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Re:It wasn't AI that flipped Proton's charge on Sunday November 01, 2026 @03:26PM (#50329432)
Because it consistantly tells narcissists what they want to hear.

Before there were other voices of reason but these all get drowned out...

Most clothes are manufactured in countries with cheaper labor costs to cut costs - the reality is clothes are cheap to make in terms of raw materials- and dumping unwanted clothes will just destory the local economy
London and the south east is the UK in economic terms. Its the only those 2 regions which are net contributor to taxes

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxe...

Falling for the "Embrace" part again...
Re:In Memoriam – OnlineSafetyAct.co.uk on Sunday February 23, 2025 @03:27PM (#43152909)
The new rules cover any kind of illegal content that can appear online, but the Act includes a list of specific offences that you should consider. These are:

    terrorism
    child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) offences, including
        grooming
        image-based child sexual abuse material (CSAM)
        CSAM URLs
    hate
    harassment, stalking, threats and abuse
    controlling or coercive behaviour
    intimate image abuse
    extreme pornography
    sexual exploitation of adults
    human trafficking
    unlawful immigration
    fraud and financial offences
    proceeds of crime
    drugs and psychoactive substances
    firearms, knives and other weapons
    encouraging or assisting suicide
    foreign interference
    animal cruelty
Re:In Memoriam – OnlineSafetyAct.co.uk on Sunday February 23, 2025 @03:24PM (#43152878)
it's not that simple - illegal and harmful content can include things like hate speech - worth a longer read... https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/online_safety_act/

If I ran a small forum in the UK I would shut it down - not worth risk of jail time for getting it wrong.

Dark matter is just made up bs if you replace "magic" for dark whenever its mentioned its the same difference - theres no tangable evidence it exists at all.

Ask HN: How to get Cloudflare to take phishing reports taken seriously

So I got scammed this site though a verified Facebook advert which is on cloudflares DNS: http://seasaltscornwall.com it is a very convincing clone of http://seasaltcornwall.comApparently this has been going on for a while targeting other retailers https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/1ae338j/online_shopping_scam/

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Re:Ask HN: Degoogling in 2024 on Sunday March 31, 2024 @09:15AM (#39883968)
Unfortunately for banking apps etc need a android or iPhone will probably make the switch to apple...
Re:Ask HN: Degoogling in 2024 on Sunday March 31, 2024 @05:42AM (#39882780)
Thanks!

Ask HN: Degoogling in 2024

After my play store account being deleted for "inactivity" despite having used it recently and having an app with over 1000 installs removed I've decided it's a sign to finally degoogle - any tips my main challenge is email!

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Re:He blew the whistle on Amazon. He's still paying the price on Thursday December 07, 2023 @04:50AM (#38554646)
Why would you think Jeff would care?
Re:He blew the whistle on Amazon. He's still paying the price on Thursday December 07, 2023 @04:48AM (#38554635)
In a world run by sociopaths - whistleblowing is a trap to catch the people who could if instead of reporting the issues, they organised together and then could stop you...

I've yet to see any whistleblowing case not end badly.

The reviewing isn't problem it's mostly because you have to become that asshole that everyone hates - developers who produce bad code also are the worst at taking feedback...
Re:We always end up with waterfall on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @03:28AM (#37318775)
I think problem is product managers are very common and probably unavoidable in most organisations.

Can't have product owners without actual ownership - without real equity in the product being developed do they really own anything?

People who avoid the sun more likely to take vitamin D supplements?
The real question is which is dying quicker Facebook or Twitter?
Re:Low Code Software Development Is a Lie on Saturday April 15, 2023 @10:27AM (#35580913)
Last one don't even need macros https://www.excel-easy.com/examples/dependent-drop-down-list...

I guess my point is alot of people outside of software development the goto for low/no code is excel

Re:Low Code Software Development Is a Lie on Saturday April 15, 2023 @07:54AM (#35579773)
Find me a non code product that can do something excel can't
If only a small size (up to 32ish inches) needed 4k monitor would probably surfice
Re:Why are developers expected to estimate tasks at all? on Sunday March 26, 2023 @03:31PM (#35318584)
Because the budget is not infinite - there is normally a limit of time or money and it will determine the decision making process.

This doesn't mean the project will finish on time or within budget it just enables that part of the decision making process.

Re:I broke a wine glass with my voice (2018) [video] on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @01:31PM (#35072854)
It's not something you recover quickly from :(
Re:Don't Use StripE on Sunday December 18, 2022 @05:52AM (#34036524)
In the UK at least try and get building work done or buy a new car with a credit card and see how far you get...

Credit cards work great for small transactions for both consumers and businesses, but risks get high for the business (espcially small businesses) for larger transactions.

Re:Don't Use StripE on Sunday December 18, 2022 @03:57AM (#34036087)
The problem is the intermediaries often add no value or help facilitate the fraud or refuse to help get the money back.

I lost £150,000 to a fraudulent account the bank knew about https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/dec/14/i-lost-150000-...

Bank transfer scammers steal £700,000 a day from UK victims https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/may/28/bank-transfer-...

Re:Don't Use StripE on Sunday December 18, 2022 @03:42AM (#34036017)
Most small business I've found don't accept credit/debit cards for large transactions and instead want direct (cash) bank transfers because they fear the money going missing or getting a chargeback. This has its only issues as its slow and not very customer friendly.

If only there was some kind of virtual cash that could be sent from one party to another almost instantly without an intermediary

Re:Why adults still dream about school on Friday September 23, 2022 @02:58AM (#32948859)
Sounds like PTSD
My favorite question is:

"Describe what a typical day would look like?"

I made a free shopping list app its not open source as ive lost the source...I made this about 10 years ago. Play store basically shadow bans completely free apps from small developers without adverts as far as i can tell. This is the app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flabbyfish...
This post sounds a bit like an ad but i havn't looked back from the phillips oneblade. Its cheap, can be used wet or dry and cost like £30 and its the first razor that actually manages to remove the hairs on my neck effectively, only have to replace the blades every 6 months...

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