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Yep, this website was blocked at my work all day yesterday despite me submitting it for review.
Why do critical vulnerabilities get a cutesy name and website nowadays? Who’s paying for these sites?
Re:Quad9 (DNS Resolver) to Exit France on Thursday October 22, 2026 @06:30PM (#50201988)
Similar misunderstandings have led to Cloudflare blockages during soccer matches in Spain.
Re:JDK 28 on Saturday October 17, 2026 @09:29PM (#50136933)
Startup time depends on whether you are using Spring heavily or not. I wouldn’t use it as a shell script replacement. Use Python to that end.
Re:OpenCode 2.0 on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @09:53PM (#50098174)
Then name it, because not everyone knows about it. Another commenter said it might be omp.
Re:Apple may have an iPhone 18 Pro demand problem on Saturday October 10, 2026 @03:37PM (#50036374)
Simple: 17 Pro was near perfection and sold like hot cakes. People are not upgrading.
Explain the term “Plant Slant” please. I don’t follow.
Yeah well I got Covid before I was able to get the vaccine and I was just fine. And yet the admin still tried to force me to get the vaccine despite my body building antibodies (aka immunity) against the virus, protecting me.
Re:Norway Eyes Partial Ban of Smart Glasses on Monday October 05, 2026 @05:37PM (#49971178)
Now, only criminals have nmap in these such jurisdictions.
Re:Norway Eyes Partial Ban of Smart Glasses on Monday October 05, 2026 @05:36PM (#49971161)
Single party consent empowers those who are underhanded in uneven situations. For instance, the ability to secretly record my employer, who has far more resources than me, benefits me. I personally benefited in being able to defend myself by using single-party consent for audio recording, which helped me both avoid legal trouble and would have allowed me to offer more evidence had it ever come to actual legal action.

There are two sides to privacy laws, and the downside is not often discussed.

They politicized their own work.
It’s not nearly as black and white as you lay out. Despite evidence of immunity after contracting COVID, the prior administration continued to pursue a vaccination mandate through OSHA. Additionally arbitrary rules and limitations such as the 6’ rule were routinely parroted by public health authorities and state governments. That’s in addition to what another commenter pointed out about the mask flip flopping.
Re:What is going on with ceiling fans on Monday October 05, 2026 @03:38PM (#49969525)
I have both in the same room and use them for different purposes.
Re:What is going on with ceiling fans on Monday October 05, 2026 @07:47AM (#49963614)
It’s not stupid. The combo is very nice and convenient. I like the combo, just not the coupling of power. Light fan combos have been around forever and have worked fine for many decades.
Re:What is going on with ceiling fans on Sunday October 04, 2026 @10:52PM (#49960194)
I also like longer videos, but the information density he delivers versus Veritasium or Smarter Every Day on a similar length video is much lower.
Re:What is going on with ceiling fans on Sunday October 04, 2026 @07:19PM (#49958959)
The problem is almost all the LED fans can’t be controlled with a second switch. It’s infuriating.
Re:What is going on with ceiling fans on Sunday October 04, 2026 @07:18PM (#49958952)
His 1-hour videos could normally be condensed into 20 minutes of content, maximum. I think he has mostly good takes (some bad ones), but I’ve ceased watching because he doesn’t know how to make a point in a reasonable amount of words.
Re:What is going on with ceiling fans on Sunday October 04, 2026 @07:16PM (#49958938)
Even if you can find one, good luck finding a fan that supports using a separate fan switch in the wall.

I resorted to buying a “smart” fan, pulling credentials for it, blocking it from all internet access, and controlling it exclusively with Home Assistant and the remote control it came with. These things are so flimsy nowadays and I couldn’t find anything of decent quality.

Re:Lambda Land on Friday October 02, 2026 @05:39PM (#49938931)
Title should be changed to the post title. “Lambda Land” means nothing to me.
Re:56k.rip – the 1996 dial-up internet experience on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @08:14PM (#49916127)
Cool, but webpages load too fast.
Happens a lot less on HN. While HN isn’t perfect, people are usually respectful to each other.
You’re precisely right. In corporate purchases many times it’s not the best product that is bought but instead the one that can answer yes to the most questions.
On the other hand, as a Christian Conservative, I used to have people sniping my profile and replying nastily to me when I commented on completely unrelated topics, just because my ideals didn’t align with theirs. Or, auto banning me from subs based on which subs I commented to. In that way, hiding my profile has helped me, because Reddit as a whole is extremely left wing.

Unfortunately, what you state is also true and it is now harder to avoid replying to bots, obvious shills, or trolls.

Satya has got to go
I believe Microsoft’s target audience is the layman who is not an AI user but rather a regular user who wants a quick answer.
Re:Whoisinspace.com/ on Sunday September 20, 2026 @07:33AM (#49774759)
Stating Christian ideals like intelligent design is definitely something I’d expect from a Christian.
Re:Almost Never Use AI to Write Anything Substantive on Saturday September 19, 2026 @09:15PM (#49771649)
I offended a coworker by asking him to not send me AI written things because they’re wrong in subtle ways and overly verbose. I’m glad someone else shares my opinion.
Re:Whoisinspace.com/ on Thursday September 17, 2026 @10:08PM (#49749424)
This is an exceedingly simplified version of a roughly hour long video in which he points out problems and gives credit to capitalism.
Re:Whoisinspace.com/ on Thursday September 17, 2026 @10:07PM (#49749415)
He’s openly been a Christian since the beginning of his channel.
Re:LG strongly denies TV spying claims on Saturday September 12, 2026 @12:21PM (#49674003)
Easy solution. Do not connect your TV to the internet.

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