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Re:Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @04:27PM (#48375778)
Fastmail
Re:Iran warns U.S. tech firms could become targets as war expands
on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @05:34PM (#47342313)
It is buried way down in the article. Iran issued this statement after us/Israel targeted Iranian banks.
Re:Iran War Cost Tracker
on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @02:39PM (#47237763)
Greater Israel project
Re:US to suspend immigrant visa processing for 75 nations, State Depar...
on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @05:30PM (#46624742)
Looking at the list, it appears to be wheather the country or its population is pro-israel or not
Re:US to suspend immigrant visa processing for 75 nations, State Depar...
on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @05:09PM (#46624409)
I think this move could harm US in two ways: It will reduce the immigrant diversity which might make the population skew towards the biggest immigrant population such as from India and Mexico which are not in this list. Second it will remove USA as top destination for talent, which will help stop brain drain from these countries causing their local industry to benefit and thereby reducing the edge of US companies.
Re:Bring Bathroom Doors Back to Hotels
on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @07:06PM (#46063805)
Basically, just like the airlines, the hotels are saying if you are such a broke destitute to be able to upgrade to our premium tier, then go suffer in the smell of your own shit.
Re:Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience
on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @05:14PM (#44653089)
Agree 100% the website is very well layed out. The information is presented in very readable format. After a single scroll I was able to fully understand the issues and conclude that the guy has a valid case. Too bad for Volvo for having a horrible customer support
Re:Making C and Python Talk to Each Other
on Thursday May 29, 2025 @07:32PM (#44131395)
The title of the article is misleading. Making C and python talk to each other implies, calling python from C and calling C from python. The article only covers the former.
Re:Tesla Cybertruck Drives Itself into a Pole, Owner Says 'Thank You T...
on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @02:43PM (#43017398)
Thank you @Tesla for engineering the best passive safety in the world. I walked away without a scratch.
I walked away without a scratch. This could have easily killed an innocent pedestrian or bicyclist. How is this best safety engineering? If the FSD failed there should have been some secondary system to detect an imminent collision and apply brakes.
Re:Beej's Guide to Git
on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @12:56PM (#42952451)
It is the same with Git
Re:Is 'Toxic Fashion' making us sick? A look at the chemicals lurking ...
on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @05:18PM (#42120382)
> have access to medical care. Often the types of doctors that will address this - they don't take insurance. They only take cash
Is he implying that the doctors who take insurance will not tell the truth
Re:50 year old petrodollar pact between Saudi Arabia and US expires
on Thursday June 13, 2024 @05:43PM (#40675152)
I think this will have some interesting consequences. The US dollar used to be backed by gold, then Nixon ended that and then it got tied to oil, so in effect it was still backed by something tangible. The rest of the world currencies being somewhat linked to dollar were also indirectly tied to oil. Now the dollar is backed by nothing and by extension the rest of the currencies. In that sense dollar is now just a digital currency.
Re:Intel pauses work on $25B Israel fab
on Monday June 10, 2024 @08:42PM (#40641020)
Besides with the attacks happening right now on commercial ships in Gulf of Aden. It could become very expensive to bring anything out from these fabs or providing raw material
Re:Show HN: Every mountain, building and tree shadow mapped for any da...
on Friday May 31, 2024 @03:17PM (#40539168)
Is it accurate though?. If I fix the time and slide by the month, I expect the shadow to move east to west, but it only grows or shortens, which would mean the sun is exactly at the same vertical line on ground every day of the year but the height above horizon changes.
Re:Half of Google's white-collar staff 'does no real work,' Silicon Va...
on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @12:37PM (#40300081)
I think there are a number of advantages of having extra staff if a company can afford it.
1. Talent is pulled away from competition that can threaten Google's dominance.
2. Talent is prevented from creating their own startups that can threaten Google's dominance.
3. Engineers are available to handle extra work that suddenly shows up leaving the others to keep focusing on "real work".
