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In fact, there is EPC code, but it is rarely used and bank support is abysmal, at least in our country. But that can also be because we have some homegrown local standard for payment QR codes (and a new one in the works, lol).

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPC_QR_code

Diacritics usually did not advance paper on typewriters, hence their name "dead keys".

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_key

It was called just GPT-5 at that point in time.

1Password maybe not increasing prices

Preciously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47139951 I have just received this email:We’re following up regarding an email you may have received on February 24, 2026 about a pricing increase to your 1Password subscription.That message was sent in error. Your price will not change at your next renewal.We know how important clarity is when it comes to billing, and we’re sorry for any...

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Cloudflare actually does anycast for egress too, if that is what you meant: https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-servers-dont-own-ips-...
Re:Calibre adds AI "discussion" feature on Friday December 26, 2025 @11:37AM (#46393630)
> Currently, calibre users have a choice of commercial providers, or running models locally using LM Studio or Ollama.

The choice is yours. If you want local models, you can do that.

Re:Calibre adds AI "discussion" feature on Friday December 26, 2025 @06:08AM (#46391056)
I agree with you that the push towards them is annoying. (Google's "Your phone has new exciting features.")

In this case, Calibre does not seem to introduce any said annoyances (probably because it is FOSS, so no pressure for adoption), but people are upset anyways.

There are many features I don't use in various software, but it never made me complain that a new icon/menu entry appeared.

Re:Calibre adds AI "discussion" feature on Friday December 26, 2025 @05:43AM (#46390943)
I struggle to understand the pushback against AI features. As long as the feature isn't intrusive, it seems like a minor addition, and may even be useful to some people. LLMs are here to stay, there is no denying that at this point.
These seem like a simple text rendered using some handwritten looking Google Fonts. Or is there something I am missing?
Re:Duolingo for Geography on Friday December 26, 2025 @05:13AM (#46390814)
The icon reminds me pretty much of Kagi
Re:Show HN: Later – Schedule URLs to open later on Friday December 26, 2025 @05:11AM (#46390803)
How does it compare to something like good old at[1] that spawns a browser?

[1] https://linux.die.net/man/1/at

Delta.Chat is really underappreciated, open-source and distributed. I recommend you at least look into it.

Signal, on the other hand, is a closed "opensource" ecosystem (you cannot run your own server or client), requires a phone number (still -_-) and the opensource part of it does not have great track record (I remember some periods where the server for example was not updated in the public repo).

But yeah, if you want the more popular option, Signal is the one.

Re:Signal – An Ethical Replacement for WhatsApp on Saturday June 21, 2025 @05:29AM (#44336045)
Cannot find it now, but that's how it was discussed at the time when chatmail server became a thing. It is also how it is configured in chatmail:

https://github.com/chatmail/relay/blob/96a1dbac08441034c5990...

https://github.com/chatmail/relay/blob/96a1dbac08441034c5990...

You obviously must trust that the server runs this configuration, but you can always run your own chatmail, or regular postfix. (If you don't need "federation" with other mail servers, you don't even need port 25 open).

However, you can also configure your app to delete messages from the server sooner.

Re:Signal – An Ethical Replacement for WhatsApp on Saturday June 21, 2025 @03:08AM (#44335311)
I have not noticed that problem, the messages are delayed by a few seconds, but not noticeably. Only using chatmail / own postfix though, YMMV.
Re:Signal – An Ethical Replacement for WhatsApp on Saturday June 21, 2025 @03:07AM (#44335295)
It is deleted from the server only, it stays on your devices, and is also synced to new device when you add one.
Re:Signal – An Ethical Replacement for WhatsApp on Saturday June 21, 2025 @03:05AM (#44335286)
The UI was actually taken from Signal in the early days[0].

[0] https://support.delta.chat/t/list-of-all-known-client-projec...

It certainly looks like that. For such a technical article, there are just very vague descriptions of the failure modes. The code examples do not make much sense. I would expect more in depth dive into the problems, but all we got is this mostly generic stuff.
Re:Starlink User Terminal Teardown on Friday May 09, 2025 @03:38AM (#43934614)
Is it a better idea to share private keys? In case of server breach, you will have a much harder time, won't you?
Re:Kenney.nl: Free Game Assets on Sunday January 12, 2025 @03:42AM (#42672147)
It is also stated on every asset page :)
Re:Be Aware of the Makefile Effect on Saturday January 11, 2025 @03:24AM (#42664288)
A much better solution would be to use Typst, but that still might not work in all situations.
Re:Disappointed with the TVs at CES 2025 on Friday January 10, 2025 @06:19PM (#42661507)
Oh, how I hate the new Samsung remotes!

They have very few buttons, which you can't tell apart in the dark (unless you remember the layout) and everything must be done through the UI which tries to upsell you some streaming service everywhere.

Interesting read. But I wonder, does pip not have some way to force installation from another index that would work as expected?
Re:Coding Font Selection 'Tournament' on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @04:04PM (#42561821)
Unfortunately, it's missing a lot of commonly used paid fonts (Operator, ...), but I understand that it is mostly a licensing problem.

For the last couple of years, I am a Cartograph[1] lover. But Connary had changed the license pricing this year, making it a one of the more expensive coding fonts :(

[1] https://connary.com/fonts/cartograph/

Re:Communal Luxury: The Public Bathhouse on Monday December 23, 2024 @02:49AM (#42492642)