on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:49AM (#26513275)
I don't think it's always wrong to end your life. If you are in pain and have no way out, why should you have to endure suffering?

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