4. Engineers are available to do work that is not "real". Meaning work that nobody wants to do but still has to be done.
5. Hiring more people shows that the company is growing causing the stock value to go up.
6. Firing people can also cause the stock price to go up because it shows company is doing something to cut costs.
Re:Why Is Panera Exempted from California's New Minimum Wage Law?
on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @04:03PM (#39543385)
But doesn't it help the state overall, because more people will become ineligible for tax breaks and other diverse subsidies and programs the state offer's for the low-income households. Has any study taken a look at that?
Re:Scientists aghast at AI rat with genitals in peer-reviewed article
on Thursday February 15, 2024 @08:19PM (#39391826)
makes sense, because the peer of AI can only be AI
Re:Aho – a Git implementation in Awk
on Sunday February 11, 2024 @02:27AM (#39333215)
I don't understand how you can write more that one line long program in a language where all variables are global by default even if they are inside a scope delimited by brackets. You can have local variables but the syntax is weird. https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/html_node/Variable-...
Re:The wealthy are cutting the line at the airport, Disney World and s...
on Thursday February 08, 2024 @03:03PM (#39306902)
> By removing the wealthiest or highest-paying customers from a line, there’s little incentive to advocate for better service for the rest.
Why would the business want to have a better service, the long lines is the means for the business to make people pay up the premium for cutting the lines. Ideally they would want even longer lines so more people pay the premium
Re:How I got scammed on Facebook Marketplace (2023)
on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @02:11PM (#39292846)
Well if any one can log into paypal and open and close cases, they might as well just use the paypal account to pay themselves directly or buy stuff. I don't understand why the seller had to use FB to scam people when they could manipulate the paypal account directly
Re:Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers (2021)
on Friday December 29, 2023 @02:08AM (#38802432)
Just looking at it makes me feel dizzy
Re:A new technology is upending the simple sport of bowling
on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @06:29PM (#38715046)
Or make each pin a robot, that can standup and bring itself to the correct spot
Re:Bored Ape conference attendees wake up with eye pain, vision loss
on Monday November 06, 2023 @05:55PM (#38170352)
>> a crypto project that peaked in 2021 and recently crashed to a two-year low, costing many investors thousands of dollars.
First you lose your money and now your eyesight
Re:India cuts periodic table and evolution from school textbooks
on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @04:18PM (#36143705)
Oh wow, this is not the only thing axed from curriculum. This article goes in some more detail:
https://thewire.in/education/h-for-hindu-rashtra-is-a-ration...
Re:India cuts periodic table and evolution from school textbooks
on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @03:12PM (#36142656)
I scanned the whole article but could not find any mention of the reason behind this move. I mean evolution may be violating some Hindu teaching but what is the problem with periodic table of elements?
Re:Check if your IKEA chair is compatible with your screen
on Friday April 28, 2023 @06:00PM (#35747615)
I would consider this as a privacy feature. Ikea should mention this in their marketing material
Re:A photon-recycling incandescent lighting device
on Friday April 14, 2023 @06:43PM (#35575810)
The short lifetime of incandescent bulbs was by design https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-great-lightbulb-conspiracy. Otherwise they can last pretty long. This one is on since 1901 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Light
Re:CT scan shows there's still lots of toner left in an “empty” cartridge
on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @04:03PM (#33807652)
This is outrageous. Only a small percentage of owners know this kind of tricks. Imagine the environmental damage created by thousands of users throwing away perfectly usable cartridges. I always feel bad about throwing away laser printer cartridges, they have so many components that are working just fine, there should be a way to just refill the toner and reuse it.
Re:On the Proper Use of Post-Its
on Friday October 14, 2022 @03:15AM (#33200502)
I don't get it, you are still applying the force in the same direction. I mean if you rotate the 'wrong' picture by 90 degrees you will see that they are both the same thing
Re:Digital Museum of Plugs and Sockets
on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @05:05PM (#32756853)
I never understood why US uses a wider pin on two prong plugs for the hot wire. Browsing the web site I got the idea that no one in the world cares about polarity, both pins are the same size. This is a huge usability issue for people with weak eyesight or when plugging in something in a tight area such as behind a couch or bed.