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I have Chromium shoved into an AWS Lambda Layer, when we need HTML to PDF conversion we shove it off onto that. It loads the HTML into Chromium then "prints" it to PDF.
Opt-in and default for now - how long until users are hit with dark pattern nagging to get it enabled?

>Would you like to enable Recall?

>(Yes), Later

I'm getting it as well in Canada, without any VPN.
Dumped out the last bit of almond milk we had that was within the recall notice, fortunately we're not feeling sick (yet?).
Re:Building SimCity: How to put the world in a machine on Sunday June 16, 2024 @01:04PM (#40698510)
The ebook is $4.99 more expensive than the physical copy - wild.
Re:Data allegedly stolen from 560M Ticketmaster users on Friday May 31, 2024 @11:28AM (#40536412)
> material to a reasonable investor.

As long as the investor is hurt, right? The users are just collateral.

You still get ads embedded in the videos anyway without Sponserblock, why bother?
Re:Veo on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @02:48PM (#40358671)
Which one of these products Google are releasing that you can trust will even be around in a year or two? I'm certainly done trusting Google with new products.
Did you end up using GDScript or C#?
Re:I'm hating swe, what could be another career? on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @02:43PM (#39994246)
>but currently i working as a consultant in a corporate

This is the problem.

Your experience with software development will range widely depending on where you're working, who you're working with AND what you're working with (tech stack).

How long until this team isn't profitable and is let go anyway?
Has anyone had any luck getting ublock to work on Twitch? It's the only one undefeated for me right now.
Re:Star Trek TNG Captain's Chair Heads to Auction in March on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @02:14PM (#39695195)
> MARCH 12 UPDATE: Propstore has changed their plans for the Enterprise-D captain’s chair, pulling it from the upcoming auction. Their website now reports that the chair will be returned to CBS Studios, where the Star Trek team will eventually make it available for public viewing.
Re:Reclaim your focus with ~12 lines of bash on Sunday March 03, 2024 @09:11PM (#39586402)
Which RSS reader do you use?
Recently switched off Emby to Jellyfin - having a permanent "buy premium!" in the player (auto search subtitles) sucked.
Re:GameStop Terminates CEO Amidst Declining Revenue on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @10:23AM (#36310632)
I still call GameStop "EB Games" here in Canada after their rebranding.
Re:ChatGPT's Chess Elo is 1400 on Friday March 17, 2023 @01:53PM (#35200442)
When I tried it at v3.0 i found after 5-10 moves it started moving illegally.
Re:Introducing ChatGPT and Whisper APIs on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @03:15PM (#34987671)
Most of the value for me with ChatGPT+ is getting access when the system is at capacity.
Re:Rivian announces 1B gross loss and 600M revenue [pdf] on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @04:59PM (#34975514)
Is "cost" set at the original date of the agreement? Otherwise lowering cost wouldn't help. (or this is a joke I'm whiffing on...)
Re:Mercedes-Benz previews its operating system MB.OS on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @04:21PM (#34902969)
Sorry, your package only allows you to turn the volume up to 45%, would you like to upgrade?
Re:The New Bing with ChatGPT on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @03:30PM (#34699054)
I've been using (and paying for) Kagi[0] since June of last year, I quite enjoy it.

[0] https://kagi.com/

Re:ImGUI Ported to a LiteX SoC on Thursday January 26, 2023 @08:51PM (#34541499)
What kind of background would someone using LiteX have?
Re:WTF with High School Questions? on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @01:44PM (#34508036)
It feels like Canonical does this silly shit so only the truly desperate will apply, and thus take lower compensation.

I would of closed the tab pretty quickly.

Re:Telemetry is now optional in Warp on Thursday December 08, 2022 @01:37PM (#33911378)
Might draw some people in. I'm of the opinion that my terminal is one of the most important things to keep safe - a closed source terminal is not safe to me.
You could replace Perl with any language and people would have the same experience.
Re:Google profits plummet 27 percent in Q3 2022 earnings report on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @03:51PM (#33348493)
You're not even spared from baked in sponsors to the videos, so ublock origin and SponserBlock are more effective for me.
Re:In Canada it's illegal to call yourself software engineer on Friday October 14, 2022 @02:07PM (#33206862)
Uh oh, I just told my urologist I was a Software Engineer. From my experience over the last 15 years, no one cares. I'm sure it matters to the courts, though.
Re:Ask HN: Which web browser do you use and why? on Saturday October 08, 2022 @11:44AM (#33133260)
+1 for Kagi, never going back.
>GE is also in the process of splitting into three publicly traded companies, focused on health care, aerospace and energy.

First I have heard of this!

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